FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' FETE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6500, 27 December 1881, Page 6

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' FETE.

p rf , >-;i, W. H, Samuel*, D.A.O.P. j Viceu. Co.p.r, 1.0.0 V, MX., r. K. Watt.*, A.O.F.J Srarttoy, Ja. tV.iiiaais, A.0.F.; ra,«e*sr* ij. F. Andrew* and 1. Bebden; Judge*, Messrs Vi'tsti William#, and J. Oiittwrj Starts Mmn B. IK Andrew and a A. Culvert ; Timekeeper, Mr M. Saldtlciu. , 1 ltt« annua! pit of the Canterbury Friendiv Benefit Societies, which b&» become »• n '« c “ an institution in connection with Boxing * } *J %b lho popular opoHa 0a Drc. Lytteltou regatta on Hew Year * Bay, was held yesterday under very favourable ctfcttm* fUDOM. The weather was glorious, though the rav<: of the sun were »l time* rather *no» powerful than could be wished. The of tt.it? three Oidew—UopdN. fellow* and Forcriers—Uking pfrt jn l »e de;n ttjlra: on nattered at their various Lodce-room*. and proceeded to Latew nfluarc, where the pwwiio® was formed. Owing to certain unforeseen circumstances, the mcabtre taking part in it were hardly m largo m had been aatkspated, but a'til * wry isje -suae gathering *»l aaettitd. Tbeaeews ptre rated was an animated and altskiag one. Ibe whiU robes of the Braid*, the gay aaeba* of the other Order*, and the gowoos Mtoor* icr of the numerous bacaere. made a bnUaat aad effective display. The Braids came itv?, b«*d#d bv the Railway Band, and araosnpaoieo by two on® bearing a groan representing Sntamaa. sUeuded by Ait and Science, nod tb e other, the Togo Bobiline (Ancient Braid), «,th Dmid«s and Harpers. The Lodges irprrsratcd were the Pioneer, Mistletoe, Oat M Srdaabam, and the Heart of Oak, l.yltel* (an. * These have a total membership of about 6CC, Hie Druid* were marshalled by Mr Dish op. Next in order came thPOdd* fril.ur*, marshalled by Mr Eager, and com* prising Iwctkrea from the following lodftf ■ —Oilr tf Christchurch, City ol Norwich, LyiUiUv.;, With their Juvenile Lodge, Loyal giarof Waltham, Loyal Kaiapoi, iVrsevrrK.BCC, Christchurch, Volunteer, Benevolent and Loyal Papaaul The total number of member* belonging to these Lodges i* about 1103. The Foret;ers were headed by the member# of the Juvenile Court, preceded by their drum and fife band. Alter the juvenile* cams the Artillery band, followed by memhers from the following Csarts .—filar of Canterbury, Queen of the tales (Lyttelton), Thu tie of the Forest (Sydenham), Pride of Sichmocd, Papanoi and Loyal EaiapoL The above ioart# have about SSO members on their rolls. Mr Crooks acted at marshal for

the ForrjU-ri. The profession passed through the city by the route announced last work u> the Aj-ncaUaroiShow Groan is, where th? .usicmsry athletic sports were to be held. A round arable number of people assembled st the Square to watch the formation of tic cor.ege,aad the streets through which it passed were crammed with spectators. On arriving at the grounds, the film of the Drtudt opened right and left, and the remainder cf the procession pasted through.

The order of march was th?n broken up, and Braids arc Druidesses, Robin Hood. Lillie John, and other important personage* of oauqc.ty were transformed into nineteenth oenlarr Kngiehmea in a marvellously short time.

Os the ground there was do lack of mom*, both cf refreshment and recreation, for the crowd* that soon begin to pour in at the gates. Two publican*' booths, superintended by Messrs Toovey and Freeman, and two confection er»’ tents, belonging to Messrs Robinson and Bsshford, supplied the refreshment* ; while as for recreation, besides the regular sport*, there were merry-go-round*.

