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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 416, 13 February 1890, Page 2

A WORKING MEN'S CLUB. There is a great deal to be learned by residents in one community paying visits to other towns and noting in what respects either is weak as compared with its neighbor. When our rowing represent tatives were io Napier it is said they specially admired the organisation of the Working Men’s Cltsb in that town,' and expressed a hope that one would soon be formed in Gisborne. If the suggestion is turned to practical account there is no reason why Gisborne should ba backward in such a matter. It always astonishes a new arris al in Gisborne to observe how far behia d the times the place is in some respects, and the total want of unity them is among the working class, either in .matters political or social, is a prominet.’t feature. Class differences are at all times objectionable, and a great mans' of the advantages that are lost for want .of joint action are probably not felt becaus 8 of the general good feeling which exist s among all classes of this community. Th at is a very,desirable state of things, but it ought to be an additional argument in fas or of a Working Men’s Club, for it should' command such a large amount of suppot t. There is no questioning that the working men of this district aro as a tlaa. «of a hi(jh orilai' of

intelligence, and as capable to manage efficiently a club like that indicated, as any other body of men. If the thing were taken in hand with spirit, there appears to be no reason why it should not be very successful. As to its probable advantages they are so self-evident that it is not necessary to point them out. A brilliant commencement of such an institute as that proposed would not be required. It might be begun on a very economical scale, and its functions extended as its

membership increased and the institute was in other ways strengthened. What is now required is that a few energetic men should enter into the project, and there is every probability it would be brought to a successful issue.