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MASTERTON-OPAKI JOCKEY CLUB. THE half yearly General Meeting of the Masterton-Opaki .Jockey Club Trill be held in the Club Hotel oil SATURDAY next, 27th March, at 8 p.m, Business important. RICHARD J. FITTON, 2200 Secretary. 4 MAKAKAHI RIJAD.S, CONTRACTS 1 ASD 2, : : COMPRISING 31 miles of stumping, y clearing, Ac. Tenders addressed to the undersigned, marked outside as *bove, will be received up to noon of MONDAY, April sth, 1886. Specificates on view at thePosfcOffices, Pahiutua,. Eketahuna, and Woodville. Mr R. H. Reaney will leave the Makakahi Bridge at 10 a. m., on Monday, 23ih March, to shew contractors over lines. J. W. MARCHANT, Chief Surveyor, MASTERTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. A G HP AL MEJE ™G of membWof the Miiaterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association will bo held in rl™ rEMPLE CHAMBERS, on SATURDAY NEXT, March 27th, at 2 p.m., Jk Business "To discuss Circular from tlis Wool Growers' Assoc tion of Australasia." N.B.—All wool growers particularly -.roquested to attend. • o RICHD. J. FITTON, • Secretary,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2250, 22 March 1886, Page 3
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701Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2250, 22 March 1886, Page 3
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