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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1985, 23 April 1906, Page 4

Tenders wanted for repairs to Athenaeum Hall. A meeting of Hawea Railway League on Saturday, 28th April. Mr J. Little has been returned unopposed for another term as Mayor. Annual meeting of Gold Club called for Thursday night at Council Chambers. Tenders wanted for supply of coal and cartage to new Cromwell Dredging Company. J. Goodger has a preliminary announcement re sale by auction of a valuable farm owned by Mr F. A. Collins. Presbyterian Church services, Sunday 29th April. Nevis, 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. Preacher, Rov. J. Gordon McLeod, Bible class at Nevis on Saturday, 28th. at 7 p.m. Bannockburn, 3.30 p.m.; Cromwell, 7 p.m. Lay reader. The local footballers held the opening practice last Saturday, when a fair number were present. Another practice is to be held on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when all members and intending members are requested to roll up in view of an approaching match. Messrs D. A. Jolly and Sons insert a special advertisement in this issue in connection with a great clearing sale of remnants, boots, etc. As the boots are a fine line picked up at a bankrupt sale they are being sold exceptionally cheap' A nice warm rain set in here early on Friday, and it rained continuously till eai/ly on Saturday morning. It is too late now to do much good as regards winter feed, and if the winter is a severe one, there will be heavy losses of stock in this district, as the feed is now very bare, and in some parts turnips are already being used for the sheep. A horse belonging to Mr Kingan, of the Forks, Hawea Flat, when feeding with the team at Reeky Point at noon on Wednesday, got startled and made away, plunging into the Clutha River, with the harness on, and swam over to an island. As the current was very swift, the man in charge came on to Cromwell without it and it will give some considerable bother to get it off. Mr Moon, of the Tourist Department, has been through by Hawea and the Lindis, and it is rumored that there is a likelihood of the Government purchasing the Lindis Hotel in the interests of the tourist traffic, as a large number are now going through that way, and if more accommodation could be provided probably a number of deerstalkers would stay there for the season, as deer can be heard and seen from this hotel almost at a ny time of the year.

About 100 feet iron piping wanted. For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 & 2/6 per Bottle. Mr W. Fraser, M.H.R., wired us today to state that he would be in Cromwell on Monday, 30th April. Methodist Church services will be held next Sunday, 29th, inst., as follows: Cromwell (Church Anniversary), 11 a.m., Rev. A. Reader; 7 p.m., Mr C. Smith; Lowburn, 3 p.m., Rev. A. Reader; Bannockburn, 7 p.m., Rev. A. Reader. We understand (says the Evening Star) that it has been decided to open the Chatto Creek section of the Otago Central next month, and that in all probability the Minister of Public Works will officiate on the occasion. Myrtle Grove Cigarettes aro manufactured in London by Messrs Taddy and Co. It is said that at Myrtle Grove, Sir Walter Raleigh was soothing his mind with tobacco he had brought from Virginia, when his Irish servant, thinking master was on fire, dashed a bucket of water over him to put him out. . On Monday night Mr James Robertson, a fireman employed on the Rise and Shine No. 1 Dredge died on board very suddenly. The deceased, who had been employed dredging here since its inception, was universally respected. He has been in delicate health for some time, and suffered from heart disease. An inquest was held on Tuesday, when a verdict of death from heart disease was returned. The remains were conveyed to Dunedin. To those who cough, and those who nee n Too frequently to blow their noses At church or public meetings, heed The secret that my pen discloses. No need to be a nuisance now, To man or child or maid demure. How can you stop ? I'll tell you how, Dose up with Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. The competition which the proprietors of Tiger Tea have been advertising recently, and which closed on March 31st, has, we understand, proved a great success so far as the number of entries are concerned. Competitors had to supply two missing adjectives describing a quality of the tea, and also the position which it holds. The words selected were " economical" and " matchless," but strangely enough only five had even one word right. To these five the proprietors have given a prize of £1 each, and an additional one to a Miss Bertha Baker, of South Dunedin, for an excellent design sent in. The names of the prize winners are advertised in this issue. A congenial subject for discussion among farmers in town was the probable effect of the projected " war " among the rival-shipping companies (says the Timaru Post.) It is said that if the threatened system of " cutting" rates of freight comes into force, it will mean that a large quantity of grain—both wheat and oats —will be shipped from Timaru. This will mean that the market here will be left comparatively bare, a natural sequence of which will be higher prices later on. Already the inquiry is much sharper than it was a week ago. By some it is predicted that millers will " bump up" the prices they are now offering, by, say, 3d per bushel, and so endeavor to keep the grain in the country; and having got the bulk of it in their own hands they will be able to make up later on by an increase in the price of flour, for their present generosity, that is, supposing they do offer an additional 3d per bushel now. The Riverton correspondent of the Mataura Ensign reports the death of Mr J. Nugent Wood, one of the oldest wardens in New Zealand, and particularly well known throughout Otago, who died at the residence of his son at Orep\iki. Mr Wood was born in Middlewick, Cheshire, England, in 1826. As a lad he went to sea for a number of years, and landed in Australia in 1849. For some years he followed pastoral pursuits at Mount Gambier (South Australia), and in the early days of the Victorian goldfields he became clerk to " Bendigo Mac," warden of Bendigo Goldfield. In 1861 Mr Wood came to Otago with Major Croker to assist in organising the official staff on the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully. In the following year he was appointed Warden, and was stationed at Fox's (Arrowtown). From that time onward he acted as warden on most of the Otago and Southland goldfields. Queenstown was his last station. Owing to a severe buggy accident he was compelled to retire in 1891. Mr Wood was married in 1854 to Miss Susan Lapham, daughter of the late Mr Lapham (Tasmania). Mrs Wood, who was known as a pleasing and versatile writer of prose and verse, died in 1880, leaving two sons. She was a highly-valued and very popular contributor to the Otago Witness in the early sixties, and published a small book of poems, which attracted favorable notice throughout New Zealand.