Annl Bsiiy, a shooting gallery, acd other means ot amusement. The headquarters of rile Caomitue were established in the new c£;:. of the Association, which abo did ca:y a kind of grand stood, while tiie c’d office was utilised at a dnttizg room for competitors. The coarse was eudortd. with posts and ■ ropes, and th-! ponum of it adjacent to the firming r. oj--j wa* prelected by a picket fence kic-iiy Jr d by the Popular Sports Association. Th* con dm an of the track was even worse than lt-i year, though some alight attempts hah n made to improve it by filling np a few cf Uif inequalities with earth. This eaw-au?) militated against the success of th - K :}Jt2 rs.c<«, and perhaps tended to aiit-r i' c result of one, a* Searoll lost the F.tv-Mur Handicap mainly through sustaintig i 'all at a critical part of the race. The spur;, as a whole were good, some vary fair tia* records being made; bat though the Cornu. ittce worked hard, tbe programme was nrtraded *o ranch as to lire out tbe of the greater portion of the osetc,ni»re, mort of thoas present leaving the grou:,-.. iccg before the events were concluded. The order of the programme, too, was not followed in the least, which is perhaps bo be oUribated ?o the fact that nearly every event war ». handicap, and as post entries were tak{-... couriderable delay was occasioned th? ou ? d ran tin g the handicap*. In the latter part of the day, however, the item* were got elf wih tolerable rapidity. It is much to be regretted that, as at lost year’# l£te, the punas should have thought fit to rush the course towards the close of the day, thereby interfering considerably with the pregrets of the sports. beveral alterations and additions had broti made to the programme this year, soma of which, as the tub nee and the “ orangoutang" race, were productive of a good Ct-ai of amusement. Tbe Committee, as n« remarked before, worked well, bat especial praise is due to the Hon Secretory, Hr J. B. Williams, whose work must have been the reverse of pleasant, cooped upas he was in the sufiiag office at the entrance during the whole doy. To this gentleman's untiring energy much of the tuooeiS of yesterday’s file. m also of previous gatherings, is due. Tae at tends *ro of th* public, though large, was not equal to that at the /He lest year. ; The money taken at the gates yesterday aia-jac'.ed to £IM 10» lid, while in 1680

£ll3 S» 10 i was received from the same ; ' soutc*. There was a great tolling off in the |j| receipts, from Art Union tickets, which is I 1,! aecribed to the fact that the Gaming and Lotteries Art restrict* tbs prizes to be offered to book* and pictures, which are not nearly *o attractive as the sections of land and bank note* given on former occasions. This year BGSS uciets were disposed of, representing the sum of £lB3 B*. Last year the tickets sold resheed £362 lit. The drawing for the prizes took place on the ground during the day under the supervision of His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch, end Mr While. The winning number* are declared In an advertisement. Tie total receipts of the flu were £317 18s lid. The various events were os follows : Bovs’ Back, under 16, 410jd*. Prizes—--21 *, He, 7s. (Presented by Dr Deader.) Three entries. A. Sferimihaw ... ... ... 1 A. Muir.sry 2 , M. M'Cormick 8 The youngtler* were got off to a capital start, cud a plucky race ensued. The three competitor* kept in a knot till about fifty Jtr.it from home, when Scrimshaw drew ahrad, and putting on a spurt, won as ho ■ liked. Time—6o I.sth sec. Bictcj-e Back, two miles, handicap.—Prizes i-l |s — £2 2s, £l 1», Seven entries. r i F. B. Dunsford, 70yds I 11!, F. M. Allison, scr 2 . A. 11 Frees#, 150yds ; 11. Oskey, 275yds; 0. H. Myhre, 275yds, also ran. T. Searel), ISOjd* j and C. R. Church, 300yds, were | scratched.

13io alteration occurred in the relative posh ' lion of the competitors until the middle of f the second lap, when Bunsford drew up to . *' Freest*, and passed him after a splendid ' ' struggle. Bunsford then made his way past m Oekar and Myhrc. Ookey now fell to the t ; rear, and retired after the filth hip. Allison Kn’ m*d» a grand, effort, got In front of ‘ ’ Kjbre and Praeee, and began to close on . Buutford. My fare now dropped behind, nod < 1 j was practically out 0! the rose. When half ■ , otcr the final up, Allison drew Up to Duns‘4>: ford, and a splendid me tool place between (v the two. Allietw, however, m tumble to |||T pat# bis ps«iy .little opponent# who won by 1 fire yards. This race wta token out of ■ it# p;*cs on account of the handicap# for the

