Sporting Intelligence.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4952, 20 April 1891, Page 3

Sporting Intelligence.

f WELLINGTON RACKS. ( (nv Tfri.s:nf.,\i"H.) Wkm.iv.ton. April 18. I Th" following ace the results oi the conetndcug event.* : >pr,u%>- n.*M>nr. Kmprca* ... ... ... I St. ... ... ... - s.it vr :: Won Fij- tv.-n kfi.-th'. !mat !'! l-.lch* I»tv:.trci>i, LI lis. rt.KfTKtf II IM't' .W. WE kn ... ... ... ... I Ketin* ... ... ... ... - Refn-tttor* ... ... ... ... 3 A prand race. Won by a iisek. Time, Imin, J .'<:•% I>tvi4eii>l. LI3 "2->. To-ctiy Lfcifit fxvwi through tiie machine, making total "Lll.tft-Vi tor th»? two m N'rnnox hacks. The foltotvirtg Wrights have been declared for the Duntrooii rices : DrvraooN. ItAM't' Ai - . !.f mile. »t. lb.

Ofinf.r. ( irr.inr i.t-j; i.\v> f'oßf.F,.->P»vr>KN*T. > TTie xvrather at present i.« as bad as it pi ,Msi hty ran I'n;. There hive f>-en notfuni; hut h<.'avy dry witi'ts tfiU la.->' fotir weeks. Ifiiw the .HS"i*k t.t to he wintered this year i.4 fiard to wvy. Kvesi the Crtnttp crops, which t,i"ked pretty well some time are wasting an.vv. A u'ood aerease "f wheal; wilt f» t > put in this year, (wit if .sitrtieient rain di'-"- n->t e»ntte t»> wet the subsoil, there will be little h->pe <•£ any retnrn.. Mr I'orter. after several .attempts, hvs struck on art exten-ive *c*ui of which pn >rnis»'s f»> a sploiuiid household emit. The .-.earn at present is attout deep'and ->>tr wide. To drive the present u'toomy ••tittook away for a few hours, and at the sarin: time to raU«- funds (•» set a netv supply «.f i>o. >ks. the l.tbrary Committee held a «->>ncert. ai d daru:e in the seho.>lhouse on Friday Mr-'olm • >rr took the chair, and called ur>"»» the Secretary (Mr W. Borrie) t»» read Fir-- re|»>rt. which was as :— •* Ladies atifl ♦ Jentletiten.— It is now four years since this Hhmry was started. It commenced under the auspices i-if th>- school committee, a stil>scriptiorii list having been raised for it. amounting to about Ll»>. and also a frorernment gr:»nt 'if L 7. AH the rest of the m»ney has been raised hy holding a concert every year iti ;ud of the futuis. and these corieiTts. I am happy to say. have been welt patronised, not »»«lv hy settlers, but by weft-withers from a distance. We atso r»ised a little m >ney from the mi!>scription-* of members, who pay an annual fee of (»l each. ». that it is oiivioii.s to all that it t- the concert 'hat we depend on for funds to keep up »nr annual supply nf bonks. W,. have ft»»w—|S vojs. historv. 1»> »io..'vaphy. 15 «eography and travel. ■{ science. 3 poetry. B miscellanfntn. ?♦> fiction. These are all imported bonks, tri ■: t order, and bound i.i lialfcatf. U%< have als,- l»7 vols. S ot in iJtinedin. ir» rtofh. or yellow hacks ; but these do not. stand the tear and wear to which bonks that are always tn circulation are siThfected. In consequence, we have got nothing but welt-bound books (hiring the int. three years. I may further add that our librarv is opeti to whether Otiake settlers or not. and the fee t> merely nominal. Some may say. Why not raise the armrta! subscription, instead of picking the peopte's pockets with high-priced concerts ' My answer simply is that we wish the library to be as nearly free as possible, and within the reach of all. so that you may have at least the consolation that if yott buy our singing dear, we will guarantee you cheap reading and plenty of variety. 1 have re-ad this report, because those we always get hetp front have a to know what wc did with it. After the report the concert began, the programme as follow ; —Duet, by the Misses Thiete : Mr Farr. son?. "Tho Rhine wine"- Mrs Qttifftey. song. "The Shamrock Mr «Jrant. song. " KillaW": Miss song. "The miller awl the maid":: Mr Lees, recitation. "Watty and Megg": Miss Mitmitie. song. "As he kissed me." Second part r—-Dttet, the Misses Thtete : Mr Farr. banjo and song, "Medtey": Mr Kelly, humorist reading. "The census taker - Miss Watson. "TTie castle gate": Mrs I'Jrtialev. sotig. "Theharp": Mr »»pvtvt. song "lialadava"; Mr 1-ees song. "* He i» a crony of mine Mr Fraser. Fianj"'. and song. " Hat ami rVatheps ;." as a tin.vle. alt present, joined in " Anld ting .--.yne." which brought a m«*>t successful meeting to a rW. The P»ro w:v» then cleared for dancing which. 1 am told,, was kept up to nearly 3 o'clock in the morning to music supplied l»y Mwkis Kobinsoti ani'i M'lnnis. Mr Brocket, anting .is yiJ *.

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