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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1987, 18 December 1874, Page 4

Sports. pfIBISTMAS SPORTS To be held on THE CAMP RESERVE, ON SATURDAY, the 26th- DECEMBER, 1874 To commence at 11 o'clock Bharp. Stewards:— ■ Messrs Sheedy Messrs Moore Kent Anc'ier ( lune Morton Slattery M'Gregor Asbton Sutherland Anseline Dupre Tait Ryan '"'*' R Slatt^ry, Treasurer. E. B. Fox, Secretary. P R O ft R A M ME. Ist— loo yards handicap Foot "Race— First prize, L 5; second do, L 2; entrance, 2* 6d 2ad — Running High Leap— First prize, L 3 ; second do, Ll j entrance, 2a 6d 3rd — Wresfc'ine:, Cornish style— First prize, LIO; second do, L 3; third do, Ll ; entrance, 5a 4th —Qr-mile Handicap Hurdle Race — "First prize, L 8; second do, L 3; Ihird do, Ll ; entrance, 5s sfch — Wrestling, collar and elbow style — First prize, LIO ; second do, L 3; third do, Ll ; entrance, 5s 6th— Dancing Highland Fling— Prize, L 3 ; entrance, 2s 6d.- - 7th— Dancing Irish Hornpipe — Prize, L 3 ; entrance, 2s <5d Bfch— V'nbbing the Rhone, ■ any style, 211bs ; First prize, L 3; second do, Ll ; entrance, 33 : 9fch - Sack Race, 100 yards— First prize, L 3; second do, Ll ; entrance, 2s 6d 10th — Boys' Eace, under 14 years of age, 100 yards, handicapped— B'irst prize, Ll ; second, do, 10a; third do, ss; en- — trance, Is - 11th— Greasy Pig ; entrance, 2s 6d • All entrance money to be paid on the different events, or no public money to be given. Iq all cases tbe decision of fche Stewards to , be final. E. B. FOX, i Secretary. Sporting 1 . ALBION CHRISMAS DERBY -£*• SWEEP, TSo. 4, ON SYDNEY TATTERS ALL'S CLUB CUP, A Handicap Sweepstake of 15 soys , with 500 soys added, to be ran at K and wick, New South Wales, on New Year's Day, January 1, 1875. 1500 Members at £1 each. : Forty-one prizes. First horse, six-fifteenths ... ... £600 Second horse, three-tifteenths ... ... 300 Third horse, two-fifteenths 200 Starters (to be divided amongst) two-; fifteenths .. ... 200 Non-sfcarfcers (to be, divided amongst) two-fifteenths... ;... 200 ahe DRAWING will take place at the ALBION HOTEL, -Greymouth,- on TUESDAY EVENING, 29th DECBMBEK, 1874 on the plan of the London and Glasgow ArtUnion, under the supervision of Messrs James Hamilton, F. Hamilton, XT. F. Strike James Kerr, W. M'Millan, and D. Girdwood, assisted by subscribers present. Tickets / may be obtained from the Treasurer, Mr R. J. Tonks ; Messrs Hamilton and Co, Marsden and Maori. Creek; Mr John Ollivier, Star Hotel, Ahaura ; MrS. Haisty, No Town ; Mr J. Galbraitb, No Town j and Mr John Cunningham, Half-Ounce. ■■ lmmediato application is solicited to prevent disappointment, . . , - Please cross all cheques, with exchange added; post-office orders preferable, payable RICHARD J. TONES, Treasurer, ; .•'":': Albion Hotel, Greymouth. Bazaar. A GRAND FANCY BAZAAR in aid of ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, will be held in the TO L U N T E E R HA L L At CHRISTMAS NEXT. : v , The following ladies 'have kindly consented to hold Stalls' :— . ' ■"■•■>:•.:•• .-I Mrs Griffin> . . Mrs Quian '> •■ ;' ■->; : ; Mrs. Sheedy- : Mrs Joyce,. and • Mrs Kennedy, „ . , And will be assisted by Mra Fitzgerald Mrs Hickson Miss Griffin Miss Fitzgerald • i Misses Lundon ; ? Mrs Hungerford • Mrs Butler Mrs Drumm : i - Miss Twohill • Mra M 'Donnell Mrs O'Brien, and other ladies, j Contributions in money or ' kind will be thankfully received by the above-named ladies, and members of the Committee. . The School Committee beg to state that, by reason of the recent river encroachment on the present school site (which a few years ago cost upwards of £600), they have had to incur a large debt for the purchase of a new site, upon which it is their intention to erect now schools. ' B rewers. MM IL L"A If ~A 1N"D" CO; BfiEWEKS,' COBDIAL MAKERS, Crated Watee Manufacturers, Tainui street, GreymoutK Country orders promptly attended to. OTRIKE AND BLACKMORE Brewers, Cordial Makers, Water Manufacturers, and Alb and Porter Botixers, Mnrray street, Greymouth. Agents for Singleton's Sarsaparilla, Deetjen' Bottled; Ale, jind are daily' expecting anotbes shipment of Guinness's Stont (in soda water bottles) and Schweppe's Soda Water. Exhibition Ale in stock/ ■"<':*-. > ; Letter-box for orders kept at Gilmer'B