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CHRISTCHURCH.

Saturday. Captain Charles worth, one of the oldest sett|ers;_ died last night; from an axe wound in his foot, accidentally received whilst watching one of his men cut down a tree. . ■,

C. Bowler ■ challenges ' Jacbbseti,*" the champion walker at last Dunedin sports, to walk any distance from two to ten miles, for £20 a-side.

A farmer named Evans, living near Long Beach, Ninety-mile Beach, reports having found some wrecked timber, bags of corn, and three dead bodies.

A public meeting is called for-Wednes-day next; to consider the* new Education Bill. '" ■■■■■"■■ ;" ; ". " ■ ■■".:# !■ In the Provincial Council Mr Wynn Williams allowed a motion for district; contributions this year towards the cost of school buildings, to be paid out of the Treasury to lapse. ,Mr Bluett's motion 'fdr the endowment|of. ;municipajitiesfVas postponed. 1 ' * '■■•■■£ • f ■* ■■'*-■ . ■ A match for £25 a-side between Collins and young Delaneyy of Auckland, was ran this afternoon; there were three events —100, 150, and 200 yards, the winner of two out of three to be the winner of the match. In the 100-yards race Collins was smartest away, but Delany caught him at 60 yards, .'and ultimately won by tw.o feet: time, 11 sees: In the 150-yards race Dclaney was put back a yard for going over the mark before the pistol w;as fired, and Collins being again smartest away obtained a lead of two yard*. Dclaney, however, caught him at ICO yards, and after a fine struggle during the last fifty yards, won by a foot; time, 17 seconds. The ground was rather rheavy from tho -• late rains. Delaney, having won the first two races, won the match'without the 200 yards race being run. A match was made directly , after,, in .which .young Delaney backed'Thos. Shelly, a North' Island man, to run 10 miles in 58 minutes. The stakes are £50 a-side, and P. Butler, a bootmaker, backed time. The match is to be decided within a month. ' "T

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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2010, 14 June 1875, Page 2

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CHRISTCHURCH. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2010, 14 June 1875, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2010, 14 June 1875, Page 2

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