XT NlTfiu SOCIETIES PICNIC iND> SPORTS. ALEXANDRA. RECREATION GROUND. 'irt*mo* NEW YEAR’S DAY. PROGRAMME: I. 100 yards Handicap Foot Race for B"> under 14. Entrance, 6.1. F’ prize, 10s ; second, sa. 2, 100 yards Handicap Fiat Race, Entran Is, First prize, 20s ; second, 10*. 3, Wheelbarrow Race, Blindfold, Entrance, 2s. Entrance; 2s. First prize, 20s; second, 105.,... . 4, Children’s Races. Prizes, toys, Ea* trance, free. Sack Race. Entrance, Is,' First prize, ... 10s second,' ss. - 6. Children’s Races. Prizes, toys Fi 7. ‘IOO Yards Three-Legged Race. trance, 2s. First prize, 20s : second, 10a. 8. Children’s Races. Prizes, toys. Free. 9. 100 Yards Handicap Chinese Race. Entrance, 2s. First prize, • 20s ; second, 10s. 11. Handicap Matron’s Race. Prizes, Ladies’ Bag and box of tea. < Free. 12. Running Hop, Step, and . J.nmp, Entrance, 2s. Firt prize, 20s ; second. 10s. 13. Handicap Yonng Women’s Race. Prizes, Fancy Goods. Free. 15. Faulting with pole. Entrance, 2s. First prize,. 20s ; second, 10s. 16. Wrestling, Cumberland style. Entrance, 2s, First prize, 20s j second, 10s. 17. Children’s Races. Prizes, toys. Free. 18. 100 Yards Potatoe Race. To picK up : 10 Potatoes 10 yards apart, returning with each to starting point. Entrance, Is. First priz ;, 10a ; second, ss. 19. Putting the Stone. Scotch style. Entrance, 2s. First prize, 20s; second, 10s. 20. Children’s Races. Prizes, toys. Free. 21. Old Buffer’s Race. First prize, new hat; second, pair of spectacles. Free, 22. Running High Jump. Entiance, Is, "Fi'St prize, 15s ; second, 7s 6d. 23. Running Long Jump, for boys nnder 15. Entrance, 6d. First prize, 10s ; second, sa. 24. Children’s Races, Prizes, toys, Frea* Procession of Societies to match from the Town Hall at 11.30 a.tn Refreshments for children under IS . V years provided free. Brass Band on the Ground. DANCE in the Town Hall in the Evening. W. F. FORREST, Secretary. MAIL NOTICE. The San Iranctaco Mail will close at this office bn Wednesday, December 29th, at 2 p.m. Christmas and New. Year’s Days will bp observed as Close Holidays by the Post an' Telegraph Offices. Mails for- despatch oi these dates will be closed at 9 p.m. 4M previous evenings. On Boring Day tna office will he open ftom 9to 10 a.m.; and mails for despatch will be closed at 9.30 a.m. R. KBELR, • Postmaster. Clyde, December 16, 1880.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1295, 24 December 1886, Page 2
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382Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 Dunstan Times, Issue 1295, 24 December 1886, Page 2
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