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West Coast Times, Issue 1330, 28 December 1869, Page 4

ITotices. nn;HE hoki^ annual JL Managing uommvixeb : J. M'Quilkan .csoj. .a. Wagner, Esq. J. Hudson ach, Esq. B. Boddy, Esq. Judge— T. Hoetos, Esq., Starter— Captain Thompson. Treasurer— H. Cassidy, Esq. SECOND DA Y.-TUESD AY, 28th DEC. Ist. — Boys' under 16 Yeahs of Age Pair-Oared Skiff Race. — Three boats to enter, or no race. Distance, One mile. Entrance Fee, 3s. First Prize, £3. Second Prize, £1. 2nd. — Champion Scullkrs 1 Match. — For a Purse of Twenty So'ereigns and the Championship of the River. Open to all comers. To be Rowed in skiffs. Distance, Three miles. Entrance Fee, £1, ..id.— Old Man's Scullees' Race. — To be rowed by men, over 50 years of age, in Watermen's Skiffs plying on the river. Three boats to enter, or no race. Distance, Tvvo miles. Entrance Fee, 7s 6d. Prize, £7 103. THIRD DAY. WtD.NEiSi'AI -29 m DECEMBER. Ist. — Handicap ..iling Race — Fiv boats to enter, or no race. Distance, Four miles. Entrance Fee, ss. First Prize, £10. Second Prize, £2 10s. i 2nd. — Pair-Oared Hurry-Scurry. — Open to all comers. Three boats to enter, or no race, Distance, Two* miles. Entrance Fee, ss. Prize, £5. All entries must he made in writing not later than Friday, 24th December, at Mr Hudson's Cleveland Hotel, Revell street south. In all cases the decision of the Committee shall be final and binding in all matters connected with the Regatta, and law proceedings barred. GEORGE P. H. GALLOP, 1469 Secretary. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE of Glass, China, and Earthenware, Water-filters, Water-bottles, Lamps, Lampware, Cutlery, Looking-glasses, &c. WEIR BROTHERS BEG to inform the inhabitants of Hokitika and Westland, that on and after the 20th December, they will sell off their entire stoekof the above-mentioned goods. In consequenceof closing their business in Hokitika, and the premises having to be cleared, the sale will continue for six weeks; after which, the remainder of the stock will be sold by public auction. The stock is large and varied, and contains the most suitable collection of china, glass, and earthenware in New Zealand, together with lamps and lampware. Durin<r the sale the goods will be marked in plain distinct figures, 75 per cent below current prices. Any debts owing by the firm will be paid on application, and all debts owing to the establishmer.t are requested to be paid before the end of December, 1869. WEIR BROTHERS, Opposite the Bank of New Zetland, 1683 Hevell-street, Hokitika. TO MERCHANTS, SQUATTERS MINERS, SADDLERS, STOREKEEPERS, AND BOOTMAKERS. | ALDERSON & SONS 1)10G to direct attention to their > colonial manufactured leathers— Sole, Kip, Calf, Kangaroo, Basils (colored), Morrocco, and Roons, ENAMMELLED AND JAPANNED HIDES, i Sides, Kangaroo, and Calf, Basils and Roans, Ciosed Uppers and Grinderj'. liOOTS Pegged or Rivetted, Ladies', Gents, Boys', Youths', Women's, Girls', Childrens' (in calf, kip, kangaroo, and kid) of every design. MINERS' BOOTS of all descriptions. SADDLES, Riding and Pack, Ladies' and Gents (in Hogskin and Bag-leather), all styles and qualities. HARNESS, PJated and Brass-mounted Carriage, Gig, i Buggy, Express, Waggon, and Cart, ot all kinds, and every article in Saddlery i and Harness. MILL BELTS, WATER HOSE MANUFACTORY, Bourke-street, Surrey Hills Warehouse, 221 ELzaueth-strect, Sydney, 587 New South Wales. LIVEIIY AND BAIT STABLES HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH. MARK SPROT, of tbe Hokitika Sale Yards, and EDWARD ASHTON of Greymouth, have made arrangements to suit parties hhing from either of the*e place to receive horses and carriages at either end, charging the ordinarj' fares. Every attention paid to Bait Horses. Buggies, for Double and Single, Kept for Hire. ) Terms Moderate. March 1,^1869. J372