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Otago Daily Times, Issue 948, 5 January 1865, Page 5

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(trom v o".. c *ssr ■*v ») .;. ) Qvr snrovs '. ,h J.ete » *t. 186*. Tbeweatii^ h*abee.i in<er>c«jr -touring the last few ay» Tljg gn on ,U»/. 'jnr.ttof the Lake, th a'm/Jjr/" r/ei tosoifl' -ct«> » 1 tempered by tk: cvj> b .«« /tbv-h lumott continually pro ail. 'jL'ha who! p>.pal lion <f the district b .ye !,eea ji/tn up lot' r p-inmit of pleasure, ;ctoi mined to male* a •ncr y Christmas of it u.itler any di.bcaltie , ml sports of yarioas kinds ■iw> ueen oruauised, and carried oat with liben> ity B;.d >pi- it, not only at Queenstown acd nrrowtow ; bat si the more remote and sma'ter settletuo its if th'; T-iclve-mile (Arrow), Alfoii Pint, k'nper'B Oulty, and tlie Head of the j^ake Jo tl.e townsbipa the footraces acd other tram :f, »ith Ihee.xreption of wn ntling,took place in the ftwiitp, not in very pood arramrc-msnt for the spectator*, »b owing to the- cowtl'ani tbc | dast, v.r.v little could be wd of'he proceedinpi. Tlie r gatta hpre could bnnily ba callid a sujcoek?, there tii.t beinp eooueh boats of a BJmi'ur chnrac- ; ter lo innore Cotnpeiition, or give a chance of renl sport. There was only one rowinar match, for which three boats, all of different cilibro, staHe<!, one enrryinpr four oars, another six. The wind was very liuht and variable all the afterr.om, anil prevented the stilim; boat* in any w.iy dißplnjIng t' eir respective powers. Mr Kecs'a yacht vra", as micht have bsen expected, the winner in the rnce hv nearly (en minutes. Aqiritic* do not Fewn to attract the attention thy should in thii place, ko favorably isiiuat-d as it in lor tiieir development; int-rest in th'-m ceems limited to a very few, bo that the number of boats remain at a minimum. Yetterdty evenlnpr some excitement wrs caused by the drawing of prizes in Mr Proctor's art union of jaweltery and articled of vertit, to the value of L3SO. The proceedings took place with all due formality in HrowVs (late Bracken's) Commercial Hall, which was crammed to the very roof. Mr M Doucall, who wan the fortunate wfnnrr of the first prize, value LIOO, secured bio ticket about ten minute* before the drawintr, l-y 2j 61 invested in a sweenstake ; thin anme pentlemm aiao won prize No. 7, value Lit. in a timil.ir manner.

at the Arrow, the great event of the week hai been ihe grand ball at the New ' rleans Hotel. Mr Richmond has long been celebrated for his «kill in getting up these entertainments, and on thi* occasion again acta-ved a great succes". The attendance w>s numerous, and the fair sex came out in gr'at force. An elegant supper was provided for the guests, at which Mr Richmond's health was vociferously drank with all the honors.

It la very satisfactory to sUte that during the whole of the Christmas fp-silvi'iei in the district, the greatest ord-r and drcorum lias prevailed, and ao to this day no " drunk and disorderly s " have figured in our Police Courts.

The Escoit, on Monday, took down 2450 oz,, of which the Arrow contributed 97-iozi, the Upper fchotover 30 _oz . These returns are satisfactory, as mauy parties of mine's did not work after the first two days of la«fc week.

Q-EBSstown, 2ith December.

AOBICO-TDRA- LEASES.

The following important notice is posted on the doors of the Court House, Q ieen«town :—

Notice is hereby given to a'l perrons wishing to app.y for agricultural leasee within the boundaries of tho surveyed blocks between frankton. Arrow Town, and Arthur's Point, that the Government do not deem it desirable ti grant any further leases for land situated as above described ; and it is tbe Intention to offer the land for .ale at an early period, of which duo no'tce will he given. (Signed) Bioumoxd B-ETH-H, Warden.

Another ca«e of stabbing has tiken place in the di-trict. Two men had a " barney on board a sailing boat on ber passage from Kingston last Tuesday, and eventually one drew a knife on the other and severely wounded him In.the scalp The affair was attempted to be bushed up, but the police got scent of it. and tho perpetrator of tbe outrage was at once arrested, and will lie brought up before tho Resident Magistrate to-morrow.