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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1373, 23 December 1872, Page 4

Sports, Sports. CHRISTMAS SPORTS, | 1 REYMOUTH ANNUAL REGATTA^ ,; VJ" 18 72. ' v3T ■ - ; ■■• -■■» — . ■■"•■'' '< 26th and 27th DECEMBER. Messrs Middleton^MLsrs Moss q_,_ waljt ,_ » Girdwood „ Morice Messrs^ H^Ks W. F. 8^ : » "fSSn 6 - :: „ D. 1 Maclean „ G.F. MaxweU . » iSJT " "Su J.Middleton „ J.Harley » K?tchenham " Fox „ WM'MUlan „ P-Cameron. '' C^ n t J n^ m .,- , TrEascrer:W. M'MUlan. . * Tjea^.jameg^Middleton. Secreiary: Jas. Payne.' Secretary— E. B. Fox. First Day. T q BE HELD ON Ist JANUARY, 1873, THURSDAY, 26th DECEMBER. .'-.;. \ lst-Quoiting : 21 yards-First prize, L 3; 1. .Licensed Waterman's Sculltno Racej second db, LI Ventrance72s6d. m boats that are now, or have at any.time. « j «r 1.1 jtt j- r.i • tj been licensed watermen's boats... To be 2nd-Westland ft Handicap^Champion Race ;• -d oQ g^,^ ? mnt • points ;.44O yards? 200 y^rds, 300 yards : Second £3 . third, £1. . CouL,^ once r : -:s:;7^t^f.'Ll6;(«»»A^ L sj* hird round four'entriesOT no race: : do, L 2 ; 4th do, LI ; entrance, os. „ , % Sailing Kace> open to any boats , ballast 3rd— Wrestling, Cumberland and Westmore- to be kept as at starting. No oars, 1 poles, land style— First prize, Lls ; 2nd dp, or square sails to be used. Firstprize, L 5; third do, LI; fourth do, LI; en- £12 . second, £4. Course, twice round. , trancei ss. .3. Champion Sculling Race, pp'en to all 4th— Handicap Boys' Race, 150 yards, for comers. lAny class of boats, outriggers boys under 14 years^bffage-^Firat prize, r " excepted i; aiich boats not to exced 25ft. in' Ll:second,iOs)tMrd, 5s I entrance, Is. length! First i" prize, £12; second, £4; sth-Wrestling, Cornish and Devon style- m third, £1 . Course, twice round. Firstprize, Lls ; secopd' do, L 5; third 4. BoyS'.Pair.oared in any boats, do, LI ; fourth do, LI; entrance, ss. For boys not excee-ding 15 years of age. Oth-Handic^HalMe'Rac^First prize, * X '> thad > > o*'0 *' L 6; second do, L 2; third do, Ll^en, .^^SS^^JUm-bt^apm^^' trance, ds. wifch except i on o f tne pf the' Second Day—" firs b sailing iace.. Jr .Ballast,tp-be-kept as at iitJTir»kv »ot7fv'Tvn'PPMTn?R • . 'starUng'. 1^ Nojpars, polesj^^ s'quSre sailsV'flnsi ■'■ ■ i FRIDAY, v27th DECEMBER, - i^fai beniir^arcUv? lfalse? keels, or. Ist— District Champidrf Handicap Race;' washboards, to be used! Firstprize, £6: ; points ; 100 yards, 150 yaxmmf write "\ BeC ond, £3 ; third, £1. Course, twice round. — Firet prize, L 7; second; L 3; thirds g. Champion Four-oared Race, open- to L 2; fourth, LI ; entrance, 3s. comers. Any class of boats, outriggers' 2nd — Wrestling, collar and elbow style— excepted. Boats not to exceed 28ft in First prize, : Lisv second, L 5; third/ ■ length.;, First 1 prize," £18;' second, '£4; LI"; fourth, Ll'; ehtrarice, 5sV third," £2. CourseV twice round. 3rd -Running High Leap-First prize, L 3;. 7. Amateur Pair-oared Race, in any second frj 'entrance^ 2s 6dj ' ; boatsoFirstprizei^oisecond, £2. Course, 4th- Vmim I with the jgjrg^ Pri^ aFAiKSED Race, open to aU comers in «J&^£4lTte& yards-: , m^B^S'll *£{: Firstprize, L 6 ; second, 1^ ; third, LI £3 » tlurd £L Course » twice 6^-SSap W Kace/ 100 yards, for 0- Duck Huni, post^ntries. ?r U ±U ly^%HrS e^ ir 6d^nl - RuLKS.