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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 178, 28 October 1880, Page 2

T. .Bullock. TO LET, A Four-roomed COTTAGE, situated on the North Town Belt, opposite the High School Site. „ . Commodious BOARDING-HOUSE m East Street. Shop and Office in East Street. That convenient SHOP, situated in the Triangle, Wakanui road. 671c-186g T. BULLOCK Matson, Cos, and Co. Matson, Cox & C 0.,. STOCK AND ESTATE AGENTS, LAND & MONEY BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION agents, ASHBURTON. Their business will include the management of Estates, Investment and Procuration of Money, "Valuation of Properties, Stock, &c., and General Agency. They will hold throughout the District Public Auction Sales of Land, Live and Dead Stock; also on Market Days: at Ashburton and Tinwald, Fat and Store Stock. They are also prepared to make Liberal Cash Advances on Properties,, Stock, Wool, &c., placed in their hands for sale. MATSON, COX, & CO., Agents for Robey & Co.’s CELEBRATED > : THRESHING MACHINES -44 a Barristers, Solicitors, &c. C. W. Ireland, jgARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. -393 Branson & Purnell, JgARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET. : : 394 For Sale. Poyntz Co.' ” HAVE FOR SALE, on advantageous and easy terms of payment, the following TOWN AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES;— A good five-roomed House, on quarteracre of land, within three or four chains of the East Town Belt. A splendid six-roomed House, with a good lawn and well laid-out flower garden, fronting on East Belt and close to the Wakanui Road. A compact four-roomed House, with one acre of land, well fenced. Threequarters of an acre laid down as a paddock. A nice four-roomed House on half acre of land near the Gas Works, well : finished throughout. Town Sections, 742, 743, 465, 466, 467. Town Section 711 upon which is erected a-capital four-roomed House fitted with every convenience. A two-roomed House, with outbuildings, on a quarter acre,-well fenced and planted, on N.E. Belt. Sporting. BURTON RACING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. , : WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,, November, 17 and 18, 1880. ‘i FIRST. DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs. Distance, 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. high hurdles. Nomination 1 sov.; acceptance 2 sovs. 2. District Handicap Hurdle Race of 20 sovs. Distance, I mile, over 6 flights o f about 3ft. 6in. high hurdles. Nomination 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov, - District horses only. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap of 70 sovs., added to a sweepstake of S sovs. each for acceptors. Nomination, 2 sovs.; acceptance, 2 sovs.,' 2 miles. 4. Ladies’ Purse, of 25 sovs.; welter weights for age ; gentleman riders,, who must be members of the Ashburton Racing Club. . Entrance 2 sovs. 1% mile. District horses only. 5. Selling Hack Race, of 10 sovs. No weight under Bst. Winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for any surplus to go to the fund. Post entry, 1 sov.; about 1X mile. SECOND DAY. x. County Steeplechase Handicap of 30 sovs. ; over 2 miles of fair hunting country ; nomination I sov. ; acceptance ■ 2 sovs. District horses only. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 50 sovs. : nomination 2 sovs. ; acceptance 2 sovs. ; Weights to be declared at 9 p.m. on the evening of the first day’s racing: miles. ■- 3. Farmers’ Plate of 30 sovs. ; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; 1 mile; ' 4. Consolation Handicap of 20 sovs. Jot all horses beaten at this meeting ; nomination 1 sov. ; acceptance 2 soVs.‘; " I mile. 5. Trotting Race (Handicap), of 15 sovs.: (Ist horse, 10 sovs ; 2nd horse, 5 sovs.) Catch weights ; 3 miles ; nomination 10s. ; acceptance I sov. District horses only. Rules and Regulations. Qualification fee £2 2s. ; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the . races except on the that all dis- . putes shall be decided by the Stewards, " whose decisions in all cases shall be final. A district horse shallmean a horse which has been commonly resident in* and owned by a resident in the County previous to Sept. 1, 1880, and up to the date of the ■ forthcoming meeting; provided always that any district horse shall not be disqualified ■. from having run in his bona fide : owner’s 1 name in races outside the County during L the above-mentioned term. ■ / Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly • adhered to unless otherwise specified. • No protest will be entertained unless L2. ; 2s be deposited, which will be forfeited', should the protest, in the opinion of the Stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to he in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Commercial Hotel, not . later than nine p.m: on Tuesday, November 2nd. Weights will be published on r Saturday, November 13th/ , Acceptances and Sweeps to be paid to the Secretary;not later than nine p.m. on . ■ the night of Monday, November:lsth. .<■: / All entries to be sealed and addressed to ; - the Secretary, Ashburton, enclosing: entrance fees, name and age of horse; mid colors of the-rider. 'Any jockey riding in other than his declared colors willbe fined one sovereign. Horses walking over will receive only half the stakes. . ■■■;• ■ ■ .j ' .; JAMES WILKIE, 275 a • Hon; Sec. Ball programme cards- in : : ; very neat .styles, with Pencils ; and' Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office, East street, near Railway Station,