THE RACES.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1048, 13 March 1879, Page 2

THE RACES.

Nominations for the Autumn Handicap : Gladys, Obawa, Day's Resolution, Confidenb, Venus Transit. Izaak Yfalton, Expectation, Speculation, and Maid of Honor. Steeplechase. — Awahuri, Grey Mouse, Billy, Vicbor. Gazelle, Uira, Tawera. Flying Handicap. — Gladys, Otawa, Peep-o'-Day, Snowsborm, Confident, Orlando, Tuna, Venus Transib, Slander oolt, Izaak Walton, Speculation, Expecbabion, Maid of Honor. The survey of the two proposed routes for the railway line through bhe Waimate Plains — one from Normanby and the obher eighb miles further up the mounbain road near Mungawhero — will shortly be commenced. The Normanby one has easy gradients. TAUPO, Thursday. Rewi met the Kingite chiefs of Tokanui last Friday, and earnestly advocabed bhe opening of bhe whole or any parb of bhe counbry for railways. He dwelb largely on bhe advanbages of such greab works for bhis island, and bold them that if the surveyors should decide to run bhe line or lines over their gardens, or even through their houses, not to object or disbrust bhem, because there was no treasure so valuable to great land-owners of the island as railways. He, at the same time, deprecated the leasing or selling of large blocks of land to the Europeans ab present. All that was required was sufficient, land for the actual lines of railways themselves. The Hauhau chiefs did nob appaar to be very enthusiastic over Manga's perorations, but expressed assent therebo.