THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CIOCK P.M Resurrexi. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1879.
From the reply of the Waste Land Commissioner to the letter from the meeting here asking information re the blocks in the hands of the Waste Lands Board, it would appear that the only block in the district beyond Hikutain really in the hands of the Board is the Te Aroha The total area of Crown land in the district over which there are timber leases is 117.886 acres.
A consultation respecting the Auckland Cup in, we believe, to take place at Lawless' to-morrow evening.
The anniversary soiree of the Primitive Methodist Sunday School will bo held at the Church, Mackny street, this evening. After tea a public meeting will be held, which will be addressed by several minis* ters and friends.
The Committee of the Thames Annual Eaces met to-day aftet the sale of privileges, and decided that the Railway Stakes should be for £20, and also that a weight for age race should take place on the second day—Flying Stakes £10. The full programme appears in our advertising columns. We hear that over 20 horses will compete— seven of-them coming from Auckland. We hear that a Thames gentleman has purchased the Auckland race horse Golden Crown for the sum of £50, and intends entering him for the principal events.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3427, 16 December 1879, Page 2
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225THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CIOCK P.M Resurrexi. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1879. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3427, 16 December 1879, Page 2
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