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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 132, 18 August 1870, Page 4

mUAPEKA AND WAITAHUNA 1 GOLDFIELDS DISTRICT PLOUGHING MATCH TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1870, At Mr. DONALD CLARK'S FARM, Clark's Flat. SENIORS. Ist Prize - - - -£600 2nd „ ... 5 0 0 3rd „ .... 4 0 0 4th „ ..--300 sth „ Gold Pin, value 50s. — Presented by Horace Bastings, Esq. sth „ .... 2 0 0 6th „ .---100 7th „ One Set Swingletrees — Presented by Messrs. jfc. Fowler and David M 'Donald, Eawrence. JUNIORS. For Youths of 20 years, or under. Ist. Prize - - - - £3 0 0 2nd „ .... 2 0 0 3rd „ 1 0 0 For the best Feering.— l Set- Poles— Presented by Mr. Roscoe, Tuapeka Mouth. For the Best Finish— A Book, value 10s. — Presented by Mr. Jeffery. For the Youngest Ploughman in this Class — 10s. — Given by Mr. Douglas. SPECIAL PRIZES. OPEIT TO ALL THE FIELD. For the best Finish. —Set Swingletrees — Presented by J. and D. M'Taggart, Waitahuna. For best Outs and Ins. — Watch chain — Presented by Mr. Farrer, Watchmaker, Lawrence. For best Turn Out. — Drapery, valued one guinea — W. M'Beath, Lawrence. For best Groomed Horses. — Curry Comb and two Brushes — T. Barnett, Lawrence, with 10s. added from the funds. For best kept Harness. — Open Bridle, value 30s— Low and Sons, Saddlers, Lawrence. For best pair Horses. — One pair Hames — F. Meyer, Lawrence. For best Feering. — One set Feering Poles — H. Adarmon, Waitahuna. For best ploughing done by a married man — Whip, value 10s — -J. Donovan, Lawrence. The first (prize- taking) team finished. — Prize, value 20s — J. F. Herbert. Open to all bona fide residents in the Tuapeka and Waitahuna Goldfields Districts. RULES AND REGULATIONS. All competitors to be subscribers to the fund of not less than"§s,./#5. Entrance monoy,- oaoh-claoo, Qa 6d. Teams to be on the ground at 9.30 a.m. All entries to be left with the Secretary at the Tuapeka Times Office, Lawrence, on or before 6 p. m. on Wfrtiifaday, the tf th- -August, and at Waitahuna, under cover, addressed to the Secretary, at Mr. Coghill's Hotel, on the same day, at 4 p.m.; or on the morning of the match, by paying a double entrance fee. Depth of furrow, five inches. Ploughmen to find their own width. Each team to plough one-third of an acre. Time allowed — Horses, five hours ; bullocks, six do. Each ploughman to find his own poles, and no assistance allowed after the poles are set ; otherwise, disqualified. Any other regulations will be read on the ground, and all disputes to be settled by the Committee. L. C. HOLMES, Hon. Secy, Lawrence, 3rd August, 1870. The DINNER will take place in the Shamrock Hotel, at 7 p.m. T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I have transferred all my Business as a Barrister, Solicitor, and Conveyancer, at Lawrence, to Mr. FREDERICK HENRY M'COY, Barrister and Solicitor ; and that all moneys due to me on account of my late business at Tuapeka are to be paid to Mr. J. L. S. KEEN, whose receipt for the same will be binding upon me, Dated at Dunedin • this Ist day of August, 1870. EDWARD ffRANCIS WARD. GOOD INVESTMENT. FOR SALE, a one-seventh Share in that celebrated Claim known as Fipfe and Co.'s, situated at the Blue Spur ; together with Water Right Interest, &c. Hi health is the only reason for the proprietor being desirous of disposing of his interest in this Property, which, under other circumstances, he would not think of doing at anything like the price he is now prepared to accept. For further particulars apply at the office of WM. HAVES, Peel-street, Lawrence.