THE CHRISTMAS SPORTS.
(To ;the Editor of the Grey, -River jirgus.) Sir —As one of the Contributors to the . Fund. for .the;, Christmas Sports, J.^visli to : know the reason ; why the s'uins contributed [ Have, not been . a(lyertisetV,.''an'd also'to luiowj why j;tiie .successful .' competitors havft not { been'"paid the prizes?!" The successful coin-' petitor. for the high-leap, Mr Piobson, hasr made repeated .applications for his money/\ and' has bebn' told' there is ho funds.' Bo i you call this business ? Aud I must', express' j my surprise' when I read over the names of the gentlemen on the committee. If they have errecl rin their judgment, 1 ' -let them be candid and say so, aud appeal to their townsmen to. help them out of tiieir dilemma. I have subscribed liberaUy, 1 and, will do so again,- rather than it should go forth'to the world that the people of i Greymouth got up sporta aud had not the cash to pay the prizes, • I.aia,l'&c, ' ": '■: : J. Eiaipß;:. : • ' Old England Hotel. -■ . . . '1 ■• .
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Grey River Argus, Issue 153, 5 January 1867, Page 2
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167THE CHRISTMAS SPORTS. Grey River Argus, Issue 153, 5 January 1867, Page 2
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