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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 19, 26 July 1887, Page 2

OKAHU BLOCK, POVERTY BAY (690 ACRES) FOR SALE. MESSRS GRAHAM, PITT * BENNETT Instructed by the Trustee in the Bankrupt Estate of Sydney J. Bromley, will sell within their Auction Room, Gladstone Road, Gisborne, on SATURDAY, the 13th day of August, at 12 o’clock noon— THE OKAHU BLOCK, COOK COUNTX, CONTAINING 090 ACRES (more or less). The Land is situated about four miles in. land from the coast on the way from Gisborne to the Mahia Peninsula. It adjoins the Te P il- ga and the Paritu Blocks, and is of uoo-l quality. The Title is under the Land Transfer Act. For further Information apply to the Auctioneers, or to the subscriber, the Solicitor for the Trustee, WILLIAM SIEVWRIGHT, Solicitor, Gisborne. Gisborne, 22nd July, 1887.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL. TIBES ON DRAY WHEELS. ■VTOTICE is hereby given that from this ’ date, and until further notice is given, By-Law No. 5 of this Council will be enforced upon all County roads within this County. BY-LAW NO, 5. 1. Drays using a tire less than 2J inches in width, shall not carry more than 25 cwt. 2. Drays using a tire of 2} inches, and not exceeding 4 inches in width, shall not carry more than 80 cwt. 3. Drays using a tire exceeding 4 inches, and not exceeding 5 inches in width, shall not carry more than 35 cwt. 4. Draye using a tire exceeding 5 inches, and not exceeding 6 inches in width, shall not carry more than 40 cwt. 5. Drays using a tire exceeding 6 inches in width, shall not carry more than 45 owt. 6. This scale of widths and weights shall apply to two-wheeled vehicles; four-wheeled vehicles may carry double the above weights on the same width of tire as defined for twowheeled vehicles. 7. Every person who shall commit a breach of any of the foregoing sections of this ByLaw, shall be liable, upon conviction, to a penalty of Five Pounds. 8. It shall be lawful for any member of the Cook County Council or for any person acting under the authority of the Council to examine and measure the width of the tires of the wheels of any cart, dray, or waggon, and every owner or driver of such cart, dray, or waggon, after such measuring or examination shall have been lawfully required, refusing to permit such examination or measuring, or turning or driving out of the road, in order to hinder, evade, or avoid such examina tion or measuring, or in any way hindering or obstructing the same, shall for every offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, JOHN WARREN, Clerk. Gisborne, 25th July, 1887.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 4 p.m. TUESDAY, 26st inst., for Breaking into two-inch metal the stone near Te Arai Bridge. Particulars may be obtained at this Office. GEO. J. WINTER County Engineer. Gisborne, July 23,1887.