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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVI, Issue 72, 5 December 1857, Page 4

Miscellaneous. THE ANNUAL PUBLIC EXAMINATION of i he WEST WAIMEA SCHOOL will be held in die Schoolroom there, on WEDNESDAY, the 2rn"J December. The parents of children and all interested in education are respectfully requested to attend. The Examination will commence at Eleven, a.m., and in the afternoon there will be a TEA PARTY. By order of the Locrl Committee, D. Monbo, Chairman. "IVELSON YACHT CLUB.— The MEMJLI BERS of the COMMITTEE of this Club are requested to attend a MEETING to be held at the Mabine Hotel, on TUESDAY, December 8, 1857, for the purpose of making laws, and transacting other business connected with the Club. By order of the Committee, W. Akebsten, Secretary. TJTTAIRAU RACES, 18 57. Henry Godfrey, Esq. "\ Charles F. Watts, Esq. V Stewards. William H. Eyes, Esq.) TUESDAY, December 29. The MAIDEN PLATE of 3 soys., 30 soys. added, for all horses that have not won a race of £20 of public money ; second horse to save his stake. Weights for age, Nelson Turf Club weight. One mile. The WAIRAU JOCKEY CLUB PLATE of 40 soys., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soys. each ; second horse to save his stake : ior three-years-old, 8 st. 9 lbs. ; four, 9 st. 13 lbs. ; five, 10 st. 7 lbs. ; six and aged, 10 st. 10 lbs. 4 lbs. allowed to mares and geldings. Two miles. The HACK STAKES of 1 soy. each, with 10 soys. added ; for all hacks not entered to run in any of the other races. Catch weights. Heats. Once round. The HANDICAP STAKES of 2 soys. each, 25 soys. added; the horses to be handicapped, by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, and the weights to be declared to the Secretary on or before 11 o'clock, a.m., on Monday, 28th December : second horse to save his stake. One mile and a half. WEDNESDAY, December 30. The LADIES' PURSE of 25 soys., added to a sweepstakes of 3 soys. each ; aecond horse to save his stake ; for three-year-olds, 8 st. 9 lbs. ; four, 9 sfc. 13 lbs. ; five, 10 st. 7 lbs. ; six and aged, 10 st. 10 lbs. 4 lbs. allowed to mares and geldings. Winners of Wairau Jockey Club Plate to carry 4 lbs. extra. Heats. One mile and a half. The SHEARERS' PURSE of 20 soys., added to sweepstakes of 2 soys. each : second horse to save his stake. Welter weights. Two miles. The CONSOLATION STAKES of two soys. each, with 20 soys. added for all horses that have started and not won in the previous races : the second horse to save his stake. Horses to be named within a quarter of an hour after the race for the Shearers' Purse, and to be handicapped by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. One mile and a distance. Horses to be entered, and the colours of the riders to be stated (except for the Hack Race), under a sealed cover, addressed to the Secretary of the Wairau Jockey Club, at the Wairau Hotel, on or before two o'clock, p. m., of Saturday, December 26th, 1857, after which the entrance fees will be doubled. No public money will be given unless three horses, bona fide the property of separate owners, start for any of the advertised races. Horses to start for the Maiden Plate at 11 o'clock, a.m., precisely; the bell for saddling will ring at twenty minutes to 11. No person, not a subscriber of £1 to the Kace Fund will be allowed to enter any horse for any of the races except the Hack Race ; nor for the latter, unless a subscriber of 10s. A bell will ring for saddling, and another before starting. Not more than half an hour to elapse between any of the races. No person to be allowed to erect any building for the sale of refreshment on the Race Ground, unless a subscriber of £5 to the Race Fund. No doga will be allowed on the course. The prizes will be paid on the Friday following the races, at the Wairau Hotel, at 11 o'clock, a.m. F. L. Vickerman, Honorary Secretary of Wairau Jockey Club NOTICE is hereby given that, at the next sessions of the Provincial Council for the Province of > elson, APPLICATION will be made on behalf of the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Company (Limited), FOR LEAVE TO INTRODUCE A BILL to empower the said Company to construct and maintain a RAILWAY, for the transport of the ores and other produce arising from the mines and lands of the Company, leading from the said mines and lands along and over the public road now existing in the district of the Maitai in the said province, and along and over certain of the public streets in the Town of Nelson, and along and over waste lands of the Crown intervening between the said mines and lands and the place of sale and shipment of the produce of the said mines and lands, with power to the Company to take and purchase private lands necessary for the purposes of the said Railway ; and I hereby further give notice that plans, showing the proposed line of the said Railway, will, within six weeks from this date, be deposited at the following places, namely — At the Office of the Commissioner of Public Works for the said province, At the Office of the Board of Works for the said Town of Nelson, At the Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the said province, At the Office of the Superintendent of the said province, And at the Office of the said Company in Trafal-gar-street North, in the said Town of Nelson. Dated this Nineteenth day of November, 1857. I Wm. Thos. Locke Travebs, Solicitor in the matter of the said Bill. THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836 — Empowered by Acts of Parliament. The amount of Capital subscribed exceeds £1,500,000. The Liability of the Proprietors is declared by the Company's Acts of Parliament to be unlimited. LIFE INSURANCES in all its branches, with the privilege of residing in any part of New Zealand or Australia, excepting the Diggings, without any extra premium being charged. FIRE INSURANCES, at rates varying from 10s. 6d. to £3 per cent., according to the degree of risk. No charge for Policies, however small the amount. Prospectuses and printed forms may be had of the Agents at Wellington. Messrs. W. Bowler, Son, & Co.; Or at Lyttelton, Messrs. Cookson," Bowler, & Co.j At Nelson, 1 Messrs. N. Edwards & Co. Wm. Bowler, Son, &Co., Agents* NOTICE TO SHIPPERS BY THE " TASMANIAN MAID." SHIPPERS of WINES, SPIRITS, or TOBACCO are informed that it will be necessary, on and after Monday next, the 17th instant, to give TWENTY-FOUR HOURS' NOTICE, previous to shipment, to the undesigned, to enable them to comply with the Customs' regulations. C9BTIO, BsOTBSBBt Nelflon, August 11.