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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 138, 2 July 1872, Page 4

Th° monthly gold escort passed thronH 1 Cromwell on Saturday afternoon. The eollosiß figures, representing the ouaiii !es of fi transmided fnm the pl,e:s m-m'-.bnel, w9 supp'iel to ns hy Snb-Tnspejtor M0,.-..M Queenstown, 1327 oz-s. It dw's ; Arrow.'jß S dwts. ; Cromve'l, 17.11 <*;,. o ,p vN B Clyde, 40) ozi. ; Ahem Ira, 333 oz*. 3 dwt9 Teviot, 3;)3 ozs. 3 dwts. : in all, 5163 .k.I The following is a list of lottos re --"id at the Post office, Ci-omwe l ', jlurin » Mirc'i IS?] .•in.l remami.ivg unclaimed at the r: 1 of .1 |i»--I. P.irkmui, John IVsfcer, w m . \| •[,.,,.,,,, j M'l'wrck, Win. Me.moek. C\>,v N",,.,, .\ n j-j Parker, Mr Pollett, Jas. Robertson, and \V.( Smith. We understand that Mr P. IT. M'A retell ', who h.vs for some fci.ne aete 1 as general manage for 'die E i: :al)c : h Qiurlz MnVg CompinyJ Jarrck-on, his ceased connectm-i w''.h the com p.,iv, and, in conjnnc ma with Mr A've«, i ; about to enter into a contract for the soppU'ani erection of a crushing-machine 'or die NHDes peivndum, in wlvch he holds an in erest. Hie members of the Local Hospital Committee held a meeting in the Town-ball a ! Saturday evening. There were present—Messrs j 15. R. Bai'd (Chairman). J. Taylor, I) A. Jolly, J. A. Presbaw, and C. Colcloughfoon. Secretar)' 1 , : The Treasurer (Mr Preshaw) reported that over ! £3O had keen col'eeted since die Committee was | fi,rst elected, and about £53 of thai sum bad 1 been remitted to the Central Comtni u eeatC'vde, |lt having l He i mentioned that at a former meeting the Committee had fixed Thursday next. M 4th of Jn'y, for holding a bazaar ; u a'd of Ibc Hospital funds, the members present una vmons'y agreed to the advisnbibty of postponm" L"be ba&ur to a date to be fixed at next mcetV. Messrs Preshaw, Taylor, and IVJrd undertook to canvass the town for annual subscripts, and at the same time to sol ; cih contributes towards the proposed Inziar. Mr Jolly agree.lto! cmvassthe districts of Quartz Keef Point an! Lowburn for the same objects. The Secretary was instructed to advertise the list of subscriptions already collected by the Local Committee. The Elizabeth battery has been for the last eight or ten days eng. ged m crush' lg stone from the Company's own mine, and a will take place to-n'gbfc (Tuesday). Many unfavourable opinions have been expressed as to the efficiency o". the Company's machinery, aud doubilet- pot w'tbort reason ; but it is a fact vb. t ; i die last cruslrw! from die Star of die E.ni c'a'.r. put ihroirjb the Elizabeth and Star-and-Ouk Ivttet'es s'mu'ianeonsl v, and taken from die se' '-s;me be.ip.tlie quantity of gold obtcved at the E'iziheih michine averaged fojr (equal to las. 41.) more per ton ib.; iw; s obtained "com the same stone at the »;ar-h,nd-Oak ir.ichhie. Such a resist seems to speak we'l for Mr M'AroVfo skill in the avb of gold-saving—Vo prevent misapprehension, we may state that Mr M'Ardell did not furnish us with the information given above.

>u'e gltid to hear that Mr J. Oliver , pho'^S^P^ 6l " an( l artist, his done a large ; 0 [ business since h's arrival ia Cromwell, wit a such eucoura jetnent as to intjm to extend the period of h's stay among ibis Mr Wh'te's intent ; on it the Car ick townships during the present anil bave no doubt that bis professional «swill be largely in demand by the reefing maiiy.

