The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE CROMWELL: TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1872.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 119, 20 February 1872, Page 4

The Cromwell Argus, AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS GAZETTE CROMWELL: TUESDAY, FEB. 20, 1872.

i : : - ; ; tl 1 We are happy ty report that a very pro- * I raising reef has been struck at a depth of daft in ® I I the shaft of the Hob Toy claim, adjoining the 1 j Heart of Oak. The lode, when first discovered, 0 1 was fifteen inches in thickness, with gold visible; ™ and the walls of tire reef arc well defined. The Xew Royal Standard Company j finished a crushing of 120 tons last Tuesday, and obtained from that quantity about 40 ozs. of ! gold. Tbe stone crushed was t iken from a ; stopc ten feet in width ; and although the aveI rage does not equal that of several former crushj lugs, the great facility with which the claim can Ibe worked enables tbe Company to clear exI penses with a very small yield of gold. j A crushing for the Royal Standard Com- ! pany was expected to be retorted to-day. I Q The unusual spectacle of a harvesting k t i match was witnessed last Tuesday in a field be- | longing to Mr W. Edwards, at the Xevis Ferry. _ The match had been arranged between Mr G. ! W. Goodgor, of Cromwell, and Mr George Redhead, of Kawarart Gorge; and the conditions * were that each was to mow, gather, and bind lan acre of ripe oats without assistance of any { kind. The challenge emanated from Mr Goodgcr, and the amount of money staked was £2o a ; , side. A considerable number of the friends of ( the competitors were present during the match, i and great interest was manifested in the result. ■ The two acres of growing corn having been duly 1 comparted, the men drew lots for choice of . ground, and the allotment which contained the heaviest of the crop fell to Mr Goodger’s share. , | The scythes were set in vigorous motion, and iworc deftly handled by the rival mowers. Mr 3 Redhead completed his task 24 minutes in advance of his opponent.—the latter having 42 r, sheaves to bind when Mr Redhead had finished. (The time occupied was about four hours and* 0 1 half.

I Trial crushings of eight tons each from :,iwo of the quartz-claims in Pipeclay Gully, CarSick Range, have given the following excellent 'Sesults :—Nil Dcsperandum, 9 oz. 12 dwts. • fmobert Burns, 12 ozs. The average per ton f-was 1 oz. 4 dwts. from the Nil Desperandum, ij oz. from the Robert Burns. The crush)f%gs took place at the Royal Standard Company’s battery, Quartzville. '■ | Mr Cook, professor of dancing and calisthenics, purposes opening classes in Cromwell tor instruction in these important branches of physical education. Names of pupils will bo received up till Thursday evening. Mr Cook is, Jp-e believe, a thoroughly efficient teacher, and his present effort to supply a long-felt want * Should meet with every encouragement. 'll The long standing dispute between the Corporation of Cromwell and Mr Jenour, for'xfaerly Town Clerk, has at length been brought | 'to an issue ; bub whether that issue will prove ■to be final, or otherwise, is still uncertain. The in dispute were submitted, by mutual „ Utmsent, to the decision of arbitrators specially ( Appointed ; and the result is that Mr Jenour is sfound to be indebted to the Corporation in the % um of £23, which amount, in addition to £6 ‘tests of arbitration, he has been formally requested to hand over to the Treasurer of the ■ Corporation. '■l With sincere regret we record the de--1 prise, on Friday last, of one whose loss will be felt by a large circle of friends, as well 1 as by her bereaved husband and family. Mrs Hosking (a sister of Mr John Towau, of the Drove Farm), has beeu a resident of Kawarau {Jorge for the past three years, and during the ■ .greater part of that time she w.is afflicted with i that insidious disease, consumption. A few I . weeks ago she gave birth to her fourth child, j and the physical prostration superinduced by | the confinement, in conjunction with the wasted j Condition of the lungs prior to that event, caused J her medical attendant (Dr Thomson) to despair jbf her recovery. The sufferer continued to sink gradually until the afternoon of the 16th inst.,l when she breathed her last. Four young chil- j dren, including an infant three weeks old, have | thus been deprived of their maternal comforter ; | dud mauy besides those of her own household j will share in the sorrow caused by her early re-; moral from our midst. | The Clntha Races were held at Balclutha on the Sth and Oth inst. Countess, a local horse, won the Maiden Plate ; and the Handicap Trotting Race was won by Mr Pollock’s Maggie. Slander carried off the Clutha Hamli- ■ cap, beating Backbiter and Lyndon. Don Pedro ’ won the Handicap Hurdle Race, beating Honest ! John by half a head. The District Plate fell to Pollock's Raven, beating Ayson’s Countess. Backbiter won the Publican's Handicap, —Yatterina, who ran first, being disqualified for running inside a post. Another of the Maori prisoners confined in Dunedin gaol—a young lad of seventeen—died 9, few days ago. This is the eighteenth Maori prisoner who has died since the arrival of the batch in November 1869. 1 The Oaraaru Jockey Club Races are anihuuced to come off on the 12th and 13th of M irch ; and the Dunedin Races on the 23fd and 2.6 th of the same month. I From an official return published in the New Zealand Gazette of January 31, we learn that the total quantity of gold exported from the Ist April 1857 to 31st December 1871, was 6,272,878 ozs., valued at £54,352,099. The ex* port of gold for 1871 amounted to 730,029 ozs., | of the value of £2.787,520; while in 1870 i the quantity was 544,880 ozs., and the value i £2,156,525 ; thus showing an increase in favour ■of IS( I to the extent of 185,149 ozs., representing th e value of £630,995.