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Marlborough Express, Volume XXV, Issue 287, 18 December 1889, Page 4

MABEBOBQUGH') : CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL GA^THERINa 5 '■ -. t Wail BE HELD OH -WEDNESDAY, ' JANUARY ' Ist, j ' 1890, IN Mb W. .LITCHPIELD/S PADDOCK^ ; ■" ■■■■' ( ;^^a^ter^treet: ' ' .. President —^B. M'Artney. Vice-Presidents . — !piCpnnellandA.B,urns. ; Judge— j ; H. Dbds6ri,Esq.'/M.H.R. .Starter— C. Webb. Handicappers— F. B. Gentry, P.. Gaukrodger and J. Hay. PROGRAMME., np HE' following ia a h"si of the events— ; 1 Maideia Race; ■220yds— 1st prize 30s; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s 6d ; 2 Quoit_ Match— lst prize 20s ; 2nd 10s; : c entrance 2s ' • : "''..' - 3 Hop, Step and Jump, handicap— lst prize 30s ; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s ,-A .Caledonian, Handicap-^lst event j lOff "yards— lst prize £9; 2nd £4; 3rd £2 ; nomination ss ; acceptance 7s ,5 Throwing Hammer, 161bs— 1st prize 20s; 2nd 'ss; entrance 2s '. . 6 Boys' Race handicap 220 yds, under 14 years of age — Ist prize 15s ; 2nd ss ; . . entrance Is 7 Bagpipe Music — Ist prize £3 ; 2nd £2 ; entrance 5s ' 8 Running High Jump, handicap— lst prize 30s ; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s 6d 9 Maiden Wrestling, Border style, for thoße who have never won a Ist prize;; and are under 19 years of age— lst prize 30s; 2nd 10a; entrance 2s 6d 10 Caledonian Handicap— 2nd event, 440 yards 11 Tossing Caber— lst prize 20s ; 2nd ss ; entrance 2s 12 Step Dancing— lst prize 20s; 2nd 10s ;. entrance 2s 13 One Mile Race Handicap— lst prize £6 ; 2nd £3 ; 3rd £1 ; nomination ss ; acceptance 5s 14 Sword Dance— lst prize 30s ; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s 15 Three Backward Jumps — Ist prize 30s ; < ? 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s v "\ '; '.-■; ■ " ' ~ 16 440 yds HurdleßjHandic^prVlstiprize 003 ; 2nd 20s ; nomination 2s ; acceptance 2s . . ').:■. ;:'..:. '.>.:. ■ : ■ 17 Putting the Stone— lst prize 20s ; 2nd 7s 6d ; entrance 2s • < . . • 18 Vaulting with the Pole, handicap— lst ; prize 30s ; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s 10 Caledonian Handicap— 3rd event, 220---yards , . ; r ,' . , 20 Highland Fling— lst prize, 30s ; 2nd 10s ; entrance 2s -' - 21 Two Mile Walking Handicap— lst prize 60s; 2nd 20s ; nomination ; acceptance 2s ' 22 New Year's Day Handicap, 150 yds— For members of the Society 'only— Ist prize 30s ; 2nd 10s ; 3rd ss ; entrance 2s conditions; Games to commence at 10.30 a.m. sharp. .■:.;:._: , ; : Events will be conducted and decided strictly m accordance with the Caledonian Soeicty's rules and conditions. Any competitor going off his mark before the firing of the pistol' to be put back one yard ; three false starts to disqualify him for the event. Nominations for the Caledonian Handicaps and Nos 13, 16, and 21 to be made to the Secretary at the Criterion Hotel, on or before Monday, December 16th, at 8,30 p.m. ; all other entries to be made to the Secretary on the Sports ground. Handicaps for Caledonian Handicap and Nos 13, 16, and 21 .will be declared at the Criterion Hotel on Saturday, December 21st. . , Acceptances for these handicaps to be m on or before Friday, December 27th, at9p.m. • ; :■■<.'■■ , Five starters m each event (bagpipe j competition excepted) or no third, four or no ( second, three or no first. ' Any competitor giving insolence to any officer on the Sports ground will be disqualified. ,Niß.-4tNo. persons, allowed: inside the : course, except competitors and members pf the committee. • 'Adraissiohtb ground Is ; children under 12 free. H. S. SIMMONS, Secretary, P.O. Box 72. MATT-OPAL TYPES, (patented.) NEW PKOCESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY. . .'■■■- 'MESSBS ■ '. WEIGGLESWOETH &BINNS, PHOTOGBAPHERS ' ) To His Excellency the Right Hon. the OEARL OF ONSLOW, \ Governor of New Zealand, "DESPECTFULLY invite Visitors to -M* . Wellington to. inspect, the; Specimens of the above New Process now on view m the Vestibule of their Studio, ; 7 WiliLIS-STREET, 7,' ': Nearly Opppsite the Empire Hotel. ! OPINIONS of THE PRESS. \ The .MASiBORonGH'Exi>RESBj , 27th Nov. ; : -'Wo have seen two specimens of the work, and we'ha've no Hesitation m saying that the. Matt-Opal-Type will revolutionise photography 'and be univer'saily 1 ado'pteq. In fact, one could never endure looking at a glazed picture after eeeing.these. The softness of outline arid the"r elief" of the pictures are quite remarkable." ,v> * . The Pbess 1 , Cheistchdkch,' 26th Nov. : — "The new prqeeds jcnarks a, distinct advance m the art of photography. There is a softness and delicacy about the two specimens before us which we have seldom; if ever, seen equalled' 1 by 'any method of photography. . Messrs W*riggles\yorth and Binns hay© long disfcinguished themselves swflP'J New •■Zealand- photographers by the exceHeu/jp of their work, and m this new invention; they, agpe&y J9 have excelled themselves." Eyp^jttsffl Pos'ft Wellington, B(,hNov. : — "'After jfae iquid ctyle of thing $he eye rests gratefully on sqej? pottra^.s as shown by Mcbbi-s WriggilesworiU g®& Binns. They have all the softness and 4e^GU(cy pf Indian ink drawing. The ge;aemi ,effec,l js w%\\ij charmiag." Imm^jTsaTeT AT MAQBSLAIS[DS 'on Easy J\. Terras. ) Apply to 1562 h a^HAXa'OB; I