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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 434, 20 December 1861, Page 2

]tf E L~lTo~i REGATTA. Tuesday, December 31,186t j High Water at 7-50, a.m. First Race. By TWO-OARED BOATS; to start at half-past Ten o'clock. Second Race By FOUR-OARED BOATS ; to start at quarter-past Eleven. Third Race. By First-class SAILING VIi^ELS; to start at Noon. Fourth Race. By Second-oIaM'SAI LIXG'VESSELS; to Btart at One o'clock. Fifth Race. ' By Third-class YACHTS; to stait at Two o clock. Sixth Race. By Fourth-class BOATS; to start at Three o'clock. Seventh Race. DINGY RACE; to-tart at Five o'clock. Eighth Race. . DUCK HUNT; as shortly after the arrival of the boats as possible. Programmes, containing Rules and Regulation s, with Prizes for the various Races, can be had on application to J]r. THOMAS ASKEW ; or HENttY CLOUSTON, SPO Secretary. Rifle Shooting. \\7TTH a desire to encourage RIFLE » ' SHOOTING ," throughout the Province of Nelson, andtotfive Volunteers and others a chance to show their skill with the liifle, No. 9 Company have determined to offer SIX PRIZ S, (instead oi three) to be shot for on TH U KSDAY, the 2'id of January, (instead of New Year's Day, as previously advertised), on thenPractice Ground, Spring Grove, open to all Volunteers and others by paying an entrance fee of 2s. 6d. each. £ s- "• First Prize will bo .. .. 5 0 0 Second do 3 0 0 Third do 2 0 0 Fourth do 1 10 0 Filth do tOO Sixth do 0 10 0 The firing will commence at Ten o'clock. The ranges 300 yards, stauding; 400, and 500 yards, any position. Five shots at each range; regulation target. Any persons desirous of competing for the prizes will ple aß e forward his name to the undersigned on or before jsj ew Year's Day. The Wakefield Band wil? be in attendance. H. W. PPRRYMAN, 582 Lieutenant No. 9 Company N.V.R. Spring" Grove Local Committee of Education. "WANTED, a MASTER for the River * * Terrace School. Salary, £80 per annum, ■with comfoitable Dwelling-house. Applications will be received to December 22nd, to be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee, Ml JD. DOLAMORE. nPHE Public is informed that the JSIEL- -*- SOX WINE AND SPIRIT STORE will be CLOSED on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 26th and 27 th instant. 570 HENRY BALY. To Contractors. BLASTING POWDER in auy quantities On sale at 64 JOHN SYMONS AND Cos. Flour! Flour!! Flour!!'. SAUNDERS' BEST FLOUR, 21s. per 100-lb. bag, cash, delivered free of expense to any part of the city. JOHN SYMONS AND CO. TfURNISHING FURNISHING. X Single Iron Bedsteads, from 80s 1 A large Double do. do. do. 60s. j assortment. Also, Children's Cots. On sale at the stores of 522 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. Stoves. Stoves. Stoves. A MERICAN COOKING and REGIS- •**■ TEH STOVES, the largest assortment in New Zealand on sale at the Stores of 448 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. Furnishing1! Furnishing! FURNITURE of every description.— Also, CHINA. GLASS, ami EARTHENWARE On sale at the stores of I 4*9 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. To Sportsmen. HALL AND SONS Rifle and Glass 6UNIOWDF.iI, SHOT, and CAPS. On sale at the store* of 450 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. MODERATOR LAMPS, a splendid assortment, with China and Brazen Stands, from the best makers. Also, COLZA OIL in any quantity. 4r>l JOHN SYMONS AND CO. To Families. rPHE undersigned beg to call the atten- -* lion of families to their superior sfock of BLACK and GRKEN TKAS; also, GROCERIES of every description, which they are selling at Wholesale Prices. Finest Souchong Tea, 3s. 6d. per lb ,or 6 lbs. for 20s. Good (lack Tea, 3s. per Ib., or 6 lbs for 17s. The best refined Crushed Loaf, in any quantity, 7d. per lb. jjsf AH Goods delivered free of expense in any part of the city. JOHN SYMONS AND CO., ■\7holesale and Retail Grocers. 453 /ROLLINS' American Cast Steel Mining TOOLS of every description On sal* at the stores of 4C3 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. To Cricketers. fLAPSHAWS celebrated BATS, BALLS, and STUMPS on sale at. the stores of 3^ JOHN SYMONS AND CO. American Sewing* Machines. HTIIE undersigned invites the attention of -*- Housekeepers, Sempstresses, Dressmakers, and Tai'ors U> the perfect adaptation and unrivalled exoelleiicu of these Sewing- Machines for their uses. " They are simple in construction, efficient and durable in openition, beautiful in model and finish, fitted to adorn the pailor, and suited to the workshop •—applicable alike to the use ot the family and the manufacturer Their speed isefrom 120'J to 2000 stitches per minute, or equal in efficiency to twelve teiupstresses. Substituting, as they do, healthful exercises and rational employment for the soul-and-liody-dcstroying drudgery of hand-sewing, they are hailed as Woman's Friend" A book with directions for use with each machine. 6"6 JOHN SYMONS AND CO. 17OR SALE, that very substantial and •*- newly-arranged DWELLING- MOUSE, situated at the junction of Washington and Victory Valleys, in the City of Nelson, known as How Cottage, together with the well laid out Garden «nd l» tt ddock, contain mg about 1* acre more or less, the property of J. G Gordon, Esq. For particulars and terms (which are most liberal) apply to ' ■v, , .. . , NASH AND SCAIFE. Nelson, 12th March, 1861. 342