preceding #v«at« not being ready. A protest wt «wl oa this account by one tompetilof «rho was absent when the event CMa« off. Time—Bmto 66#re, . 0»»»» Hawmoap, distance *s°, gjt «®« Open to member# of Friendly grata its only, vk-Oddfellowi, Forester#, and braids; port ealrie*. To be ftln to coitumoor otherwise; wmpsUtorate produce evidence of membership- Prises—fiitftMDt Teaontri*, fiMt sttttj IMydsJ, O. BttUer, 14ydi » H. Lowry, usd*..: • A.3crim»haw, Byds ... ... 3 ». C. Puroba*, 6yd#» p.Ql*ddcft, «*d»J A.Pieree, Myd#i ft ft M'Bnlfc, 6yd»j A. Andcwm, scratch * W, Pentroeit, 7yds» 0. Too®, Byds; A. M'Fariane, lOjds; and 1, Brown* %d», alro started. . There was tons a fiddling al the post, but ft good off wo# secured. The race was, now* «w, ft sift to Butler, whose Handicap waWed him to leave lio others ft# he liked. Tiro#— 098 ill to WAtxtxo Eacb (Hauihca*).— Bom ussier 18.-Pri««i! £8 Ss (presented by H» Worship (bo Major t So* ; Mb. Fire eatries. J, 0. Wilson, scratch ... ... I ■ J. MTtoun, t»yds 3 H. J. Shaw, MWydi 8 W. Speight, ISOydr, and J. W. Johnston, ItOydi, also compered. Some my pretty walking wm# #howo ia this tore, (bough one of (Iso competitors— Johnston-adopted ouch a peculiar tlylo that ht wm disqualified, a decision which twmed to meet w>Ut general approval Wdsou, lb# winner, look the lead on Ms# fifth l#p, nod in •pit# of the g«®« walking of M*Oourt, kept it to the fioisb, winning ft* he liked, Shaw was ft considerable distance behind the latter, end Speight, who by the w*y, i# a very pretty walker, earn# way after Shaw. Time—yawn 4S»ea. Bore’ Kacb, under 15, 440yd#. Open to •one of member* of Friendly goctottos only. Piute*, 21#, 14*. 7», predated by Mr Odwliihaw. Three entries. K. Scrinwhaw 1 W. Hayward 8 J. Stapleton ... ... ... 8 Tbit race was won very pluekily by Scrim* abaw. the smallest of the competitors, whore victory wa» very popular. Time—lmto ISreo. Qbasd HasniCAr (second event), 220yds. W. Pentecost, 7yds 1 J. O. Bailer, Bydt S A. Scrimshaw, Byds ... ... 3 The entries for this were the same e« those for the first event. After a good start, the competitors rushed forward in a group ; when on tae home stretch, Pentecost and Boiler drew slightly ahead, and a magnificent finish was the result. Pentecost woo by about six inches, dmmibaw was a capital third, and all the others were close up. ISme—Sfisee. Two Mils Walcisq Hastsicap, open to all comers. Prises, £5 6s ; £3 is; £2 2s. Six entries. f U. Luabsrt, «*r ... I G. &- Pffltnse, 160yds 3 J. 0. Wilson, ser ... ... 3

C. J. Lawrence, 60yds; and 0. F. Robert*, SOyd* ; also competed. J. Sleekier, 17Syds; was scratched. At the end of the first lap there was little alteration in the relative po-itioca of the men, except that Lawrence had drawn about 16 jams away bom his companion Roberta. At the conclusion of the second lap, Lawrence bad gained slightly on Pearce. BoberUw&s 25 yards behind, with the two scratch men the same distance after him. They bath worked up towards the front, and passed Lawrence on the fourth lap, Fearoe being hall a dozen yards ahead of them at the conclusion of the lap. Boon after Lambert spurted, and pasted Wilson, who, however, strove bravely to regain his lost position. On the sixth lap Lambert left Wilson behind, began to gain on Pearce, and overtook him at the end of the lap. Roberts now gave up. Lambert and Pearce walked neck and neck until abont throe parts over the succeeding round, when the former drew ahead. He increased his lead on the final lap, and won easily by about 20 yards, Wilson being some SO jurat in nor of the second man. Lawrence, who finished the distance, was then 150 yards behind Wilson. Tima— Ifimin 4 4 s*ec.

