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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 17, 15 December 1877, Page 3

gPOETS ! SPORTS! PALMERSTON. To be held m the Paddocks adjoining the PRINCESS FAMILY HOTEL. Visitors can note the Entrance by the Triumphal Jr<-hei erected m Man Sf Broad Streets. PRIZES. 1. 100 yards' Race for Boys under 14 (i-ntrance, fi-ee) — Ist & 2nd Prizes. 2. 100 yards' Raco for Adults (entrance, 2s) — Ist & 2nd Prizes. 3. Throwing Cricket Ball (entrance, Is). 4. Blindfolded Wheelbarrow Race (entrance, Is) — Ist & 2nd Prizes. 5. Throwing Heavy Hammer (entrance, Is). 6. Running Long Jump (entrance, Is) — Ist & 2nd Prizes. 7. One Mile Race (entrance, 2s 6d) — , Ist, 2nd, & 3rd Prizes. -8. Three-Legged Race, 100 yards (entrance, ls).9. Jumping m Sacks (entrance, Is) — Ist & 2nd Prizes. 10. Vaulting with Pole (entrance, 2s 6d). 11. Hop, Step, and Jump (entrance, . 2s 6d)— lst & 2nd Prizes. 12. Blindfolded Bell Race (entrance, Is) . 13. Quarter- Mile Hurdle Race (entrance, Is).. 14. Running' High Jump (entrance, Is). 15. Pneumatic Standing Jump (entrance, Is). 16. Maori Women Race (entrance, Is) —Ist & 2nd Prizes 17. Climbing Greasy Pole (entrance, Is). 18. Egg Race (entrance, Is). 19. Dipping for Oranges and Money (entrance, free) —^l Prize. 20. Girl's Race, under 14 (entrance, ... free)— lst & 2nd Prizes. 21. Tilting at the Ring (entrance, ss)— Ist, & 2nd Prizes, and 3rd to save stakes. 22. Catching a Greasy Pig (entrance, free)— Winner to take the Pig. -23. Step Dance (entrance, 2s 6d). 24. Water Race (entrance, Is). 25. Consolation Handicap, quarter of a mile—^lst & 2nd Prize. / 26. Running on a Barrel* (entrance, Is). Finis.. Should sufficient inducement offer, A BABY SHOW, will be held (m the I. afternoon). .Dancing" on the Green ; Music provided. Numerous Old English Games, such as— "Aunt Sally," "Knock-'em-downs," Swings, &c, &c. All surplus profits from the above Sports will be handed over to the Treasurer of the Cemetery Trust Fund. In a future issue the Prizes will be published, all of them showing good ' value., I, Passengers by Train can, alight at j -the Platform at Terrace End. PALMERSTON ATHLETIC SPORTS. BOXING DAY. ! Judge : Starter: GK M. Snelson. Esq. | j. N. Owen, Esq. Treasurer: Secretary: ! T. Waiton, Esq. | T. Kdt&, Esq. i PROO-RAMME. \ VI. Quoits — Ist Prize, £1; 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is. 2. Boy's Race (100 yards)— lst Prize, ; 10s ; 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is. 3. Throwing Hammer— lst Prize, £1 ; 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is. „'4. Steeplechase m Sacks — Ist Prize, > £1; 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is. i v 5. CHAMPION RACE— lst Prize, •> . £5 ; 2nd, £1. Entrance, ss. 6.. Vaulting— lst Prize, £1 ; 2nd, 10s. Entrance, 2s 6d. 7. Hop-Step-and-Jump— lst Prize, £1; 2nd, 10s. Entrance, 2s: 8. High Jump — Ist Prize, £2 j 2nd, 10s. Entrance, 2s 6d. 9. Standing High. Jump— lst Prize, I £1 ; 2nd, 6s. Entrance, 2s. .10. Standing Long Jump —^lst Prize, £1 ; 2nd, ss; Entrance, 25. " ■' 11. Walking Match (two miles)— lst j Prize, £3; 2nd, 15s. En-, trance, ss^ 12. Railway Plate (300 yards)— lst Prize, £3; 2nd, 15s. Entrance, . ss. 13. Mile Race— lst Prize, £7 ; 2nd, £2. Entrance, 10s 6d. 14. Three-Legged Race — Ist Prize, £1 ; 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is. 15.. Putting the Stone— lst Prize, £1 ; 2nd, ss. Entrance, 2s. 16. Wrestling— lst Prize, £2; 2nd, 10s. Etrance, 2s. 17. Climbing: Greasy Pole— lst Prize, £1 j 2nd, ss. Entrance, Is . TO LET.— Ti-e House and Work-. Shop at the corner of the Square, next Messrs Walton and King's Store. , Apply to Mr MERRITT. ! TO LET, for a term of Six Months or upwards, the House lately occupied by Mr Simpson, of Palmerston, Carpenter, with Half -an- Acre of Land. | Apply to ELIOT WARBURTON, Solicitor, Main Street, Palmerston North. T OST, by Mrs. Oaklet, at Feilding, JLi on the 13th inst., one GREENSTONE EARRING, set m Gold Leaves, between Dr. Johnston's and Mr i Halcombe's residences. — Reward will , be given if returned to Mr ROE, Denbigh Hotel. HHENDERS WANTED, for unships J- ping, removing, and reconstructing the Engine, Machinery and Shed of the Sawmill opposite Mr. Lintpn's Bush, Palmerston North. For particulars, apply to W. Tabbant, on the premises ; or, to W. F. K. Cbowxhbb, Foxton. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.