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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 149, 21 December 1877, Page 3

.THE ARAfiOA AND WAINUI ■y Annual Races "Will be held on the BEACH, HEAD OF THE BAY, ON BOXING DAY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1877. RACES to commence as soon as the tide will permit. Treasurer : Mr Brooks jH- Starter : Mr S. Johnson ■?\ Judge : Mr W. Birdling, sen. Clerk of the Course: Mr J. Beecher Handicapper : Mr Duxbury Maiden Plate of 10 soys. For district horses. Distance about fof a mile. "Weight for age. Second horse to save his intakes. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 10s. Handicap Hurdle Race of 15 soys. Over 4 flights of hurdles. For district hores. Heats. Second horse to save his stakes. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 15s. Wainui Plate Handicap of-20 soys. Open to all comers. Heats. Second horse to save; his Slakes Nomination, 10s ; acceptaiiee, 20s. . Publicans' Purse of 10 sovs|j|findi- %- cap. For district horses. The }" winner of Wainui Plate to carry *- 7 lbs extra. Distance, about f of jfe a mile. Second horse to save his stakes. Nomination, 10s ; accepk tance, 10s. - Consolation Handicap of 5 soys. si- Distance, about £ of a mile. En- ■ ;' trance, 10s. Hack Race, £5. Entrance, 10s. , ' Trotting Race, £5. Twice across the course. Entrance, 10s. C. H. PORTER, Secretary. RULES. 1. No person will be allowed to enter •' a horse for any race (hack race excepted) * -~ , unless a subscriber to the Race Fund of / .-jHtrnot less than £1. .-' '5 2. A Maiden means either a horse or that has never won an advertised ' /.race in any country at the time of en- £ trance (matches and steeplechasers excepted). ,;j, 3. Consolation Race means for all M- included'). 'f jHfe4. Races for District Horses shall " all horses belonging to residents •j*||iijrithin the following specified boundary, SK^.: —The Head of Port Cooper Bay to Flat, and shall have been the bona fide property of the owner not less than three months prior to the entry. 5. All jockeys will be taxed 2s 6d, to I • go to the Race Fund. ! + »6. In any cases where disputes may arise, the decision of the Stewards shall be final. C. H. PORTER, Secetary. j BALGUERIE STREET TIMBER [ .. ,_,. YARD. | r\ N ■■:■ S A L E: — '20,000 feet T & G Flooring and Lining ■20,000 feet and other Timber The above cargo being a direct shipmfflat, will be,sold at a very low price. u%j3\ orders from the Bays forwarded wfflr despatch. *""* ,/P'iiring my temporary absence from Mr George Lardner wilLact as if[. my'agent. }. / , TAYLOR. AND OTHERS. ■*?. FOR SALE. ■j!~, *; I] /"\NE year off Bull and several Bull ■ v./ Calves, by " Marrowfat," out of ■ picked cows. fe R. FLEMING, I Port Levy; ■ Or, J. H;, BENNETT, H - - . ; Chamber of Commerce Buildings, I < Cashel-street, Christchurrh. ■ j Jfec. 11, 1877. I AKW6a AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD Hr ' r I ™NDERS are invited for the conH J-' struction of 153 chains (more or H less) of the Long Bay Track, comH mericing at the top of German Bay Hill, H and terminating at Morgan's Fence, H and joining Woodill and Thomas' conH tract. H Specification, &c., to be seen at the Road Board office, Akaroa. Endorsed tenders to be sent in by Saturday, at noon, December 22nd instant, addressed to the Chairman. The lowest or any tender not necessariljLaccepted ■ <*■ JOHN BARWICK, ! Clerk to Board. ■ A%oa, Dec 16, 1877. T O L EX. DWELLING-HOUSE lately JL occupied, by Mr J. -D. Davis. •■ Apply to »