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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1393, 2 March 1905, Page 1

rBWE NEW zeaJL LAND SHIP“V.'.'V '-'ikx.. PIN« COMPANY'S x'iiyKSSSi LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Teneriffo and Plymouth. ■ JTwin Borow. • Rimutaka & Tohgariro oalls at'Rio de Janeiro. I Passengers are booked at Lowest Rates and forwarded to port of steamer’s departure free of extra expense. . Tickets issued for Passages from Great Britain for'£l7 and upwardß. For freight or passage, apply to—,THi N,2j SHIPPING! COMPANY, LIMITED, Lowe ‘ Street, Gisborne. CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN LINE THE MOST POPULAR; AND COMFORTABLE ROUTE. ; To CANADA’, AMERICAN POINTS AND EUROPE. ROUND THE WORLD BOOKINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH . ANY LINE. NO OTHER LINE CAN OFFER AS MUCH FOR THE MONEY. R.M.S. MIOWBRA sails March 20tb from Sydney for Vancouver, via Brisbane, Suva, Fiji, Honolulu. New Zealand Passengers have option of joining at Fiji by proceeding by Union S.S ; NAVUA’, leaving Auckland 22nd March. 1 Monthly Sailings.

.UNION S.S. CO., Managing Agents.

ST. PATRICK’S SPORTS .To be held on the Park Com- } pany's Grounds, ,Te Hapara, On THURSDAY, MARCH- 16, 1905. .ONE HUNDRED POUNDS IN PRIZES. PROGRAMME OF; EVENTS. To Start at Noon. ' L. MAIDEN RACE, 150 yards.. First prize, £2 ; second prize, IDs., Entrance, 2s 6d. 2,.j BOYS’- HANDICAP (under 16), . 100 yards. First prize, 10s; second prize, ss. Entrance, Is. 3, .GIRLS’- HANDICAP, (under 14), 100 .yards. First prize, 10s ; second prize, ss. Entrance, Is. 4, ST, PATRICK’S HANDICAP, of £2O ; to be run in three distances, viz., 100, 220, 440 yards, With prizes for. each distance, and aggregate prize of Gold Medal, suitably inscribed. Points for Medal : First 5. second 3, third 2, First event, 100 yards (in heats). First prize, £3 ; second prize, £1 os ; third prize,, 10s,•Eniranee, 3s. L ill N C I-I . To start at 1.30 p.m. FINAL HEAT of 100 yards St. Patrick’s Handicap. 5, PONY RACE (14.2 and under), four furlongs. ’* First prize, £2 10s ; second prize, ss. Entrance 3s. ' -t 6, ST, PATRICK’S HANDICAP, second event, 220 yards. First prize, £5 ; 1 second, £1 10s ; third 10s. Entrance, os. 7, f-iVIILE SCURRY, For Horses that have never won a race of £5 or over at the time of starting. Minimum -weight, Bst- -Firstprize, £5 ; second prize, £1 Is. Entrance, ss. 8, HANDICAP, TROTTING RACE,, in saddle, twice round. First prize, £4 ; second prize, £l, En- - trance. ss. 9, HANDICAR HURDLES, 120 yds (aver 10 flights). First prize, £3 ; second prize,. 10s, "Entrance, 2s. 10, POLE JUMP, First prize, 30s; second prize,. 10s. Entrance, 2s. 11, HOSPITAL FUND RACE HANDICAP, 200 yards. -First prize, £2 25.; second prize, £1 Is, ‘Bn"trance Is. 12, ONE MILE HANDICAP. FOOT RACE, , First prize, £lO ; second prize, £2 j third prize, £l. Entrance, ss. 13, SIAMESE RACE, First prize, £2 2s ; second prize, £1 Is, En- . 14, HORSE ' JUMPING COMPETITION, over such jumps as the .Committee may. determine, -First prize, £3 10s; second prize, £1 Is, third prize, 10s, Entrance, ss. 15, ST. PATRICK’S HANDICAP, third event, 440 yards. First prize,, £5 ; second prize, £2 ; ith-ind prize, £l. Ehtrance, ss. 16, HALF-MILE SCURRY. For horses that have never won a race of £5 or aver, at time of starting. Minimum weight Bst. First prize, £5 ; second prize, £l Is. Entrance, ss. 17, HALF-MILE HANDICAP, First prize, £5 ■; second prize, £1 10s; -third prize, 10s, {Entrance, ss-. IRISH JIG, First prize, Trophy, value £l. Entrance, Is. HIGHLAND -FLING. First prize, -—Trophy, .Value £l, Entrance, Is. Must be Three Entries for all Dancing or no Event. SAILOR’S HORNPIPE (open). First prize, Trophy, value £l. Entrance, Is. SWORD DANCE, First prize, Trophy, value £l. Entrance, Is. Entries for the {following -Events, with performances and colors, .viz,, Nos. 1,4, 6,8, 8, -11, 12, 15, and 17, close with Mr Ed. Williams, at his shop, at 10 p.m., SATURDAY, MARCH 11th. Entries for the following Events, Viz., Nos. 2: 3,5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, and the Dancing Competitions, will he received by the Secretaries on the' Ground not later than half an hour before the time of starting. The Committee may disqualify any competitor, -before or after any event who shall refuse to make the required declaration, and he shall n-ot he entitled to claim any prize. The. Committee reserve the right to alter or add to the Programme, to vary the order of events, to refuse any entry, • or,', if necessary, to postpone the gathering. Nominations; must .. be accpmpanied with required -amount of cash, otherwise -they will not be'accepted. Any competitor found guilty of Bending in false performances, running under an assumed name, or practising any, fraud, shall be disqualified. All competitors taking part in these Sports are notified that they must he on their marks at advertised time. The Committee reserve the right' to require any competitor either before or after any event to make a I declaration as to liis identity and the ' correctness of the description of his performances. , All HORSE EVENTS run under METROPOLITAN RULES. ’JAS. B. MARTIN, - •ED.. WILLIAMS, ; ; ' 'Joint Hon. Secs.-