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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 744, 29 August 1878, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTICES NKVT ZEALAND RAILWAYS. MA£R£WH EN C A PLOUGHING MATCH. FRIDAY, 30th AUGUST. k SPECIAL TPIAIN will leave Maere■wheuua for Oamaru, at 7 p.m. FREDK. BACK, General Manager. General Manager's office, Christchurch, Augast 26, 1873. 562 AEREWHKNUA PLOUGHING MATCH. PROGRAMME. The Match will take place on the 30th AUGUST. Class A— Swing Ploughs. First Prize L 4 0 0 Second Prize 2 0 0 Third PrLze 10 0 Three competitors or no second prize ; five competitors or no third prize, Class B—Double Fr/EROwu Open to all comers. First Prize L 8 0 0 Second Prize ... ... 7 0 0 Third P'iz- 6 0 0 Fouri.. ■ :.ze ... ... 5 0 0 Fifth i'rize 4 0 0 Ten ploughs or no fourth prize ; 12 ploughs or no fifth prize.

Class C —Double Furrows. Open to Non-prizetakera ouly. First prize IS 6 0 Second prize 7 0 0 Third prize 6 0 0 Fourth prize .. ... 5 0 0 Fifth prize 4 0 o Ten ploughs or no fourth prize ; 12 plougn or no tifih prize. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. Ploughing will begin at 9 o'clock The amount of ground to be ploughed b\ each competitor is two-thirds of an acre f»i double-furrows, and five-eighths for swiit plough. Time—s£ hours, iucludiug half an hour for lun. h. 2. In Clashes 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 less than 5 inches deep. 3. Assistance allowed at first and last rounds ouly. 4. Start and finish to be notified by gunfire. Entry money, 10s. Members Ir.e. All entries must be made on the 29th inst, at 6 o'clock p.m., at Mr. Smith's btore, Duntroon. JAMES GARDINKR, 520 Secretary.

7"AIMATE PLOUGHING MATCH. OPEN TO ALL COMERS. To be held on English Grass. ai'Otit one mile and a quarter from Vt ati'nuie, on the Old Wa'ho l;oad, on FRIDAY, 6m SKP.EMtfER. Probrammk: Class A, Double Furrows— First prize £8 0 0 Secoud prize £5 0 0 Ihiid prize £,i 0 0 Fourth prize ... ... £2 0 0 Class B, Single Furrows— Hrst prize £S 0 0 Secoud prize ... ... £5 0 0 Third prize £3 0 0 Class C, Double Furrows, for Youths under 1S years of age — First prize £4 0 0 Second prize ... ... £2 0 0 Class D, Single Furrows, for Youths under 18 yearß of age— First prize £4 0 0 Second prize ... ... £2 0 0 EXTRA PHIZES. £1 for Best Break in Class A £1 for Best Finish in Class A £1 for Best Break in Class B £1 for Best; Break in Class D £1 for Best Finish in Class D £2 for Best 3-Horse Team £1 10s for Best 2-Horse Team £ 1 for Best Groomed Team. SPECIAL PRIZES. Mr. Bruce, £lO 10s Cup, for Best Seed Furrow in any Class ; to be won by same Tnan two years in succession before becoming his property. i Messrs. Reid and Grrfy, Set of 4-leaf Harrows, for Best Ploughing done with a Reid and Gaay double-furrow plough, j Mr. Sinclair, Silver Medal, for Best Plough-! ing on the ground in any Class. Mr. Evans, Ploughman's Vest, value 30s, for Straighte-it P.iughing in any Class. Mr. Rugg, Set Swingle-trees, for the Best Finish in Class B. ... •■ Mr. R. Wills, Set of 3-Horse Swingle-trees, for First Finish in field. Mr. Crawford, Pair of Winkers, for Best Work done by a married man. Mr. H. Dunn, 101b. Tea, for Rest Ins and Outs.' Mr. Clarke, Pair of Winkers, for Best Crown in Youths' Class. Mr. Copeland, Ton of Coal delivered, for Ploughman with larg st Family. Mr. Gifford, £l, for Best rami Ploughing Mr. J ! au rallies, 10s 6d, for Best Dressed Team on ground. Mr. Taylor, £1 Is, for the Youngeat Ploughman in the field. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. Ploughs to be on the ground at i) a.m.; to commence at 10 ti'elock, and terminate at. 3-30 p.m. Luncheon from 12 30 Co 1 o'clock. Ploughs to stop at first end after signal for lunch. 2 Two thirds of au acre of groun 1 to he ploughed by double-furrows, and one third by single. 3. Competitors to receive no assistance j except in putting up the poles. Each man to put his poles in at the peg 3. 4. Each man to make two crowns ar;d one finish, and gather five rounds on each cr. wn. 5. Kules and regulations as read on the ground to be strictly adhered to, 6. Kntrance money—los for M,en, and 5s for Boys. All Entries by poflt or telegraph mu-t be addressed to tho Secretary, Box *"o 14, Waimate Post Office, not later than 5 p.m. on TUESDAY, the 3rd SKPTKMB R. ANDHEW C ,RiER, 595 H<m. Sec. WANTED the PUBLIC to KJSUW that Advertisements of 16' Words or under are inserted in the Wanted Column of the Evkung Mau, for ONE SHILLING.