Half-miis Handicap Bags ; open to post and present officers of Oddfellows, Foresters, and Druids. First prize, Mr Berti’c cup, value £ls 15e (to be won twice) j second prize, two-thirds of the entrances and acceptances; third prize, one-third of the entrances and acceptances. Pott entries, to close at 1.30 p.m.; acceptances by 2 p.m. on the day of the fete. Entrance, 2# Sd ; acceptance, 2» 6i. To be rua in regalia; plain clothes, without spikes. Six acceptances. D. M’Beth, A.O.F. (scr) ... 1 J. O. Butler, Druid (16yds) ... 2 B. Seats, 1.0.0. F. (icr) 8 W. Harrington, A. Hdi, and T. Holland, members of the U.AO.D., also ran. Bio three prize-takers went to the fore at the start. Holland and Harrington retir c when about three-fourths over the di usee. won easily. Tims—2min £sset. 100 YiSDJ Bach, open to all comers. First prize, £2 2s (presented by Mr John Anderson) ; second, 21s. Four entries. V. Hulston 1 A. Acderton ... 2 Two others also ran. This race was a perfect gift to Halston, the others never having s show. Time—lllsth sera. Vaotriso with Pots—Prizes—£2 2s and £1 Is ; four competitors or no prize. Three entries. J. B. M'Gregor, 8f t 1 J. Hegarty, 7ft lOio ... ... 2 • MHJregor jumped in a very pretty style,, and his win was highly popular. Ge*»d Haudioap, (third event), 440yds. W. Pentecost, syo« I A. Scrimshaw, Byds 2 H. Lowry, 14yds ’ 8 6ix started in this event- A good off was secured. Lowry strove hard to keep the advantage allotted to him by the bondicapper, and for a time teemed at if he would be the winner. When about three-fourths over the dutsoat, Pentecost end Scrimshaw made a spurt, and passed Lowry, The former tbea left bis companion behind, and in spite of the plucky running of the latter, won by about a couple of yards. She winner was much exhausted at the conclusion of the race, lime—s9«ee*.

The prises in this handicap were awarded according to points gained in the three event#, a first place counting three points, a second two, and a third one. The result is as follows: W. I'enUecrt, tit points ... 1 i. O. Butler, five point* 2 A. Bcritmh&vr, four point# ... 3 H. Lowry gained three points. Omt*’ Baca, under 16 % 100yds. First prise, work bos, value 16s f second, dress piece, value 7* 6d. Entrance free i ton entries. Ellen Scrimfcour... ... ... 1 Juhabhelton g A deal of amusement was created by this race. Toe competitors, who were of au ogee from 16 to about 8, entered into the sport with the utmost heartiness. Bamoicai* Uvuuts Macs, 440yds, over 8 flights of hurdles, 3ft 6in high. Frizes, 60s, 40s, 20s j 8 entries. * T. Vincent, 12yds j Clifford Tooro, 14yds 2 S. Heals, 12id» 3 A. Lavery, 10yd. J J. M'Oregor, 10yd., W. B. Fagan, *cr { 0. Brown, ecri 8, K. Marlin, 12yds t A, Fierce, 20yds s and Williams, 10yds, also started. The start was not effected without a good deal of unsteadiness on the part of the scratch men. F«gsn fell at the flat hurdle, and was thrown out of the race. Town led for more than half the distance, when Vincent passed him, and came in a winner. There was a grand race for third place. The three ptire* takers cleared the hurdles in very good style, lime—lrma S 4 6»eo, 3 Hovrtxr Tun Each, 440yds, open to all comers j each competitor to pais through three tubs. Prises, 20s (presented bv Mr Pitts), 10s. 6s. Six entries, 1 Cl. Brown... ... ... 1 W.lamy ... ... ... 3 W. M'Gregor ... 3 1 S. Bath, C. H. Pie ce, and T, Brayiey

dtono. ft# conditions of this taco wire tomtwhal no##!. Mslf-a-doiMi barrels, with lop and bottoms knocked out wore placed tide by rid# «e»oa# tbs mw about 40 yard* tana lie storting petal, and the same number were timUarly arranged the same distance from home. Each competitor had to crawl twice through one of the first row of cask#, and esoe ifirou|U one of the second, the sight of the men wriggling through' one of the castor was comical to the extreme, and pro* ruled reart of laughter. The finish was a close one. .

&AUMttUi HAftOtOAi*. Opn to alt eomers. First price, Licensed Victuallers* Cup, talus, 16 guineas, (to he won twice) and £1 1 eemd prim. 80s, Two entries. 0. fferitsshatr (10 yds)... ... I This was a walk over. 0. Hewitt, the other man entered, who had a hand top alio wane# of 60 yards, (or some twatoa or other did not start. Ma&bisd Wost*K*a Bacs, lOOyds. First prise, box of toa (presented by Mr lankin)} •ocond, 1001 b bag of dour (presented by Mr Kerr) j third, value 10s €d (presented by Mr .Bono, five to start, or no race. Eight entries. Mrs Wakefield 1 Mrs Morrow ... 3 Mrs Molibnrton ... 3 This race was productive of much amusement. Ur Andrews had some trouble with the ladle# at the start, but a good off was obtained, and a capital race ensued. Moedames Wakefield and Morrow had a fine run for first place, and Mrs HaUburton was a good third. Fiva Mtui Biovcta Bags Havpioap. First prise, £3 fit (presented by Dr Moore) second, £2. live entries. F. M, Allison, scr it* see 1 T. Sooreli. 250yds 3 F. B. Dumford, 150yds j and A. B. Froeee, 800yds, also started. H. Oakey, BOOydo, was scratched.

