Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS' GAZETTE. Cromwell, Monday, Aug. 22, 1910

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2209, 22 August 1910, Page 4

Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELDS' GAZETTE. Cromwell, Monday, Aug. 22, 1910

The wind up night of the Bannock burn Quadrille Assembly takes place on Friday night, the Grand March at 8 p.m. Our readers arc reminded of the service of Song " The Battle of Life " to be rendered in the Methodist Church on Tuesday evening by the Lowburn Choir. The social in aid of the St. Andrew's Guild is to be held on Wednesday, night and splendid arrangements have been made for an enjoyable evening. An old employee on the Morvcn Hills station, named Andrew Wallace, died in the Hospital on Friday from diabetes. He had been in poor health lor some time past, and was nearly SO years of age. The new settlers above Tarras are moving to get a petition signed and forwarded to the member for this district for a post office to be opened at the Lindis Hotel, and also for a portion of the rich agricultural land on the Lindis Fiat on the Geordie Hill block to cut up into three or four farms. Mr C. J. Scott, formerly of Gore and. latterly of the Invercargill branch of the Bank of New Zealand, who was recently transferred to the managership of theCromwell branch, was presented with a handsome travelling rug and a case of: pipes as a memento of the esteem by the staff prior to his departure. The appeal ease of lv. Gray versus Urquhart and others of Hawea Flat which is down for hearing at the Supreme Court. Dunedin this week has been put off till Friday. The Upper ]S T evis appeal of McMillan will also come on this week. So far the day of hearing for the appeal of Fleming against the Cromwell Borough has not been fixed.

The race for the sculling championship of the world, rowed on the Zambesi Itiver on Thursday last between Dick Arnst (New Zealand, holder of the title) and Ernest Barry (English eluuupion, challenger,) was Avon by Arust by two lengths. The meeting of these two had been looked forward to with interest ever since they decided to meet for the £1,001) put up hy the Chartered Company.

There has always been a cliflieulty in Selling a quorum present at the meeting hour of llie Boi'ough Council (at 7.30. p.m.) as the mail is not .sorted until nearly eight, consequently several of the Councillors have been trying to get the time altered to 8 p.m. At the last, meeting a motion was earned to have the meeting for the future at eight o'clock sharp.

The proposal to extend the area of a dredging claim on a river which has been held and abandoned, not to exceed eight miles in length or 400 acres, is again in the Amending Mining Bill this year. It will he remembered that in the bill of last session it was proposed to grant 10 miles in length and not to exceed 500 acres hut this has been reduced as above. We have in hesitation in stating this is too large for a river like the Clutha, and it is to be hoped that some steps will be taken to get it reduced to not more than 300 acres and not to exceeJ three miles. As regards the Gorge claims the eight miles is not out of the way, as they have been all fairly well tested.

The necessary €25,000 worth of shares having been sold in the "South Otago Freezing Company, which proposes to erect works in the vicinity of Balclutha the company will be registered at once and steps taken to have the works in going order for next season's lamb trade. Simultaneous with the proposal to start the works at Balclutha came notification of the intention to have extensive additions made to the Burnside works, and also those in Southland. The South Otago directors are quite confident of getting much more capital into the concern when the works are an accomplished fact. Applications for shares are still coming in,

A Parmer states that an alarming disease lias made its appearance among some cattle in the South Wairara'pa. It attacks the animal's foot, which becomes somewhat swollen and then emits a pus all round the top of the hoof. So serious are the effects of this that it seems to eat right through into the hone, and eventually the foot falls off. This disease is stated to he contagious, and much apprehension is felt among Farmers for their cattle.

