Meetings. COUNTS' OP WALLACE BUILD. ING SOCIETY. ANNUAL- GENERAL MEETING of shareholders ’ will take place in the Courthouse, Riverton, on SATURDAY, 131 b AUGUST, at 8.30 p.m. Members resident within a radius of oco mile from Riverton, if absent, will be fined 2s fid. > b . : !< ' . The question of the amendment of the rules will be considered, and the proposed alterations in detail can bo seen at the office of the Secretary. G. O: CASSELS, Secretary. fjnHß RKY. FATHER KEHOE will celebrate Mass at OTAUTAU on SUNDAY NEXT, 31st Inst., at 11 o’clock. Tenders. GO RISE PENCES & DITCHING. rjIENDERS invited for TRIMMING 250 jT*" chains (mere or less) of fomiex- and about 60 chains of latfdr at Ermedale. * Apply at the homestead. ,[. ■ t '' : / ; e.:DRABBLE., . PLOUGHING AT ERMEDALE. mENDERS invited, for . PLOUGHING • about 2QO. acres turnip fallow land. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted,: a. ’ . U ‘ ’ ij . _ , F. DRABBLE. TUSSOCKING. mENDERS will bo received for CLEAR- 1 ING 1000 acres land at Glad- j field, until noon of Tuesday, 2nd August.. ALLAN CARMICHAEL, J Manager. ... ... TENDERS. . RIVERTON ATHENAEUM. mENDERS for LEASE of section 2, block I, town if Riverton, will be received up till noon, of Monday, 15th August. Tenderers to "state the which they would lease the property. Tenders to bo given in to the undersigned, from whom further particulars may be obtained. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN REID, - > Hon, Sec.,, ■ Riverton, 2lst July, 1831.
HpENDERS wanted for CUTTING about Five Miles of GORSE FENCING on Ringway Estate. The cuttings must also be burned. Tenders to be lodged with the Manager on or before the 2nd August, 1881. ■ Ploughing Matches. WEEY’S BUSH PLOUGHING ASSOCIATION. ■fTrrEEI’S BUSH . PLOUGHING - V ‘’ MATCH FRIDAY, 29th JULY. To be held on the farm of, Mr Eichard Holeran. . PRIZE LIST. Class A. —Double Furrow Ploughs.— Open to all comers. Ist prize, £5 ; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, £l, Class B.—Swing Ploughs.—Open to al comers. Ist prize, £5 ; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, £l. • KB.- In both these classes three ploughs to enter or no second prize, five or no thiid. Special Prizes. Best turn-out on the field—£l la, given by Mr I. Plunkett, Winton;, . Most good points in ploughing—Set of swingle-trees by Mr R. Wilson, Winton. Straightest ploughing in the field—Clock value £1 Is, by Messrs Thomson and Beattie, Winton. Best ins and otfts in double furrow class —? Box soap, by Mr C. D. Moore, Winton. Best ins and outs in single furrow classPair winkers, by Mr A. Ireland, Otautau. Best break in double furrow—Set of swingle trees by Mr George Naylor, Wrey’s Bush. First off the field with a prize in each class— Meerschaum pipe. Straigbtest ploughing in double furrow class—Load of coal by Mr Thos. Knight. Tastiest turn-out on the field—Pair gloves, by Mrs Leahy, Otautau. Man with the largest family^—Round of bref, by Mr G. 0. Buttolph, Otautau. Last man off the field—Lamp, by Hr R. Campbell, Otautau. Best break and finish in both classes—los each, given by the Association. Rules will bo read on the gound 'before starting. Tickets drawn at 5.30 a.m.; start at 9. Dinner and Ball to bo held in Mr Johnstone’s barn in the evening. R. SWEETMAN, .Secretary.
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Western Star, Issue 465, 27 July 1881, Page 3
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