-Three gentries and threeto start wi.l. »• j- -tw:i* t?o«» ■ T?;«.f nr ;« TJJ . race which requires four to enter. Entrances on second pme, L 3 ; third, LI ; entrance, ventj ?xcepting ra<J? eh- ** 8 * • tries to be paid to the T/reaaiirerion-orbefore: x> tt T tji q ■' ' '. Saturday^ the 28th December, and not later ICULiiiO. ■„■;;. ,thahlop\m. Stewards to alter the starting The sports will commence on each day > at' of any races as circumstances may require. 11 o'clock precisefy. . Competitors are requested to appear in disIn each handicap race there must be three tinctive colors ; the same to be declared on starters, or no prize; four starters, or no day of entry, Rules to be strictly adhered second prize ; five stafters, or no third prize ; Decision of the Stewards in all cases' to and six starters, or no fourth prize; be finali : : . . Should there be a tie in the Westland or ' - - ■ i~District Ha^ica^^e^eciduig race will be '^^LLtAM -^ THOMAS- M'DONALD, run ofF at the middle dtstance yy rf f sidmouth ;West Tamar In each style of wrestling there must be Tagman^ and 4 t beat . a of a | M r Geddes's J six competitors or no OamarupOtago. New Zealand, is requested eight competitors, or no third or lourth to^rit^hispL-entswhoareyeryanxiourt-o-r m? S * a - '„„ ~t 4.i,« p rtmm sff OQ ;« ail naooa i hear f rom him. Any information respecting The decision of the Committees aU cases hiinwUl received at the office of shall be nnal. TAM ™ v^~ tliis Paper, or, by William M 'Donald, JAMES-PAYNE,^ SidmoutV. Vest Tamar, Tasmania. BREWERS, CRATED WATER & CORDIAL MAN U FACTUEERS Gresson street, Grepaouth, With great pleasure beg to inform the public and their up country customers that they have appointed the following Agents in the Grey Valley for the Sale" of their ■/ ; CELEB RAT ED AL E. : — For the Ahaura - - - M. H. HAYDEN For Half-ounce - - - JAMES MARSHALL Upper Broadway, .Reefton „ . ..,.-... - STRIKE, BLACKMORE, & CO, J Where they have great pleasure^ in J* P. Taylor (their late Brewer, also late of the firm of M'Millan and Taylor, Brewers, Greymouth) as heir Traveller, and they feel assured Ms name will be a sufficient attraction for all his old customers to give Mm a turn in Ms new. undertaking-' i v ' Notwithstanding all those Agencies, orders sent to Greymouth , will receive the promptest attention. THE INHABITANTS CKF GSEYMOtTTH AND DISTRICT Are respectfully informed that the business of the LATE IttER H. Is now beiiigcarried on •■by;--V : ; MRS. H; WmTMOItE,: r : As usual ; and she respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage so liberally accorded her late husband. ISlurray street GreymoiitH. All orders and communicationsr addressed to Box No. -6, Post Office, will meet with prompt attention. ME. SaLOMON, The Eminent AURIST, OCULIST, inventor of the OPTOMETIC APPARATUS, and only qualified OPTICIAN in, the Colonies, will be in GREYMOtJTH' about the 11th DECEMBER next. Those afflicted with Eye and Ear diseases, or defects, should await his arrival. ; The Press and Eminent Medical Men pronounce Mr SOIjOMON'S Optometric Treatment to be a marvel of the age, and recommend its adoption by those whose eyes have deviated from their usual functions: itcompletely explodes ihe dreadful system of tie sight being so fearfully injured in the selection of glasses from incompetents, and it also clearly proves that persons cannot possibly gauge their own precise focus of sight. The WARRANTED PURE BRAZILIAN PEBBLE SPECTACLES, and EYE-GLASSES, Opfometrically calculated and guaranteed to the precise focus of sight, are only obtained from MR S. CONSULTING ROOMS, 1 street, 'WiMxtftir