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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1236, 30 December 1882, Page 3

SALES BY W. RATCUFR '■ « CO. -li t.. -■- —— -—- ■■■"■• - — -- — Wm. Ratcliffe & Co.. Will hold Regular Sales as follows LIVE STOCK. Bhidgb Hot ri—-Every alternate Thursday WOOL, SHEEPSKINS & LIVE STOCK. WASReNGA-a-HiKA—Monthly. Dates for Quarter :— McFAKLANE’S HALL. NEW YEAR’S NIGHT, JANUARY Ist, 1883. GRAND AMATEUR MINSTREL ENTERTAINMENT, AND SELECT BALL. Programme,—Part I. INTRODUCTORY OVERTURE ... BAND Opening Chorus —Company. Song—“ ’Tis but a Little Faded Flower,” ® Mr. H. Towsey. Song (comic) “Jockey Hat and Feather”— Mr. J. Pierce. Song—“ Down by the Deep Sad Sea”—Mr. McElwaine. Song, “ Belle Mahone ” —Mr. F. Finlay. Song (comic) “My German Band”—Mr. J. Cohen. Song, “ The Lullaby Mr. W. Edwards. “ Scenes in the Circus ” —Company. Interval of Ten MiNUTES. Part 11. OVERTURE BAND. Song, “ Some day I’ll wonder back again,” Mr. F. Finlay. Violin Solo—Mr Ewbanks. Negro Delineation —Mr. J. Cohen. Song, “Harp that once thro’ Tara’s Halls - Master Morgan-Morris. Song, “A Warrior Bold”—Mr McElwaine, Dance, “ Silver Belt Jig Mr. Murphy. Song, “Alice where art Thou”—Mr. W. Edwards. The whole to conclude with the side-splitting Farce of THE QUARRELSOME SERVANTS. Augustus Caesar Mr. J. Cohen. Plutarch Mr. J. Pierce. Mock Turtle,Esq Mr. McElwaine. Admission—Front seats and Gallery, 3« ; second seats 2s. Holders of Front Seat Tickets will be admitted to the Dance. 415 TO CARPENTERS. WANTED Three or Four Good Hands, also a Good Bench Hand. Apply to—--384 HABRIES & LINCOLN. SUNDAY SCHOOL FESTIVAL. r\N NEW YEAR’S DAY a FESTIVAL OF ALL THE GISBORNE SUNDAY SCHOOLS Will bo held in CAPTAIN WINTER’S PADDOCK. The Scholars will leave town at 10.30 a.m. Parents and Visitors are cordially invited. TEA will be PROVIDED for non-CON-TRIBUTORS at 1/- per Head. 423 NEW YEAR’S SPORTS. A HANDICAP RIFLE MATCH, for all Comers ; Horse Racing and Caledonian Sports, will be held at KAITERATAHI, near Ormond, on NEW YEAR’S DAY, when upwards of £2O will be given away in Prizes. Full particulars in a future advertisement. A. PETERS, Kaiterafahi Hotel, 387 North Ormond. Karaka Hace Meeting*. TO be held at KARAKA, on the Ist January, 1883 (New Year’s Day). Stewards :—F. Ewen, Esq.; Kuare ; W. Cooper, Esq.; Jno. Parsons, Esq.; M. J. McLeod, Esq. Starter : J. Brown, Esq. Clerk of the Course : E. Tait, Esq. Handicapper : P. Breingan, Esq. I Judge :W. 8.. Mills, Esq. Clerk of Scales : G. Grey, Esq. KARAKA HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 10 sovs.; distance, 2 miles, over 8 flights of hurdles. Nominations, 20s ; acceptances, 2Cs ; open to all comers. POST HANDICAP. HACK HURDLE RACE, of 5 sovs • distance 1 mile, over 4 flights of bnrdles ; post entry, 10s ; lOst up • for horses that have never been trained. STOCKMEN’S RACE, of 7|- sovs.; distance’ 1£ miles; owners up ; confined to Shepherds, Stockmen, and Station Hands. Post entry, 20s. KARAKA HANDICAP,of 12| sovs.; distance 2 miles. Nominations, 20s; acceptances, 30a. POST HANDICAP. MAORI RACE, of 5 sovs.; distance, 3 miles ; catch weights ; post entry, 10s. HACK RACE, of 5 sovs.; distance, 1 mile; catch weights. Post entry, 10s. CONSOLATION RACE, of 5 sovs.; distance 1 mile ; catch weights ; entrance, 10s. The above Races are for horses tl at have been owned for three months by peo’ le residing between the Kaiteratahi and the Motu Districts, except in the Handicap Hurdles and Karaka Handicap, which are open to allcomers. These races will be run under the Poverty Bay Turf Club Rules. 405 WNTED KNOWN that a Liberal Discount is allowed For CASH at Office,