Carterton Grand Fete.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3104, 15 January 1889, Page 2

Carterton Grand Fete.

The following handicaps have been declared for the sports to be held at Carterton on Anniversary Day, 22nd January,

Friendly Societies Handicap, . Brannigau ser, T. 0. Udy sor, B. A. Gardner syds, J. 0. Canty 10yds, G. Parker 12yds, W. King 14yds, 0. McLaren 20yds, T, Bidgway 20yds> H. Wakelin 20yds, G. Armstrong 20yds. . Mile Walking. V E. Udy Bcr, Bambry ser, J, Barratt 15yds, J. 0. Canty 20yds, Bl'L Latham 70yds, J, Booth 100 yds, !■.-■• HURDLES. ■■ . ' Thompson, scratch; Brarinigan, Biratcli; J, Harris, 2yds; T;C. : Udy, J syds jF, Pairbrother, syds; Arnott, 7yds; Belling, Byds; D'Arcy, 9yds; Petersen. 11yds; J, Peters, 11yds; F.Peters, 10yds; O.Jensen, 13yds; Hooker, 14yds; Parker, 14yds; 0. Perry, lGydK/Reading, 18yds. ■'.■'■■:■'■>. HALF; JittE, .. ..... .Bambry, scratch;o. Jensen," 25yds] Petersen,: 86yds; 'D'Arcy, 30yds; J; Peters, 35yds;' Hooksr,' 60yds; Parker, GOyds;H.Wakelin, 85yds; J. Ridgway, 85yds. .' ' ■■■'*•> t::-MJLJl RJINNING,'■;; T : MBhoney, scratch > Bambry, SQyds; O'Brian, 60yds;' Barratt)- Jssyda; Q, Jensen;•" 80yds" PajkE' l6ofß«wox,l6oyd^-?-. ;; ' ! ''.-;' ;

■■ ; ;^;SupremeCp^..:;;"" Vl.v-^ ; January 14i\ At: 'the •Supreme\Court -to/day; Alexander: Michael claimed £2OO damages from D.Reid & 0o. : While loading _his drayp 'the defendant's store. with oats,-which; were, being passed, down: a ■ shoot, the plaintiff claimed that owing to. the negligehcb of the -defendant in' the construction of'the". Shoot '.improperly and 'defectively, also owing to.the negligence of the defendant by his servant, one of the sucks fell against the plaintiff and broke bisleg; that lie was andis permanently injured, and likely to be for a long time, and prevented from; attending to his business, and has inourred. medical and other: expenses. The, evidence, showed, that'the shoot was of the usual construction, except that only one bar was across. The man loading. stated.that the. defendant /gave the; word'"'right'/before the sack was let goi:' The jury gave a, verdict for £IOO. .:/,- ; - ■'■■■ „;'•'■'— . ' ' '..■.'.,' ,:' : ■-.-'-. CroTfra ''j : Auckland, January 14; The statistics, of the Crown Lands Office give tlio following figures showing the amount of land taken up under the various .systems 1 for-the quarters named: March, ,1888, 48 holdings.coßiprising 6421 acres, cash receipts £1111; Juno, 129 holdings,. 16,000 acres, cash receipts £3040; September, 93 holdings, 8250 acres, cash receipts £3012; December, 178 holdings, 19,673 acres, cash receipts £5620. '

Wool Sales.'-' Ashburton, January 14. The second of the series of wool sales was held today. Nearly 2000 bales were catalogued.. The sale lacked 'animation, and'prices generally were $d to Id lower thaii'at the previous sale. Merino to IOJd, half bred B|d to yju", crossbred 7£d to 9}d, longwool7d : toßd,-, Boxing Match- ;, Dunedin, January 14. Petteiigell and Cunningham fought six rounds on Saturday for a stake, Pettengell showed nothing like his usual. staying powers; and .did not come to time at the end of the sixth round. Society of ArtsDunem, Jauuary 14. The aunual report of the Society of Art'shows that the medals for the year were won by . Miss Stoddart (Christohnrch School of Art), drawing from life; John Kilgour (DunedinSchool of Art), drawing from the antique. Eegret is expressed at the loss sustainod by the death of John Irvine, A.8.5.A., and John Gully, who stood so prominently among the landscape painters of the Colony. The Council urges the members to execute works for exhibition in Dunedin in December, as it will represent the best efforts and increase the_ standard of excellence. The exhibition this year was, on the whole, very successful, aud £127 was - oxpended in purchasing the pictures exhibited,

Pure Stock for Sydney. Dunedin,January 14. Two pure Ayreshire bulls and 24 cows go to Sydney by the Wakatipu from Mr K, B. Ferguson's herd, The Dunedin Jockey Club.

Dunedik, January 14. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club the report slated that the fears as to the shrinkage of the revenue, have not been realised to. any extent, There has been a substantial profit on each of the six meetings held. Mr G. MoLean in his speech hinted that other arrangements would have to be made in connection with the course, whioh had been acquired under very different circumstances to other courses which were available; but after the money spent on it, it would be more desirable if they could remain where they were. It has been under consideration to get up a big meeting for the Ist November, at the opening of the, Exhibition, with stakes rich enough to attract people and entries from the whole Colony, and probably from Australia. All the officers were re-elected,

[ Volunteering, _ Curisiohukob, January 14, Aotivo recruiting is being carried on for all the Volunteer corps here. Nearly all are now about the minimum required by the regulations, and efforts are being made to raise them to the maximum strength,

Depreciation in City Property, Ohrisiohubcu, January 14, At the City Council to-night it was reported that the-city valuation was L 211.738, or L 13.000 less than last year. " Cricket. Christohukch, January.l 4. : The interprovincial practice match, twelve v- eighteen, ended on Saturday in a draw. Tho twelve scored 63 and 25 for two\ wiokots; the eighteen 182 (Ridley 24, Atkinson 20) and 151 (H. M. Beeves 88). Pearce, for ..the eighteen, ..secured seven wiokets for 11 Arrival of the Squadron in Wei- . ' lingtohr..". Wklukgtos, Tuesday, At noon to day the squadron was signalled ten miles off the heads under easy Btcam and is expected to roach the harbour betweon two and three o'clock tfais afternoon.

A Bankrupt J.P. Imprisoned. A uokland, Tuesday; Eobert Stevenson; an insolvent grocer, has beeu sentenced by Judge Gillies to four months imprisonment for not keeping books. , Stevenson is a Justice of Peace and one of the official visitors to the Asylum,

Anniversary Handicap. 100 220 440 Mahoney ■ ,, SCL Bcr Bcr B.'Ihoinpson .. scr scr scr W. Braimigan.. SCI' ' scr scr F. FairbrotLer . . scr 3 7 A.D'Arcy • , . 2 3 4 W. Arnott. . . 2 3 . 5 John Ham's . . 2 4 7 T. 0, Udy , . .2 5 7 T.O'Brian . .2■5 7 B. A, Gardener, . 3 6 9 J; Peters . 4 7 10 J.T.Nidd . ..5 7 ,9 Telling. ; , . 5 7 0 J. 0. Johnstono. . .7 10 13 i.m y . 8 10 . 12 N, Petersen . . : 811 14 Eieroi .8 11 15 J. Humphries . ,.8 11 14 A. E. Gardner . . 8 >12 " 15 G> Parker ,, . 10, 13 . 18 A. Hooker ,, 10 14 20 W. Sennox do14 .18 J. Booth .- .. ii 14 20 Niri 12 15 18 Holland 12 ■18 25 P.Reading „ 12' 18 25