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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 178, 23 December 1876, Page 1

Sports; - L jjAWIiHIA ATHLETIC SPORTS b> v i'EW YEAR’S DAY: To cbmniciicc at 10’JO a.m‘. Sharp’. PROGRAMME : 1 100 Yards Flat Face 2. Funning - Hop, Step, and Jump 3 Quarter-mile felal iHce Handicap—• Nomination, Is ; acceptance, 26 4. 150 Yards Boys’.Race, Handicap— For,boys under 14 years 5. Vaulting with a P.Q.le O'. Mile . Racey tiaildicap— Noininatioti’, 2s Gd ; acceptance, 2s Gd 7. Throwing the Cricket Ball 8. Running High Jump 0. 220. Yards Flat Race 10. Sack Race 11. Rimning Long Jump 12. Half-mile ■ Flat Race, Handicap— Nomination, Is ; acceptance; 2s 13. Mile Walking Mdtclj. . , 14. Three-legged lldcoj 150 Yards 15. Putting the Heavy Stone IG. Standing Long Jump 17. Qiidrtcr-niile Hurdle Racd 18. Tilting in the Ring 19. Greasy Pig . .tl b L E : S. , ~ Every competitor to lie ii subscriber of not less than 5s to the Sports. . , 1( Nominations for the 3rd and 6th qfyejllj to be at 11.30 a.m.; dcccjitalices dt 12;30 p.m;, on the day of the Sports. Entrance fee for No. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11J 14, 15, and 1G events to .be Is; for 9th} 13th, and 17th events, 2s Gd; 18tli, Si All disputes to be. settled by the Com ; mitteC) and their decision shall be linal; J. M. PiYUNK; lion; Sec. and Trciisiirer: j)ATEA ANNUAL TO EE HELD SPOII AT TS; &jt m ir Xi e i 26th DEGEMMII, 1876; President : Major Turner; Judges:— C. Synies, Esq.; S-. DixUil; Escp; Dr. Walker, W; Gowern, Esq; Committee: Messrs: G. W. Gane, J. Lett, j; Adamson, Hdi’grcavcs, Oakley, T; Turner, Williams, S. llixoli } Major 11. C. Clifford, Dr. Walker. Mr Harris, Secretary and Treasurer; Clerk of CciiirSe • ,H. I; Davis, Esq; Starter : E: Meredith; Esq; Sports to commence at 11 a.nl. Programme : 1. 100 Yards Race, open to Boys 2. iijO Yards Race; dpen to all comers 3. Running High Jitnip 4. Kangaroo Race, 100 yards, over hurdles 1 foot high 5; Pdtca Cup) 1, 2 and 3 hundred yards TclCG“““"ll Celts 0. Wheelbarrow Race, blindfolded; 16c) yards 7. Vaulting, with tlic jldle 8. Three-legged Race . , 9. Hurdle Race ; i mile ; Hurdles, 3 ft; 10. Tilting in tile Ring 11. Hop, Step, and Jump 12. Juvenile Pole . .. i.3. Quarter-Mile Flat Race |4. Sack Race, 100 Yards 15. Stiinding Long Jump 16. Half-Mile Race . 17. Consolation Handicap 18. H. I. Davis’s Greasy Pig Rules; . Ali competitors to be subscribers for at least 2s Gd, excepting post entries AH entries for special events to be lodged with the Secretary before 11 O’clock a an. on the 2Gtb December; 1876; w, J. G LICENSED U N D SURVEYOR, R Yj NATIVE LANDS AGENT; AND MAORI INTERPRETER; Under the Land Transfer Act; PATEA. All business cbmrritiniciftioiis left at Mt Cowern’s will be attended to. p C; COLLINS; CARTER, & GENERAL CARRIER; NOHMA N B Y. Timber carted to Patca, aiid forwarded to Hawera at the lowest rates. All general goods per Wahgamu steamers carted frotu Paten; ■pjOSTERS and Handbills done on the shortest notice,* at the oinee of-thid paper; >