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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1911, Page 3

Nominations for ti':e St. Patrick's Day sports close this evening at 8 o'clock with Mr .1. Phillips. The polo cup race which had to bo postponed owing to the permit not being obtained from the Minister, was rim oil the Park racecourse at - 1 ) p.m. on Saturday, the nccessar-' authority (having then been received. Mr Reynolds' Fashion Plate won the cup.—Press Association telegra> i from Gisborne. The Oliau river is runliing shallow. ly onco more in the vicinity of the township, and unless rain fa I very soon the river bank settlers will bp inconvenienced, as they were during January and part of February. A memorial service to the late Bandmaster H. Ward was held at the Salvation Army Barracks last night. Several comrades testified l'i Irtio life i'l'id worth of (heir deceased fellow-soldier, and the band played their tribute, Mie con:nrelation rising ai"l renin standing during the p'-iying. T! \e-,v h\v roo uiring tthe obtaining of a. permit from the Minister for the Tnl-erxir before any horse race can I)? held at a s]x>r(.s mooting seems to onerate harshly. The lat- <>-<• ii'dicathn of this is found in the rcfus;:) of the Minister to allow the two pony races fixed for St. Patrick's Day Sports to be run. The committee has replaced the races with pony jumps.