SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS. THE NELSON RACES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5804, 5 May 1876, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS. THE NELSON RACES.

NELSON, Thursday, [t was a showery day for the races. The first event was the Hixmi vi' HuKDir. Race of 40sovs., o\ei 8 flights, H miles. Satellite (KM.) ... 1 Magenta (flst. 41b.) . 2 Gazelle (list. 71b.) 3 Six others staited. This was a splendid race, the horses being in a cluster, and taking the first four nights simultaneously ; Satellite then forged ahead, and won by two lengths ; G.i/elle was a good thiul The race was run in a pelting shower. .Iooke\ Ci ru Hwrncvr of 80-<ovs .added to a sweepstake of 42so\s. ; 8 acceptanc < s Guy Fawkes(10st.) . 1 [<'ofly(8«U . • ..2 [zaak Walton (7st. ) 3 Treason bolted. Sir Walter, Satellite, and Magenta were scratched, it was an t«i-.y win for Guy Fawkes. Free Hvndicvp. Folly 1 Izaak Walton . . . . li Three others started. Folly and Izaak ran a dead heat, and the second heat m as a hard race won by Folly by a head. f'ovsoi vi rn\ Hv\ni( vi 1 . Treason 1 Magenta . 2 Medea . . :* This was a fine race, only won bj a neck. The mep tin" Mas altogether \ civ success ful.

( JHRISTCHURUH, Tlmis«l.n . The statement of the provincial lcceij.ts anJ. expenses tor the year ending M.i'ch 81, shows the ieoeipt-> from the l.nul fui'd to ha\e lu-fii -t24."»,.")10: lcc-oipts lrom iailw.iv>lor the same peiiml, -4!178,{l-i(t, .mil cxp'iidi- | tun- £122.080. Th3 total ltccints fumi .i!l sources (mclmliui; l>.vl..iiLe of t'i.'i 1 . i'4.S m hand on the lat day or Apiil, 1ST.")) wen- iCSOl.'L'}, and the £71)0, S(ii, 1lj.\iI)_j .i creil.t !»il in- c Di i'l:;i,0(L\

DUNEIUX. Tl.ur*da> The Dmiodin Chambu of Commerce haw appointed . i sub committee to upoit on the letter as to tribunals of commerce leeeivcd from tbe M«lbonii)o Chamber oi Commerce, and al>o ,is t.> the c v i->tm.! st.itc m the insolvenev l.n\ , 'I ho lollov. ing are the nominntion^ iceeived pt t!" 1 1 iees on the (.Kiecn's Bnthdav : — r^nij P.nrrnnvY HvNnicvr: Steamer, Haplnzud, I'.vlmor, Merrybird, (ilen^arry, Kiti^ I'iiilip, Hob Pioy, Nabouclihbh, lliglit I'ower. .ind Sir William. Foi: Ti. vim --ill n s 1 1 vMHi vi* : Steamer, Hapli.i/uii, 'I'admor, Seabnd, Glengany, lvu)<,' Philij), Rob Roy, Miss Llswick, N'lhouchhbh, May Queen, Right Bower, and Sir William.

INVERUARGTLL, Thursday. Two slight shocks of earthquake were felt heie at 6 4 yesterday evening ; direction, irest to east. They were accompanied by a rumbling noise.