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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 August 1870, Page 4

Walter Anstruthor Bews, Esq., has been gazetted DiHtrict Engineer for the interior, rice Davtil l.ees Simpson, Esq., resigned.

During last week, Messrs Hoffman and party made application for a quartz prospecting claim, situated on the Garrick Range, and running parallel, at a distance of about 400 yards east, with the Elizabeth reef. The reef is said to bo about 14in. in thickness, and gold is plainly discernible in the stone. Our informant saw' a pennyweight and a half of gold washed from a billyful of the stutf. An application has been lodged for GO days’ protection, under section 5 of regulation 12. The “Bannockburn Minstrels" announce an entertainment for the benefit of the Duustan District Hospital, on Thursday, the Bth Septtnh- S 1 ' 1 Bannockburn Hotel. 1 6r Mit!WM»*~]tt- > Z.unnan-j reAg&t Naseby, by Detective I jjatonW being concerned in the gold 1 jftji at Clyde on Wednesday. He was brought bft- 1 fore the Bench at Clyde yesterday, and the case. 1,1 was not’cohcluilod all a late hour in the affiiw . the prisoner Rennie, 'amved., .- e *ildro from Clyde, with the intention of going ofr : ., ijayvards Arrowtown, in search of the missjrig|:’ i gold paid notes. The detective and prisoner, ajmp&iy with Sergeant Cassels, left Cromwfe||l>’ j; on horseback about 11 a.m. ; but before reacfi%^ “feig tfeir destination, they met Constable Hunt, - j : ivbo wits on the way hither to report that a uutnt: ■ ber of the notes, to the value of £IGI, had liStllf I f found under a tub at the rear of Mr Scoles’ mi mises, Arrowtown, where they had probably ~ planted by the prisoner Rennie. Twenty vg. \ fijre traces of “dissolved” gold, and five of v»3|oyed with coppefv'besides a quantity of JP%re still „ - . . «•» iujj utwumtmt&yglty l&ui beifnrA >■ "tie Town Council on Monday evening, been for warded for the information of the public by Mr Charles O’Neill, AI.H.R, :—“Reports of the Gold-fields Committee on Petitions of certain Settlers in the Province of Otago.—The select Committee on Gold-fields Bills and Petitions, to whom was referred a Petition from the Mayor and Corporation, of Cromwell, Otago, praying for a grant in aid of supplying water to the Gold-fields, have the honor to report that, having taken into consideration the said petition, and recognising the necessity for immediate attention being given to the subject matter of the petition, recommend to the Government that they should, this sestion, carry out as far as possible on the gold-fields of the Colony, the proposals already submitted to the Legislature, having reference to the Gold-fields water supply. —D. F. Main, Chairman.” “The select Committee of the House of Representatives, to whom was referred the consideration of all Bills and Petitions connected with the Gold-fields, have the honor to report that they have considered the petition of the Settlers in the Tuapeka, Blacks, and Lower Manuherikia Districts, and are of opinion : —That the subject of these Petitions, involving as it does both a retrospective and a prospective reduction of the price of laud ! in the Province of Otago, ought to be submitted, injthe first instance, to the Provincial Council of that Province ; and that the Petitioners be advised accordingly.— D. F. Main, Chairman.” We are informed by Mr Kelly that he i received yesterday a telegram from Mr O’Neill, I M.H.R., asking -whether the erection of a new j Oourt-house is being proceeded with, as the Suj perintendent had led him to believe that such | was the case. Mr Kelly intends sending a reply ! (of course in the negative) to the telegram today, and we are assured that Mr O’Neill will losh no time hi communicating with Mr Macaudrew on the subject, and urging that immediate action may be taken in this important matter. We hear on good authority that at least twenty persons in this district are ready and anxious to take up and settle upon land at the 1 Hawea Flat, so soon as the Provincial Executive j may see fit to afford them the opportunity of ' doing so. 1 j The entertainment given on Wednesday ' | evening last, for the benefit of the Duustan Hos- ’ I pital, is deserving of a more extended notice ' I than our limited space this week will permit us to give. The large hall attached to the Crom--1 well Hotel was crowded, and about £3O may he set down as the pecuniary result after paying all J expenses. The dissolving views exhibited by I Mr Pyle were greatly admired ; and the second part of the entertainment was efficiently carried ■'ll out by a number of gentlemen amateurs, notably j Messra Lachman, Grierson, and Loughnan. The fsrceot “ Box and Cox ” was not played, owing to the sudden indisposition of the gentleman who had undertaken to impersonate the “ gentle hatter.” There was a second exhibition of the dissolving views on Thursday evening, followed by vocal and instrumental music. t Our long-expected supply of printing- . paper is still on the road, and we are therefore obliged this week to use a smaller size for the | inner sheet. If the waggon doesn’t arrive before j next publication, we may have to print for once j on brown paper. We are requested to acknowledge the 1 i following donations to the funds of the Duustan ?■ 1 Hospital Messrs HoweP and Loughnan, £lO i \‘ls. ; Mr Robert Randall, Bannockburn, £l.

There were no nominations of Corpora tion Auditors sent in to the Council Chamber, yesterday. Seeing that the post of auditor is almost a sinecure, and that there is a matter of a guinea or two attached to the office, it seems strange that a compulsory election should have to ho resorted to. It will be observed from a notice in our advertising columns that Mr Barnes, blacksmith and farrier, is about to introduce Goodenough’s patent horse-shoes into this district. Descriptions of this valuable invention have from time to time appeared in these columns, and owners of horses will shortly have an opportunity to judge of its practical utility. -j. An instance of revolting cruelty to d horse occurred here a few days ago. A man named Brown was attempting to drive a horse and*cart along the road towards Kawarau Gorge, but he was inebriated to such a degree that, instead of allowing the animal to follow the road, he pulled it to one side and ran one of the wheels into a deep rut. The horse was unable to extri. cate the vehicle ; the driver became furious, and, seizing a pick-handle he had iu the cart, savagely struck the poor animal on the head until it fell dead ou the spot. Constable C'omyn laid an information against the perpetrator of the cruel act, and the case came before the Resident Magistrate ou Wednesday last, when defendant was tiued 405., with 10s. costs. ’*■ It is satisfactory to learn that the Committee of the Dunstau District Hospital are using every effort to keep down the current expenses of the institution As an instance, we are informed that during the past few months the item of wines and spirits has not amounted to more than £2 or £3 per mouth, and that for the month of July the item was nil. Some time ago, the cost of “ medical comforts ” for the use of the patients averaged about £2O monthly. Our report of the proceedings in the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts on Wednesday last is unavoidably crowded out. The most important case heard was an action brought hy Messrs M'Loughlin & Newmarsh, bakers, Bendigo, to recover from the Provincial Government the sum of £35 as compensation "ior the loss of a mare hired to Mr George, of the Survey Office, ou the Kith July last. The mare was accidentally drowned in the Hawea River while in the care of Mi George. The Resident Magistrate, after hearing the evidence, gave a verdict fan plaintiffs, damages £25, with costs of Court—each party to pay their own rcosts.) .1:. , . m2, ' t— - . C iT ~, m. „ OjsV;. • ■ r d