KAITERATAHI RACES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8055, 2 November 1897, Page 3

KAITERATAHI RACES.

The following weights have been declared by Mr C. D. Bennett for this meeting on November 9th :— Kaiteratahi Handicap, 1J miles. st lb st lb Emm Pasha.. , 8 S Disturbance... 7 1 Booby ... 8 0 Coolgardie ... 7 1 Glcnrose ... 7 10 The Saint ... 6 10 C'ocheco ... 7 6 Orizaba ... 6 10 Dangar ... 7 3 Vera G 7 Hurdles, 1J miles. Disturbance... 12 2 Peter Osbeck 9 0 The Saint ... 11 11 The Drover ._ 0 0 Worth ... 10 0 Kiora 9 0 The Turk ... 910 Dandy ... 9 0 Ace of Spades 9 7 Kokiri ... S 0 Jim 9 0 Runanga ... 9 0 Hacks Handicap, 6 furlongs. Emm Pasha... 9 4 The Turk ... 7 0 Virago ... 813 Orizaba ... 7 0 Booby ... 8 9 Linda ... 7 0 Glcnrose ... 8 4 Vera 6 7 Coeheco ... 7 12 Kokiri ... 0 7 Creeper ... 7 10 Little MessenCoolgardie ... 7 0 gcr 6 7

A funny tale of a Tauianga Court is told by (he Northern Advocate. A beauteous Maori damsel had been forcibly robbed of a kiss by a new chum Pakeha. She brought him up before the Magistrate to answer a charge of assault. The S.M. decided that the assault had been proved, and the delinlinquent was fined £2 and costs. The injured damsel seemed in no hurry to leave the Court, and the clerk asked her what she was waiting for. "Te utu," Mas the reply, " homai te pound !" " Kahore," replied the clerk, "te pound is te utu mo te Queen." "No fear," quoth the lady, "too much the gammon you, he no kissee tc Kuini, he kissee me."

The engine driver of the train which ran into an omnibus at the Auckland railway crossing recently has been tranferred to a ballast engine on the Rotorua line.

What qualities are there for which a man gets so speedy a return of applause as those of bodily superiority, activity, and valour ? Well, I should say wearing Hennessy's Dependable Boots would gain a lot of esteem for him also. Harnessed to a pair of Hennessy's 9s 6(1 Indestructables would try his activity considerably to get through them in twelve months. — Advt.

Mr H. Oborlin Brown, pianoforte tuner, has arrived in Gisborne, and as his stay is limited, orders for tuning, etc., are requested to be left as early as possible with Mr J. Townley or Messrs Chrisp and Son. — Advt.