Frasertown Notes.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 106, 14 May 1901, Page 3

Frasertown Notes.

(Times Travelling Correspondent.) In order to keep pace with the requirements of this thriving township, several j of the business people have found it necessary to build more commodious business premises, those at present in hand and 1 nearing completion being for Messrs A. Beckett, of the Frasortown Hotel, T. J. c Tunks, general storekeeper, and Couper Bros., wheelwrights, farriers, and general smiths. Mr A. Beckett has had erected on the site of the old Border Hotel, one of the most commodious houses to he found in the Waiapv-, Licensing District, and has I renamed it the Frasortown Hotel. It is a handsome structure of eighteen splendid J rooms. On the lower floor arc situated J eight rooms, consisting of the commercial- ( room, sitting-room, two bedrooms, diningroom, kithen, bar-parlor, adjoining whioh | is a nice roomy bar with three entrances. Tho dining-room is a fine commodious one, and is capable of seating sixty persons comfortably. The table kept in this house is equal to that of many first-class hotels, and for the moderate charge ofohe shilling a meal fit for a prince can be pro- 1 cured. The upper storey is comprised of tea rooms eight bedrooms, a sitting- 1 room, and a bathroom. A balcony runs ! round the building on two sides, and adds considerably to the appearance of the place. So as to be up-to-date in every respect, Mr Beckett has had the whole of the premises lighted with acetylene gas, which is a great improvement on the old order of things. The building is splendidly furnished throughout. The proprietor has procured a first-class billiardtable, and hopes to have it fitted up in a month or so, by which time ho expects to have the billiard-room completed. The building has been faithfully erected by the contractor, Mr R. Gardiner, and it would be a very creditable addition to any town. Another welcome addition to the place is the new store erected by Mr T. J. Tunks, to which is attached the post and telegraph office. Mr Tunks has been in business in Frasortown for over twenty years, and of late has found that the accommodation his old premises afforded was quite inadequate for the requirements of his business, and so ho decided on taking this step, which has placed him in possession of one of the finest stores in the district. The store fias a frontage of 30ft, 1 and is 21ft wide, with lift studs. Tho post and telegraph office, which is separated i from the shop, is 20ft by 10f£, and is equally divided betweon the officials and the public, the public apartment being ’ nicely fitted up with a counter at which to transact postal business, and two desks 5 for the convenience of customers when , writing out telegrams. The telephone is - in a separate room, with a double door to e ensure privacy. A substantial verandah e has been placed in front of the shop, and a altogether Mr Tunks’ new premises are a welcome addition to Frasertown. s . Messrs Couper Bros., v/heelwrights, farriers, and blacksmiths, have in course d of construction a new shop, and when completed they will be in a better position >e to cope with the requirements of their t- ever-increasing business.