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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 229, 20 February 1865, Page 4

NAPIER REGATTA WEDNESDAY, 22nd MARCH, 1865. COMMITTER; — Captaist Carter, Captain CuHLisa, H.GK Mua ecp.oft, Tiros. Muhkay, W. Tabor, B. Wakxes, He nun Ivkahit, UMPIRE AND STARTER Thomas Mhekay. Rowing Races. T iRST RACE- Prize, £... —For Boats pulling four oars and under. SECOND RACE—Prize, £... —For Boats pulling a pair of oars, excepting Skiffs. THIRD RACE—Prize, £...—For Skiffs pulling a pair of oars. i l OUivTll RACE—Prize, —For Skiffs pulling a pair of sculls. Sailing Races. FaRSI RACE—Prize, Jo... —For Whale Boats. SECOND RACE—lst Prize, ■ 2nd Prize, £■■■ —For Square Sterncd Boats. No restrictions with regard to canvas; third boat to save its stake. Three bona fide entries for both sailing races, or no, public money will be given. The Committee reserve the power of determining if the boats entering be sufficiently matched. An allowance of one minute and a-lmlf per foot m length of keel will be made in bothsailing race. Course For Sailing Boats. Start from a flag-post to be erected near the pumice stone house,' Western spit-; then in a Westerly direction to the Southward of a Puov midway in the direction of Poraite. round a Bitov to bo moored oil Poraite ; from thence in a Northerly direction, keeping the Watchman Rock on the starboard hand, round a Buoy moored off the Native Island, North end of Inner Harbor; there from to the South, keeping all the Suits on the larboard hand, and rounding the midwav Buov before mentioned'; returning past the startiim point. b Course For Rowing BoatsStart from same point a« for sailing boats. Four oared boats round the Buoy mooivd off Poraite, and back to starting point. Pair-oared boats and Skiffs from the panic starting point, round the Buoy moored midwav in the direction of Poraite, ami back to startin'* point. Regulations. Any boat or boats not rounding beacon or beacons, as directed, shall forfeit ail claim to race or races. Any boat wilfully fouling another boat shall forfeit all claim te race or races. AH disputes to be settled by the Umpire and two of the committee. jvli boats to be entered for the sailing races shall carry distinguishing flags, one foot square flying at the main. _ Nil rowing boats shall carry distinguishing flags, eight indies square, at their bows. " ° ° No boat shall be allowed to take in or throw outjialhist of any description after starting. No oar to be used in sailing races, except for stealing. The signal for starting to be the dropping of a flag; and the signal to racal! the boats, in event of an unfair start, to be the tiring of a gun. Three boats to start, or no race. Sailing boats on the port tack to give way to those on (be starboard tack, or bo disqualified. Boats running free to keep away fur those on the wind, or be disqualified. Protests to be made to the Umpire, in writing, within an hour of the conclusion of the race. All boats to pay ten shillings entrance money. Non-subscribers of as much as ten shillings to the Regatta Fund, before entering a boat, to pay one guinea. Entries for all races at the Regatta to be made between eight and ten on the evening of Monday, 20th March, atMr. Murray's, Harbor Master. A flag will be hoisted at nine a.m., at the starting point, on the day of the Regatta ; if not hoisted the Regatta will be postponed until the following dav% the tne Committee reserving to themselves the power of postponing the Regatta should the weather be unfavorable. The Committee also reserve to themselves the power, upon the day of Regatta, of curtailing the leneth of course, if found necessary. By Order of the Committee, H. G. MORECROFT, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer Napieh, February 16th, 1865. THIS is to certify, that I authorise Thomas H. Multany to conduct my Business during my absence from Napier. JAMES DOHERTY. In tie Estate of William Denholm CREDITORS in this Estate are requested to send in their ACCOUNTS by the 20th inst. to the Undersigned, otherwise they will be excluded from the benefit of any dividend. Also, all persons INDEBTED to the above Estate are requested to pay their accounts immediately. EDWARD LYNDON, For the Trustees. Napier, Feb. 1, 1865.