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Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 832, 24 March 1885, Page 2

By proclamation Parliament lias been further prorogued from March 19th to April 28th. .Report of the Borough Council proceedings is unavoidably held over till next week. Our Wanaka correspondent in his letter this week gives some interesting mining notes on the Criffell goldfield. Yesterday was the 37th anniversary of the arrival of the first batch of immigrants in Otago, which took place in 1848. , f ~ .In a cricket match at Christchurch oh 17th inst., Banks v. Insurance Companies, C. Strange, of the Midland -Club, scored 220 runs. This is the largest score made in the colony. “Ada Mantua’s” Consultation on the Christchurch Autumn Handicap is rapidly filling, therefore early application is necessary.— Care Lyons and Hart, Box 351, P. 0., Dunedin.— [Advt.] In response to a request from the Vincent County Chairman that sections 13 and 14, Block XIV. , Bannockburn district, be reserved for approaches to new bridge, the Land Board last week recommended the Government inglySaturday evening being very fine in the matter of weather, there was a considerable gathering of townspeple at the Band promenade concert in front of the Town Hall The steady improvement of the performers was subject of general remark. The date of sale of Mr Collings’ White Hart Hotel and other properties is now definitely fixed for Saturday, 4th April. In directing attention to this sale, we can only reiterate the words of the auctioneer in the advertisement as to the value of the property as an investment. A West Coast contemporary states that Mr Mueller, Chief Surveyor of Westland, who has just returned from a trip to Jackson’s Bay, reports that a small rush has broken out at Barn Bay and that some dozen settlers have left for there. Barn Bay is some 20 miles south of Jackson’s Bay. He also states that two small companies are mining at the Haast with satisfactory results. The Faust Family have already acquired quite a popular reputation throughout Otago and Southland, and the Press criticisms whereever this Company has appeared have universally been highly favorable. The Family came to this Colony with the Chiarini Circus on its last visit, and it is not too much to say their performances were a great attraction and source of profit to the hippodrome. Mr Faust concluded his engagement with Chiarini, and started business on his account, with the result that lie has since had a continued run of success. The Family consists of ten members, all of whom are exceptionally clever, from the father to the five-year-old “ midget. ” They have had a most prosperous season in the southern goldfields centres, and will appear in Cromwell on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, when no doubt the merits of the entertainment will attract Jill bowse?,