GORE.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 18, 29 July 1893, Page 5

GORE.

There is very little of importance to report this week. Business is verydull ; indeed the general feeling is that not for years has it been so bad, but can that be wondered at, considering the number of shops now open P For several years Gore has been booming (at a distance), the consequence being that, people have rushed here to open places of business.

The Rev. Mr Lewis, Congregational minister, delivered a very plainspoken sermon last Sunday, the subject being the Gore traffic bridge, deploring the gr-eat lack of public spirit displayed by the citizens. Measles are stil I spreading, and it is my unpleasant duty to report that another death has taken place in our midst —that of. the third daughter of Mr Abram Richardson, farmer, aged 18 years. The funeral took place on Tuesday and was largely attended, testifying to the widespread sympathy with the bereaved family. The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church was occupied on Sunday by the Rev. Mr MeKellar, minister elect of Woodlands, who preached morning and evening to good congregations. I congratulate the Woodlands parish on securing ' so able a gentleman to fill their pulpit. The half-yearly Purple lecture of the Invercargill District was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall last night, when there was a large attendance. Prov. G. Master, Bro. Latham, and D.P.S.M. Bro. Brass conferred a number of The. Railway Commissioners have put a- terrible affront upon the newly-

degrees. A reunion of members of the Loyal United Core Lodge and friends was held afterwards, when a large number were present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Newcomers are gradually dropping in among us and opening up, the latest being Mr Roy, tailor, from Cromwell. Attention has been attracted since Saturday night to Mr Clayton’s window, by a very good show of enlarged photographs, which are splendidly finished and of a thorougly permanent nature. The fact of orders for buggies and light carts coming from all parts of ,the district to Messrs Nightingale and Sutherland, of the Criterion Carriage-Works, shows that their workmanship in building and decorating vehicles is appreciated. Their gigettes are said by those using them to be the easiest running twowheeled vehicles seen down here, and the finish and painting of their traps has brought them under the notice of the public whenever the new turnout has left the Criterion works. The dog cart they are constructing for the Southland Rugby Union’s Art Union is almost finished, and will be on view in Invercargill shortly.