GORE.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 11, 10 June 1893, Page 5

GORE.

! At the meeih'g held to 'consider the bridge [question’•‘the. • following resolutions 'by 1 Sir [Beattie were carried ’by• ’4s to -22; vizi —that ithe Mayor and Borough Council take the necessary steps to. have a poll, pf, the ratepayers'fcdken dd to' 'Whether they Were in ffivbr of <a. bridge ; where filieijiriajoritry; wished it built;, “and.! ■whether they;willi bo : in favefur of a loan being raised by the Council sufficient to erect a suitable bridge on the site chosen by the,ratepayers. Itwas statdd that the'Giainty Council would not contribute, any portion of the expense, when" it 1 was' decided that the Borough Council communicate with the County Council with a view to igettingra ; subsidy. _ At the last meeting,of the Borough Council it was decided tpl take tile necessary legal steps to enable the Council to raise a loan for the purpose of efectihg! a 'traffic Bridgei Over; the Mataura, and that a meeting of ratepayers be held after the'preliminary l stbpA.’havb been taken, and that the question .be fully considered. I The annual licensing meeting was held on jVlonday, when,the police, report; being favbttr- ’ able, all license's were renewed, i Tbs Gore Gospel Temperance Society held its first meeting for another; year bn Tuesday, when there was a large attendance. 'I he President (Rev. J. A! Asher) presided, and in ; a few introductory remarks said the committee had determined to make the society more: Successful this,year than .hitherto,,-and added that the large attendance augured well for that eijd. The !Rev. Mr Tinsley’delivered a capital address which was well, received, and which proved that the society had gained in' liim an en ergetic 'Worker in! the. 'cause of temperance. '■" ! • '; ’ ' '' , ". i Mr G. F. , Bichardsbif, M.H.R., met Iris qonstituents'in the Town Hall'bh Wednesday, and had a good' reception; A : number of questions wei’fe asked, but the speaker was able to meet his questioners. , The address was much on the same lines of that given at Mataura, which you have reported. A vote of thanks and Confidence was'carried’ against an amendment, proposed by Mr McGill, of thanks only. , >l . • .. . 1 ■ m : ; ; The weather for : the , past , week has been very wintry. Oii Sunday last wo experienced a heavy gale from the, south-west, finishing up with a downpour of rain. f , No damage of any consequence is repbrted. Since then rain, with snow on the hills, has continued at intervals. ■.: .; ■! ; \ ■ j Last Tuesday’s sheep sale was not largely attended. No doubt the cold wet weather had, a good deal to do with so lew sheep being forward’. Those'' offered brought satisfactory prices. (:’ ■ : 1 ■ '' '