Tiniroto Farmers’ Union.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 346, 21 February 1902, Page 3

Tiniroto Farmers’ Union.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

A meeting of the Tiniroto Branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Ur>ion was held on the 18th inst. The Chairman (Mr L. Clayton) gave a summary of the proceedings of the Provincial Conference, at which he was the brauch’s delegate, and the meeting recorded a hearty .vote of thanks and confidence in him. Mr F. Lysnar proposed that the County Council should bo urged to send the road machine to the Wairoa-Gisbovne B road at once, and have the road put in a thorough state of repair before the winter set, in. It was impossible for the maintenance men to effect this unassisted, as the distance they had to traverse was too long for them. Mr H. E. Kent seconded the motion, which was carried. The meeting decided that the branch should hold its quarterly meetings on Saturday afternoon at two o’clock, but the monthly meetings as usual in the evening. This was to enable settlers living at a distance to attend. The Chairtufl' ll read a letter he had reeeived from the To Arai branch suggesting that a club in Gisborne be formed, where members could meet when in town, and exchange views. The meeting cordially approved of tho idea, but thought that as yet they were not in possession of sufficient details. The Chairman read a communication from the Superintendent of the Electric Lines, regretting that the PostmasterGeneral could not accede to the petition for a telephone at Tiniroto. The meeting unanimously decided to erect the lino themselves, in accordance with the Hon. J. Carroll’s suggestion to the Chamber of Commerce when approached by that body on the subject. All that they asked from the Government was that they might be allowed to connect with the Hangaroa terminus of tho Gisborne-Hangaroa line, and that the Tiniroto post-ofiice_ might be made a bureau ; they would maintain the line. Several commercial and professional men living outside Tiniroto had offered to contribute towards the expeuse, and the settlers felt assured that the leading firms in Gisborne would be happy to subscribe, as they would benefit by the line almost as much as the residents of Tiniroto. Messrs \V. Whyte, J. L. Spence, and Lissant Clayton were appointed a committee to collect funds and arrange for the work, etc. It was hoped that the line would be completed within three mouths.