Immorality in Gisborne.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 360, 5 October 1889, Page 2

Immorality in Gisborne.

PENDING REVELATIONS.

The Captain of the Salvation Army, at. the open air moetinct onThursflav night, took q-.nasion to refer to Gieborne social life. His duty to his Master, he said, compelled him to spmk out. and although he had onlv been here a conple of months it was long enough for him to learn that what the Rev. G. B. Monroe had revea'ed in Auckland wns nothing to what w is going on in Gisborne. Tn the latter place it was done under a cloak, but it would soon come out and Gisborne people would be astonished at the amount of immo-ality that would be exposed. In one care, indeed, which would be out this week, if it had not already come out, some remarkahl. revelations were on the point of b“in<r made. There were people in Gisborne who were living in open adultery and otherwise misconduc'ing themselves. But sooner or later it wonld all come out. The captain gave no nine to names nor explained on what data he based hie charges, but he see Ted to be earnest in what he said. At a later period a Standard reporter interviewed Captain Roland, to ascertain if possible what foundation he had for the statements made. Ha was, however, re served upm tha more eerious aspect of the ques ion. Ha sold he had not been In many email towne of New Zealand, and th. rnfore could not give a oompirative idea of the moral character of Gisborne. But thia he did know, that there was a terrible amount of wickedness in the place. He related a case which he had hlrpeelf seen in broad daylight in Gladstone road, and further he said he had on that day been informed of a serious case in which “one of our ewelle " was concerned. The Captain refused to make known the names, but eaid the matter would shortly become public property. He also referred to the natives, and said the Eurrpsane were making them far worse than wh%t they were.