Gore.

Southland Times, Issue 13061, 8 November 1894, Page 3

Gore.

(from our own correspondent). A meeting of the Borough Council was held on Monday night, and although the bank book was not laid on the table it appeared to be generally understood that the overdraft was at the limit, and consequently no business entailing further expenditure was dealt with. The Mayor brought up the matter of surfacing and, as one councillor put it, either the engineer, the contractor, or the Works Committee had been remiss. The committee is to bring up a report against next meeting. The Mayor is also to furnish the Government with reasons why that bridge should proceed. This is after the manner when there is a difference between the two Houses up the way. If they mean business the appointment of a.coilmittee of conciliation would be more to the point. The ratepayers are now realising that the Commissioner was only to report, and was not a judge, an error which arose no doubt from the fact that the Commissioner was the Stipendiary Magistrate. We have now paid our school fees. The Gordon school has undergone the usual inspection and comes out very favourably except as to arithmetic. This has always been a Gore weakness and should have a special diagnosis. The cycling fever has not abated the ardour of our athletes for other exercises, and we are to sefld a cricket team toTapanui on Friday and another to Wyndham. The population is on the increase and the Wednesday half-holiday is influencing our habits. The poor trout have a hard time of it ; not only are they daily subjected to individual deception but we have now a set day for portioning out the rivers among our anglers, Fo that none may escape allurement although they may elude being taken. Suppose this art of deception was practised by man on his fellows’ Full baskets are reported on all sides. . , Among our sporting fraternity a feat has been performed. The aspirant to a high municipal office was with some friends seated on the bench outside one of our lead inf hotels, when a card was put up inside indicating the result of a race on the other side. Leontine, the horse our aspirant had backed, was accorded first place, shouted for the crowd before the hoax was discovered, and is now a sadder if not a Wi The m :niy feature of the Presbyterian Synod’s meeting which specially interested us as being heretofore locally was Dr Copland’s abandonment of the

Bible in the schools.” It is not a Gore trait to yield the fort. The doctor has returned quite sound, but we fancy we have heard the last of the Bible now. The vegetation is growing daily more and more luxuriant, and as a consequence prices were higher in our saleyard yesterday. 7th Nov.