GORE.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 16

GORE.

' Mat 7.— Messrs Tapper and Co. have decided to withdraw from their present business here. Messrs Simeon and Blsworth hare bought Messrs Tapper's store and siding, and are going to put up a big grain and wool store, and will also act as agents for the sale of fcimbor for Meiers Tapper. ■ ■ . ■ OKiiT a " Branch Lufs.'r— The number of laden grain trucks coming down every day of the week by the Waimea line would be something astonishing fc» a stranger. Thirty is no uncommon number, and yesterday there were 42. •>>>,••■ ' > Back Agajs *— Dr Ooi, who has been absent for a , few weeks in .Australia, is .back again. His locum i«7wrcs(DrHislop) returned to Dunedinlasfc Saturday, 'to the great regret of those who were fortunate enough to make his acquaintance during his 'short stay nere. > The new doctor that was expected here (Dr Low) has not appeared yet. > : . < ..Oub Law Coubt.— Last Thursday, a. laughable rmiitake was mado .about court <lay. An InvercargiU .solicitor turned up on that day, accompanied by nis Mataura witnesses, only "o find that he was jast a week too Boon. The mistake was, however, excuse* able considering that it 'is only four times a year that the court sits at thejnterval.of three weeks instead of a fortnight. Bible Society MbbmnGv— Last Friday the Rev. H. !S. Bobjohns addressed ft' meeting here in aid of the British' and Foreign Bible Society. 1 The local supporters of the Otago Bible Society say in plain -Buglish that their claim is being, jumped ,by the British and Foreign Society as they, the Otago Society, have hitherto •• worked the district " — a remarkably business-like way of putting it, The latter society contributes to the pay of a travelling seller of tracts as well as Bibles, and the bulk of the subscriptions apparently go towards the distribution of Bibles in the Qld Country. The chairman of lait Friday's meeting was the Key. B. Taylor (Wesleyan), who ■aid he sympathised with any society that spread the Word of God without comment. Archdeacon Stacker, representing the Southland Auxiliary Society, explained that that society was begun 15 years ago at Invercargill, and used only to work there, but now wished to extend over all Southland. The Bey. Mr Bobjohns followed and gave 'statistics of the operations of the Bible Society, showing the vast number of Bibles distributed by ft over the world in variom

\anguages. At the clblo^'fche'lccture/ the B^vi Hr Hobbs (AngUcan),mo«ed^the r vpte.qf 'thankp, which, was seconded by the Bey! Mr Isitt, of, phriitchurch, 'returned to Qoret is making a gallant Attempt- to pufc, new life into the] defunct' band. It, appears that there is a ebbsiderable number of ineu here noif 'who have instruments of their own, and it Is.with, theiemen only that it is proposed to. ( begin instruction. \ Everyone wishes the utmost success to' Mr Brett's endeayour, and if- his pupils' will only tn* ordinary diligence we may hope soon to haTe a band worthy, of the {name < selected from, the practising, class, and hear then; play well,^together .within a year or two. It is, reported that £n effort .will.aooQ be 1 , made to' get up.a concert, with the" object of ■ wiping off the old debts'. 0 ' Whenthabis done, thero ' will be no difficulty in 'starting a tegular band fund, and no doubt from the experience of the past th« ; new band will be formed, on, a solid basis undergo excellent manasementlof Mr Brett.', A,self-support-ihg band should be' quite a p^>ksibi)ity iria'pfaceaj ' largb Bsthiß.-;sßooeivedtoo late foVlkist iisrie.'^BD.] • Mat ! >l4.— A; 'committee meeting' f 'of' |he ? Gora Library was held; last Wednesday night. . /The.Oddfellpvts a^ked for tO their admission a« a J>ody at,*a annual payment/ out\ this was refused/ The fire, brigade made a similar application, and it was agreed to admit 20 of'their ifaeipbers for £5 5iS In hd- . vancej. - The new catalogues were placed orfbhe tables by the .librarian, who then reported tl)St> papers ana periodicals were ,fr«quently v 'j\bprr,QW.ed,?'. from the reading roomgwitbout leave, and wi^houte.verj being returned. It may here be reriiarked that as the lav of the landvery wisely treats'that sort of " borrowing " as being- what it really is-r-viz, stealing, it is to be hoped that one of these mean thieves will; be .paught red-handed, and that our mild J.P.s will not let him off in the. usual way, with, a "reprimand, 1 * 'because he belongs to " respectable parents " or some such other absurd excuse. The next'businesß wasan application by Mr S., Edwards who attended before the committee and reported that if that .body would accept the ownership and care of such, a collection, he! could, offer them the nucleus of t a., reference collection" ol specimens of rocks and minerals. Ha suggested that the committee should allow a tew cases to be placed, trumporarily in the newspaper room; and that they should oontribute;to the cost of making the caseu. The committee adopted the suggestion with the exception of contributing any* thing, to the cost pf cases,' and resolved tb apply (q the Borough Council for assistance. The next matter was a suggestion to keep' the newspaper room open bill 10 every night, and that matter was referred for the librarian to make an offer, and come, to terms if' poßßible with the president and treasurer. Mr Forsyth was asked to obtain an atlas,*," Webster* dictionary having already been obtained by him. Borough Council ,'Mkktikg.— At last night's meeting .of the Borough Council, in reply to a circular, from the secretary of the Dunedin Exhibition, the councjl decided, by a bare majority, to aot as a local committee to obtain and forward exhibits.' Assists anoe to the Gore library for oases to hold a reference collection of 'minerals, &c, was refused, the library, npt being under the control of the council. It wm proposed that the council should build a sheep dip near (he yards, and the , mayor and others, were authorised to obtain information on the subject.