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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 740, 23 August 1878, Page 3

PUBLIO NOTIOES AEREWHENUA PLOUGHING MATCH, PROGRAMME. Ths Mateh will take place on the 30th • AUGUST. Class A— Swing Ploughs. First Prize L 4 0 0 Second Prize 2 0 0 Third Prize 1 0 0 Three competitors or no second prize ; five competitors or no third prize Class B—Double Furrows. Open to all corners. First Prize L 8 0 0 Second Prize 7 0 0 Third Prize 6 0 0 Fonrth Prize 6 0 0 Fifth Prize 4 0 0 Ten ploughs or no fonrth prize ; 12 ploughs or no fifth prize. Class C—Double Furrows. Open to Non-prizetakers only. First prize ... ...L8 0 0 Second prize ... ... 70 0 Third prize 6 0 0 Fourth prize 5 0 0 Fifth prize 4 0 0 Ten ploughs or no fourth prize ; 12 ploughs or no fifth prize. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. Ploughing will begin at 9 o'clock. The amount of ground to be ploughed by each compu.iLur is two-thirds of an acre for double-furrows, and five-eighths for swng plough. Time—si hours, including half an hour for lunch. 2. In Classes B and C, each man to make his own break, and cleave it out. The furrow to be not more than 9 inches wide, nor less than 6 inches deep. No straight coulters allowed. In Class A, each man to make crown and finish ; the furrow to be not more than 8 inches wide, nor leas than 5 inches deep. 3. Assistance allowed at first and last rounds only. 4. Start and finish to be notified by gunfire. Entry "money, 10s. Members tr e. All entiie3 must be made on the 29th iust., at 6 o'clock p.m., at Mr. Smith's store, Duntroon. JAMES GARDINRR, 520 Secretary. WAITAKI SHEEP DOG TRIAL. * TRIAL of SHEEP DOGS will be held • at DUNTROON, on WEDNESDAY, 2nd OCTOBER, IS7B, commencing at 10 o'clock a.m. precisely. Intending Competitors must send in their Entries to the Secretary, Mr. E. C. Smith, Duntroon, not later than 25thSEPTBMBER, 1878, accompanied with Entrance Fee (10*), as also colour, xahb, and aqe of Dog entered. Places will be drawn for. There will be two (2) Classes—one for Dogs of any age, and one for Dogs aged 18 months and under. There will be First, Second, and Third Prizes awarded for each Class. Four sheep will be allowad for each competitor. Six hurdles to form a pen, the gate to Tact as a wing. Any Competitor when working his Dog must remain within (50) fifty yards of the pen. In the Trial for aged D.'gs, no Dog will be allowed to start before the sheep are (£) half a mile from the pen ; twenty minutes will be allowed for yarding from the time of start. In the Trial for Young Dogs, no Dog will be allowed to start before the sheep are (500) five hundred yards from the pen ; time and sheep same as for old Dogs. Prizes will be awarded according to points in each Class—viz., 5 points for the best heading; 3 points for the Dog which brings the sheep back best; 2 points for the Dog which yards the sheep bo3t; 2 points for the Dog best under command. The decision of the Judges to be in all cases final. The names of the Judges, and amounts of Prizes will appear in future advertisement. E. C. SMITH, 488 Hon. Secretary. "RS.KI N N E A R Will commence INSTRUCTION ON THE PIANO In her House, in URE-STREET NORTH, MONDAY, 26th INSTANT. 507 f-^OAL.—The undersigned is now landing, ex Ethel, from Newcastle, 260 Tons BLST A. A. CO.'S SCREENED COAL. Cash price, L2 14s per Ton. J. uRR, 541 Opposite Spence and Bee's. npHE WALTER A. WOOD HARVESTER AND BINDER, STATEMENT OF FACTS. Awarded This Year's PRIZES as follows : June 17—First Prize Gold Medal at Chicoe, Belgium. June 19—First Prize Gold Medal, and 1000 Francs at Rome, Italy. August 2—Wood's, First Prize, three day's trial in Holland. Successful in 17 field trials in America t-> June 29. Immediate orders necessary. , J. CHURCH, W2 Agent.