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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 256, 12 January 1848, Page 2

" ANNIVERSARY FETE, 1848.

GENERAL COMMITTEE. . Mr. M. Asher Mr. W. S. Loxley Major Baker W. Lyon Mr. J. Boulcott A. M'Donald ' W. M. Bannatyne J- M'Beth K. Bethune G. Moore C. Clifford Hon. H. W. Petre C. Cator Mr. W. B. Rhodes Dr. Dorset W. Spinks Major D. S. Durie C. Schultze Mr. R. Davis Jas. Smith Wm. Fitzherbert G. Scroggs Wm. Hickson C. Sharp G. Hunter J. M. Taylor J. O. Hamley J. Varnham P. M. Hervey G. Young J. Jones Col. Wakefield G. D. Lardner Mr. R. Waitt B. Ling W. E. Wallace Mr. J. H. Wallace. , With power to add to their number.

AT a meeting held at Barrett's Hotel on Monday evening, January 10, 1848,

Wm. Hickson, Esq., in the chair, , The following programme of sports for the ensuing Fete was unanimously adopted : — PROGRAMME OF SPORTS. Hurdle Race. ■

Prize, £20— to be increased should the funds allow— entrances added.

Hack Race. Price, £15— to be increased should the funds allow — entrances added Sub-Committee — Mr. C. Clifford Mr. C. Cator l Hon. H. W. Petre G. Hunter Dr. Dorset J. M. Taylor Mr. W. Hickson. Clerk of the Course— Mr. W. E. Wallace.

Aquatic Sports. £30. Prizes to be arranged by the Sub-Com-mittee. Sub-Committee — Mr. W. B. Rhodes Mr. John Jones C. W. Schultze W. Spinks G. Scroggs G. Young Capt. Sharp G. Allen

Mule Race. Prize £b — entrances added. Sub-Committee — Mr. R. Waitt Mr. John M'Beth J. Varnham W. S. Loxley Mr. R. Davis.

Pony Race. Prize, £5 :c: c 5 — entrances added. Sub-Committee for this Race the same as for the Mule Race.

Rural Sports.

j£l5 — to be divided by the Sub- Committee into Prizes. Sub-Committee — Mr. J. O. Hamley Mr. P. M. Hervey J. Boulcott ' R. Davis Mr. R. Waitt.

The General Committee will meet at Barrett's Hotel on Monday next, the 17th instant, at 8 o'clock p.m., when the respective Sub-Committees are requested to present their reports. J. H. Wallace, Secretary & Treasurer. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

LOST,

ON the Morning of Friday last, a Silver Pencil Case with the initials C.J.E. on the top ; whoever shall bring the same to the office of this Paper shall be handsomely rewarded. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

TO LET, FURNISHED,

FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS THE BRICK HOUSE now occupied by Mr. Clifford, on Thorndon Flat. Apply to Chas. Clieford. Wellington, January 10, 1848.

TO BE LET OR SOLD,

PART OF SECTION No. 483, abutting on Laubton Quay, and adjoining the Government Reserve, and .with or without the land at the back in Wellington Terrace, which may be rented or purchased separately. The Town Acre, No. 684,

At the corner of the intended streets called Bidw ell-street and Hankey-street, and by the Government Reserve at Mount Cook, and containing Brick Earth. The whole or part of the Country Section of 100 acres with River Frontage at MANAWATU, being No. 9. ' Also, — No. 17 of Fine, Rich, level Land, abutting upon the Government Road now in progress in HOROKIWI VALLEY. Apply to Mi. Wm. Bromley, Karori, Or by letter to be left at Mr. Finnimore's, Willis Street. Wellington, January 12, 1848.

NOTICE. fTIHE Undersigned will not hold himself respon_L sible for the payment of any debts contracted, or that may be hereafter contracted, by W. S. Butler, Esq., of Akaroa W. S. Loxlet. Fftriih Street,11th January). 1848.