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Otago Witness, Issue 1970, 22 August 1889, Page 17

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August 20.—A printer's' mistake in laßt week's report makes the startling announcement that the Southland Coxinty Council are'going to takeover the " Otaria subdivision." No such luck I The best thing for the country would certainly be more counties and fewer road boards; but reforms are slowly made in this colony. Your very special correspondent was quite sober at the moment of specially corresponding last week. What he did say, and what 1b the hard fact, is that the county council will merely take over " Ontario street," a not very crowded thoroughfare in the little east-end suburb Of Gore called Gordon. Faith-healing amd Immersion.—Laßt Tuesday being a glorious day, a good number of people turned out to see the uncommon sight of publio baptism by immersion in the Waikaka stream, near the ford below the bathing shed. Four " believers " underwent the function, although the water was extremely cold. Mr Dyson, of Dunedin, officiated. It was remarked that amongst the on-lookers were several individuals (adults) who had apparently never yet undergone total immersion, even for sanitary purposes. Moke Competition.—Two watchmakers announce that they are going to begin business here at once (we have three here already). The struggle for existence in towns seems to be almost as keen as in the Old Country. If there were a similar competition for farms and country employment generally the colony would be all the better for it. A Local Supreme Court Case.—At the last civil sittings of the Supreme Court at Dunedin the case of Dun v. Mac Gibbon and others was Bet down for trial. The plaintiff claimed a lease for a terra of years of a farm of 200 acres at Ohatton belonging to defendants, as executors of Jamas Todd, deceased. It seems that the freehold of the farm was sold by auction la9t December, under an order of the court, which did not recognise the tenanoy claimed. A compromise of the case was effected before the trial came on, and Mr Justice Williams, sitting "in chambers " to-day at Dunedin, lias approved of the compromise, and the farm, as will be seen in your advertising columns, is to be offered for sale again by auction by Mr Simson at Gore, on Saturday, the 3lat inst., with Immediate vacant possession, Mr Dun, the'plaintiff in the cisc mentioned, going out of the farm oh the follo%ving Monday, September 2.