OHINEMURI. ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Paeroa. Friday
TIIKRK was a good attendance. ( especially of the f.ii 1 sex, m.uiy <>f whom WcTii very tastefully droned ). at the spoils-, which ean i« off in Mr (Javsi ell's p.idu >U< on Wednesday, la-t, and civdit U due to the foininiltee of in m-meim-nt foi the .s'lceessful inannoi in which the members conducted the affair. The following were thu results of the principal events : M.ii lien Jtaee, priz; 20,, Hutton and Barrett ran n dead he.it, iind icsolv^d'to divide the ppoil ; Hop-step iind-jump, prize. XX; Berepford topped the score, with ,'J9 fout, and toolc the nionoy ; Ohinnnmi Cup, piize, 00h. Fur this r.ice there were three, lieits, and as J. MoComiel! succeeded in Bcnrintif the most points tho fust pii^o wjih nwdided to him, whilst tho second prize, n.nonnting to 20*> was seemed l>y J.nnos liairett; vS;iuk Jtace, pi \7,<z 10s : ]'. Sh.tw through n sort of. Kangaroo perforni!inc<> which landed him an easy winner. Half Mile Race, prize 30*: Hyde first, with Johnston close up, and the otheia no whore. Greasy B->om, | rize 10-s. The boom was suspended at a onsideiable height afore the w.iter, and after innumerable spills which drlig-hted the audience, Edward Shaw nirinapp.l to Hpcuro thu money. !Hiirh Jump, prize ]0s: W. Gomes, hendetl the te^t, with 4ft 7 inches, and got the money : Hurdle JiJiue, prize 2()s, 11.I 1 . Quinn let! fioin the start, and l.inded an e.isy winnor. The day R' sports concluded with a danco. which ciimenff in the Public Hull, whole the disciples of terp»iuore trippe.l the li»lit fantastic till the wee sin. i hours uyont the twal. Mr W. K. CoopLM- owner of the Jubilee, chum, Wuitekuuii is »" w clrt-,hinu nml sampling a teuton lot of ore ut Filth's goods hhed, where it was deliveied from the inino a few 'days hince. This'btulF i^ intended for Hliiptueiit'tn the old country, and if appdnrancos are worth noting, it should yie.d a. batisi'aotory rulurd. •
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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327OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Paeroa. Friday Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 2
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