GORE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 17

GORE.

July 3,— Great chagrin is felt by the announcement that positively nothing further is is to bo done towards extending the Switzers line of railway, in spite of the solemn — vory solemn — promises of Bir , Julius Vogel. The compensation now proposed to be given by Government to settlers who took up land on the distinct condition that the line was to be extended close to their land, seems about as unreliable as Sir Julius Vogel's "solemn" promises. ,The generr.l impression Is that even if the proposed compensation were ever given, it would cost the Government more to award it and pay it than it would coat to go on with the line. It is no doubt Vogel's recklessness that has made it impossible for the present Government to find the money for the " aolemnly-promißed " extension, but the settler is in just the same " quandary " wherever the fault lies.

Our New Building.— The big granary for Mr J. (I. Ward, between the railway line and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile office is being roofed in and boarded up at the sides, and is rapidly acquiring a solid appearance. The Loan and Mercantile have had to close up all their windows on the north side and make a new entrance on the opposite side adjoining Walker and M'Bwan's smithy. Thk New Sawmill.— Everything is being pushed on quickly at the site of the old mills at Croydon Bush ; the saw-benches are t'eing fixed, and another fortnight or so will see everything in full swing, and timber being carted into G-ore.

Statistics are very dull reading, but are occasionally startling. For the quarter ending 30th June 1883 orilv three deiths are recorded for the whole of the Gore district; so in spite of our cheerless climate its healthiness for the average Britisher is unquestionable. During the same period there were only seven marriages, which does not speak much for the financial condition of our mankind who are of marriageable ago. But what say you to 3i births, compared with the deaths and marriages. What all tho'o little new chums will have to do to make a living is a deep problem, but perhaps by the time they reach " sweet seventeen " or thereabouts the colony may hive managed to struggle through the curse of Vogelism. The statistics of our R.M. Court are enough to make all our four lawyers turn pale and go out for a nip. Only 31 summonses heard and 18 crimina s convicted in a whole quarter ! But it's an ill wind that blows nobody good.