Sports. Gl H R I S TM A ST->. SPORTS '•■' :■■■ i ; :^ . ..-„__ To be held on THE CAMP RESERVE, ■■ -•-■• : - - -• ■ r,. ■>,£»; -ry-LJ''..-: \ : :'-:^. SATURDAY/ the. 26th DEQEMBEK, 1874 To commence at 11 o'clock sharp. ;.;: ■:■ --.. — ~ .... ...... ; ....... ■ Stewards:— Messrs Sheedy Messrs Moore , -." -j ;.. KeitM / ; ; ; i: ; t : Ancher'- ■.'■'; H Clune """" Morton , Slavery M'Gregor 'm ; ; '.!i;i'Ash'tonM>.-.i 7 :').'.; ; ; i iSutherland ......Anseline • Dupre Tait : '-•' : - Kyan R. Slattery, Treasurer. ':". /: ( .TE."B^ox, 'Secretary; I .^ >:\ t-'r P R O G R' A M M IT Ist— ioo yards handicap Foot Eace— First prize, L 5; second do, L 2; entrance, 2s 6d 2nd— Running High Leap^-Firstvpnze, L 3 ; second do, Ll ; entrance, 2s 6d • 3rd^--Wrestlingj, iComish stylq— Firs^,prize,i, L 1 0; second do, L 3; third do, Ll • entrance," ss-,, :.- - , •--— - v ■■-..,.., 4th— Qr^mile Handicap HuMle^Raqe— First prize," L 8 ;* second do,' *L3T third" do,' Ll ; entrance, 5s 5th — Wrestling, collar and elbow style — First - prize, LlO-; second, do, L3..j_third, : doj El ;. entrance j"ssi, -!.i \sX. jZU ', 6th — Dancmg Highland Fh'ng — Prize, L 3 ; i '!."..• ■ 6d-.ri ,-■ •/. .y.\ 7th— Dancing Irish Hornpipe— Prize, L 3; -, v f ;entrance,>-2s isd fv , \,f " } . s v> "i\ -Bth^i i utting > 'W 1 Stbne; i style, 2ilbs V ''■ - :; ' ' - : First .prized' L 3 ; second do, Ll ; entranoe, 3s . 9th— Sack'Kiace,'. 100 yards^-iPirat'pnze, l&y i :f:: secohd^do, Ll '; entrance, -2s eld r'i tfnder 14' years df> age, 100 _ yards, handicapped— First prize, Ll ; /' [sedpncT do> 10s; ,_.thM*fdo7- 55.; en- ""- -"trance, Is ■-' - - s J - ~'- - ; — -V-..L' 11th— Greaay. Pig j entrance, ,2s 6d ; . All entrance money to be paid on the different events, or no public money to be ; given. •■•.,.;, : .•■.'.; i:'l .'.■:•;; ,.■■-.••.• :In all cases. the decision of the. Stewards to be final; '''' '' " '' ' •■■■•-> :j ' i : "-"-- "'■ ;•'•' • i-E. B. F0X,,;.; ■; : • , . r : • Secretary. ALBION CHRISTMAS , .DERBY SWEEP, Wo. 4, ON SYDNEY TATTERSALL'S CLUB ■-: ._. .- /., CUP, ■'>-.».' - ;- : - --\ A Handicap Sweepstake of 15 soys. ," with 1 500 soys added, to be run at Randwick, 1 New South Wales, on New Year's Day, ; / v January 1, 1875/---1500 Members at £1 each. Forty-one prizes. ' First horse, six-fifteenths. : , ... •.;;... £600 Second horse, three fifteenths ... ... 300 Third horse,, two-fifteenths -.- . r . ■...., 200 ' Starters (to be divided' amongst)' two- - : .fifteenths ... ...... ..... .. ,200 Non-starters (to be 'divided 'amongst). ' two-fifteenths 200 '. Ihe DRAWING; will .take, place mt the . ' Albion hotel; G^eymoutfir *Sn tues--L DAY EVENING, 29th DECEMBER, 1874, 1 on the plan of the London and Glasgow Art- > Union, under the supervision of Messrs James Hamilton, F. Hamilton, V 7". F. Strike, James Kerr,i W. M'Millan, and D. Girdwood, assisted by subscribers present. Tickets may be obtained from' the Trea- ; surer, Mr R.' J; Tonks ; Messrs Hamilton and Co, Marsden and Maori Creek ; Mr John Ollivier, Star Hotel, Ahaura ; Mr S. Haisty, ; No Town ;Mr J. Galbraith, No Town ;' and I Mr John Cunningham, Half -Ounce. Immediate application is solicited to pre--1 vent .disappointment* • ; Please cross . all cheques, with exchange added; post-office orders preferable, payable RICHARD J. TONKS, Treasurer, ' Albion Hotel, Greymouth. Bazaar. ; A GRAND FANCY BAZAAR in aid of ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, \._. will be held ha the , V O L V N T E E R HA L Ll 1 ,■.'•.■- /v At- CHRISTMAS ; NEXT. ; ", The following ladies have kindly consented to hold Stalls :— ''.i .• - ! i '<■ i '■■>'. ■• ;u\l-\ Mrs Griffin MrsQuinn: : -t . Mrs Sheedy ■■>] ; ;.Mrs ; Joyce, and :;:;; , -Mrs Kennedy, ;;..... ....•,." Aid will be'assisted by ; . Mra, Fitzgerald , Mrs Hickson Miss Griffin 1 -' ■ ' Miss- Fitzgerald Misses Lundon Mrs Hungerford Mrs Butler Mrs Drumrn MissTwohill • Mra M'Dqnnell " Mrs O'Brien, and other ladies. ' 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 thsir intention to erect new schools. •■■ ■ Brewers. TV/T-'M- I L L AN. ; A N D ,C 0. Brewers, Cordial Makers, Crated Water Manufaotitrers; 'j ,; . - , Tainui street, Greymouth. , ! Country orders promptly attended to. .^T-Jft'l^'-B 1 : AND' ; B;LACKM ! ORE Brewers, Cordial Makers, ••-' ?i Water Manufacturers, ani> ; Ale'a^d" Porter Bottlers, Murray street, Greymouth. •"£,, ' :J.rpP " '< i'i'vij : ',,; : j( Agentsifpr SingletQn'e^SarsaparillailJpeetjen^ Bottled Ale, and are daily expecting anoth'es shipment of Guinness's Stout (in soda water f?bo^|le?)(ano[ Schweppe's Soda Water. «vi.- .a. '■•..••..,;■,■.=.-, ;.v?>Exhibition Ale in atock. Lett6r-b6^fo^or<lerstke|»Tiiat#Umef*s Hotel
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1998, 19 December 1874, Page 4
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702Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1998, 19 December 1874, Page 4
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