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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 311, 29 December 1873, Page 3

FREE IMMIGRATION. mhe UNDERSIGNED will attend at U spe r JL Moutere School-room from 6 o'clock tm till 8 p.m., on SATURDAY, the 3rd day o f January next to receive applications from persoig desirous of sending to England for their friend, who can now be brought out by the Governmen PASSAGE FREE. The undersigned will al<c.i be prepared to give any information regarding Nominated Immigration that may be required. iiJ GREENFIELD. 3208 Immigration Officer. PROCLAMATION. By his Honor Oswald Curtis, Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c., &c. WHEREAS, by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in (he Session holden in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 72, intituled " An A.ct to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand." it is enacted, that it shall »>e lawful for the Superintendent of any Province established by the said Act, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette to fix such place or places within the limit 9 of the Province, and such times for holding any Session of the Provincial Council, as he may think fit, and from time to time in manner as aforesaid to alter and vary such times and places as he may judge advisable, and most consistent with general convenience: Now, therefore, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim and appoint that tlie PHOVINCIAL COUNCIL of NELSON shall MEET at the PROVINCIAL HALL, NELSON, on TUESDAY, the Twenty, seventh day of January next, at Woon. Given uuder my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this Twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand tight hundred and seventythree. Oswald Curtis, Superintendent. Attested— Alfked Greenfield, 3^03 Provincial Secretary. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, Decembet"_>4, 1873. IT U hereby notified that Charles Baker Gabb 'his been elected a Member of the Upper Upper Moutere Koad Board, in the place of William Louden, resigned. Alfred Greenfield, 3404 Provfncial Secretary. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF THE PROVINCE OF NELSON. President : Sir David Monko. Vice-President : Hon. T. Kbswick, M.L.C. Hon. Treasurer: Mr Robert Disuer. Directors : Mr David Burns, Mr Donald M'Donald „ Alex. Scla^ders, „C Y. Fell, „ John Sharp. „ T. Rentoul, „ C. L. Maclean, „ J. 0. Moutray, „ Wbi Stavert, „ J. P. Black. „ Duncan Chisholm, Sports Committee; Mr J. C. Moutbay, Mr Wm. Stvvert, „ C. L. Maclean, „ A.H. Brind, „ B.C. Tennent, „ A. M'Kellar Wix, „ A. Robertson, „ James Hamilton, THE SPORTS Connected with the above Society, will be held in the Grounds of Ralph Richardson, Esq , MAITAI VALLEY, ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1874. To Commence at Eleven a.h, sharp. S. S. 8. S. d 1. Flat Race for Boys ... 10 5 ... 0 6 2. Running High Leap ... 30 15 ... 2 6 3. ToasiDg the Cabar ... 40 2 6 4. Flat Race for Men (100 yards) ... ... 40 20 ... 2 6 5. Throwing Cricket Ball 20 10 ... 2 0 6. Vaulting Pole ... 60 40 ... 4 0 7. Putting Stone (22lbs) ... 40 20 ... 2 6 8. Flat Race for Men (440 yardsj ... ... 50 25 ... 2 6 9. Sack Eace ... ... 20 10 ... 2 0 10. Running Flat Leap ... 30 15 ... 2 6 11. Wrestling ... ... 80 40 ... 5 0 12. Feats on Horizontal Bar (Men) ... ... 40 20 ... 2 6 13 Mile Champion Race 120 60 20 5 0 14. Standing High leap ... 30 15 ... 2 6 15. Horizontal Bar (Koys)... 20 10 ... 1 0 16. Three-legged Race ... 20 10 ... 2 0 17. Hurdle Hate for Men ... SO 30 ... 3 0 18. Standing Flat Leap ... 20 10 ... 2 0 19. Old Man's Race, over 50 (200 yards ... 20 10 ... 2 0 20. Half-mile Race ... 60 30 10 3 0 21. Hurdle Race for Boys ... 20 10 ... 1 0 22. Tilting in the Ring .. so 40 ... 5 0 23. Be9t-rfreßSed Competitor 20 24. Best Highland Costume 20 In addition to the Money Prize, a Silver Meda will be given by the Society to the winner of the . Mile Rnce, provided the distance be run within five minutes. The successful competitor in the Vaulting with the Pole will also receive a Silver Medal, in addition to his Money Prize, provided he shail have leaped a height of not less than 9ft. 6iu. It is intended during the day to have a 200 and 300 yards Handicap Race, and intendinir competitors are requested to send in their names to the Secretary before One o'clock on day of games in order that Handicaps may be declared. Regulations. 1. Entries mnst be made at the Entry Booth. 2. Unless two competitors enter, no prize will be given; and unless three competitors, no second prize. 3. No person will be allowed to compete for any event whose dress has not been previously approved of by the Committee. 4. As no alteration wijl be permitted in the order of the events, competitors are informed that no entries will be received for any event after the number of such event is signalled, and it is also intimated that as soon as an event is signalled it will be proceeded with. 5. Disputes will be settled by the Judges, whose decision shall be final. 6. Prizes will be settled on the ground. 7. Competitors for Tilting to go at a hand-galop. 8. No horses allowed on the ground, except those entered for Tilting, and then only while that game is in progress. 9. Members of the Society and their Families will be admitted to the ground Free, on presentation of Tickets of Membership at the gate. 10. Competition for all events will be confined strictly to amateurs. 11. Admission to the ground -. One Shilling. 12. Admission to the Grand Stand; Two Shillings and Sixpence; Children, Half-price. 13. A first-class Instrumental Band will be in attendance. 14. Licensed Victuallers' and Refreshment Booths on the grounds. A. H. BRIND, Secretary Nelson, November, 1873. 4444