! 6 mortal remains of Patrick O'Neil, a nowa Nevis miner, who died of apoplexy ,de on Tuesday last, were interred in the re ll CeTete.-y on Friday. The mournful jocluded about thirty horsemen, a large fiou being Nevis residents, whose preitthe fuuera 1 , considering t'?e difficulties jjigera of crossing the mountain at tbis in■at season, afforded ample proof of tbe high jet in which the deceased held by his ibours and fellow-miners.

he Nevada arrived at Auckland with nii's via San Francisco on the 21st ult., but Jnglish news brought was not so late as that jously received via Suea. The American ,:e has rejected the proposed subsidy : o Mr ,b's line.

felearn from the Dai'y Tims that a fission, consisting of Mr J. L. Cilli.es, ier of tbe Provincial Council, Mr j. ?. jmd, K.M., and Mr H. W. Kobmson, R.M., bee-J appointed by tbe Government to eneiuio the al'ejaiions contained in tbe peciofcertihi Üb'iiese in tbe Wakatip district, t liwas presented fro tbe Provincial Council. ijl„te session by Mr J. Macassey, M, ?.C.

Com m.ss'on was to commence i.s sitting at ■istowuoa tbe Ist July. Tbe Commissioners Cromwell, en route for Qjeensi. oa Saturday a'ternoon.

The concert given last Tuesday evening feßaanockbuin Sckool-kouse, in ail of tbe iling fund, was, we are informed, a very suefttl affair. There was a very fair at ten lance. ioiijina.l programme, as publiabel. was not ctly adhered to ; but with the aid of several auteers and others in the room, who kindly [their services, an extremely good evening's erUiinnent was presented. The decided fea:df the evening was the singing of Mrs \V. isjn, whose very sweet and nicelv modulated .-a was much admired by the audience. Sell really tirst-clas seatimsnfcal songs were i; both by ladies and gentlemen ; and tbe nicelement was not wanting. " Brace's Adas," by the company, concluded the proMine; aud was very spiritedly rendered, ncing followed, and was kept up until a late iron the following morning.

(3lr Ballard, the loc»l Postmaster, ra:ra' on Friday tbe following from ."i.'h'ef- Postman er in Pucedia :—" Tbe Ine.'tor sUtes that '.be tb..Us ?;'« Si. 1 Fiaoj'sco 'lcl'ue bee on Tours lay, 4oh July.'' In order reach Dunedhi in sinfVeot time, Cromwell rfj'pouleoee iu'euded foe transmission b id to IMS.eI bere by fcbree p.m. on Saturday hist ; it..t twenty-"our hours only in„erve led betbe rsoeipfc of the rot'ee and despatch of e mail

\Ve learn, on the authority of the five.r]S!a,; tb.it ibe Provincial Government ba sided to appoint Mr Stratford to t.<e Wardent;,j of tbe Arrow d'sorict.

A man named Abraham Hare hid six ibis toes frost-bitten while travelling from i'aipori to Manning's reef in ob ir 0 e of a team, lew oow in the Dane l-n Hospital.

It is our painful duly to -coord the death aThuroday List, at the Du '.»s*.n BosphJ, of > ffiiner v .rred George He ; de'>erg ; who was I*l known hi u he Ee ul.igo and ILonockburn litrictp. Jt appe. 's .hit tbe d«ce.-el h.d sen stavin jat Jackson's b. tie 1 , Cai rchtan. ,- a I aWeilie3.Uv w.:t t.Aen sadden'y i". lie w s inveyed to C omwell the (~11113 night by .Mr Uanfcij, the d/iver of Me3srs JoHy & Co.'s e:r- ]'",-, and wh''e on tbe waydowj, it is uald, krupti-.red a b?ood-ves:eh It be'ng oat of the ipe. ion 0 .end the unfortunate man t> the Hosp't.i' in the condition be then was, Mr James Tiv'or hum t «317 g;ve hi 11 shelter for the ni -bfc i» l's pr'va e ie?'dence, undertaking to have W sent on to Clyde the ner.t m iru'ii g, Dr Co-ie was caHed in. and tended the suujrer f-ilicire and avvdp'ly nut'' h's removal to the "osp'ta l . Mr Taylor gave the use of a horse, »i Mr Scott a ;p ■', ■ g-cavt, i o en,,V.e the p ~ ient hbe conveyed to Clyde. The m hfc, Bwrt'y after le ichhig the Ho- o'ta, 1 ibe un'ortnI'ite man died ; and on Saturday Irs revdins The de>.e<ood T 's a native of Germany, and so f ar as we are ware he had no re\;tives \i this purt of tbe Mow,

A reward of ,£,OOO has been paid by the CityCouuc'l of Auckland to Inspector Broham. 'Thisgal'ant capture of Haley, the »neeadv:y. wit a Wellington p., per says thai considering Haley is a poor weak hit'e wretch, we'gbing no "■ore than seven or eight stone,—while ibe Inspector is a tall, stout, v>go ous man, thirteen stone at tbe least, -they utterly "ai.l to Ee 2 wliere the gallantry was displayed. .Any old 'oman with a broom-handle might hj iva managed poor wre'eh, who is a lunatic ; and we pounds would have been a much more titling r «ard than five hundred.

