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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2120, 1 July 1907, Page 3

NOTICE. ISBOItNE DEBATING? VJT SOCIETY. TO-NIGHT, $ p.m., at Choral Hall. Syllabus Item for To-night— QUESTION BOX. Bring along your quoricS, anil join in ft pleasant ovoniug. F. .MotEAN, Hon. See. OISBO.ttNE WHARF LABORERS’ UNION. THE Adjourned Monthly MEETING of tho above Union will bo held ill Good’s Buildings, on TUESDAY, 2nd irißt., at 7.30 p.m. j ' Exooutivo moot 7 p.m. Full afctondanoo roqubstod. J. C. HARDING, Prosidont.

GISBORNE BOROUGH COOK. A PPLICATIONS aro invited by x\. tlio Gisborne Borough Council for the position of Borough TURNCOCK. Tho Schcdulo of Duties can bo seen at tlio Offico of tho City Engineer, Gisborne. Applications must bo sent to the Town Clerkj'Gisborne, on or before MONDAY, July 22nd, 1907, endorsed.. “Application for Position of Turncock.”, ; • E. HARVEY GIBBON, Borough Enginoor, Gisborno. TURhf-

MR. VAL VOUSDEN. His majesty’s Theatre. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, July sth and 6th. Re-appearance after an absence of 2i years of :: VAL VOUSDEN, Popular-Irish Entertainer and the Creator of the Famous “MRS. O’ROURKE, OF DUBLIN,” In Now and Novel Items. ... “TWO HOURS OF HEARTY LAUGHTER” (as given by. him for Ten Nights at Wellington). POPULAR PRICES—3s, 2s,Valid Is. Full particulars in future;issue.

Monster cjocial onster Social IN AID OF THE FUNDS FOR JgUILDING gCHOOL gWIMMING JgATHS, THURSDAY ami FRIDAY, JULY 11 and 12, IN N.Z. SHIPPING CO.’S WOOLSTORE, Groy-strect. . TICKETS: Thursday—Gents., ss. Ladies, 2s Cd. Friday—Children’s Night. Children, Is. Adults, 3s, admitting 1 adult and 2 children.

THE POVERTY BAY TUBE CLUB. THE Annual Genoral MEETING of the above Club will be held jn the Club Room, Masonic Hotel, on TUESDAY, July 2nd, at 2.30 p.m.' BUSINESS: To receive Report and Balance-sheet. Election of Officers, and General. D. R. DeCOSTA, __ Secretary. NEW ZEALAND accountants AND AUDITORS’ ASSOCIATION (Regd.).

EXAMINATIONS for tlie Admission of FELLOWS, ASSOCIATES, and STUDENTS of BOTH SEXES will be held in various centres of'the colony, commencing on MONDAY; 4th November; 1907. APPLICATIONS must reach the Registrar hot later than SATURDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1907. Full particulars furnished on application. J. HENRY MACKIE, Registrar. Mercantile Chambers, Queen-street, Auckland. Local Representative—Mr. T. A. Coleman, Gladstone-road, Gisborne. COURSING. b A MEETING of the Poverty -Bay X V Plumpton Coursing Club will be held at'the Royal Hotel, on TUES'DAY, 2nd July, at 7.30 p.m. All gontlemen interested in coursing are requested to attend.

G. JOHNSTONE, Secretary.. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROMOTE A LOCAL BILL. I'VTOTICE is hereby given that the Gisborne Harbor Board intends to promote in the forthcoming session of Parliament a Local Bill, the objects of which are. as follows:' — 1. To borrow the sum of £400,000, at 4 per cent., for a period not exceeding 40 years; also, .) per cent. Sinking Fund. 2. Such sum of £400,000 to be expended as follows: £350,01i0 in an Outer Harbor for Poverty Bay, and £50,000 (with accumulations) to pay off old Loan of £200,000. ' 3. Such sum to be raised by issue of Debentures secured upon rents, profits and dues receivable by the Board, and a Special Rate upon the capital value of all lands, including Crown and Native lands, in the Gisborne Harbor District, 4. The Gisborne Harbor District is constituted by inclusion of Gis- •• borne Borough, Cook County, find \Vaiapu County. 5. The Special Rate not to exceed Id in the £ in the Borough, id in the £ in the County of Cook,

and -id in the £ in the County of Waiapu,. 6. Before raising Loan a Poll is to h e taken of all Ratepayers in the Harbor District, and if Poll is not carried by a majority of votes exercised, Loan is not to be proceeded with. 7. The Bill contains necessary provisions for taking such Poll, in accordance with “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” and provides that ratepayers rated for property i(l) to £IOOO shall have one Vote; up to £2OOO, two votes; over £2OOO, three votes, t _ 8. The amount of Rate to be levied in each year is not to exceed such amount as is required to provide for, payment of interest and Sinking Fund, after taking into account the estimated balance of ordinary revenue available, deducting working expenses, cost of administration and interest accrued upon previous Loan. . , 9. The Rato to bo levied lii the Borough of Gisborne shall bo double the Bate levied in ' the County of Cook, and the Rate levied in the County of Cook shall be doublo the Rate levied in the County of Waiapu. 10. The Board is to have all necessary and incidental powers of making, levying, and recovering Rates within the Harbor District, and no Rate is to be set aside or quashed in any Court,, and no defect shall lie set up as a defence. „ . . ~ 11. For the purpose of raising the amount authorised to be levied, the Board may suspend operation of Rate and declare that the Councils of the Borough of Gis--borne and Counties of Cook and' Waiapu shall bo liable to contribute the amount authorised to bo levied in proportion to the rateablo value of all rateable property comprised within the boundaries of such Borough and Counties respectively within the Harbor District,' and may fix the proportion to be so paid annually. . . 12. Every contributing local authority declared -liable to pa-' any such contribution may pay same out of ordinary funds or general revenue, or may levy a Special Rate to provide . for same, with necessary powers of striking Rate. . 13. On non-payment of any contribution by a local authority for on e month, the Board may sue for same. 14. Power of appointment of Receiver by the Supreme Court oh the application of any creditor of the Board, and all necessary and incidental powers in connection therewith. A copy of the Bill is deposited in the Magistrate’s Court at Gisborne, and is open to public inspection for three complete weeks from the date hereof. . . , , Tho copy Bill is accompanied by a statement of tho financial position -of the promoters, an., estimate of the cost of construction, an., estimate of the increased revenue to: be derived from the proposed works, together •with plans of the work. . Dated this 28tli day of June, 190/. CHRISP and COLEMAN, •Harbor Board Solicitprs,