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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 144, 4 December 1877, Page 3

AKAROA HOPE LODGE, ' I. O. G. T. OPEN LODGE MEETING, on WEDNESDAY, PEC. f>, at .8.30 o'clock. Readings, .Recitations, Songs, in which the, members of the Jnvonile Lodge will take part. The public are invited to attend. G. ARMSTRONG, . W. S. A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT IN AID OF THE REGATTA FUNDS, Will take place in the TOWN HA LL , .. On FRIDAY EVENING, 14th INST. Instrumental and Vocal Music, Stump Speech, Ethiopian Farce, &c. Programme in future issue. HERBERT B. BRIDGE, Hon. Sec. * AKAROA JB^REGAm ANNIVERSARY DAY, DECEMBER, 1877. T> R O G RAM M E: 1. Sailing Race in open boats, 20 ft. keel and under. ' Entrance, 10s. Ist prize, £8 ; 2nd prize, £2. 2. Two-oar Pulling Race, for youths under 20. Entrance, ss. Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd prize, £1. Three boats to start, or no second prize. 3. Yacht Race.-—Open to all comers. Entrance, £2. Ist prize, £30; 2nd prize, £5. 4. Sailing Race, m open boats, 30 ft. over-all, or under. . Entrance, £1. Ist prize, £15 ; 2nd prize, £3. 5. Four-oared Pulling Race, inrigged. Open to all comers. Entrance, 255. Ist prize, £20 ; 2nd prize, £5. 6. Canoe Race—Entrance, ss. Ist prize, £5: 7. Sculling Race (one-oar). Entrance, Is. Prize, £1. 8. Tub Race. Entrance, Is. Prize, £1. 9. Greasy Bowsprit. Entrance, Is. Prize £1. HERBERT B. BRIDGE, Hon. Sec. ARAROA AND WAINUI EAOEB, rpO beheld at HEAD OF BAY, _i_ ON BOXING DAY, DEC. 26, 1877. Maiden Plate—Weight for age ; for district horses. Hurdle Race—Handicap; for district horses. Wainui Plate—Handicap ; open to all comers. Publicans' Purse—Handicap ; open to all comers. Nominations (10s.) for the above events to be sent in under cover, to the Secretary, at the Somerset Hotel, Head of the Bay, by 8 o'clock on Monday evening, the 10th instant. Parties nominating horses, are requested to send in the age, name, color, and performances of their horses, so far as known. Weights will appear at an early date. ( C. H. PORTER, Secretary. XMAS CARDS, XMAS PHOTOS AND XMAS TREE GIFTS. JUST RECEIVED from Melbourne, a splendidly unique assortment of the above. Call and inspect the Stock, at GARWOOD & CO.'S. AKAROA AND WAINUI KOAD BOARD. rpENDERS are invited for BENCHI ING 70 chains (more or le&s) of the Flea Bay and Heads Road, from the creek under Mount Brazenose to the Shakespeare Bush. Specifications to be seen at the Road Board office, Akaroa, on and after Saturday, the Bth instant. Tenders to be addressed to the Chairman, and sent in on or before Saturday, the 15th instant, at 1 p.m. " JOHN BARWICK, Clerk to Board. Dec. 3, 1877. A REWARD of £1 per head will be given to any person or persons yarding any CATTLE belonging to me. About SO Head, at present supposed to be wandering at large on the range at the heads of Robinson's, Okain's, and Laverick's Bays, branded GB & EB. G. BREITMEYER. : ' J. S. ANNAN.D H _ AS JUST RECEIVED a . Large STOCK of BOOTS and SHOES, mostly sewn. J. S. A. wants to seethe Boot Trade go in its legitimate channel. Buy your Boots from a tradesman, and get them mended where you buy