The Standard AND PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE. (PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.) AND PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1875.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 251, 27 February 1875, Page 2

The Standard AND PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE. (PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.) AND PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1875.

“ We shall sell to no man justice or right: We shall deny to no man justice or right: We shall defer to no man justice or right.”

In one way it may speak well for our largely increasing population to know that the demand for hotel and house accommodation is in advance of the supply ; but the fact of our not being able to house, or temporarily accommodate the large influx of visitors and others who are just now making Grisborne a halting place, certainly will have a contrary effect. We have five hotels in the township, each of which is “ filled to overflowing,” so much ao that fresh arrivals from the country,

or by steamer from other places, have to sue in vain for admittance, a fact which was painfully exemplified on the arrival of Smith’s Combination Troupe last week from the south, the members of which had, and still have, to “ shake down ” in the Music Hall. Our hotels are commodious, nevertheless. Forthe requirements of thetrade, as it has hitherto existed, they have—unless it were on a pinch—generally been found equal to the demands made upon them, whilst in other respects they will compare favorably with those in any other part of the colony ; but the fact is apparent that the steady augmentation of our town and country settlers, and visitors, requires that something more should be done in this respect for their reception and comfort.

These things force themselves upon public attention, and form the most complete condemnation of that illiberal anti - Free-Trade humbug, called Conservatism, or old fogie Toryism — of which “ Protection. ” is an offshoot —which has been attempted to be established in Gisborne, as in other parts of the colony. It is certainly of no use attempting to check the surging waves of popular requirement and necessity ; the public require more accommodation than is at present to be had, and if the district is to go ahead, it must be provided—the present houses must be enlarged, or others will be built.

The facilities for mere drinking are, Goodness knows, numerous enough. It is the domestic and private part of our hotels that are incommensurate with the demand; and this compels us to draw attention to the advantages that would accrue if capitalists were to invest their money in the- building of some few private houses. Bents are, as a rule, enormously high—quite enough to pay a good percentage on the outlay. At least from six to ten cottages ranging from ten shillings to a pound a week, would be tenanted at once, whilst there is every indication of an increasing demand. The Gisborne Laud and Building Society, as a local institution, would seem to offer an inducement for investment in this direction, but the funds at its disposal are nominal compared with the requirements of the community, and, probably, would not be able to satisfy our wants to any great extent. The result, however, would be worth the effort made to attain it, as it would pay any plucky subscriber better to give a higher premium for money, month by month, with so good a return in view, than it would if directed to most other purposes. A commodious Temperance Hotel, or private Boarding House, on a large scale, would undoubtedly be an acceptable boon to the community ; and we hope soon to see all these things accomplished facts.