AROUND GORE

Southland Times, Issue 21179, 4 September 1930, Page 14

AROUND GORE

Mr T. P. Gilfedder, of Auckland, is at present visiting Gore and is the guest of Mr and Mrs T. Carmody, Ardwick street. Mr G. F. Mirams,».of Port Chalmers, and formerly well known in musical circles in Gore, was a visitor to Gore yesterday. Mr W. Speden presided at a meeting of the Gore District Angling Society, which was held at the residence of Mr R. Allison on Tuesday evening. Final arrangements were made for the annual meeting and dinner, which will be held on September 26. Much interest was taken locally in the Wellington-Southland Ranfurlj’ Shield challenge match at Invercargill yesterday, over a hundred people travelling from Gore by train to see the game. In addition to this several bus loads carried passengers by road, while one garage proprietor said that his men had had to deal with nine punctures almost in succession—a striking indication of the amount of road traffic.

Two young men met as shearers on the shearing board at Logan sheep station, Greenvale, nearly 45 years ago. They met and were introduced to each other again in Mersey street, on Tuesday. This was the fifst time they had seen each other since their shearing days. In the meantime one had deevloped a theological turn of mind, and the other had made good as a blacksmith. The former is the well known Presbyterian minister at Mataura, the Rev. R. Mackie, and the latter is Mr James Wright, blacksmith, of Gore. Needless to say the handshake of the two gentlemen was hearty. A combined orchestral concert by the Gore and Mataura orchestra.? will be given in the new Princess Theatre to-night. The theatre has been entirely rehabilitated and patrons are assured of a highly enjoyable orchestral and vocal programme in pleasant surroundings. In an age when one hears so much "canned” music, it is certainly a treat to listen to classical selections played by amateurs who take their art seriously. Two well know-n vocalists, Mrs J. Cooper and Mr N. F. Sansom will be heard in pleasing solos. The numbers to be played by the orchestras are as follows: —Overture, Pique Dame (Suppe) ; overture, Raymond (Thomas) ; selection, Rigoletto (Verdi) ; march, Tannhauser (Wagner) ; waltz, Tales of the Vienna Woods (Strauss). His Worship the Mayor will deliver a short address, and as a large crowd is anticipated patrons are advised to book early at Whitehead’s.