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Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 21, 1 June 1885, Page 3

A football match was played on Saturday afternoon between the Waverley and Patea teams, on the ground of the former and resulted in a victory for the latter team, by 21 to nil. Want of space precludes us from giving a full account of the match, but we understand that the game was well contested throughout, and in a thoroughly pleasant manner, and hopes are expressed of a return match at an early date.

[ELBOURNE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. Public Announcements Patea Literar y and Debating Society. Thursday Evening, 4th inst, at *7-30, at Mr Eyton s Rooms. THE President (Rev. E. Whitchonse) will move “ That a permanent National Debt is a serious public evil.” Large attendance requested. JOHN W. BRIGHT, Hon. Sec. £509 ISG-MOISTT’S £SOO Consultation on the V/T ELBOURNE GRAND [Vi NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, To be run on 18lb July at Melbourne. 1000 Members at 10s Each. Will positively close 16th July. PRIZES. First Horse .. £2OO Second Horse ... 100 Third Horse ... 50 Starters (divided) 50 Non-Starters „ 70 6 cash bonds at £5 each... ... 30 £SOO C EC > tz t !z > H C a > t rj H t? t? t 1? c p ft a

Please send P.O. Orders when convenient, and two 2d stamps for reply and result. Country cheques must have Is exchange added. In my consultation on the Wanganui Grand National Steeplechase the first horse, The Druid, went to a settler in Patea; the second horse, Caoutchouc, went to a young 1 woman in Wellington ; the third, Billy-go-by-’em, went to a settler at Halcombe, some starters and non-starters going to Christchurch. Address : EGMONT, care of Speight and Co., Box 31, Post Office, Patea,