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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 821, 18 December 1882, Page 3

New Advertisements. gOUTH RAKAIA ANNUAL Sports, To be held on BOXING DAY, TUESDAY, DEC. 2G, 1882. Programme Prizes. Ist 2nd 3rd 1. District Hack Race, 1 mile,at 11 a.m.... sharp ... ••• 80s 20a 2. District Trotting Match, 3 miles, at 11.30 a. m 100 a 60s ATHLETIC SPORTS, At 12 o’clock. Ist 2nd 3rd 1. lOOYardsßace(Men’s) 20a 10a 2. 250 Yards (Boys) Race, under 16 years ... ... 10s 5s 28 6d 3. 1 Mile Race, for Men (handicap, open) ... ... 40s 20a 4. Putting the Stone ... 20a 5. Men’s Running High Jump ... ... 20s 10s 6. Married Women’s Race, 75yds ... 20a 7. Quarter-mile Hurdle Race, men (open, handicap) ... ... 40s 20s 8. Throwing the Hammer 20s 9. Wrestling Match ... 10a 10. Vaulting with P01e... 20s 10s 11. Quoit Match ... 40s 20s 12. Single Women’s Race, 100yds ... 20s 10s 13. Men’s Running Long Jump ... ... 20s 14. Quarter - mile, for boys under 16 years 10a 7s 6d 5s 15. Quarter-mile Race, for men ... ... 40s 20s 16. 100 Yards Race, for men 50 years and upwards; handicap of 1 yard for every year over 50 ... 20s 10s 17. 100 Yards, for boys under 12 years ... 10s 7a6d 5s 18. Sack Race ... ... 10s 5s 19. Three - legged Race, 160yds 10a 5s A number of Prizes will be competed for by children during the day. Events 3 and 7 open to all comers; all others confined to residents in the South Rakaia Road Board district. All protests, with a deposit of ss, must be lodged with the Secretary, to be forfeited if protest not sustained. All protesis to be decided by the Working Committee. Three entries or no competition. Entrance Fees—For Horse Races, 10s; Old Men’s and boys under 16 years, Is; Boys under 12 and Women’s Races, free. All other events, 2s 6d. ARTHUR COX, Hon. Secretary. Rakaia, Dec. 18tb, 1882.

WANTED KNOWN—That lam selling Venus Nailrod at 6s per lb.; Venus Twist, 5s 6d per lb.; Venus Navy Twist, 6s per lb.; Tricopherous, Is 3d per bottle. Enos’ Fruit Salt, 3s 3d per bottle. Also, Toys of every description, consisting of Dolls, Trumpets, Toy Drums, Tambourines, Wheelbarrows, Carts, Guns, etc., etc. F. Clark, EAST STREET. slB

Meetings. T7IIELD TRIAL JJ OF HOWARD’S SIMPLEX Twine Binder, » ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20th, In Mr Stephen Giles’ Paddock, Wakanui. - The Machine will be "Working the ■ whole day. MATSON, COX & CO., d!6 Auctioneers. t JJOUNT SOMERS ROAD DISTRICT TAKE NOTICE—The Mount Somers Road Board propose to CLOSE the ROAD running from the north-cast corner of R.S. 31695 to the southernmost boundary of R. S. 32249, near Messrs Gould and Cameron’s, Springfield, under Section 4, Public Works Act, 1880. Plans of the above, showing the road to be ch sed (colored green), are open for inspection at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers. A PUBLIC MEETING of ratepayers | will be held at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, on January 2nd, 1883, to I decide whether the above road shall be closed. A. E. PEACHE, 9d Chairman. Ecclesiastical. jgEARMOIN GHAELIC. BITHIDH SEABMOIN GHAELIC ann’s an ASHBURTON air LA NOLAIG (December 25th) aig leth-uair an deigh i dha, ann’a an EAGLAIS ALBANAICH < le Rev. ALASDaIR MAC-A-LBINEN. 9d : Lost. STRAYED into my paddock, a chestnut PONY, about 14£ hands high. Owner can have same on paying expenses. F. Cass, Wakanui. d!4 Tenders. BOROUGH COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited from persons willing to perform the duties of SCAVENGER to the Borough for One or Three Years. Specifications and conditions may bo seen on application to the Town Clerk, fo whom Tenders, accompanied by a guarantee deposit of L 5, are to be sent not later than 10 a. m. on WEDNESDAY, the 20th December. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, 14th Dec., 1882. 14d Public Companies. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Subscribed Capital Fire Fund Life Fund Premiums for 1880 £2,000,000 1,201,243 3,380,107 951J73 d Ashburton Agency: .POYNTZ AND 00., East street. 774 c