As Others See Us.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 86, 31 December 1887, Page 4

As Others See Us.

Tzi Hon. James Inglis, a resident of Sydney and a prominent New South Wales politician, has been among us “ taking notes,” which he has printed in a handsome volume entitled “ Our New Zealand Cousins,” which has been published by Messrs Sampson, Low and Co. These are his remarks about Gisborne “ Turning round Gable End Foreland, a sheer abrupt rocky face like the gable of a mighty house, a formation, as one can see by the detached fragments and hummoeks in the sea at its base, evidently the result of some tremendous landslip, we enter Poverty Bay, in the mid circumference of which nestles the neat and thriving little town of Gisborne. The roadstead is exposed to south-east gales, and a poor stranded barque, lying tattered and broken on the strand, with the exultant waves hungrily licking her riven ribs, proved conclusively how dangerous these can be at times. Even in this little coastal town, public spirit is ahead of Sydney in at least one respect. Gisborne can boast of a Harbor Board. A loan has been proposed, and plans are already prepared, and will shortly be proceeded with for the formation of a habour that will render the anchorage safe at all times. On the substantial wharf are commodious sheds, the streets are wide, planted with shade trees, and the embankment of the river is strengthened with flouriahingrowsof pollard poplars. The river winds picturesquely past, skirting the town, and the bridges, footpaths, Ac., were all in order. There are capital hotels and many really high class looking shops. A cheese factory has been started here lately, and the cheese I tasted was exquisite in its flavour. There is a future for Gisborne. The back country contains magnificent pastures, and the people seem wideawake. The getting ashore was a hazardous feat. The sea was high. The steam launch rolled about like a cork. The gangway was slung from the ship, and was now high in mid-air, now banging on the funnel or deck, or cabin batch of the launch. Luckily we all got ashore and back to the steamer again without accident, and in the evening away we steamed to Napier.