A representative gathering of citizens met in the Golden Age Hotel on Saturday evening, the occasion being to make a presentation to Mr A. U. Porteous who has managed the Bank of iN r ew Zealand for the past four years, prior to his departure to Opotiki. where he has been transferred. Mr A. M. Brodrick, in making the presentation of a handsome case of pipes and a gold sovereign case suitably inscribed, referred to his many goo I qualities. Mr Porteous suitably replying. Several other toasts were honored, included in these Mr C. Scott who succeeds Mr Porteous. It is understood that amendments to the licensing laws which the Government will introduce will be only minor ones, and practically noncontentious. Unless both parties agree not to raise violently contentious issues the Bill will probably not be introduced at all. Should il be introduced without such an undertaking being extracted. Mr T. K. Taylor. M.l\ thinks that both parties will endeavour to introduce important, amendments on the lines that they have already indicated they desire, it is now too late for a private Bill to be introduced dealing with the matter with any chance of going through, so on the whole it seems likely that there will be no radical alteration in the licensing law this session. " J fere is a party that has risen in New Zealand in the lifetime of our people," remarked Mr Limvnson, in supplementing the views of tlis member for Hiirunui, " who find (hat the Crown tenants have grown to 2(5.000, and that they have a voting power of over 130.00U votes. To capture these 130,000 votes theysiy! "Put us in power, and we will give you the national heritage." When the history of this country comes Lo be written, the blackest crime that will be laid against any party will be against that party so lost to respect and decency in their desire to get into power that they would sell these lands." The following is of great interest lo Borough councillors, in Dargarville in February last year on the occasion of a Minisleral visit, a dinner was given. The catering was partly done by Councillor Carr, whose account ammountod to to i'S odd. It was not known at the time that this was an infringement oF section 43 of the Municipial Corporations Act, but the amount was subsequently disallowed by the Auditor-General. Since the banquet referred to a fresh Council election has taken place at which Councillor Carr has been re-elected. The question arose upon the publication of the balance-sheet with the auditor's tag. The question as to whether Councillor Carr would have to resign was referred to the borough solicitors (Hayes and Darling), who stated that Councillor Carr .should have resigned at the time of 'his contract in 1909; but did not owing to the fact that he never knew he had done an illegal act. He continued in office till October of that year, when he, with other councillors, went out of ollice. He sought re-election and was returned. When he was re-elected he was eligible to stand and was validly re-elected. The solicitors are, therefore, of opinion that Carr is not bound to resign for what has happened during his term -as councillor in a prior Council. The annual entertainmemt by the pupils ami ex-pupils of the Convent School,held last Wednesday night, was as usual greeted with a house packed to the doors. The entertainment was even better than previous ones, the general opinion being that this was the best yet given by them, the careful training which the large number of performers had received from the Sisters was evident throughout, and were recognised in a very appreciative manner by the large audience. All the items were well rendered, several pieces on the piano being exceptionally good, and executed in a finished manner. A dance by four little girls P. McLoughlin, N. Thomas, V. Scott, and M. McLaren brought down the house and an encore was demanded. " My Aunt's Heiress " was nicely staged and acted by the'ex-girl pupils, and the concluding item was a farce entitled " The Turned Head " by the boys was a great treat, the different parts being acted in a manner that one could scarcely credit without seeing it, the parts taken by V. and C. MeNulty causing great amusement. The accompaniments during the evening were played by Misses I. Mitchell, E. Scott, and A. Thomas. As usual great interest was taken in the. drawing of the door prize, a handsome hand painted mirror, the winning number SI, being secured by Miss Swann of Lowburn. The takings amounted to C2S. During the evening the Mayor (Mr E. Murrell) apologised for the absence of Father Hunt on account of illness, and returned thanks to all who had assisted in making the entertainment such a success.

Apples from the cool chambers at the freezing works at Stoke are now being sold in the fruit shops, reports the Nelson Mail. The fruit has been afc the freezing works over three months, and it has opened up as fresh and firm as on the day on which it was picked. Judging from the results so far, the apples should be in prime condition for another two or three months at least. Alongside the apples from the freezing works an orchardist has an another lot gathered from the same orchard at the same time, but which have been kept at the shop, and there is a marked difl'erence between the two lots, and the difference is all in favor of the cool chamber article. It is satisfactory to find the fruit from the works turning out in such excellent condition, and it ia evident that if good sound fruit is put in the cool store, and there is careful handling, the same class of fruit will come out some months later. Unsound, damaged, and carelesslyhandled fruit, on the other hand, could hardly be expected to turn out well. Cool storage is a new thing in Nelson, comments the Mail, and the trials at Stoke are being keenly watched by the orchardists, and the results so far give promise of excellent re* suits.