The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 13, 1901 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 61, 13 March 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 13, 1901 LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.

A proposal has, we understand, emanated from Mr W. L. Rees, to the effect that another Association should be formed in Gisborne for the furtherance of the interests of the district. Mr Rees believes that the time is ripe for again agitating for an outer harbor, and the formation of an association specially for the furtherance of that object would give it greater prominence. The time is coming when the best of river harbors will be unsuitable for the accommodation of the vessels trading to Gisborne, and there is good reason to believe that the time is not far distant when the district will be sufficiently advanced to undertake works of the magnitude necessary to cope with the trade of the district. But the formation of new associations is likely to do more harm than good. What is required is the energising of the associations that now exist. We are afraid that Gisborne, which at times is able to set the example for the rest of the colony, is at ordinary times seriously troubled with that ‘‘tired” feeling. Is there one organisation that has not reason to complain of the want of activity of members? Where is the Railway League ?—that body which at one time promised to develop into a spirited debating society. How many local societies, political or social, are infused with that spirit of activity needed to keep them working at their full value ? A new association would, perhaps, “boom” until the novelty wore off, and then it would Sink into oblivion, having done no good, but having done a certain amount of harm in diverting attention from the work of existing bodies. What is wanted, and what all should aim at, is the infusing of more life into existing bodies, so that their usefulness may be increased.