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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 350, 26 February 1902, Page 2

The monthly meeting of the Harbor Board takes place to-morrow alternoon. The Makauri school concert has been postponed to Thursday, March 6th. A great attraction for to morrow will be the Pakarae races.

The Gisborne Freezing Works will be in full swing this morning, to the delight of everyone in the district. A sale of drapery will be held at Messrs Wvllio and Mason’s auetion mart tomorrow morning.

A black-and-tau sheep dog, lost from ;he British Empire Hotel stable, is advertised for.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.10 p.m. yesterday: “Moderate to strong north to west and south-west winds ; glass rise ; tides decrease.” The Italian stiing band gave the patients at the Hospital a treat yesterday afternoon, with music played on the lawn,

Notice, is given that the Taruheru bridge will be closed to traffic, pending repairs to the decking, for at least one week, commencing on Friday, February 28th, 1002. The Patutahi Road Board call for tenders until neon on Monday, March 3rd, for road formation. Specifications can bo seen on application to Mr T. W. Bilham, clerk.

A man against whom a prohibition order had only recently expired was fined at the Police Court yesterday for drunkenness, the Magistrate saying that the defendant ought to be under perpetual prohibition.

A little daughter of Mr P. Malone, of Makaralta, had a perilous experience on Sunday. The child got hold of and consumed -some honey with arsenic that jockeys had been using for their horses to keep up tho pecker of the animals, The sufferer was brought into Dr Cole’s surgery, and successfully treated. Messrs Wyllie and Mason will sell at their auction mart, on Saturday morning, about one hundred and fifty volumes of books, including : Picturesque Atlas (complete set), historical wprks, medical and scientific works, Martin's China (two volumes), Anglo-Boor War (with 300 photo engravings), 20 volumes of poetical works, Wesley’s works (11 volumes), and a number of other works.

Yesterday light northerly winds were prevalent throughout the colony. Auckland advised blue sky, New Plymouth overcast weather, Wellington overcast, Christchurch and Dunedin overcast, Invercargill blue sky. Smooth to moderate seas were running on the coasts, Castlepoint reporting heavy. Moderate to high rides were experienced. Wairoa reported light west wind, blue sky, good bar. The New Plymouth Sash and Door Company had its leg badly pulled by a joker last week. The joker rang up on the telephone, and, impersonating the Mayor, asked the Company to blow its fog-horn for half-an-hour to celebrate the capture of Do Wet. The manager consented, and is now looking for the joker with a jagged butcher’s knife.—Observer. The sum of £6859 was passed through the totalisator at the recent meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club, being a record for the Bay by From the point of view of investments on the machine, the meeting was the best held in this district since 1892. Dad tho hadicaps for several ol the chief events been declared subsequent instead of prior to the Park meeting the investments would probably have reached £BOOO. Court Win. Gladstone,No. 0090, A.0.F., held their usual meeting last evening at the Court Room, Masonic Hall, Bro. Win. Edwards, C.R., presiding. One candidate was initiated, and one proposed for membership, An appeal on behalf of the widows and orphans of a deceased member in Wellington district was received, and liberally responded to. The (J.R. being about to proceed to England, he was suitably farewelled by Bro. \V. L. File on behalf of the members, by bom Bro. Edwards is held in high esteem, as evidenced by his occupying the office of Chief Ranger and Trustee. The totalisator tax levied by the Government on the four day’s racing in Gisborne this month brought nearly £2OO to the coffers of the State. The actual amount paid by the Poverty Bay Turf Club was £lO2 7s 9d, and the Gisborne Club contributed about £9O. The amount of revenuo received by the Government in a year from this source must be considerable. At the Auckland Cup meeting in December the sum of £71,000 was put through the machine, the tax on that

amount at 14 per cent, producing over £IOOO. Seeing that races are held in

some part of the colony almost every day, the amount received by the Government cannot be far short of £30,000 per year. It is no wonder that some members of the Government are anxious to see Tattersall open up business in New Zealand, as it would materially increase King Richard’s surplus.