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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 219, 16 May 1877, Page 4

Setjtt ■ _ *^iiw»» lIAWEIIA RACE MEETING. THUESBAY & FUIEJAir, 31st May and Ist June, 1877. President —Mr Matthew Goodson. Vice-President—Mr Jas. Livingstone. Judge—Mr James Davidson. Starter—Mr Charles Brown. Clerk of the Scales —Mr J. S. Greig. Clerk of the Course—Mr T. Bills. Stewards —Messrs J. McMichael, S. Broadbent, Espagne, McGregor, S. Adamson, Greig, and Cockburn. FIRST DAY. 1. Produce Stakes, of £2O. One and a half miles. Weight for age. Entrance, £1 Is. Second horse to save his stakes. 2. Hawera Stakes, of £3O. Two miles. Weight for age. Entrance, £2 2s. Second horse to save his stakes. 3. Hack Race, of £5. One mile, Entrance, 10s 6d. 4. District Race, of £ls. One. and a quarter miles. Catch weights. Post entrance, £1 Is. SECOND DAY. 1. Hurdi.e Race, of £25, added to Sweepstake of £2. Distance, two miles, over eight flights of hurdles 3 feet 0 inches high. Weight lor age. All horses that have won any race over £SO, to carry 141b. extra ; or over £25, 71b. extra. 2. Hack Hurdi.e Race, of £5, added to a Sweepstakes of 10s Od. Post entrance. One and a half miles. Catch weights. 3. Maori Hurdle Race, of £5, added to a Sweepstakes of ss. Two miles. All horses to be owned and ridden by Maoris. 4. Hawera Handicap, of £35, added to a Sweepstakes of £3 3s ; second horse to receive £5. Nomination, 30s; acceptances, 30s. Two miles. 5. Consolation Stakes, £lO. Entrance, 10s Gd; for all beaten horses; handicap. One and a quarter miles. R U L E S. 1, The Wanganui Jockey Club Rules will be strictly adhered to. 2. All disputes to bo settled by the Stewards, whose decision shall bo final. j 3. Persons lodging a protest will place £1 in the hands of the Secretary on making the same,, which money will bo forfeited if such protest be deemed by the Stewards frivolous or unjust. 4, All persons intending to withdraw horses, arc requested to give notice to that effect to the Secretary, at least fifteen minutes before the hour of starting. 5, Any jockey riding except iu the colors entered, will be fined £l. 6, Any person entering a horse in any race, except in a hack race, must be a subscriber of not less than £1 Is to the meeting. 7, Nominations and acceptances will not be received after the time stated under any pretence whatever. 8, Five per cent, will bo deducted from the gross proceeds of all moneys paid in accordance with the programme, for expenses. Nominations for the Hawera Handicap, addressed to the Secretary, must be made on or before 8 p.m. on the 7th May, 1877. Weights to he declared on 21st May, 1877. Acceptances close on or before the 28th May, 1877, at 8 p.m. W. HAMILTON INMAN, Hon. Secretary Hawera Race Meeting. I POST OFFICE NOTICES. Mails arrive as follows : From New Plymouth, at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays. From Hawera, Manutahi, and Kakararnea, at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. From Wanganui, Kai Iwi, Maxwelltown, Waitotara, and Waverley, at 2 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mails close at the Post Office, Carlyle as under ;— ; For New Plymouth, at 1.45 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays. For-Hawera, Manutahi, and Kakaramea. at 1.45 p.m. on Mondays,“ Wednesdays, and Fridays. For Waverley, Waitotara, Maxwelltown, Kai Iwi, and Wanganui, at'9.3o a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. F. LONG, Postmaster. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE “PATEA MAIL.” £ s. d. Per quarter (in advance) 0 6 0 Per quarter (if hooked) 0 6 6 Per annum (in advance) 1 1 0 Per annum (if booked) 1 8 0 KETEMARAE SUBSCRIBERS. MR. McGREGOR having relinquished the AGENCY for the Patea Mail in the township of Norman by, Subscribers arc respectfully informed that papers will in future be left at Mr C. E. Gibson’s store.