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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 656, 27 October 1882, Page 3

AKAROA HORTICUTURAL. INDUSTRIAL, ,WD PASTORAL EXHIBITION, TO BR HF.LI) IN THIS ODDL , KLLOWS , HALT-. AKaEOA. On JANUARY Ist and 2nd, 1883. npHtf Committee desire to call the X attention of the public to the fact that the forMico'.ning : .'xliibition wilt I) • carried out in a much more comprehensive manner than \U predecessors. In the HORTICULTURAL division the awards have been divided into two "Insses, an open and amateur class, so that the non-professional residents will not have to compete against srnrd nere or""the Chinese. The prices offered in (his division will , be;, ;includingj"private awards) <ver £25. ■ The INDUSTRIAL EXHIHITIOy is also exciting greater interest this year. The Association" have offered five special prizes, and strong efforts .ire being made in the schools to carry off the palm. The objccls of art will also be seen to a much greater advantage in the Oddfellows' Hall. The AGRICULTURAL and PASTORAL division is under the auspices of the Farmers' Club, who offer a handsome and varied list of prizes for produce, implements, etc. The attention of farmers is specially "ailed' to the endeavors to encourage the manufacture of implements suitable for working our hilly country. The Society has issued two classes of tickets for purchase, to which they wish specially to call the attention of the public. The fir.st costs 10s, and chives the holder a right to free entrance to the Exhibition during the two days, and also to the exemption from entry fees, except for special prizes. A further privilege will be free admittance to a PROMENADE CONCERT with which the Exhibition will close, on the evening of January 2nd. The other tickets are 5s each, and are intended for those who desire to encourage the Society by a small'donation, The following Special Prizes have been offered, and *inoro are invited :— £3 3s for the best treatise on stock for dairy purposes, and how to produce them, taking rearing, feeding, breeding, and causes (if any) through climatic influences, etc., between New Zealand and Great Britain, the treatise to be the property of the Farmers' Club ; offered by Mr Henry Piper. 15s for the winner of the greatest number of prizes in the Agricultural and Pastoral exhibits ; given by Mr W. Barnett. 9s for best cheese exhibited in the show ; given by Mr W. Barnett. 10s 6d for the best curd shovel ; offered by Mr George Checklcy. 10s 6d for ike best 12 mulberry leaves (Morns alba); offered by Mr H. C. Jacobson. 10s for the best collection of pens, named varieties ; given by Mr Hawthorne. 7s Gd for the best box of flowers for window-sill; given by Mr E. Lee. 10s for the winner of the gi eateat number of prizes in the vegetable classes ; given by Mr R. Newton. For the best kept exercise books in Standards 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 ; to children attending the Government schools of the Peninsula. The work to extend over a period of not less thnt three months, and to be certified to by teacher. The conditions and the amounts of the prizes to be settled at the next monthly meeting or the Association. Given by the Banks Peninsula Teachers' Association. The schedules, with a full list of the prizes offered, can be obtained of any member of Committee, of the Hon, Secretary, at the Mail Office, or at any store in Akaroa. Entrance fees for all exhibits, except in the Industrial classes, which are free, 6d per exhibit. Times of closing for entries and other intelligence in future advertisements. STEPHEN W ATKINS, Hon. Sec. 'E» !»« ftu2<l FOE SALE. A WELL-BRED SHORTHORN BULL. Apply to A. RHODES, Stony Bay. NOTICE. ALL outstanding accounts must be paid on or before the loth. October, otherwise they will be sued for; and on and after this date all repairs must bs paid for on delivery. JOHN ROBERTSON, Watchmaker. C. A. l&icli C.A.EIOH, PRO DUCK DROKER. AGENT FOR PENINSULA FOR COLONIAL INSURANCE CO., FIRE AND MARINE.