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WELLINGTON REGATTA.

}■•••' Big fields' , and iompetition-will bo-the' ' j order, of tlio. day - at tlio ■ lowing regatt.v this afternoon. Tho senior four event promises \ ,to ; be:tho keenest raco'seen on the harbour. for many 1 a - season. v Throe of tho crews en-. ' gaged—Canterbury; Pictori, and Blenheim— / all have performances that stamp tberb. as , being in the first flight', while: the local Star ; - crQivy though: untHed,'. id ,likoly r to' put in . some good work.: Tho Picton.'Blenheim,-and Canterbury.representatives jail arrived'yester-.. .day morning, .and. the',Waiiganui 1 contingent came down last night, accompanied by Dick Ariist;'tho -sculler j who iv-ill probably be among the spectators.this afternoon. If the meeting is- held at Petone, the finish will'be directly opposite the Grand National Hotel at Korokoro, whero tho, railway reclamation and the hill both provide excellent-view points for not following- tho races by-road ~ "or. steamer. If the southerly course is .used, ; ../ the T-arnnaki Street Wharf will v b6 tho;bost ' ■'vantage point oil. shore? Tho public aro re- .. minded that a. bluo flag on tile Post Office ; denotes the ;Petono. courso. "and a .red'.ono indicates -the courso in town'.- .< . The , following anticipations aro suppliod .by " Old' Hand "Maiden Fours—Canterbury, Star, Blenheim; Senior Fours—lSlon- , hoim, Canterbury, Picton; Junior - 'Fours (Clinker)— Union,. Picton, - Blenheim; . Senior , Doublo Wanganui, Wollihgtoh; Maiden Double Sculls—Picton, Blenheim, o Star; ';■ Youths'. _ Fours^-Star,' .-Canterbury, * Wellington Junior .Pairs—Wellington, Blonli'oim, Picton; Son ior Pairs—Canterbury, Blenheim, Union; - Senior Sculls—Wanganui, Star; Junior Fours—Blenheim, Star, Union.

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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 6

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WELLINGTON REGATTA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 6

WELLINGTON REGATTA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 6

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