GORE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 14

GORE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

June 9, Scholastic— The Gore Pchool Committee have solejted Me Jonathan Qolding, 8.A., out cf five applicants, for the head mastership of our school. This gentleman comes with first-class credential) ; and having ibo B A. degroo tho Committee wero in hopes it wouid materially assist the petition for erection of our ech not into a High School ; but, aUs I the Southland Education Board at tbelr meeting last week unanimously resolved ih^t the application wa« premature. 'Ihis is, however, just what I expected from ehe Bsa'd. Two of its members, Messrs Bl ck and Lurusden, spoke very s'rjngly againat the application ; in fact tbeir remaiks were tantamount to a parental snubbing for itu precocity. Gore and its surroundings must, in their estimation, s^nd all" their advanced pujih to the Invorc»rgill High School, but I fear the Ounedin Fchool wi>l receive by fir the greater number cf pupils from hereabouts. It Is a groat pity luvercirpill could n t get tome fraeh bloc d settled within ilia bounds ; the old identity m^das of procedure a c a-iytbinsr but etampid out trbai it 4 inhahita ts The exintence if tho Waimea Plains tallway is a bitter pill to thnn, on the groun I that it div«rts traffic to Dunedln. People will go to buy or s 11 in tho best market, hence if Dunedln is mir» advai tageous than Invercargill in its prices -notwithstanding the fa :6 that it ii an extra distance aw iy it is evidently the Inveroargill " meic ant prince^ " own fault. Our pr~spHrity and proare sai paro fly ia not apprecia o ', but nevertheless the w 'rid w 11 still revolve, and Gore will yet have a. high school, and it would mobt assuredly be a much more lucra ive innstrui'nr, than that coveted "white el phant" tho Seaward Bu*h ra'ltvav.

Bills of :-ale, &c—^owthat Parliament is about to meet, 1 shall not c surprised to hear of a considerable alteration in tho basis cf the present Cbattes Security Act. It is much needed Cues have be 'n brought under my notice in which s ock, and in rther cases implements, aie purchased upon a thtee monthb' uiil, the purcbasfr giving a bill of falu over bis purchases, pocketing the money, dishonouring bi3 jbill, and ultimately fi'ing his schec v c in the Bankruptcy Court, T<uly this is a most tin pleasant feature for cur commercial men. Tne Act quottd i 3' a very usetul measure, bus It is in many case 3 abuj'd to an aUrming extent. An Alteration could te easily m ide by whith tbe dosiretl «nd could be gained. However, it now remains with iho commercial portion of our reputation to bestir 4heir M.H.K. 'a in the matter. This is a very flttibtr subject for diFeus.ion by the various Chambers of Comm r<.e, and I tru*t our local Chamber wiJi take the nia'ter in hand. 1 am Bure their nei^hbourn would JavouiaMy entertain such an alteration being made in the statute. While speaking cf miking an alteration in that pirticulir statute, I might remark that there i 3 also amolo scope for cur Legislature to sitnpl fy ths c instruction of bills ct aile and moitgages of siock. A bill of sale as at preset constructed is a moat uoiquo epfcitneu of tiutolovy. Nine-tenths of it coulu be easily d ! spensad with wi'h >ut iutevferunce with its effjitivcne^s in the least. 1 c.n only c .mpare the pr. ncnt conttruotion of billn of i ale to the old s;yle cf deulitgwith real estate in comparison witn the present Land Transfer Act.