WANTED WANTED People to come and obta in PHIZ'S at the 10th WONDER OF THL "WORLD. 538 WANTED, a SITUATION by a MARRIED COUPLE—man to plough or act as station hand ; wife could cook for men or act as housekeeper. Apply Mail Office. 490 TSTTANTI'H TO i ET—A Four-roomed V » COTTAGE ; n Luuc-street.—Apply to John Lemon. 533 WANTED T< i LET BUILDIN'GALLOTMENTS, for 10 or 10 years, in Eden-street. —G. Gkkexfif.l.D, Auctioneer. '-41 \\TANTED KXOWX, That the 10th VV WONDER OF THE WORLD is next to Mr. Lennox, the Fishmonger, in Thames-street. WANTED KNOWN—MRS. CAREY, MIDWIFE or MONTHLY NURSE, (of longcxpcriencc) cither in town or country. - —Bay View Boarding-house, Wharf-street. "ANTED KNOWN TEA. AND COFFEE at all hours. Luncheon from 12 till '2. First-class Bedrooms. —At Gordon's Temperance Hotel, Tees-street, two minutes' walk from the Railway Station.—Lessons in Cookery. 701 WANTED KNO W N That M'DOWELL'S, Thames - street North, is decidedly the CHEAPEST GROCERY in town for CASH.—Those of the public giving it a trial will prove the correctness of the above statement. —The highest price given for Farm Produce. 335 ________ _________ EARLE'S RESTAURANT, Facing the l'ost Office, in Thames-street, Meals at. all hours. F. Earle begs to inform the public that he has just received from London one of the finest and best collections of FIREWORKS ever imported to the Colony. N.B.—Fire Balloons of the largest size. SPORTING OAMARU JOCKEY CLUB. gPRING MEETING. To be held on the RACECOURSE, OAMARU, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, December 26tii & 27th, 1879. president : Mr. J. W. Humphrey. VICE-PRESIDENT : Mr. T. Y. Duncan. SECRETARY : Mv. Robert Lumsden. TREASURER : Mv. J. Moss. COMMITTEE : Mr. A. C. Paterson, Mr. G. Greenfield, Mr. T. Shalders, Mr. M. Grant, Mr. J. Hardy, Mr. A. M'Corkindale, Mr. F. W. O. Grant. 11ANDICAITER : Mr. M. Sherwin. STARTER : Mr. T. Shalders. CLERK OF THE "CALES. Mr. Jas. Bee. CLERK OF THE COURSE. Mr. R. Smart. JUDGE : Mr. N. Fleming. PROGRAMME. First Day. Maiden Plate of 30 sovs; entry £2 ; 1£ mile ; for any horse that has never won an advertised race of £lO. Oamaru Cui' of 75 sovs, with a sweep of 3 sovs to go to the second horse; nomination, 3 sovs; acceptance, 3 sovs ; 2 miles. Selling Race of 30 sovs ; entrance, 2 sovs ; 11 mile ; weight for age. Horses entered to be sold for £SO, to carry 101b over weight for age ; for £4O, to carry weight for age ; for £3O, allowed 141b ; for £2O, 281b; for £lO, 421b. The winner to be sold by auction, and any surplus to go the funds. Waitaki County Plate of 30 sovs : weight for age; 11- mile; entry, 2 sovs; for horses bred or owned in the County for G months. Publicans Handicap of 40 sovs; nomination 1 sov; acceptance, 2 sovs ; with a sweep of 2 sovs, to go to the second liorsc; 11 mile. Hack Race of 10 sovs; once round the course ; post entry, 1 sov. Second Day. Hurdle Race Handicap of 40 sovs ; about 2 miles, over 10 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; with a sweep of 3 sovs, to go to the second horse. Hack Hurdle Race of 20 sovs; 11 mile; post entry, 1 sov. Oamaru Jockey Club Handicap of 50sovs; added to a sweep of 3 sovs, to go to the second horse ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 3 sovs ; If mile. Waitaki County Handicap of 30 sovs j 11 mile; entry, 1 sov; acceptance, 2 sovs. Novel Race, a Handicap of 50 sovs; once round the course ; entry, 1 sov. Consolation Handicap of 20 sovs; for all beaten horses ; once round the course J entry, 2 sovs. RULES AND REGULATIONS. All races to bo run under the Dunedin Jockey Club Rules, and new scale of weight for age. All entries and acceptances must be in sealed covers, addressed to the Secretary, and contain entrance money, sweepstakes, description, and age of horse. The jockeys' colors, those registered excepted, must be stated in the entrance form, under a penalty of two sovs, which while unliquidated, will disqualify any horse, whose owner or nominator has incurred such a penalty. All persons intending to withdraw horses are required to give notice to that effect to the Seci ctary or Clerk of the Scales at least half an hour before the advertised time of starting. Any person neglecting or refusing to comply with this rule shall pay a. fine, to be imposed by the Stewards, not exceeding 5 sovs., to the race fund. In the event of any person entering, aprotest, the sum of L2 2s must be lodged with the Secretary before such protest 'is' considered ; this sum to be forfeited to "the funds should the Stewards consider the protest frivolous or vexatious. Five per cent, .will be deducted from the gross of all moneys paid in accordance with the programme, for expenses. All disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whoever they may appoint. Their decision upon all points connected with the carrying- out of the programme shall be final. Entries received only under these conditions. Nominations, entries, and acceptances will not be received after the time stated, under any pretence whatever, or without being accompanied with the necessary amount in cash, with qualification fee of LI la added. Nominations on the 6th December, weights for the Oamaru Cup, Publicans' Handicap, and Hurdle Race, on the 10th December. Weights to be declared for the Oamaru Jockey Club Handicap, Waitaki County Handicap, and Novel Handicap on the night of first day's racing. General entries on the 22nd December, up till 8 p.m. ROBT. LUMSDEN, Secretary, Empire Hotel, Oamaru. E hereby GIVE NOTICE that we have applied to the Waitaki County Council for a LICENSE TO SLAUGHTER at the Yard lately occupied by Messrs. Eddington and Bust on the Beach; y., ■ . COGVIN & VERNOR. November 19, 1879- 515
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1120, 20 November 1879, Page 3
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