SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
PORT CHALMERS SAILING; CLUB. A meeting of the Building Committee of the above was bold last Saturday, Coinmodore Asher in the chair. The hon secretary to the Building Committee (Mr W. MTkmnld) bid on the table the permit from the Minister of Marine granting the was of the foreshore to build a clubhouse. The secretary also supplied a plan and specifications for the clubhouse and staging, which was approved, and the secretary was instructed to call for tenders for the same
DUNEDIN HOMING PIGEON CLUB. The above club held their first South race of the season from Clinton on Saturday List The birds had the misfortune to get a drizzling rain to fly against, and tne velocit-.ea weie slower than rsual The winning bird was Mr M. Qirrnthcre's Kjng Dick, flying the distance in lh 37min, a velocity of 1,046 yds per minute; Mr R? Douglas's Pirate King came second, flyimr its distance in lh 58min, a velocity of B'9yds; and Mr A. Brown's Thistle third r*£ '*? dlsteDce i» 2h 2min, a velocity of ftJOyds per minute. Tho club's nest race will be from Gore on Saturday nest
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Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 4
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190SPORTING INTELLIGENCE Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 4
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