FUTURE OF GISBORNE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19982, 6 July 1939, Page 6

FUTURE OF GISBORNE

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Next year New Zealand will celebrate its centenary, and in the course of the hundred years, Gisborne, the landing place of Captain Cook, has played a prominent part. From Maori pa to bush settlement, to township and then to one of the largest boroughs in New Zealand, the pioneers played their parts nobly and well. Now the town and the district generally appears on the eve of a new and even more enterprising era. Gisborne has now one of the most-up-to-date lire stations in the Dominion, new playing grounds have been laid out. in upper Palmerston Road and in Score Road, while projects of the near future include automatic telephones, and a eentonial drive into the town along the Wuikanae beach foreshore from Stanley Road to Waipaoa. Visitors from all parts of tlio Dominion are expected to attend the pageant next year depicting realistically the landing of Captain Cook on Kaiti beach. But private enterprise has not been lacking and a. typical instance of this nature is the extension of the private bar of the Gisborne Hotel, and the introduction of the famous Waitemata ate, thus making this the most up-to-date bar, with the most up-to-date ale, Waitemata. Tlio private bar at the hotel is to be thrown open Lo the leading public on Saturday next, and this will no doubt prove the most popular rendezvous in the town. The bar of the pioneers was ofttimes a few barrels, and a stray kerosene tin or t\vo for seats, but the up-to-date bar a.', the Gisborne partakes more of the nature of a high-class elubroom, where all classes of the community meet on the level in an atmosphere of good fellowship. Naturally such a rendezvous must be embellished with beverages out of the ordinary, and the proprietor, Mr. J. Bray mipst bo congratulated on being the pioneer hotel licensee to introduce the famous Waitemata ale to this town. \ tie 'tar fit for the gods, and get with medicinal dualities, so skilfully mixed by some of the host brewers in the southern hemisphere as to defy detection, it is no wonder why Waitemata air is so popular that it is transported t-. all parts of the world. The huge cellars of the Gisborne have been rearranged to make room for large stocks, of Waitemata ale, and special arrangements have been made for regular weekly shipments. Saturday next should be a red letter day in the history of tills town, wit it the opening of tlio privae bar at the Gisborne after extensive alterations and the introduction of Waitemata ale. Honour is rightfully accorded the pioneers of this district, and as the pioneer of Waitemata ale in Gisborne the name of the popular lieensee should be added to the list.