Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELD GAZETTE. Cromwell, Monday, Nov. 28, 1927

Cromwell Argus, 28 November 1927, Page 4

Cromwell Argus. AND NORTHERN GOLDFIELD GAZETTE. Cromwell, Monday, Nov. 28, 1927

Clyde bowlers defeated Alexandra in the Shield match on Saturday, and Cromwell scored a win against fiianndckburn. The Ripponvale Social Club will hold another social on Friday evening- next.

In their advertisement elsewhere in this issue Messrs W, Reid and Sons, Luggate, announce that thev are agents for Kempthorne Prosser's Manures, and Linton Coal. They can also supply cement and sawn timber in any quantity. The dates of the wool sales in DuneSTn for the current season are: December 19th, 1927, January 31st, March 7th, and April 3rd (about;, 1928. The stock sales at Tarras are on January 20th, and March 3lst. The English Church Ladies Guild will hold a. Sale of Work in the hall on Wednesday, atternoon and evening-. A great variety of goods will be on sale, while side-shows and competitions will be specially featured. During- The evening- musical items*"wiil be rendered. The backward season will delay die appearance of early varieties of stone fruit on the -market. A leading- grower, from probably the earliest orchard in Central, informs us that there is not much prospect of stone fruit until- near the end of the year. This will be some three " weeks later than usual. The gross value of last season s wool clip of 513,461 bales was £q, 208,1 rB, 01 just on one million more than the previous year. The value per bale in 1926-27 was £l7 8s Bd, against £l6 16s 2d in 1925-26, and the value per lb i2.48d ag-ainst 11. Sod. In Otag-o the average price per lb was i4-52d, and per bale .£l9 us 3d, as ag-ainst 13d and ,£l7 8s 7d in 1925-26. In Otag-o 73,681 bales were sold. Mr A. Anderson, who has been manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Alexandra for nine and a-half years, has been transferred to Dargaville, and leaves for his new sphere early in December. Speaking- to a ••Herald" reporter, Mr Anderson expressed great hopes for the future of Alexandra, and gave his opinion that it would continue to advance until it was a town of importance. The total "Dominion wool sales last season totalled 513,401 bales, against .491,582 the previous vear. , 'the distribution of purchases' was as follows:—United Kingdom 248 bales, Germany and Austria 70, 909, Local Manufacturers and Scourers 5i,934, trance 41,440, U.S.A. and Canada 21,537, Japan. China, and i mdia 7,981, Belgium and Holland 4-540. I Mv , A.. _ Tait, who has just mmI pitted another term of three years |on the dredging fields of the East, is at present on furlough, and arrived home for a short holidav on Wednesday. "Tan," as he is more familiarly known, is in good torm, and if avordupois counts, has prospered during- his term abroad. - Bv the way, he brought with him a couple of Malacca canes,- but at Kanturly, on the Central line, while at lunch, someone seemed to claim more right to one,, and the owner wag- • indeed annoyed, Messrs Stevenson and Tvson, who are interested in a big: mining- venture at Nevis, paid a visit to the claim on Saturday. Their company, an present, has a Keystone drill at work Referring- to this field, it is remarkable how easily accessible it Ls by motor car or lorry. Messrs Hannan and Ranee are making- regular taps over the hill from this side while motor cars now do the trip from Nevis tcr Cromwell in considerably less than two hours. Those who are using- the road inform us that the recent" deviations Have made a great improvement. Although we are now within three weeks of the height of summer, so rar the weather has been completely at variance, with the conditions usual" ty experienced at this period of the year. Last week there was onlv one : real warm day. Early in the ..wgek • -old storms frequently prevailed, and on Wednesday there Was the novel experience of the sun beaming- over the town, while snow storms were sweeping- the hills in the west. Conditions improved on Fridav and Sa*. urday, but yesterday another change set in. During- the nig-ht rain fell and with it there was another lie-it fall of snow on the hills. A man named James Smith, well known in these parts for many years was found dead last weg in ~ a Patch of scrub some 50 yards off v the mam road near Grandview, Jawea Flat, The deceased had been out of work for some time, and Vallev Vinß n W ,'V 1 farn ? er in &&*» \ Vallcj tic left on the assumption ! that he was going- to work in a < hed at Tarras-, but was lost track and a search was instituted, ins - body being- found as stated. Me had • evidently been; dead for some fv? days and death was attributed o his having taken strychnine p He was 57 . years of age, and his ' [relatives reside in Dunedm, In £ coaching days he was stationed in i ronnvcll tor some vear. as agrocS ! quiet and unassuming- disposition, and popular with all. "T n rccW' years h IS habits have been somewhat .peculiar, The funeral took Saturday, Pe * oke W4*™. The trial in connection with the liurwood murder case was held in Chr.stchurch last week, when Charles " Boakes was indicted with having murdered Gwendoline Scarf f A ' second charge was that of having suppheg noxious drugs for a U unlawful purpose.' The case created widespread interest". From iU Judges .opening remarks to th« jury, it was clearly evident thai the ' inrrJ pcrs , OH ; vo hw fe mwm and after a brief trial . the jurv, folI 1 ought 111 a verdict accordingh j, 1 Z fflW &%*& 9] %ving supplied drugs, was deferred, but the latest announcement is that this will not " be proceeded with. In the main charge a startling development was the attitude of one of the chief Ciown witnesses, King. In the lower court he testified to having supplied Boakes with the drutrs but in the Supreme Court, he entirely contradicted this- evidence, and swore 1 -• that" hfe 'was bounfecd into- - making thestaHement &'De&ctf£ Srfrgea-nt BickVdikc- K lt mu^bc Charge the Crown's case was paitic-