The Arrow Observer, AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Saturday, May 16, 1875. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Lake County Press, Volume IV, Issue 206, 15 May 1875, Page 2

The Arrow Observer, AND LAKES DISTRICT CHRONICLE. Arrowtown, Saturday, May 16, 1875. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board on the 5 hj. James Corbett applied for a lease of four acres of land at the Cardrona Creek, two miles from the township, for raining purposes. Survey to be forwarded before the matter can be dealt with.

In the Provincial Council on the sth, Mr Ireland, in the absence of Mr Hallenstein, moved—“ That the petition of residents in the Wakatip District. *to have the Crown Terrace thrown open for agricultural settlement, subject to certain, restrictions pointed out by the Mining Association,’ be referred to the Government.” It was agreed to.

Lv pur advertising columns will be found the announcement of the alteration in the day of publication. Through th ; e change in the postal arrangements, it is deemed advisable to publish on Wednesday, instead of Saturday, and . there k no dorubt this alteration will be equally convenient to our subscribers and advertisers, as the papers for the outlying district will be, as usual, forwarded with dispatch, -and all meetings which are advertised in take place on the Saturday night, will receive more publicity than heretofore. 6nr readers will please to note that there will be no issue on Saturday, 22ud, but that the first publication of the Observer after this date, will he on Wednesday, 261h inst, . •

An accident happened to Father Kehoe while proceeding towards Queenstown on Thursday night last. When a short distance beyond Douglaaville, the' horse, the rev. gentleman was driving, which is a flighty one, began to play up, overturned the buggy, broke the traces, and galloped off, leaving the buggy in the ditch. We are happy to say that the rev. gentleman received no injury.

We are sorry to learn that the Committee which was appointed to make arrangements with Mr T Bradbury for canvassing the district for subscriptions towards prospecting for reefs, have disagreed, and thereby lost the services cf that gentleman. He would, doubtless, have made a good collector. This is not the way our Town Council should act in these matti rs. It is a work, which affects the interests of everyone in the district, and should riot be put off week after week, till winter is upon us and it is too late. We hope hope to see Councillors bestir themselves, and not go on in this pettifogging way. -v During the year 1874-5 the police made 3,223 arrests, being 1,168 more that! were made during the previous year. The principal increase was in drunkenness, for which there were 742 more arrests this year than last. The other increases* were in crimes of not a very serious nature larcenies, obtaining mom y .by false pretences, habitual drunkenness, vagrancy, ship desertion,-and breaches of the Shipping Act be ing among the principal. 'I he number of neglected children arrested during the year was 71, ngainst 34 in

Tn the course of the Bank of New Zealand’s half-yearly meeting, at Auckland, Mr Murdoch made the assertion that a npnsentative of one of the foreign bonks, which look the first action in this competition, publicly stated that he had instructions to withdraw £200,000 of capital which his bank hud in use iu ‘the colony. This assertion having been freeiv connected with the Bank of Australasia, and strongly animadverted upon, W, H. Palmer telegraphed from Dunedin denying the .statement, or that . his . brink had received any such instruction*. Mr Murdoch remits that, Mr Low ford is scarcely correct in , charging me with statements connecting the remarks made by me at our half-yearly meeting with the Bankof Australasia,but Mr Lavvford may accent my assutauce that-the souice from which my information is derived is so reliable as to leave not the slightest doubt in my mind that any statement made by me at the meeting referred"to can be fully Vtrified.'’

There -was a heavy gale from the N.L., on Way 7th .at Oatharu, accomimnied t y ram. The vessels in the bay —ethe steamers Samson and Wallabi at the outer anchorage, and the schooners Elderslie and Young Dick at-the inner anchorage—weie all ordered out by the Harbor-master. Hi ‘working "out,' the Elderslie massed stajs and ian on the rocks. She will become a wreck. Her hilll was insured for £275. The Young Dick got out after some difficulty.