The Harbor Board meets this evening.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5623, 19 November 1889, Page 2

The Harbor Board meets this evening.

The nomination for the election of a Parliamentary representative for this district has been fixed by Mr Booth, Returning Officer, for Friday, 6th December, and the date of the poll for Friday, Dec. 13th. Misfortune, the winner of the Park Handicap, will be submitted to auction on Saturday at Stevenson's stables, also a chestnut geiding, aged 3 years, l.y Edward James, and a bay filly risins '-' years, by Daniel O'Rorko, the dam uf the ,-.• youn.^ters being Misfortune.

Melbourne's typhoid reoord for tho lust si>. months was h73i) cases, and ($45 deaths. It is put down to impure wator and bad drainage. The scene on the Taruhoni river should be a lively one to-morrow afternoon, as both rowing clubs start their trial fours, rowing off two events each. The boats for the first event will leave the shed at 4.30 p.m. Tenders will be received by Mr DeLautour up to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th inst., for the right of grazing on thirty acres on Whataupoko and eighty-nine acres adjoining and on the town side of the Park Company's grounds. The Library Committee have prepared a pleasant evening's amusement for Thursday next, when the comedy of "My Uncle's Will," and the farce of "Box and Cox," will be presented. The east, of characters is a powerful one, and has already received the plaudits of tho public. The election campaign has now commenced in earnest ; committees are being formed on l»oi h sides, and speculations are being freely made as to the chances of the candidates. As the writ has been issued, no fresh names can be placed upon the electoral roll. Mr Roes is announced to speak at Macfarlane's Hall on next Friday evening. The Hospital Sports Committee met last night, when it was decided to sell the gates and privileges for the meeting. Entries for the various events are already coming in fceely. The entries for the handicap events have to be left before 9 p.m. on Wednesday next, with the Secretary, H^ McKay, at his office, Lowe street. Mr Gilberd writes to the Hawke's Bay Herald:— lam afraid that your Gisborne correspondent in his interesting article in this morning's paper has mixed up what he overheard me say about two different wells, viz., the oil well and the trial well for water at Gisborne. la reference tc the latter I said that a lot of money had ho.en spent unnecessarily in piping to a depth of 518 feet with Sin pipes, and that could I have my own way, and dispense with piping after the first few feet, 1 could go down 1000 ft for 'as many pounds.' As it was, the total cost to the Gisborne Borough was £750 for 000 ft. I was informed on good authority in Gisborne that from first to last nearly £100,000 has been expended in connection with oil-boring. The greatest depth reached has been 1321 ft, and theu the pipes had to be withdrawn, and are now being re-inserted. Certainly those who have found the money for the last twenty years deserve to be well — what? — for their patience and long-suffering.