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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 276, 11 March 1879, Page 3

PORT VICTORIA" BAY RACES. j To take place at the HEAD OF THE BAY, Lyttelton, On MARCH 14th, 1879. Stewards : G. Edmonds W. D. Gebbie J. Gebbie D. Gebbie H. B. Manson H. Hawkins J. Smith O. Bradley, Esqs. Judge : John Ferguson, Esq. Starter : F. Birdling, Esq. Handioapper : S. Garforth, Esq. Clerk of Scales : A. Constable, Esq. Clerk of Course : C. McCormick, Esq. Treasurer : W. D. Gebbie, Esq. Secretary : O. Bradley, Esq. -i DISTRICT HURDLE RACE, JL. 1£ mile, 6 flights hurdles. First horse, £10 ; second, to save stakes. Entrance, £1. Three to start. For district horses only. 2. MAIDEN PLATE. 1 mile ; weight for age. First horse, £8 ; second, to save stakes. Entrance, £1. 3. DISTRICT HANDICAP, 1£ mile ; First horse, £12 ; second, to save stakes. Nomination, 15s ; acceptance, 15s. 4. PORT VICTORIA HANDICAP, open to all comers j about 2 miles. First horse, £20; second, save stakes. Nominations, £1 5 acceptances, £1. 5. HACK RACE, 1| mile : district horses only. First horse, saddle and bridle, given by J. Fergusson and Jno. Gebbie, Esqs. Entrance, £1. 6. CONSOLATION RACE, | mile, for all beaten horses. First horse, £5 ; second, to save stakes. En trance, £1. In all events, three horses to start, or no race. Nominations for Port Victoria Handicap will close March Ist, at 8 p.m., addressed to the Secretary, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Head of the Bay, Lyttelton. Weights to be decided on March sth. Acceptances on March 10th. The district to comprise Port Victoria Road Board District, Lyttelton, Purau, Gebbie's Valley, and Kaituna. All horses running in district races to be in the district three months prior to date, and ; to be boua fide owned in the district. Canterbury Jockey. Club Rules to be adhered to. The decisions of the Stewards to be final. No person allowed to enter any horse unless subscribing at least one guinea to the funds. ASSESSMENT COURT. AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD DISTRICT. THEREBY appoint Mr. A. I. X M'GREGOR VALUER of the Akaroa and Wainui Road District, and give notice that the ROLL so prepared will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION at the Road Board Office, Head of the Bay, from the 22nd day of March to the 22nd day of April next. All objections to the said assessment must be made in the form of .the 4th schedule of " The Rating Act, 1876," and a copy must be left at the Road Board Office, Head of the Bay, not less than seven days prior to the sitting of the said Court, which will be held at the Road Board Office, Head of the Bay, on Wednesday, April 30. . JUSTIN AYLMER, Judge. HERBERT B. BRIDGE, Clerk to Assessment Court. PUBLIC NOTICE. rpHE Hospitable and Charitable Aid JL Board invite TENDERS for SUPPLIES to the Hospital Cottage, Akaroa, for nine months, commencing April Ist, and terminating December 31st, 1879. Full particulars and forms of tender can be obtained on application to Mr Dixon, at the Hospital. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned by noon of Monday, the 17th day of March. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By order of the Board. J. E. MARCH, . Secretary. Christchureh, Feb. 27,1879. AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL NOTICE. rpHE Bridge over the Creek near _L Mr Meech's house in Lavaud street, is CLU jED for traffic until further notice. R. M. BARRY, Town Clerk. Feb. 10, 1879. Ml!>tS HOOMAN is REMOVING to BEACH HOUSE, as being amore rentrnl position for her school. She will be prepared to receive Boarders and Day Pupils after March 25, 1879. An Evening DANCING CLASS every FRIDAY at 8 p.m.