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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 233, 23 December 1874, Page 3

POVERTY BAY DISTRICT HIGHWAY BOARD. NOTICE. is hereby given that Mr. HUME will attend at the Highway Board Office, Court House, Gisborne, from 10 o’clock a.m. to 4 o’clock p.m. EVERY SATURDAY, for the purpose of receiving the “Highway Rates.” A. F. HARDY, Chairman, P.B. Highway Board. Gisborne, 14th Dee., 1874. CHRISTMAS SPORTS AT WAERENGA-A-HIKA, ON BOXING DAY. G SAUNDERS begs to announce that • the following SPORTS will be held in the WAERENGA-A-HIKA PADDOCKS, On the Estate of John Breingan, Esq.,— which have been kindly let for the purpose by that gentleman—on SATURDAY, 26tH DECEMBER. COMMITTEE : C. D. Berry I G. Saunders P. Breingan | John Dick H. M‘Caffrey JUDGE: SECRETARY $ TREASURER: P. Breingan. EROG RAMM Er Ist prize 2nd prize £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. Hack Hurdle Race 7 0 0 210 0 2. Quoits 110 0 015 0 3. 100 yards Foot Race 2 10 0 10 0 4. Putting the Stone... 2 0 0 1 0 0 5. Standing High Jump 2 0 0 1 0 0 6. Vaulting with Pole 210 0 15 0 7. 200 yards Flat Race (handicap) 3 0 0 1 0 0 8. Hop, Step, & Jump 2 0 0 1 0 0 9. Hack Flat Race—l mile 4 0 0 2 0 0 10. Running High Jump 2 0 0 1 0 0 11. Three Legged Race—--150 yards 200 1 00 12. Tossing the Caber... 110 0 — 13. Hurdle Foot Race—440yds over 4 flights of hurdles ... ... 310 0 110 0 14. Tilting in the Ring 4 0 0 2 0 0 15. One Mile Foot Race (handicap) 4 0 0 2 0 0 16. Hack Race—Consolation 5 0 0 1 Bridle [Value £1 17. Throwing Hammer 110 0 010 0 CONDITIONS: All Protests are to be made in writing within half an hour after the event to which they may relate, to the Committee, whose decision shall be final. Entrance Fees:—Five per cent on the amounts of the prizes. Horses having won any advertised race will not be allowed to run. The Sports will commence at 11 o’clock sharp. P. BREINGAN, Secretary. Land! Land! Land! <£3,000. . rjIHE unrtersignerl having been commissioned J-. to invest the sum of Tubes Thousand Pounds sterling in Land, personshaving properties for sale or lease, may communicate either personally or by letter. All communications held strictly confidential. JOHN DRUMMOND, Civil Engineer, Surveyor. PANUITANGA. KIA rongo mai koutou nga Maori me nga Pakeha e whai whenua ana kua riro mai ki au e toru mano pauna (£3,000) hei boko whenua. Ko nga tangata e hiahia ana kite hoko whenua me tuhituhi mai ki au. Na Tabamana, Kai-ruri Whenua. GRAZING. HE Lessees of the Patutahi Block are prepared to receive stock for GRAZING. For terms and all particulars apply to the undersigned. H. J. UREN, Tutoko.