AUCKLAND REGATTA.
(BT TELEGUAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.} rru A Auckland, January 27. . ihe Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta on t'nday promises to bo ono of -the finest " gatherings yet recorded in the history of the city.. It is. but: natural that a city built by tho waterside should celebrate its foundation' ;by an aquatic carnival. For 68 years has this, bocn done,; and-' the.ro is at least' one . citizen. still. alive, Sir John Logan Campbell, who witnessed the . first' regatta , on' the Wai- ' temata on January 29, 1841. ' Without in- , termission ; regattas have '• been held every . Anniversary Day since;, then, y To-day " the committee consists of a body of citizens constrolling :an organisation; subsidised by busi- : ncss; men,' citizens, and . public; institutions of the town. The entries total 137, and • there 'are. a .number of post entries to come in. Last year the total entries numbered 134. , .Tho committee is offering £340 in prizemoney, with, additional ■: trophies valued at £30. ___
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 6
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157AUCKLAND REGATTA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 417, 28 January 1909, Page 6
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