This mco mm looked upon m almost n certainty for Searoll, and probably, but for no accident, the expectation would have been realised. He patted Freece, who bad been placed in front of him by the bandicappsr, at the end of the first half mOe, and when the mile vat corerod, had somewhat inorearod hla lead. Freese was alto overhauled by Duntford when half way round the sixth lap. Buaeford'e style of riding, by the bye, woe severely criticised by some pro* sent. Allison, the scratch man, who was going y«ry gamely, posted Froooe on the seventh lap, and pressed hard on Duntford. The latter, aided by the greater diameter of the wheel of hie machine, responded to the call with a fine spurt, but he dropped bach egatn, and was passed by Allison, who at the end of the eeoond mile, was 40 yards in front of him. Proeco now began to fall to the roar, and Baniford went to keep him com* pony. The whole interest of the race was centered in Searoll and Allison. After another half-mile had been traversed, it was evident the latter had gained considerably. In the next two lans, however, Searoll ogam drew away from hu rival, who was riding coolly and steadily. He again began to close up to Searoll on the fourteenth lap, and for about haif-a-mile the distance separating the two, come ISO yards or more, remained on* altered. When 100 yards from the end of the fourth mile, the accident happened which probably lost Searoll the race. Owing to the inequality of the track, or from some other reason, his machine fell, and he was thrown heavily. Allison saw his chance, and put on a tremendous spurt. Searoll teemed at first slightly stunned by his fall, but was mounted and away with commendable promptness. It was too late, however, for Allison overtook him and passed him at the commencement of the next lap, amid great excitement. Searoll was determined cot to be beaten without ah effort, but nevertheless, at the end of the lap Allison was leading by about 80 yards. The remainder of the race consisted of gallant, bht unavailing, straggles on the part of Searoll, and wound up with a splendid ran home, Allison winning by a dozen yards. Searoll is greatly to be commended for the pluck he displayed in oontesUog the race after bis fall. Through some oversight the time was not taken.

Boys' Back, handicap, 440yda. Open to juvenile members of the Oddfellow#, Bor* cetera and Braids. Prizes—lst, Sis; Sad, 14* i 3rd, 7a. (Preeented by Mr O. Clark ) H. Lowry, scr 1 EL Scrimshaw, 20yda 2 0. Whiteman, 30; de 3 This race was won easily. Scrimshaw ran wry pluckily. Eight lads started, some of whom went to good style. Dbleoatsb Back, 440yds.—First prize, Cup, Titlao £2 2s (presented by Mr E. Thomson) | second, Mr Everett** prize, value 2ls ; third, canary (presented by Mr GL j to be ran without spikes. Boar entries, J. Butler ... ... 1 D. Kerr 2 0. H. Pierce ... 3 J. Barrett also ran. After a good start Barreto went to the front, but soon winded himself, and retired. The other three got together when about 100yds from home, and a lino strangle resulted in Butler winning by about three yards. Hair Horns Go-ia ron-PißAas. Open to all comers. Prizes, 80s, 40#, 20s. Eight entries. J. 0. Oueack 1 5. IL Martin ... 2 W. O. Goodwin ... ... ... 8 A. F. Martin, H. Bedford, 8. Whiting, H. F. Styche, and W. 8. Fagan also competed. The .three prise winners accomplished re* sportively, 4 miles 1670 yards, 4 miles 1648 yards, and 4 miles 1610 yards in the half hour. Ou> Man's Bags (over 60 years of age) Hahdioajp, 220/ds. Prizes—42s and 2ls. Four entries. Mr Lawrence, 64 years old, Byds 1 Mr J. Bridges, 60 years old, 22yds 2 Messrs Atkinson, aged 60 years, 28yds, and Stewart, 51 years, tor, alto ran. This was an amusing race, and was won by about a dozen yards. Sacs Back, 220yds, Prizes— 2o®, 10s. Seven entries. 6. aod'B. Whiting (tie) ... X Johnston 8

For some reason or other the competitor# were not. masked, which detracted oontlder* ably from the fun of the me. The two Whiting* led from the first, the other* obliglngi; tumbling over one another immediately alter the start. OKAjra OtJTAwa Boo#. Competitor# to run lOOtds forward, taro, ana ren 100yd# backward* i 100yds on ail foarei to be run on a straight oouree. Frieee 40s and SO*. Five entries, W. Uveiy ... i J.Lusk ... S This novsl event caused a considerable amount of amusement, but. owing to the crowd rushing the course, it woe impossible to as# the me, Lavery wou easily.

