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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 56, 7 March 1889, Page 1

Amusements. CITY HALL. Proprietress..Miss Georgie Smithson. 34th WEEK of the Saturday Popular Concerts, i SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 9th. GRAND ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT AND CONCERT CARNIVAL. Challenge hy T. Hurley to Lift any All-round Amateur Heavy-weight Lifter in Auckland.. NEW PROGRAMME IN THE CONCERT CARNIVAL, Prices: Circle and Orchestra Stalls, Is: Stalls, 6d , ..,.,.- ■ LAURIE DUNBAR. Skating. ZEALANDIA OPEN-AIR RINK, Stanley-stkeet, Mechanics' Bay. THIS iTHURSDAY) EVENING, A GRAND BENEFIT, tendered by the Proprietor to the Auckland Pole Representatives, prior to their departure South. MAN-O'-WAR'S MAN'S RACE-lst prize, a Handsome Pipe of N.Z. Wood. A Prize will be given, also a Pipe, to the one displaying the least ability to stake. A TRIAL OF SPEED will than take place between Messrs Eaton, Hough, Anderson, and Rix. The Rink will be brilliantly illuminated hy Limelight. .., Admission : Gentlemen, Is ; Ladies, 6d; Skates, Sixpence. Exhibitions. QOUTH FRANKLIN AGRICULTURAL n SHOW, To be held at PUKEKOHE on TUESDAY, MARCH 12. Special Train leaves Auckland. LUNCHEON AND REFRESHMENTS Will he provided at the Pukekohe Hotel and on tho Grounds at all times during the day. One of Alcock's Prize Billiard Tables at the Hotel. Sporting. TTTENDERSON'S MILL TURF CLUB. AN NU A L ME ETI NG, SATURDAY, MARCH "16. Acceptances, and Entries for Selling and Hack Races, close at Mr W. Adams' Office, Exchange Chambers, Durham-street, TOMORKOW (Friday), at nine p.m. • R. WYNYARD, Secretary. Picnfcs, Excursions* &c. TCfIXCURSIONS. /_■ The EXCURSION to the GREAT BARRIER ip Postponed till EASTER WEEK. THOS. COOK & SON, 4, Victoria Arcade (opposite Town Clock). /BARTER S' PICNIC. POTTER'S PADDOCK. CONTINUATION OF SPORTS. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1889. For the Benefit of Mesars Jackson and Lowden. 1. ONE MILE WALKING HANDICAP, for Carters only. First prize, £1 and 501b bag Flour, by w. Martin; second prize, 10s; third prize. 501b bag Flour, by T. H. Hall. 2. HURDLE RACE HANDICAP (ali-comers). First prize, £1; second prize. Medal, by Buchanan; third prize, Pair of Pictures, by DeCourcey. 3. 150 YARDS RACE (bona fide Carters only). First prize, £1 and Pair of Vase . by Hayman and Co.; second prize, Book, by Mr Wildman ; third prize, Book. 4. 150 YARDS RACE (all comers!. First prize, £3; second prize. Sank Potatoes; third prize, 1 Tin Biscuits, 1 Dozen Spoons, Mennie and Day. 5. ALL-COMERS' HALF-MTLE. First prize, £4 ; second prize, £1; third prize, Pipe, by A. Glover. 6. YOKINGUP MATCH. First prize, Box Tea; second prize. Set of Shoes, J. Patterson, and a Whip by A. Heather. 7. FOR THE LARGEST FAMILY ON THE GROUND. First prize, 1 Lamb. Mr Hulme; second prize, Half dozen Tins Jam.MrPagot. The Tiam Company will run trams every few minutes at Reduced Fare. Through Ticket, admit to ground, Is 6d. New Sealand and Foreign Travel. mHOS. fiooii & a on, TOURIST AND GENERAL PASSENGER, AGENrS, Book Travellers by all Routes over NEW ZEALAND AND TO ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. Special Reduced Fares for Foreign Tourists over New Zealand. Offices and Agencies throughout the World. For all particulars and copies of "xVustralasian Gazette " apply to THOS. COOK & SON, 4, VICTORIA ARCADE, Opposite Town Clock. Meeting's. AUCKLAND TABERNACLE. THIS (Thursday) EVENING, Rev. Geobge Samuel (of Birmingham) Will give AN ADDRESS at 7.30. DUBLIC MEETING. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, NEWTON. ~ MR J. AITKEN CONNELL Invites the citizens of Ponsonby, Newton, and Arch Hill Districts to meet him at 8 p.m. On FRIDAY EVENING NEXT,theßth inst., When he will place before the Meeting proposals for obtaining a suitable Cemetery for the City of Auckland, with special advantages for residents in above-named districts; All citizens of Auckland desirous of a really suitable and convenient Cemetery being oponed, please attend. rBIHE NEW ZEALAND AND RIVER J. PLATELAMD MORTGAGE COMPANY (Limited). Notice is hereby given that the Sixth Ordinary Meetmsr of Colonial Shareholders ot the above Company will be held at the Head wfflce for the Col ny. New Zealand Insurance Company's Building, Queen-street, Auckland, on TUESDAY, the 12th day of March, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of electing two Directors in accordance with the Articles of Association, and for transacting any other business that may be brought before the meeting. The retiring Directors are Messrs G. B. Owen and J. L. Wilson, both of whom offer themselves for re-election.l JAMES BUTTLE, . Secretary. Educational. m^^T'h I^^ giles>s EDUCATIONAL ROOMS, Corner of Queen-street and Durham-street East. Instruction given by a Competent Staff of Teachers t oLadies and Gentlemen, Youths and Girls, in any of the following Subjects :— GOOD WRITING guaranteed in 12 LESSONS Bookkeeping Shorthand General Knowledge French and Italian Commercial Routine Latin and Spanish Mechanical Drawing Maori Language Pupils received at any hour of the day or evening. Privately or in Class. Terms and full particulars on application to MR GILES, at his Rooms. N.B.—Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 1 D.m. "I7^OR a torpid liver tdk. Wolfe's