TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Advice has been received locally that the Conciliation Board which w;s tr have sat at Gisborne, on the 30th inst., has been adjourned until Apryl 6.

Fivo' objections have been lodged m respect of th& Borough A f a lllation, the date for objecting to < which closed yesterday.

Miss B. Coiie,, of Gisborne, has Aviitten a ono-act > cui"tai^ been accepted ' by' a'^promiuent' Loudon actor-manager. Miss Goffe has Avritten numerous stories for the press, but this is the first she has dramatised.

Mr S. Spain, of Otago, who gave us sreno most interesting particulars some time ago regarding the rabbit menace, is, Aye regret to hear, dangerously ill, having recently undergone a serious operation.

Mr E. G. Lotsn, agricultural instructor, arrived from Napier this morning and will conduct his usual classes at the Gisborne school on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and at Matawhero on Friday night,

I The folloAving is the -return, prepared jby 11. M. Custom house of the quantity ' and value of chief New Zealand produce exported from - Gisborne for the half'mcmthlv period 'ending March 15: — ; Oneem," 95cwt, . £249 ; beef. 1442c\vt, !£1262; mutton, 42,771 carcases or 22,364cwt, £23,482; mutton (pieces) 219cAvt, £230; lamb, 19.283 carcases o;---5563cwt, £7789 ; hides, 87, £109 ; skins, 43,473, £4228: tallow 109 tons, £29C8 ; avool 3.025.3211 b, £120,499.

! -Perhaps the most foolish development of the "Marathon or.i«e is that reported .from Butte, the well-known Americajr j mining town, where 53 men and as many .women' took part recently m a "Mara- ! thon Avaltz concert." At first tho spec- • tacle was exhilarating, but before long • the strain began to tell. .One woman ; dancer was seized with miise'il-ar 'paralysis, and had to be hurried to it I hospital , Avhere she avus joined soon by ano'.ht r competitor who had ruptured a. j blood-vessel. After the -dancing had .'•been going on continuously for 14 hours and 41 minutes the Mayor of Butte, 1 acting on medical advice, used his authority ;to stop the performance. There were t th^n three couples only left m the arena.

■"■•'' Wreafc interest is being taken m the motor launch race to bo held to-morrow afternoon for the cup presented by Mr G. J. Black. 'Tlie, race. will -start at 2.30 p.m. To enable spectators to see tho stirt," the boats will be dispatched from- the entrance of the, river, at the end of the. break water. The course will be n. seven "mile one, .and 'v. fine race is anticipated, as there will probably be 14 boats competing. ■Mr A. Cox has declared tho following handicaps :— J. Adair's Aster scratch, . Captain Se well's •Plier Irniii 9sec, J. Black's Soritc lmin Osec, Peacock Bros.' ThisUe 3roin %s.ec. A. Dewing's Ornheus smin olsec, F. Pettie's W«.ia>a llmin" 51sec, . 0. Ihomas' Elsie 12min 52sec, Young and Co.'s Merry Widow -13mm 22sec Barkor 8 Murier 14min 51sec, H. Solvander's Jo I '"' ' 15 2 ,! J f\ ec >~W. Miller's Kaiti 17m in 12sec Buleisrh's. Kellevson 22min 48sec, H. (jdens Kehi 24min ,39sec. Anderson and Sons The Chum2smin 15sec.