SPORTING.
Tho programme for the Auckland Regatta in January next, which is of special interest on this occasion, because of the Jubilee festivities, has been drafted. Thero are to be 17 regatta eveuts on the first day, £640 being distributed in prizes. The principal prizes will be for the Champion Whalcboat race as follows:—First, £100 ; second, £35 ; third, £15. In the race for first-class yachts, the first prize will be £50, and the second £20. On the second day the Maori war canoe and other sports, including Maori war dances, will be held. The Auckland Rowing Association's regatta will take place on the third day, and the fourth day is to be devoted to laud sports for tbe men of the squadron, who will probably be in Auckland at that time.
—In order to alleviate the misery of desti-
tute women in the East End of London, premises have been taken in Drury Lane and fitted up for the accommodation of from 50 to bO inmates. Constables on the beat are provided with tickets, which they are empowered to hand to poor women requiring a night's shelter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8596, 11 September 1889, Page 2
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187SPORTING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 8596, 11 September 1889, Page 2
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