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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1231, 20 May 1880, Page 3

Amusements.

pOMUS DRAMATIC CLUB. President . . .Mr J. B. Whyte, M.H.R. Vice-presi- \ Mr F. A. Whitaker, M.H.R. dents . . I Mr E. M. Edgcumbe, J.P. Stage Manager . . . Mr T. A. Bell Hon. Sec. & Treasurer... Capt. McPherson The Members of the Club will give a PERFORMANCE At the Oddfellows' Hall, Hamilton. On FRIDAY, MAY 21, In aid of the Instrument Fund of the Hamilton Light Infantry Band.

The Performance will commence with the Comic Drama, All That Glitters is Not Gold! Lady Leatherbridge . . . Lady Amateur L ffi aleria^ eBteml ;} Lady Amateur Martha Gibbs Lady Amateur JasparPlum Mr A. Swarbrick Stephen Plum Mr S. E. Smith Frederick Plum Mr J. Wood Sir Arthur Lassell ..:Mr A. O. Field Toby Twinkle Mr H. Steele Harris ... Master Dawson Guests, Workpeople, Servants, &c, &c. To be followed by the Sprightly Comedietta, Checkmate ! Charlotte Russe Lady Amateur

Martha Bunn... ' ... Lady Amateur Sir Everton Toffee ... Mr A. 0. Field Sam Winkle Mr T. A. Bell Waiter Mr A. Swarbrick Strap Mr J. Wood Cheeks Master Dawson Servants, &c. The Hamilton Light Infantry Band will be in attendance and play selections during the evening. Prices of Admission : — Front Seats, 3s ; Body of HaU, 2s. Children in arms, One Guinea. Boors open at half -past 7, performance to commence at 8 o'clock punctually.

BARNUM'S MENAGERIE OF LIVE ANIMALS NOW ON VIEW AT Whyte's Buildings, Opposite the Post Office. Admission — Is ; children, 6d. CAMBRIDGE COURSING CLUB Vj 25th May, 1880. Puppy Stakes.— Winner, 8 soys.; runner up, 2 soys. Entrance, 1 soy. 28th and 29th May. All Dog Stakes. — Winner, 10 soys. and silver Cup, value £10, presented by E. Hewitt, Esq. Runner-up, 8 soys.; 3rd, 4 soys. Entrance, H soys.

Nomination, with entrance money, will close with the Secretary at the Criterion Hotel, Cambridge, as follows :— Puppy Stakes, on Monday, the 24th, at 9 p.m. All Dog Stakes, on Thursday, the 27th (the night of Cambridge Races, at 9 p.m. The stakes to be run under the rules of the Auckland Coursing Club, JAS. P. THOMSON, Hon. Sec. Cambridge, 4th May, 1880.

THE PAKURANGA HOUNDS. rriHE First Meet of the Hounds this X season will take place on Saturday, 22nd May, at 1 1 o'clock, at the Ohaupo Race Gourde.

J. S. BUCKLAND. QUEE N'S BIRTH DAY, MAY 21th, ISBO. # Ordinary Siuglo Faro Tickets, any Station to any Station, issued on the 22nd and 24th May, will be available for return up to, and inclusive nf, May 2oth, with the following exceptions, viz. : On Queen' js> Birthday tickets et one shilling each, irrespective of Class (includiug admission to the Ellerslie R-jcps 2s Gd , will be issued from Aucklaud, Newmarket, and Onehunga to Eller.-lie. NO GOODS. Trains run every ha If- hour from Auckland to Ellerslie, between 11 a.m. and 2p m. Returning- from El!ei>lie every half -hour, from 3. 50 to o. 50 p.m. Onehunga to Ellerslie 11.1J, 12.15, 2.5, 4, and o. 10p.m. Returning-, 11.55, 12.55, 2.30, 4.45, and 5,50 p.m. Passenger 3 by Specials from Auckland to Onehunga, and Onehunga to Auckland change at t llerslie. Late Trains as on Saturdays. A. Y. MACDONALD, General Manager.

TE AWAMUTU RACES. Special Train. A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave as follows ;—; — Ng-aruawahia ... 10.0 a.m. Pukete 10.15 a.m. Teßapa 10.27 a.m. Hamilton Junction... 10.40 a.m. Ohaupo 1 1 . 15 a. m. Passengers will be conveyed on to Te Awamutu by the courtesy of D. Fallon, Esq., leaving Te Awamutu 5.30 p.m. in time for a" train leaving Ohaupo 6 p.m. for Ngaruawahia and intermediate stations. Fares to Ohaupo — Return journey at single rates. A. Y. MACDONALD, General Manager.

TE AWAMUTU RACES. Monday, 24th May. A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Ngaruawahia on Monday," 24th inst., at 10 a.m.; Hamilton at 10 40, Ohaupo at 11.15, and arrive at Te Awamutu at 11.45, three-quarters of an hour before the first race. The Return Train will leave Te Awamutu at 0.30 p.m. the same evening. J. R. ROCHE.

S. W. BUCK'S WAIKATO HOTEL CONSULTATION ON THE /CAMBRIDGE STEEPLECHASE ! ! To be run on the 27th May, 1880. 100 Subscribers at 10s Each. First horse, £25 ; Second, £10 ; third, £o, and £10 to be divided amongst starters (less the usual perwutage).