TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10961, 2 May 1907, Page 3

TOWN EDITION

| The Oroheistral Society's practice will not he held this evening.

Messrs Miller and Ciaig announce a furniture sale for to-morrow.

Messrs Evans, Nield and Co. announce the arrival of 1000 tons of Newcastle coal ex &.S. Kaiapoi, which will be sold cheap during discharge.

A party recently came into Masterton from the country to hear tho celebrated band. When they reached the show ground they enquired whether.it was the slnsterton band that was playing, as they had come to hear the Besses o' th' Barn, and did not care for men pluyers. They thought it was worth while coming to hear lasses play.— Wairarapa Times.

The fish from tlie aquarium at the Exhibition have Jill been safely located in jxmds at the Acclimatisation Society's Gardens, airistchurch, all of them, save the Japanese goldfish, having been presented to the society. The goldfish will probably- be removed eventually to the Government salmon kitchery at Hakaturamea, the idea being to propagate the •'species.

Mr W. Miller 'reports the following bookings tlirough Cook and Son's local agehoy-For London, Mr and Mrs Robt. Baker, per Mongolia, leaving Sydney May. 25; Mr B. Hyland, per Prinz Hienrich, leavinc Sydney May 18th; Messrs Frank and Percy Tomblesoii, per Corin-: thic, -leaving Wellington May 23rd; Mr G, Welsted, per Mongolia, leaving Sydi ney May 25tn ; Miss Hardwick-Smith,. per Miowera; leaving Suva June 18th \ for Hong Kong, Mr W. Harris,. per Kawata Ma ru, leaving Sydney May 15th; for Hamburg, Mr Paul Markman, per Goeben> leaving Sydney June 15th ; for Marseilles. Mr F. Pardine, per Yarra, leaving Sydney. May 20th. * •- . , ;

Anotlier of the oldest landmarks in the town, in the shape ..of-: the original,^Criterion stables, Lowe stre4t._ . has disappeared to make room for more 1 modern premises. Messrs Redstone and Sons, the present proprietors, have decided to continue the oonstruction of an up-to-date livery stables, made necessary by the concentration of their extensive business under one roof. For this purpose: a portion of t_ue premises fronting Lowe street hns been demolished, after it had been in continuous use for' 44 years. Tlie new building will provide a roomy, set of offices, with a convenient ladies! waitingroom and also rppms»fbr both inward and ouiward luggage;' together with '30 new stalls. A brick ;wallj capable of cafryihg future' additions above tlie. ground'^ will be erectod';tlie r :f'uli. depth of the 'section, and 'ultimately'' ihevrieAV portion will 'be ; extended -riglit through, terminating by a platform for raising vehicles hot in use to the upper floor of the new. shelter; area recently constructed. Mr A. G. Laureiisoh lias recently been appointed business manager on behalf of the firm. ; .'•'.-

.Gisborne race-gogrs who have discussed the subject of completing; the record of totalisator investments alter a race has been will be entertained by the following paragraph 'from an Australian paper:— -v" At ilasterton recently the man in the machine thought hei'had discovered an error by whiclr v £25 too much had been rung oii a. starter.; .So he changed it. Tlieh checking/ the tickets he discov-: ered that the error was imagteury, and im. mediately "rang on;tlie;£2s he had deducted. race was oyer "by that" time, and» ti.e horse on ' whom the 'changes _werh. being .'rung' had won, and the crowd. iwas outside waiting for its money. It saw the new number go up and began tpshput. IC reckqhed that someone inside 'was putting on £25 for himself* and'tlu-eatened hard things. Tlie. stewards came along and tried to quell the fiist : rising, riot f iiut^ the. mob refused to listen. At last -the hydra-headed multitude agreed ton' suggestion that it should appoint a committee of four to investigate tbe matter, and the four fiercest-look-ing men went inside arid investigated. They came out and said that everything was fair and squareyand then the .'-hydra-' headed multitufeyfeled : '■: 'Yah P 'Squared!', 'How .much did they ffive.yez?' ■^|ty--.-,i"''>.^fe. XX X ■ ■"•: '