Tuitowtna t«* Bbhmbb, Ifllb, Firet prise. £S 2» (presented by Mr Johnston) i eeooaa jpH u, £1 Is (presented by Mr F. 0. Bow* 8. Fegtn, 70ft ... I J. M'Qregor, 67*ft a J. Smith and 0. Brown also competed. It is to be regretted that the Judge# permitted a man to handle the hammer who, to say the least of it. was not in a condition to be trusted to throw it in the presence of » crowd with absolute safety to all there. Fiau Buiusou Knoiuv Dwto Conran* now. Squads of eight men. Prise—-Cup, value £l2 12*, to be won twice. Entrance, 20* per squash Intranets to be spent in purchasing trophies for the winning team. Entrances, enclosing fse, to be mode on or before Ilea. 14. Condi* tionet Four men to eland 20yds in front, and four men 20yds in rear of the engine in civilian coats and caps. At the word to start the men to throw off coat# and caps, put on uniform coats and caps, run to drag engine 60yds to water, lock fore car* risge, extend the four leveret take one length of suction hose from off side pocket, and one length with strainer attached from near side pocket j unlock levers i take 60ft of delivery hose ami branch from hose box, couple on near side, and throw a jet of water 10ft high. The e : gbt men to do

Ihrwhola ©I tbswork wlthosfc anyasti*L nw ia dragging the *#>*<».» Christohorch Vito Brigade, Ho. 1 Tram,4l4sthsm ... I **• * mm, 41 ifith see 8 The vriontng team wa. composed of Firemm X. fimith, F, M, Johnstou, A. Anderson, *• A«i«too# O- Mareh, M. HsU, A. Bmpson and J. Freser. Teams from Lyttelton, Ban* giom, wd Kaispoi also competod, the lime m«l» bt them being extremely oredtlable, •specially laths ease of the Lytleitoateam who aeoomplUhed the work to 4«eo. At lbs coaolutioa of lbs eompstWon, which at* iraoted a considerable share of attention tea those present at the epons-oheers ware given (or the IgrUejton tram, the winning team, and tlte Batapot team "for their pluck,** under a diiadnudage, oa aoconntof the con* struotioa of the engine employed ■— the Dreadnought bring tJffereot to conslruotioa from the ones they had been accustomed to handle. Mr M. Sanditoio acted as IlmekMper.

etMMM-HAKOtn Fins Bbiqa»r Dftix.l CoHi>*rmoff. Frite, Cup, value £4 4s (presented by Mr H. komson), to be wen twice. Entrance, 2s 6d» two-third# of entrance money to winner, and one-third to second man. Thirteen entries, of whom eleven competed. Conditions Men to stand 20yds to front of engine, change coat wad cap ae to eight men drill | run to engine, lock fore oawlage, oxtond rear side levers, take and couple o 0 one length of suction hose, with strainer, attached from near side pocket; extend off side levers and unlock tovera i run out 50ft delivery hose, couple on branch, and hold up hand. Suction and delivery hose to he keyed tight i delivery hose, branch and key to he taken from pocket at rear of engine. W. Harrison, Christchurch, 62 45th sec 1 J. Anderson, Christchurch, S 3 8 6th eso 3 A. H. Kelsey. Christchurch, 63*ec ... 8 Of those who competed the majority were members of the Christchurch lure Brigade, besides whom there wore two representatives from fiangiore, and one from Lyttelton, Most of the competitors showed great aptitude for their work and general emartness, the average time taken for the work being one minute. Mr Superintendent Harris was on the ground, and acted as timekeeper (or this event.

Kovrarr Bvova Gathbbiro Baob. Open to all comers. Frixet, 60s, 40s, 20s. Throe entries. 8. Bowitt ... l J. Hegarty ... 8 -Pierce 8 A row of 40 stones was laid along the course In front of each man, who had to ran and pick up the farthest stone and bring it to the starting point, then return for the nest stone and eo on. The prise was gained by the man who brought all the stones to the eeratoh to the shortest time. This concluded the day's proceedings.