The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3392, 7 December 1911, Page 4

The Gisborne Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911.

I complete arrangements for the display to-night of | j the results of t-o----j I day's polling throughout the DominI ion. Easily the best effort that has been made in this direction in this town previously, it is confidently claimed, was made by this journal on the occasion of the last general municipal elections. Not only was the huge board that was placed over the ‘‘Times” balcony brilliantly lighted, but the results, it was generally acknowledged, stood out with surprising distinctness. For to-night, however, j the arrangements in this direction will I lie found to mark a very great advance oven on what was accomplished last j April. Next to distinctness in connec- j tion with displays of this nature! promptness in exhibiting each result as j soon as it is available is, of course, a 1 very material factor towards success, j In order that there shall lie as little! delay as possible in this matter, the 1 services of a large staff of assistants have, therefore, been requisitioned. What is more, the ‘‘Gisborne Times.’-’ recognising that there may be a lull now and again in connection with the receipt of results from other electorates, has decided to enter upon a novel departure, which, it trusts, will be the means of helping the time to pass pleasantly for the large crowds which may be expected to watch the results from in front of its establishment. For the purpose of entertaining the electors, the City Band has been engaged, to give a concert, starting at 8.30 p?m. from a grandstand erected alongside tho “Times” office. Among other ntI tractive selections which appear on a programme that has been specially arranged for, the occasion will * : March. “Victoria”; waltz, “Queen of the North”; march, “Ivia Ora”: fantasia, “Victory” ; two-step, “It's on the Board” ; march, “A Knight of the 20th Century” ; intermezzo, "Rococo”;! selection, “Songs of Scotland” ; and j grand finale, ‘‘We Won’t Get Homo Till Morning!” The band, which is always an exceedingly popular institution, may bo expected to give a particularly fine performance to-night, on account of the fact that it lias now for some time past been practising assiduously in view of the approaching contest. Given fine weather all who avail themselves of tho opportunity of watch-

The “Times” Polling Display.

i'ng the results from in front of tli-o “Times 5 ' o.'b-e should therefore have an enjoyable < eeniiig. Some, days • ' tb- ‘•Tinu«. M together witji the “Hefted j'apn nun f/(ad! raid” protested against deiirrv being withheld until after to-day oi large numbers of copiers of the “Times” -and the “Herald” of several days of last wee'k that were add,■<wd to subscribers along tho Coast ; en route to Wairoa; and from Whatatutu onwards, The papers, it will be reeal!<sl, were delayed because they contained advertisements which it was held W( . of the character of mock ballot

papers. the delivery of which ifi forbidden during the day of the poll or during the three preceding days. fiietc might be less reason to cornpla.m if a

similar attitude had l*?en adopt/d by iJ,-. postal authorities in other parts of tin- Dominion, hut with the exm-ption of jjanr’.evirh'O, where it is uudorsto.- d the Do part merit at once backed down, such lias m.t been the oiy. Wise, aggravates tin- position a.l! the jrg ; - is that the local office delivered on Monday and again yesterday large numbers of outside newspapers that have !"■!: found to contain advertisements. s;m;lar to that which has Iren the cau-e of all the trouble and annoyance- locally. Jt is no doubt the case that the local postmaster is acting undo,- instructions received from lieadquartei's. but the. r. ■ ■]/>■ r'. l for doubt whethe; tee S *cietary to the Depart merit is fudy : used I of the whole position as it ♦Lr : local newspapers upon which an embargo has been placed as regards liieir <--- livery. That there must },'■ •understanding would appear -rom :0.lowirig paragraph which aucj to con.e 1 rom an official source and is j/üb.ished the “Wellington Post” on Munday: “The instructions given by t: "s ! Department were to the off'-: tout any j matter published to-day cont;on,::g a ; mock ballet paper was not b b- distr - i buted through the post. T" av.id any ! complications at the J< «i. 're.. tie- Wellington,) office, the staff work'-o. over- ! time or. Saturday so as to ch-ar a.: :r. a •. matter posted on tliat day. Ihe po-,-tion in Gisborne, it is thought. -■? = | created througii this ( presiunab.y Mcr - I day) morning's paper contain n. g iroc.-: j ballot paper, ns not so.—ltd G.l •, 1 No weekly paper published on Friday i required to be dealt with. All papers published on Saturday which could be despatched were -/.•it i<:uu. . <■;•'. Saturday.” What his Mr. Renner to say thisf As far as we knew, the Ga-borne papers have now reached t-1:-• various post officer t< which they were addressed. But whether they will V? deiver'd before Friday is anoih-r matter. Mr. Renner, it is known, has h- < Sc: ally informed that the Department sees no reason why its officers should examine newspapers in of meek ballot papers. His reply is that in the ca sc-, i f the local papers the fact, that they contained mock ballot papers was kir wn to the Department. But all the same the official statement of tire position was transmitted to the various district p ?t offices yesterday, and the question as to whether the papers would be released would therefore deix-nd upon whether the various officers-in-charge after ail the protests that have been made on the •subject were content to make ;h-:;:-sel-ves believe that they were :m: aware that the papers contained such an advertisement ! Tt is all too funny for words.