GORE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 4 March 1882, Page 14

GORE.

' , ', (FROM OUE OWN OOERBSPONDKNT.) '

•" . , .i , FebruaryJSrd., 111 1 11, 1 „ liong prayed for, come at last. The erection of our new courthouse is now boing proceeded ,wiih. Mr Latham, the contractor, having made a "start last Veek. •'■ • ' •!< ■ "• ' .- The school will be closed for the harvest holidays about the end of next week. ' ' > .^ - Through some blundering at head-quarters, or elsowhere, the proclamation of West Gore as a , town district is not gazetted. The reaidonts therein are much chagrined at ' being forestalled by their Meads over the water. 1 ' ■.•■•. ' The election of licensing commissioners for this'district tooki place on Wednesday, the ! 22nd inst., pnd .resulted in the election of Mosrrs Kollie (50),; M'Lean (49), Souness (49), ,Gardinor (43), Turnbull (38)., Numbers indicate votes received by each.' ', The Gore cricketers 'met' their Mandeville neighbours on 'the ground of the former on Tuesday last, 1 'and succeeded »in scoring a 'win' by one inningsjand 24' runs, thus,' in a small measure 'retrieving their good name. .'. • , > . , . , ( . j' „ I The usual series of winter concerts js about to commence. " ■ ',' p , ! ' Several entertainments In aid of local' charities will soon be announced. '• \ • '*' ."' ) ' 'I hear 'numerous 'complaints in reference to ithe rabbit. plague from over the Waikaka. river. .Whole, fields of capital wheat are being, cut down and rendered, scarcely worth i harvesting, and , this' on farms where' there was scarcely a rabbit' to be 'seen at' the clpse of last winter.' Tne farmers poison during the winter, but in spring an influx 1 of bunny takes place' from! tho neighbouring run; and so ruins the bright prospects of a deservingclass of settlers , , , [Our correspondent w.ould obligo by forwarding his lettor during the early part of the week in order that it may be of some use —Ed. O W.] , , !