NORTH AUCKAND DISTRICT RACES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5322, 6 December 1878, Page 3

NORTH AUCKAND DISTRICT RACES.

[kkom. ovi: own keporter by telecjkaimi.] Daru vville, Thursday. Tiie ''North Auckland I-iaccs conuneuco today with a nromise of good aport. Plio township ia literally crowded with strangers from far aud near, and bushmeu are coining down the river by hundreds ; the hotels and boardmg-house3 at a loss to accomuwdato th s*3i, and a blanket wish six feet of space 011 a verandah is at a premium. The Kaihu Hotel (ttaynes') had over 100, and on the hugo verandah they were packod like herrings, while the new hotel was ahuost as crowded.

D.i r gavilU l)a> gono ahea-.l wouderfii'ly since my laat visit. The flit land .idjic-nt tu the liver ia laid out in a township, and bo.iat* upwards of GO houses, two splendid hote's, and Mitehelson's stMv, the largest nut of Auckland, a fine church and a public hall, with tbo necossary tradesmen's stori s. A -ra::d ball was given last ni-ht by Snowdeu, one of the bush contractors, and it w.is impossible to <;:iin admittance, so great was the crowd. HundreJs of Maoris are in the township spending man y freely. "Under a'.d over" men, cheap Jacks, of which the Minnie- Casey brought about a score, are remarkably well. The Minnie Casey arrived at 5 p.m. Yesterday and brought about 100 visitors from Auckland and llelensville. There are 4G entries,—six for the Maiden PUte, live for the Whangarei Cup, five for the 0 Cup, nine for tilt) Bushman's Purse, seven for the Hokianga Cup, five for the Settler's Parse, and nine for the Kaipara Handicap.