At the weekly meeting of the Waste Land Board held in Dunedin on the 2oth ult., we learn from the DaVy Tints that the following matters formed part of the business transacted : —"Mr Smythles, a*ent for Chas. Binge, Kawarau, who had purchased Messrs Wrightson and M'Gee's interest in a coal mine there, believing they had a vali I title, but had since found they had not executed their lease from the Board, requested that the lease might be sent up, so that be might compel Wrightson aod M'Gee to sign ; or that Binge be allowed to apply for and have a license in bis own name. Mr Beid thought the Board should not interfere between the parties. Mr Binge ought to take steps to enforce his rights. The le.se not being executed by Wpgbtson, the land should be open aga'n to the public for application. It was resolved that i: uhe coal lease be not s'gned by Wightson the lr.nd should Ije open foe application .he lease not having been da'y executed. —Tlie request of Messrs James Nicholas and Thomas Ma tin. that the co.l lei-se granted to Messrs Nicholas, Jenkins, end Edwards, be made out in their names, ns the pureh isers of Nicholas and Go's interest, was referred to the Provincial So'icifcor. It appealed that .he la ~'er Lid never signed the lease, a '. ct Mr Hughes consMerad very sjrange, as he believed they we"B making a f >r.',ju9 out of t'le mine."

A writer fco the London Spec'.aior soeaks of New Zealand as follows : —" Having spent many years ia New Zealand, and having visited many parts of Australia, aid some part" of Canada, and the United Stale?, I have arrived at the conc v us ; OQ that New Zealand ; s the best of all tbe many fields for an Cn -l ; sh or Scotch emigraut, and tbat. while enjoy-og a better climate, it's more Ike i-b.3 mother country than any other part o* ..be world."

Tbe Ct'axjj Tr'b im publishes a detailed statement of tbe 'osse'' by tbe great fire. There were aboilfc '?. 50 persons killed, ti.nl 93,500 we.c rendered komj'ess. The pecuniary loss ; s »>ven afc 230 m'dlions of dollrrs, 100 millions o; which wee suoposec!. o be covered by insurance, but the eompan"? l have only been able to pay .'JJ millions. The citizens of Chic 130 aic vigorously repairing damages, and 1-key expeot tint in a yeir or two t'<3 last traces of tbe conflagration wil 1 have disappeared. Mr J S. Johnston, who described bim se r as a brr-ister-al-buv, r.anouu od recently in DiMieT'i i'hi- he wou'd .'J'ver a bciuro in ibe Athenaeum Ha" upon "Scottish Poety." Tbe D:r>o '-1 ..0 espofldeoh of v ; 'e 'j'lioj ka 'J",„i"< So- tef th..t lie wan pre;?.it : and gives the following a-iu's! ), r ve von of the p.ooeed ; n_,s : "An aud-'enoe of about eighteen pe sous assembled M-.-.J. S. Job's on p.'-jo eme to tbe Vont, ami after btivbig rcju.:'ntod h ; s audience, to whom he was aopareaJya strao;.or, .bathe was that individual; ho nude a preliminary observation. beyond'wbv'i he d'd not s>eem able to p.iss, and, ami Ist .be i'l-uoncealel mi th of the lticUv Tew who had rssenbled. lie liualK T e:;cban'>ed his poetical character '"or that of an amateur votary of the nob'e art of self-defence, and, in pugilistic language, re jue">ted those who wc.e so iocmed to 'slop outs' le.' It being generally consi lered that to ' step our -i le' \v ;s about the wisest tbiti: to do under tbe circumstances—not, however, wick aay iuteuti'.m of engaging in mortal co.nbat with .he challenger—a general and hasty move was made for i.be door, amidst the dpir'er attendant on the too close pro;im\,y to several of the audience of a couple of c ud'e --ticks which were despatched f oat tbe lunds of ll'o 'ccturer m 'Scotch Poetry' in a nv aner wb'ch lefc n.i room for doubt that they we e i Mended t) very seriously damage the person,d pppo.siv.ncc of anyone with whom they might emu m contaci. Tbe light wa: .he-i turned on!:-. and che aud enee dispersed, no doubt nf.erw.i "ds ruminating ou tbe extraordinary ejects produce I by a 100 c'o e s ixly of well, 'SoottNh Poetry.'"