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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 147, 3 September 1872, Page 5

Mr B3\vs' report to the Town Council on the subject of water supply can scarcdy be ftgarded otherwise that) as a mere record of levels taken by that gentleman ; nevertheless it contains one very important piece of information It establishes tlio fact that at a point situite on taeeast bmk of theClutha, and within sever een chiins from the Bridge, a supply for the town could be tiken from a height which would command a fall of nearly 40J feet to the highest part of the town. The greatest pressure tha" can be brought to bear from the west side Would not exceed twenty feet ! Further comment upon the report is, we trust, unnecessary. The polling for the election of a representative for Caversham in the General Assem bly, which took place on Wednesday last, resulted in the return of Mr Tolmie, who beat his opponent by 55 votes, —the numbers polled being: Tolmie, 217 ; Cutten, 152. This adds another to the many defeats which Mr Cutten has sustained in his persevering endeavours again to become an M. H. R. The Escort which left Clyde for Dtmedin yesterday morning, conveyed the undermentioned quantities of gold from the places specified:— ozs. dwts. Queenstown - - - 2202 16 Arrowtown - - - 1070 13 Cromwell .... 1254 9 Clyde .... 300 0 Alexandra - - . 549 0 Teviot .... 554 8 5931 G The Postmaster at Cromwell has not yet received instructions from head-quarters as to the days of arrival and departure o the Carrick mails ; but we have reason to believe that Mondays and Wednesdays will be the (lavs fixed upon. Now is the time for the peop'e of Binnoekburn to ask for a weekly -in place of a fortnightly—mail service from Cromwell. We are informed by Mr Thomas Hall a shareholder in the Nil Desperandnm Q M. Company—that he has discove ed a new quartzWet on the upper part of the Carrick Uange, about half a mile distant from the Old uoval Standard claim. The stone found on the surface is said to be thickly impregnated with gold. and some specimens crushed in a mortar yielded a prospeot equal to three ounces per ton.

At Thursday's sitting of the Residerjt Magistrate's Court, Mr Carew found it necessary to explain the provisions of the law relating t" service of summons s undereertain circumstances His Worship said that in cases where summonses could not be served upon defendants personally, at least seven days must be allowed to elapse between date of service and date of hearing ; and further, that it was necessary to obtain special permission from a Justice of the Peace before a summons could be delivered otherwise than by personal service. We observe that the Dunedin City Council, at its last meeting, passed a resolution appointing a Committee to enquire into and report upon the manner in which the Citizens' Roll for 1872-3 had been compile!, the Mayor having previously refused to entertain a resolution in which the stuffing of the Roll was more specifically alluded to. No doubt the Committee appointed will take up the subject in a proper manner, and record their disapproval of the discreditable transaction which we alluded to in a leading article in our issue of the 20th ult. A Danedin correspondent informs us that a man named William Charles Roberts com minted suicide by hanging himself on Wednesday last at his house in Grange-street. Deceased, who was formerly a ticket-taker at the Princess Theatre, and who was by trade a maltster, had been out of work for some months, and had on several occasions threatened to commit the deed which closed his earthly career on Wednesday. At the inquest, a verdict of suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity was returned. The Illustrated New Zexland Herald for the current month contains a superb coloured engraving—"The Manila (>irl waiting at the Perry,"—copied from a painting by a colonial artist, Mr N. Chevalier.

An error occurred in our report of the meeting of Directors of the Carriok Water Supply Company held on the loth hist. -Mr James Taylor—not Mr Stuvt —was re-elected Chairman of Directors on that occasion

The following is a list of letters received at the Post-o lica, Cromwell, during May last, and remaining unclaime 1 on the 31 jt August : A. Elliot, J. E. Cummer, Thos. P. Leslij, John Malcolm, Win .M'Lennan, John Meyer, Thos. Moonlight (2), John Wilson. The Star Variety Troupe—a talented and versatile company of musical, farcical, and gymnastic performers—arrived at Croimvell on Saturday, and give an entertainment at Kidd's Coacert-hall the same evening. They wore to perform at Bannockburn last night, and are announced to visit the Gorge, Hen ligo, Luggate, Pembrike, and Cardrona, during the week, — proweding afterwards to Arrow and Queenstown. Mr A. Webber, the well-known tenor, is a member of the troupe. The auction bazaar for the benefit of the Dunstan Hospital takes place at Kidd's Hall on the evening of Thursday, the I9ch inst.

The Dunedin mdent of the Bruce Herald, in noticing the arrival of Anthony Trollnpe, siys:—"lie was expected at the Hcott celeb■•.•l'.iici conversazione, but did not pu~ in an appewance. It is said he sent some one to see if it wis a very fashionable affair, nd if it wis he would go, but the report not b.'in; sn!Ticieutly satisfactory he stayed away. From all 1 hear. Mr Anth my Trollops is not likely to increase the number of his colonial readers by the •.-enia'ity of liis nature or the kindly reminiscences of his visit he will leave in the minds of th >se who have come in contact with him. 1 have heard a story of MrTrollooe from one of his fellow-pas-en in the ' Al ion' which reminds rne of a gjod one 1 heard some time ago. It is sail that once on a time one of a party, sitrinj; at dinner, asked another to pass something he wanted, when the patty applied to asked ' If he thought he was .a w titer.' —' No, sir,' was the reply, ' I mistook you for a gentleman.' "