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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 56, 30 January 1877, Page 3

A.X A.RO A.'. DRAPERY! DRAPERY!! DRAPERY!!! Great Clearing Sale OF SUMMEB_GOODS ! BARGAINS! BARGAINS!! BARGAINS!!! OF AKAROA AND CHRISTCHURCH, BEG to inform the inhabitants of Akaroa and surrounding districts, that they intend offering a LAEGE and WELL-ASSORTED STOCK of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, 4C, iC, On and after TUESDAY NEXT, at PRICES that must give Public Satisfaction. 21 DAYS ONLY. J. CLARKE &"SON, BEACH ROAD, AKAROA, (Late Akaroa Mail Office) Opposite Government Jetty. IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. T ARGE ADDITIONS have been MADE TO THE STOCK by the _I_J arrival of the " WATMATE " and " NORHAM CATLE," including 200 PAIRS OF CHILDREN'S WALKING SHOES, And the usual large stock of LADIES' ENGLISH AND FRENCH BOOTS. The ENLARGEMENT of the PREMISES is now COMPLETED, which makes the IMPERIAL the LARGEST and MOST UNIQUE SHOE DEPOT in CHRISTCHUCH. MANUFACTURING OF ALL KINDS DONE ON THE PREMISES. W. HARRIS, IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT, CASHEL-STREET, adjoining Dunstable House-

PENINSULA JOCKEY CLUB RACES, TO BE HELD AT LITTL-E BIYBH, NEAR FRANKS', ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. Stewards : H. Buchanan W. Birdling G. Scarbrough J. Ayluier C. Haylock J. Gebbie W. Coop Judge—W. Birdling Starter—H. Piper Clerk of the Scares — J. Duxbury Clerk of the Course —F. Birdling MAIDEN PLATE of 10 soys. Entrance, 20s. For district horses only. Weight for age. Distance about miles. Hurdle Race of 15 soys. Entrance, 255. Open to all comers. Weight for age. Over 8 flights of hurdles. Distance about 2 miles. Flying Stakes of 10 soys. Entrance, £1, For two-year-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Distance about half-mile Peninsula Handicap of 20 soys. Entrance, 40s. Open to all comers. Distance about 2 miles. Little River Handicap of 15 soys. Entrance 255. Open to allcomers. Distance about 2 miles. Publicans' Purse of 10 soys. Entrance, 20s. For district horses only. Distance about 1-| mile. Hack Hurdle Race of 10 soys. Entrance, 20s. For district horses. Weight for age. Distance about 2 miles. Consolation Stakes of 10 soys. Entrance, £1. For all beaten horses. Distance about 1-| mile. Hack Race of 5 soys. Entrance. 10s. Post entries. Once round the course. C. J. C. Rules strictly adhered to. No one allowed to enter a horse unless a subscriber of not less than one guinea to the race fund. Three horses to start or no race. Handicaps close on the Bth February. Entrances close on the 17th February. All entries to be sent in under cover to the Secretary, Head of the Bay. C. H. PORTER, Secretary. AKAROA BREWERY. PROFESSOR BICKERTON, in his Report on the Samples of ALE and STOUT received from Messrs E. HOOPER & CO., Akaroa, states as follows : — " The analysis prove these samples of Ale and Stout to be perfectly genuine, and of excellent quality, the acidity being below, and the alcohol above the average of this class of beverages." A. W. BICKERTON, F.C.S., Provincial Analyst, Late Public Analyst, Main diversion of Hants. Canterbury College Labratory, January 10, 1877.