THE AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY.
(Per United Press Association.)
Auckland, January 29. ! To-day is observed as a general holiday, in celebration of the fifty-second anniversary of the colony and the foundation of Auckland. ' Beautiful weather prevailed. Besides the regatta and horse races at Devonport there were numerous water excursions and picnics. For the regatta the s.s. Ovalau was the flagship, and was crowded. The chief interest R n nnf a nf Ur «° < Amal e! lr Champion Whaleboat Race, of L55, for which four crews entered, and which wass won by nearly two and a-half ™gt£ S Waitemata Boating Club's crew, irn jhT Fj£re wew entered a Protesfc on the 'fn rt! *6 crew had caused a W v ;^ ni? Clpal r events resulted as folC n r? a M Race (^rtons and under seven): TO /c« Mr na \ Tawera 3- Third-class Yachts (2J- tons and under four), : . Manola 1 onT OFL TO Ma *¥***« Boits (over four Rmt ,1 sarfcha5 arfcha V Ma^° 2- Ashing Boats (four tons and under)- Venice 1 Mmnie 3. YachVs (under 2f TifUf M n n<3rVa X> Era 2- Amateur Gigs: Gecg?s2 re crew x» St-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9337, 30 January 1892, Page 2
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188THE AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 9337, 30 January 1892, Page 2
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