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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3747, 5 October 1886, Page 1

Meetings, Amusements, tCc. GRAND CONCERT AND T>ALL, TO BE HELD AT Jj ST. ANDREWS, on THURSDAY, tb.3 14th October, m Me.fßrs. Bruce and McLaren's Granary (kindly lent for occasion), IN AID OP JfUKDd FOB DUILDiyO READING Room. A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Timaru at 715 p.m., returning at 2.30 a m., (stopping at Normanby). Fares— Saturday Returns. Programme m future advertisement. Tickets, two shillings each, may be had at Mr. Zander's, Timaru. 10-4 2342 LEVELS ROAD BOARD. NOTICE. A PUBLIC MEETING of Ratepayers will be held at the Levels Road Board's Onicp on TUESDAY, 12th October, at 11 o'clock, to take into consideration application for closing road running through part of the Claremont Estate, also road through Mr Cleland's property at the Brothers. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to tho Levels Road Board. 9-23 2213 rjUMARU AGRICULTURAL AND JL PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION'S Twenty-First Annual Show OF STOCK, &c. ■WILL UK HELD ON TUB ASSOCIATION'S GROUNDS, WAI-ITI ROAD, on Tuesday, 26th and Wednesday, 27th October. CONSISTING OF SHEEP, CATTLE, HORSES, PIGS, DOGS, POULTRY, DAIRY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, IMPLEMENTS, WOOL, 4c, &c. PRIZES amounting to about £550 will bo given m Pieces of Plate, Medals or Cash ; also the following additional prizes : — A Challenge Cup, value 40 Guineas, will be given by the members and friends of tho Association to tho largest prize-taker m Breeding Stock — Sheep, Cattle and Horses. Vice-President, Mr G. IT. Rhodes, gives a cup, value £10, for the best horso that has hunted with any recognised pack. The same to bo entered m cither class 151 or 152. The Hunt Clubs of South Canterbury give a prize of £5 6s for tho best Light-weight Hunter. Mr F. LeCren, on behalf of tho N.Z. L. and M.A. Company, offers a Cup of the value £10 10s, for tho best pen of not less than twenty (20) Sheep m the wool, suitable for freezing for oxport j opeu to all Farmers not occupying or owning more than 3000 ncres of land, tho Sheep to have been bred and fattened by exhibitor. The Cup will not be awarded unless there bo at least six exhibitors, but it will be available for the same object at next year's show. Maximum number of points to bo 18, thus apportioned. Early maturity, G : wool, G ; carcase, 6. Special enlry. The Association offer a prizo of £5, m addition to £5 offered by Mr William Balfour. For tho best Dray Root-cutting Machine, to be drawn by not moro than two horses, the roots to be dropped on the ground cut to size suitable for sheep, certainty of automatic feeding, and capability o cutting the largest quantity m a given time, to be specially considered, the dray to hold not less than 15cwt of roots. The Association offer a prize of £5 for a Turnip Drill, to bow from BOlbs to 200lbs to an acre of Bone-Dust or Super-phosphato m the samo drills, To sow from 6ozs to 2lbs of turnip seed to the acre, suitable to sow either level or down lands. Tho Association offer a prize of £3 for tho best Automatic Chaff box, for feeding sheep, to hold not loss than ten bags, to be wind and water proof, and to be easily movable. Mr James King offers a first and second prize" of £3 and £2 respectively, for the best yearling colt or filly, by Quamby. Mr J. Ballantyno gives a prizo of £2 2s for tho best Jar of Salt Butter suitable for export. This exhibit same conditions as for Potted Butter, must be left with the Secretary oo or before Saturday, September 25th. Mr J. Ballantyne gives v prize of £2 2s for tho best Cheese suitable for export. Mr A. Grant offers a prizo of £2 for the best English Leicester Ewe, with or without lamb at foot. Mr S. Shappere offers a cup, for the largest prizetaker m Ham mid Bacon Classes. FOR PARTICULARS SEE POSTERS. Programmes may be obtained on application to the undersigned. F. AY. STUBBS, 9-17 2128 Secretary. For Sale. FOR SALESEED OATS and BARLEY. Long Tartarian, grown at Kiugsiowu ; Canndinn Seed Oats, grown on Compstall, grown from seed on same farm that took Ist prizo 'Frisco Exhibition, 188 1 ; also Chevalier Barley for seed and prime malting. Apply W. SUGDEN ARMITAGE, Or N.Z. LOAN & M.A. GRAIN STORE. 10-5 2347 Few Zealand Hallways. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. LEASE OF REFRRSHMENT ROOMS AT CHRISTCHURCH, ASHBURTON, TIMARU, O AMARU, PALMERSTON, AND DUNEDIN. Railway Department, Head Office, Wellington, 25th Sept., 188 G. SEPARATE written Tenders will bo received at this office up to NOON of MOKDAY, theBthNOVEIIBEK, for leasing the abovo rooms for a period of three years from the let January, 1887. Specifications may bo Beon, and forms of tender obtained at the Stations named. Tenders to bo addressed to tho Hon. the Minister for Public Work 9, Wellington, and marked outside " Tender for leasing Refreshment Room." Telegraphic tenders will not be received, and no tender will necessarily be acceptod. By order, J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager, Now Zealand Railways. 10-5 2355 \