RAKAIA NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2

RAKAIA NOTES.

BOXING DAY RACES AND SPORTS. ■ ' A meeting of those interested m holding the above fathering Was held m the Library on Thursday evening. There \va& a large attendance, and Mi* W. fHstoii presided. Jfc w-as deo'ded to have a ; Hurdle handicap race, £15, cpen to all coiners ; Tradesmen's Plate, £10, open to all comers ; Flying Stakes, £7 ; Ladies' Purse, £10 ; Handicap Saddle Trot, £10 ; ; Fanners' Plate, £10; and a Hurry Scurry,'

f for horses m LheSouj^.Balpia»M^ftf«Uiifc liutL Ro;id dii>lujt^''||ji£Mb^isip'^n<>i >il li'li' of R-ikak river, fur^ViMi miielj h west" jukl five miles east of' the railflf^. li%e. Afchlutic events wej:u also deqMetl oh. The fiWbwinjj .offi^jfs were elected : — Prcilici*n|,, M^'D^}. Holmfii Vice:; President* M«Mr<fß^ster, Upt^ii, Allans; ami LytMlon^-Jtidffte, Mr Lytteltoii \ SUrteiyljilr Cpwi^'jiifllerk of the C^iirne, Mi- I\«gtt'f..Oltsc 6f«cUes, MrJ**>rling; .Judges for Athletics, Messrs Hngiies and Kump; Starters, Messrs Hanly and •Story ; "Treasurer, Mr W. B. Dixon ; Secretary, Mr L. Oxley; ftewnrds, Messrs Hardy, Primmer, Makeig, Rowntsee. Hughes, W. Dixon, and W. Hood. The same rules-« 8 ls»t ye«r "=were adopted, excoptas concerning the open races. The ■Secretary was instructed to arranee the necessary advertising, after submitting programmes to C.J.C. and N.Z. Trotting Association for approval. A Iso to arrange for posters, a brass band, publican"^ and other booths, and for a dunce m the Town Hall m the evening. The meeting then adjo'irned to October 8. from the large attendance and general interest shown, there is every prospect of another successful day's amusement. THE WEATHEH. On Friday morning rain commenced to fall about eight o'clock from the southeast, and continued steady till noon, when the wisid veered round to south-west, and the, ra^n came down splendidjy^ lasting »till evenings when, therel were Very heavy showers accompanied with hail. It is the best rain that has 'falilii'Here for three yearej and will":Be;mtich appreciated by every one m the* district. BEHEEVBI) FONI3HMENT. At the II.M. Court on Wednesday, Edward Hayes, forustrtgobscJehelanguage' to a female m the Railway Hotel, was Bent to-Lyttelton for fourteen days' hard labor. Messrs Haidy and Coster were the presiding justices.