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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 537, 26 December 1857, Page 6

•V- NEW TEAR'S DAY, i \ .• ,!,;,: :, .- 1858.' i .--...: - ...:■ < EEGATTA AND ANNIVERSARY FETE, LYTTELTON. THE Committee beg" to announce that the following1 Programme has been Arranged for the 'observance'of the ensuing New YearVHaliSay in Lyttelton:— REGATTA. I The Regattawill commence at 9 o'clock a.m., when the following races will take place :— I.—DECKED BOATS. V A. Sailing Match^for »H= boats engaged in the carrying tradftrfrom this Port, not exceeding 20 tons. Entrance £1 Is., with a Parse of £•— added, . lI.—OPEN BOATS. A Sailing Match for all open boats between four and ten tons; Entrance 10». 6d., with a purse of £—added. lII.—FIVE-dAEED BOATS._ A Rowing Match .for five-oared boats, with ; steersman. Eutrance lOs. 6d., with a purse added, IT.—FOUB-OABED BOATS. A Rowing Match for all four-oared boats,; with steersman. "Entrance 7s. 6d., with a purse added. N.B.—ln all the above races three boats to: start, or no race. V.—DINGIES -WITH PADDLES. A Paddling Match, in dingies not. exceeding { twelve feet in length, without steerex*. Entrance' 55., with a purse added. ' VI.—DINOIES* WITH SCULLS. A Sculling Match for dingies of the same size as in the previous race. Entrance 2s. 6d., with purse added. N.B.—ln the two last races four boats to start, or ho race. VII.—DUCK HUNT. Dingy to be chased by two four-oared boats, without steersmen; bow-oais-men only to catch; twenty minutes; six minutes start allowed. Entrance 2s. 6d., with purse added. No entries for any race to be made except by; subscribers to the fund. Umpibe—Captain Sproul. Managing Committee—Captain Sproul and ■ Messi-s. Grubb and R. Allen." RURAL SPORTS; Foot Races,: Wheelbarrow Races, Jingling ■ Matches, Sack Races, Sic, Will take place during the day. Entrances and Prizes to be arranged on the? ground. CHILDREN'S -PETE; At the conclusion of the Flower Show, an; Entertainment will be given to the Children of iihe town and vicinity, at the Town Hall. The Rural Sports, &c., will be under the \ management of Messrs. Davis, Warner, Mason' *nd Genet. Subscriptions will be received by the Com-: mittee, and at all the Hotels. WM. JOHNSTON, . Honorary Secretary. HORSES FOR SALE. TO arrive in January, and will be offered for Sale, the whole of the Stud of the Undersigned, consisting of 70 THOROUGHBRED CART & OTHER STOCK OF ALL AGES, and got by the ; following Horses :—Gratis, Cap-a-pie, Donizetti, Dover, The Doctor, Langtonian, St. Aubin, Riddlesworth, (all English thoroughbred Horses): Slender, Cannon Ball, Plover, Scratch, Aekbar, Snake, Cooramin, .Glendon, Sir Hercules, Barber, St. George, Vaccination, Priam, Captain, Cripple, and Athelfitane. Apply to . WILLIAM H. HARRIS, or . ROBT. WAITT & CO., Lyttelton. 23rd Dec, 1857. SALE, ON THE ISLAND, KAIAPOI. £ FREEHOLD SECTION OF LAND, -£*- No. 788, containing's2 Acres, lyingbetween the Kaikainui Creek and Mr. Donald Coutts* property. The above section is so fenced in by natural boundaries that Ihe whole of it may be cropped in perfect security, without requiring, another fencing? it is believed to be the future siteof a village, being close to the ford over the Waimakariri and to the point of junction of three main lines of road- For particulars apply to JOHN a BOYS, Kaiapoil F* PUBLIC NOTICE. -SALE OF TOWN RESERVES, "IVT OTI&E is hereby given that a Sale i ' of the Christchuvch Town Reserves will take place at the -White Hart Hotel, Ohristchureh, on Tuesday the sth of January' 1858, at 12 o'clock. By order of His Honor the Superintendent JOHN OLLIVIER,- ---;" ' Provincial Secretary. Provincial Seeretiry's OEce.Chiistchureh Dec. 19,1857. wanted;" BY a fespiectable Young 'Mao oiT^ood; chai'acter, a situation-, where, ,v necessary, .he will make himself generally, nsefuL Address A". 8., Mr.' COOK'S Canterbary Board and Lodging House, Christchurch.