CHRISTCHURCH.
Tuesday.
The Sunday Observance League last night passed a resolution strongly condemnatory of the Government in calling on men employed on the railways and wharves of Christchurch and Lyttelton to work on Sunday when required.
The man named Dunny, who was gored by a bull ou December 27th, died yesterday.
Wednesday. The Lyttelton Segatta was a great success.
Champion Sailing Race, for vessels under 150 tons register, Cup, valuo 75 soys., nnd 50 soys. added. Torea, schooner (Auckland), 78 tons, J. Grundy... ... ... ... ... 1 Emerald, ketch, 40 ton?, Whitby 2 Nellie, schoonor, 66 lone, Armstrong ... 3 Minnie (E. F. Cameron), Anna, nnd Gipsy also competed. The Torea won easily. There was a good race for second place. Ships' Boat Pulling Race. Loch Fleet t ... 1 Australian Sovereign ... ... ... 3! Intebprovincial Champion Four - OAHED WtfALEBOAT KACE. — Prize, Cup, and 75 soys. Bingarooma (Ljttelton crew) ... ... 1 Arawuta (Wellington crew) 2 Won by 10 seconds. Champion Yacht ft ace.—Prize, Cup, nnd 76 soys. Spray, cutter, 9 tons, G-ibbs and Murdoch 1 Annie Ogle, cutter, 17 tons, Cunningham and Hawkins ... ... ... ... 2 Fleetwing, cutter, 10 tons (Ljttelton Yacht Club) 3 Winona, Venture, and Dove also competed. 'Jhis day. At a private meeting of capitalists yesterday it was resolved to form a joint Stock Company, with a capital of a hundred thousand pounds, in twenty thousand shares of £o each, to construct a branch line of railway from South Kakaia on the Great Southern railway to" Ashburton, the forks passing through a very fine agricultural country.
The Land sales for the month realised £41,452.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2773, 3 January 1878, Page 2
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