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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 111, 6 December 1873, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTS! SPORTS !! SPOETS!!! rjIIIE Armed Constabulary Athletic Sports will be held at Ormond on Boxing Day. SUBSCRIPTIONS INVITED. LIST OPEN AT THE “STANDARD” OFFICE. SPOETS !! SPOETS ! !! TO BE HELD AT on JJOXING JQAY. 26th December 1873. Committee:— C. Berry A. Dalziell E. Cameron J. Dick T. Uren J. Mooney Hack Hurdle race for all comers 1. —lOO Yards Foot Race 2. —Putting the stone 3. —Boy’s race ( handicapp’d ) 150 yards. 4. —Standing high Jump 5. —Vaulting with pole 6. —2OO yards flat race, handicapp’d 7. —Hop, step, and jump 8. —Sack race 9. —Hack flat race, one mile 10. —Throwing the hammer 11. —Three-legg’d race 12. —Tossing the Caber 13. —Hurdle race, 300 yards, over four flights of hurdles 14. —Greasy pole climbing 15. —Tilting in the ring 16. —1 Hack race —consolation for all beaten horses The amount of Stakes, Entries &c., will appear in a future issue. By order of the Committee, A. DALZIELL, Treasurer. FOE SALE, Meb:no Ewes, mixed ages. Delivery in March, 1874. S. C. CAULTON, Combermere. FOE SALE, Town & Suburban Sections in the Township of Gisborne. Apply to G. E. READ, Gisborne. FOE SALE. ECTION 328 Gladstone Road. Apply to A. F. HARDY. JUST RECEIVED, EX HYDASPES, A Splendid Assortment of TRON Bedsteads, Lamps, Chimnies, -*• and Shades, Cane and Woodseat Chairs, Bread Pans, Butter Jars. A large assortment of Glassware, China, and Crockery, Looking Glasses, Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Floor Cloth, Mats, Matting, &c. A splended assortment of Table Cloths, White Lace Curtains, Curtain Trimming, &c., Flax Mattresses, all sizes, on hand, Palliases, Pillows, and Bolsters, Tables, Chiffonieres, Washstands, Chests of Drawers, &c., &c., Made to Order on the Premises at the GISBORNE FURNITURE WAREHOUSE LARGE & TOWNLEY, Cabinet Makers.