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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7656, 15 June 1896, Page 4

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GISBORNE PARKISTEEPLECHASE CLUB. Tub following nominations for the annual meeting were received by the Secretary on Saturday evening : — Handicap Hurdle Race, 2 miles. Mr A. Goodman's T Rose Mr J. Colebourno's Glenora Mr B. Anderson's Forella Mr W. Ourrie's Disturbance Mr W. Curries Zanzibar Mr J. Clark's Hopgarden > Mr D. Hepburn's Lord Raven i Mr F. McKenzje's The Bishop Mr J. A. Harding'a Sam Mr E. O'Dwyer's Deceiver Mr W, E. Cooper's Miss Be van Mr W. E. Cooper's Lignite : Mr C. Siddella' Tenby Mr MoNiven's Cretonne Mrs Barron's Hukatere Hunters' Flat Race, 1\ miles, Mr J. F. Speedy's oakland 3 Mr W. Brewater's Adventurer Mr S. Williamson's New Year Mr J. S. Buokland's Rifle Mr F. Hepburn's Cynosure Mr P. Wotton's Fleetwood Mr W. Wethered's Jim, Mr McNiven's Cretonne Winter Oats, 6 furlongs. Mr W. J. Hamon's Glauvena Mr J. {Jones' King Cannibal Mr R. Harper's Three Star Mr. E. P. Joyce's Zillah Mr J. Clark's Hopgarden Mr J. Clark's Frolic Mr A. B. Newmans Dangar Mr R, Butterworth's Strowan Mr A. Pftrsons' Jack MrC. F. Lewis' Perkin Mr A. S. Caulton's The Sharper Mrs Barron's .Samoa

Gisbobne Park Steeplechase, 3J miles. Mr C. Coleman's Kildare Mr A. Goodwin's T Rose Mr 8. Williamson's New Year Mr Curries Disturbance Mr T. Keneally's The Saint Mr W. E. Cooper's Lignite Mr F. McKenzie's The Bishop Mr J. A. Harding'a Sam Mr P. Wotton's Blunderbuss Mr B. Anderson's Forella

Hunters' Steeplechase, 2J miles. Mr P. Wotton's Blunderbuss Mr R. 0. Mcßae's Rambler Mr C. White's Hurricane Mr J. H. Martin's Cloth of Gold Mr J. H. Martin's Paddy Mr W. Wethered's Jim Mr A. McKenzie's (junr.) Macaroni Mr A. Sawyer's Ace of Spades Mr A. Hepburn's Cynosure Mr J. S. Bucklaud's Rifle Mr S. Williamson's Kate Mr S. Williamson's New Year Mr W. Brewater's Adventurer Mr J. F. Speedy's Oaklands Final Handicap, 1 mile and a distance. Mr R. Harper's Three Star Mr A. S. Caulton's The Sharper Mr T. W. Hackett's Goodshob Mr C. F. Lewis' Perkin Mr A. Parsona' Jack Mr R. Butterworth's Strowan Mr E. P. Joyce's Zillah Mr W. J. Hamon's Glauvena Mr J. Clark's Hopgarden Mr W. Curries Zanzibar Mr J. Jones' King Cannibal Mr D. Hepburn's Lord Raven Mr J. Clark's Frolic Mrs Barren's Samoa Mrs Barron's Hukatere Weights for the above will be declared on Saturday, 27th inst.

Auckland, to-day. At tho coursing meeting on Saturday in tho Challenge Stakes Lucks All bent Discord. la the Occidental Stakes Guy Fawkes beat Ascot ; in the Maiden Stakes Bangle beat Lady Mac.

A livery stable-keeper in Masterton is importing a dozen bicycles, which he will let by the hour, day, or week, to those who prefer thatmode of locomotion to horse exercise On one side of the stable will be horses, on the other side bicycles, and his customers can take their choice of either.

A private letter from Johannesburg, dated May 3, handed to the North Otago Times for publication, speaks of Mr Thos. Hedley having been appointed to the position of overseer of the agricultural department of the Irene estate, and the writer, also an Oatnaru young man, has secured the position of foreman for the railway company for the erection of 84 houses, to be put up in two months. These are a part of a contract for the erection of 215 houses wrecked by the dynamite explosion,' which broke plate glass windows two miles away. " The Matabele war is," says the writer, " still going on. Mr Cecil Rhodes is at Gwelo, north of Bulawayo Junction, in a very dangerous place. I hope he doesn't get popped off. It would be a bad thing for South Africa if he did."

Speaking at a Prohibition Convention at Hawera last week, Mr J. G. Harkness, ex-M.H.R., said that he was not a Prohibitionist, but a strong Local Optiouist, and considered the present legislation on the subject liberal. With regard to the women, he had fought strongly for their enfranchisement, bub Bince the 1893 General Election his faith was shattered in them, for then he found them just as treacherous as the men, and considered they had not fought on the side of right and truth.

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