GORE NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 24229, 12 September 1940, Page 4

GORE NEWS

PATRIOTIC WORK The chairman (Mr R. B. Bannerman) tendered his resignation at a meeting of the Gore Patriotic Committee, stating that he was rejoining the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He expressed satisfaction with the results achieved by the committee and thanked all those who had assisted in the work. The resignation was accepted with regret, members of the committee paying warm tributes to Mr Bannerman’s work for the patriotic funds. A resolution thanking him for all he had done and extending to him the best wishes of the committee for the future, was carried by acclamation. - Mr W. D. Shelton was elected chairman in place of Mr Bannerman, and Mr W. F. Reynolds was appointed to the vacancies occurring on the Gore executive and the Eastern Southland Committee.

Mr L. S. Anderson reported on the scheme for the" collection of waste metals, as outlined to a meeting in Gore recently by Mr C. S. N(ackay, the provincial organizer. It was decided that the committee undertake to supervise the scheme. Messrs Ritchie, Andersen and Wilson were appointed a sub-com-mittee to attend to the matter.

Arrangements for the provision of Christmas parcels for the men overseas were reported to be well in hand. The McNab Women’s Institute was granted permission to hold a street sale in Gore on September 20. A suggestion that another community sing be held in Gore was referred to the executive for consideration.

Those present at the meeting, were: Mr R. B. Bannerman (chairman), Mrs R. W. McCreath, Mrs C. M. Wilson, Mrs D. McAskill and Messrs L. S. Andersen. D. Harvey, H. F. Wilson, W. F. Reynolds, H. K. Edie, W. D. Shelton, F. O’Connor, J. Ritchie, P. R. Stewart, J. Y. Allan and R. S. Green.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

“On the third day of the ninth month of 1939 the world awoke to find that peace and tranquillity had again been broken by an outbreak of war, with Germany as the aggressor,” states the annual report of the Gore Chamber of Commerce. “New Zealand, like others of the far-flung British dominions and dependencies, has not hesitated to step out and organize her manhood and great resources of food stuffs to aid the Motherland- in her defence against the powerful enemy. “We’ have every confidence that our men overseas will fully maintain their prestige as gallant fighters,” states the report. “Two members of the chamber who were early on the roll of enlistments were Messrs T. L. Macdonald, M.P., and C. P. McCaughan. The chamber wishes them the best of good fortune and a safe return to their homes.”

The report states that the membership for the year was 42, an increase of two. At the quarterly meetings the chamber was fortunate in ■ having as speakers Messrs H. A. Hull, F. Wallis, jun.,- and H. McQuillan. It was with regret that the chamber had to record the death early in the year of its first president, Mr D. L. Poppelwell. He was an active , ( and industrious member.