TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1689, 19 May 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PUE93 ASSOOUTION. • THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

Wellington, Monday. The Government after consulting with the Governor have decided not to alter the arrangements made for ceta bratiug the Queen's birthday this month, At Wellington and Canterbury the holiday will be held on the 26th, and at Auckland, Otago, • and other places on the 24th inst. • ■

Dunedin, Monday.;. The following are the acceptances for the Dunedin races :

Hurdles,-Lockot, Littlejohn, Mokara, Gleura, Schmozer, Sailor Boy, Maiden.—Gorton, Holclerness, Fillcon,: Verona, Minnie, Larry, Benedict, Flapjack, Tongariro, Symphony, : Provincial Handicap.—Rubina, Lady Emma, Poet, Hippo, Webster, Trumpeter, Violin, Trot, Wakatu, Randall, Bella (Fuirley's), Bella (Black's), Cockrobin, Charlie, Fred, Wallaby, Ace of Clubs, Maggie, Ohronio, Post; boy, Tiger, Nellie Ace of Clubs (Rutherford's), : ; Spotted Maiden.—Biddy, Ramrod, Sandy, Banker, No Name, Hallelujah Lass. '

Tradesman's Handicap. Emma, Rubina, Theuge, Minerva, Hippo, Webster, Trumpeter, Billy, Violin, Prospero, Molly, Molly Bawn. Novel Race.-Molly Bawn, Billy, Benedict, Mokarakara, Spofforth, Little Jack, Prospero, Tongariro, Naita. '■' Dunedin, Monday. Tho Waimate's passage occupied 101 days, She spoke to the barque Embleton, from Auckland to London,: in latitude s°.

Tho collections in the first church for the erection of a monument to the late lute Lindlay Mackie amount to £ll2. . '!