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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2889, 3 February 1893, Page 3

Instructions for the guidance of person who may propose to form themseves into associations for the purpose of selecting rural lands for settlement are gazetted. At the Canterbury Trotting Club's meeting on Thursday the New Zealand record for three miles in harnesp was reduced to Bmin 14sec, by Stonewall Jackson, a five year old 1 gelding by Berlin from Contractor's dam. A Masterton resident who has just returned from New South Wales inforcns the local "Star" that New Zealand is in the mouth of nearly every working man in Australia. Articles concerning the effects of liberal legislation are eagerly: read, and the cry of those possessed of small capital is " New Zealand is the place for us !" A twenty-five mile handicap bicycle race, promoted by the Otago Club, came off on the Caledonian Ground on Thursday evening. R S. Stedman, after his display in the recent championship meeting, when lie had not quite recovea from his accident, desired to lower the record, and this he succeeded in doing, covering the distance in lh 1 Sir in 19sec. The best previous record was Kerr's at Christchurch—lh 18min 44sec. The race was won by Wilson, who had lOinin start < by three-quarters of a lap. The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Christchurch Gaß, r Couipany was held on Ihursday' afternoon. The directors' report stated that the length of mains now laid was 62| miles. v The balance to credit of profit and and loss, including £'852 brought forward, was £11,151. In June an interim dividend of 5 per ceut had been declared. The directors proposed a further 5 jjper cent dividend, making teo per cent for the year, and leaving a balance of a 1151 to be carried forward. The report was adopted. Messrs E. G. Wright, J. Palmer, and F. Graham, the retiring directors, were re-elected. The sum allocated for the director's remuneration was raised to £600 a year.

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