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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 190, 14 May 1878, Page 3

! QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. > FRIDAY, MAY 24. 1878. RURAL SPORTSThAGK RACES, AT THE HEAD OF THE BAY. Steavards. rural spouts. horse races. Mr. H. Piper Mr. Duxbury „ F. Williams „ S. Johnson „ J. Barwick „ J. Beecher „ S. Giles „ J. Sunckell, jn. "PROGRAMME : — FOOT RACES. Boys' Race, under 16 years—lso yards. Ist 20s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, ls. Men's Race—Half-mile. Ist 40s; 2nd 10s. Entrance, 10s. Boys' Race, under 12 years—lst 10s ; 2nd, 2s 6d. Entrance, 6d. Men's Running High Jump—lst 20s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, ls. Boys' Running High Jump, under 16 years—lst 10s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, 6d. Old Men's Race, over 50 years, 20*0 yards-r-lst 20s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, ls. Boys' Running High Jump, under 12 years—lst 10s ; 2nd 2s 6d. En. trance, 6d. Married Women's Race—lst 20s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, ls. Single Women's Race—lst bride-cake. Entrance, 6d. Girls' Race, under 12 years—lst 10s; Snd 2s 6d. Entrance, 6d. Hor, Step, and Jusir —Ist 10s ; 2nd 2s 6d. Entrance, 6d. Putting the Stone—lst 10s ; 2nd, 2s 6d. Entrance, 6d. Three-legged Race—lst 20s ; 2nd ss. Entrance, Is. HORSE RACES. Hack Hurdle Race—Stakes, £7 10s. Heats. Over four flights of hurdles. For all horses that have never won a hurdle race or steeplechase. Enw trance, 20s. Weight not under 11 stone. Hack Race—Stakes, £7 10s. Heats. For all horses that have neA r er won a fiat race. Entrance, 20s. Weight not under 10 stone. Hurry Scurry—For a whip. Entrance, 2s 6d. RULES. The decision of the Stewards shall be final. Foot races start at 12 o'clock sharp. Entries for the horse races close on Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m. All entries to be sent in under cover, enclosing entrance, to the Secretary, at the Somerset Hotel, Head of the Bay, by the above date. C.-H. PORTEB, Hon. Secretary. ASSESSMENT COURT. ' COUNTY OF AKAROA. AN Assessment Court will be held for the hearing and determining all objections to the Electoral Roll of the said County, at the undermentioned time and place, Avhen all clerks and other persons duly appointed, and all valuers for the said county, shall attend the sitting of the said Court, and shall produce all books and papers relating to their respective offices which the Court may require to be produced. The Resident Magistrate's Court House, Akaroa, JUNE 4, 1878, at 11 o'clock. JUSTIN AYLMER, Judge. C. W ; BRIDGE, Clerk to Assessment Court. Akaroa, May 13, 1878. ASSESSMENT COURT. PORT LEVY DISTRICT. T HEREBY appoint ALEXANDER ± I. McGREGOR Valuer of the Port Levy Road District, and give notice, that a ROLL, so prepared, will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION at the Road Board Office, Port Lev\, from the 23rd May to the 20th June next. All objections to the said assessment must be made in the form of the 4th schedule to the "Rating Act, 1876," and a copy must be left at the Road Board Office, Port Levy, ten days prior to the sitting of the said Court, Avhich will be held at the Road Board Office, Port Levy, on THURSDAY, June 20. JUSTIN AYLMER, Judge. C. W. BRIDGE, Clerk to Assessment Court. Akaroa, May 11, 1878. LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for Forming and Metalling 100 chains (more or less) of the Christchurch and Akaroa Road Diversion, Ahuriri, on the right bank of the Halswell River. Specifications at Forbes' Store, Taitapu ; John Archer, Little River ; and at the offices. Tenders to be sent in not later than noon, on Monday, the 20th instant. JAMES WILSON, Clerk to the Board . PIANOFORTE TUNING. MR. H. J. CHATTAWAY, Pianoforte Tuner, is about to VISIT Akaroa. Will arrive on Wednesday, May 15. Orders left at the Mail office will receive prompt attention.