GORE NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 24822, 14 August 1942, Page 6

GORE NEWS

MILK ZONING SCHEME A decision to begin a milk zoning scheme in the town on September 1 was made at a meeting of the interested parties at Gore yesterday morning. The meeting was attended by Mr T. H. Langford, South Island zoning officer. The Mayor of Gore, Mr W. D. Shelton, was chairman. The milk vendors will draw up their own scheme in collaboration with the civic authorities. Mr Langford said that one milk vendor was being compelled to go to camp and he ha(J come to Gore to see that the people of the town were given a suitable service. He considered that the milk vendors should put a zoning scheme into operation as soon as possible. It was desirable that the scheme evolved should be of the vendors’ own making, with as little Government interference as possible. The purpose of the zoning scheme was the conservation of tyres and petrol, and it would also mean that producers would have extra time on their farms.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—A tribute to the work of the minister, the Rev. F. B. Barton, was paid by the session clerk, the Rev. Robert Mackie, when presenting the session report at the annual meeting of the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Mr Mackie stated that the year had been a satisfactory one. The following were elected to the Deacons’ Court:—Messrs E. A. Downes, W. Graham, R. L. Reid, J. A. Baldey, G. A. Blaikie, Allan Kerr, H. A. Callander, T. L. Morris and D. Paterson. MAGISTRATE’S COURT.—John Henry, alias Alex. Stewart, a labourer, aged 60, with no fixed abode, appeared before Mr H. A. Price, J.P., in the Gore Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning on a charge of obtaining credit by fraud at Christchurch on January 27, 1941. He was also charged with the theft of £2 at Otarna on August 4, 1942. He was remanded to appear before the Magistrate at Invercargill on August 20. RETURNED SERVICES— In giving a report on the button day appeal of the association at a meeting of the executive of the Gore R.S.A. the treasurer, Mr W. D. Shelton, said that a complete sale had resulted. The secretary, Mr G. L. Gerken, reported that the financial membership of the association now stood at 442, compared with 416 for the same period in 1941.