CORONATION CELEBRATIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 423, 23 May 1902, Page 3

CORONATION CELEBRATIONS.

(To the Editor of the Times). Sir, —I read, with feelmgs akin to chagrin, the decision of the committee to hold a fine ball on Coronation night, and with such a prohibitive ehargo to the general public, for admission, which latter would give to an outsider tho suspicion that some “ superior persona ” wished to withdraw themselves from the “ common herd.” Sir, we cannot all dance. Some are too old and some are too young, and some are maimed, and some have conscientious scruples, letting alone the price. It is a day of common rejoicing to all, and why not endeavor to enable all to partake of what onjoyment there is provided ? Why not secure both leading halls and let admission be free, or very near it, and hold impromptu concerts, with items from the schools and individual children, adults, short speeches from our old and respected pioneers, intermingled with games, or inaugurate some scheme for the benefit of all ? We want something that on such a night will hold us all together ; something that oven the most fastidious clergymen could find no excuse for non-attendance thereat. Such a course as that proposed by the committee seems to me to emanate from blind selfishness on the part of hale and healthy adults.—l-arn, etc., Commoner.