CHRISTCHURCH.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 680, 18 January 1879, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

Tjbe^ damage • done by^^the floods to the Mr McC^eo, jew^Jer,-has .given a gold medal for compeutu^'^t* *%Ri fle Asaooia* tton meeting. 'Xy- '■;■ v Sale of Race Horses. Messrs Ford 'and :Co. ' aolcl the late Mr Gilligan's horses; Laertes and Javelin tejday. The former is entered for the Wellington Cup, T the Napier Handicap, ajad . the JDuiiediri PubKcaii's Handicap. After a spirited competition, Laertes was knocked down to Mr P.Bullen for 460 guineas, and Javelin f .waj», sold j*o , , Jlr Delamanq for 300 guineas. Jailer, the' "properly of. Mr WiiHamßi v wAa also offieredi/bufc parsed mat ;T^';tf iWp^.alid^toderiiiA^j^s^^rrbih^y^pohtiMt- was hold yesterday, ' £$m$ cC6rjnuc]k's machirie was awarded a, prize of £25, aniS Mr Osborne wasli^hlytoiranteo.dtfd;:-' >?*' . . *■'.-. Dr Donald,- R.M.,-. of Lyttelton, is to.be 1 S resented with, a tastjmonial pn resigning At the Kaiapa Wodllcrt Co'b. Annual meeting, yesterday , %& sphairaD^n reported^ . balance in favour of the Compmy of £778 (?}. The CHty Council intend interveiwing the Hall and- Municipal offices erected in <• the Market Place.-' K J.. .. r ;. ..,-,,;„ . ..„.-, t . .]' The first oompetitibii f6r 'tdprem&pitives at Nelson in the New. Zealand Rifle Association took place yefiterd»v v v . At a meeii&g* of ttie I^aihage Boards held to-day a claim for £250 was sent, in by & gentlemen named Toafo for wrohgrol entry on to bis land, t^* 1 > £■> Twenty-nine caßesi ".'of " infectious disease have occurred during , toe three, months ending December 31st In Christchurch. Fifteen of these are typhoid. : ■ r.r,x m,-; ■• \y T <* f ■■> -■< > - :.-.. „ h.» >ti K.,. .:,/ .' . ...... ..^ .".