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Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 208, 4 November 1873, Page 4

CROMWELL DERBY : a sweepstake of £4 45., hj. ft., with £4O added. Second horse to receive 20 per cent, of the stakes. Entrance, £2 2s. on nominition, and balance of sweep, £2 25., to be made good on night of general entry. Colts, Bst 101b; fillies, Bst 51b. Entries closed. JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP of 100 sovs., with a sweepstake of £3 3s. each. Second horse to receive amount accruing from sweepstake. Distance, two miles.. Nominations, £2 25.; acceptances, £3 3s. HACK SELLING RACE of 15 sovs. Winner to be sold for £ls. Surplus to go to the race fund. Eor all untrained horses. Distance, one mile. Entrance, 20s. No weight under 9st. Post entry. STEWARDS' PURSE, of 50 sovs. Entrance, £3. Weight for age. The winner to be sold (with his engagements) by auction immediately after the race, and any surplus to go to the race fund, The winner to be sold for L.50 : if entered to be sold for L4O, allowed 71bs ; for. L.30, allowed 141bs; for L. 20, allowed 211bs ; for L. 10, allowed 28%. Distance, a mile and a half. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 25 sovs. Distance, one mile. Nomination, 15s ; acceptance, 15s.

(if any) of the horse, name of owner, and colours of the rider. Any jockey riding except in the colours entered will be fined £2. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount of all stakes for expenses. Horses walking over will receive 50 per cent, of the stakes. The Dunstan Jockey Club Rules will be strictly enforced. Any person entering a protest must deposit £2, and should such be deemed frivolous by the Stewards, the ftmount will be forfeited. N.B.—No entries or acceptances will be received on any pretence whatever after the time specified. WILLIAM MacNAB, Secretary. TO BUILDERS. TENDERS ARE WANTED for the Erection of a SCHOOL BUILDING (Stone) ia Cromwell. Plans and specifications to be seen at the Cromwell Argus office, to which place tenders are to be -sent in, addressed to the "Secretary, School Committee," on or before WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, at 12 noon. F. W. BURWELL. OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT, 1872. Notico is hereby given that John Fleming, of Kawarau Gorge, farmer, having applied for leave to purchase fifty acres of land, being the land at present occupied by him, situate on Ruu 245, in the Province of Otago, and being Section 18, Block 111., Cromwell District, near the Racecourse at Cromwell: Any person wishing to object to the sale of the said land must lodge his objections in writing with the District Land Officer at Clyde, before the 13th day of November, 1873. ; W. LAWRENCE SIMPSON, District C£cer.