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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1897, Page 1

"I^ELLINGTON RACING""CLUB! SUMMER MEETING, 1897. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, 20th and 22nd JANUARY. NOMINATIONS FOR FIRST-DAY. Anniversary Handicap of 100 soys ; 1 mile Nursery Handicap of 125 soys ; 'for two-year-olds ; G furlongs ' Hurdle Handicap of 125 soys j 2 miles President's Handicap of 150 soys ; 1 mile and 1 furlong First Hack Handicap of 75 soys ; 1 mile and 1 furlong Telegraph Handicap of 125 soys ; 6 furlongs SECOND DAY. January Handicap of 100 soys ; 1 mile and 1 furlong Hurdle Handicap of 100 soys ; If miles Juvenile Handicap of 100 soys ; for two-year-olds ; 5 furlongfe Metropolitan Hantlioap of 150 soys ; 6 furlongs Welter Handicap of 100 Boys ; 7 furlongs Second Hack Handicap of 60 soys ; 1 mile Electrio Handicap of 100 soys ; 5 furlongs 1 SOY. EACH, AND ACCEPTANCES FOR WELLINGTON CUP (3 soys), CLOSE ON MONDAY, 4th JANUARY, at 9 P.M. H. M. LYON, Secretary. Club Hotel, Wellington". N.B. — For complete programme, see Now Zealand Referee*. SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAYS. "PURSUANT to the terms of " The Banks JL and Bankers Act, 1880," and "The Banks and Bankers Act Amendment Act, 1882, SATURDAY, the 2nd, and MONDAY, the 4th days of January, 1897, are hereby appointed Special Bank Holidays at the Offices of the/undermentioned Banks throughout the colony :—: — The Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., (Signed) S. HALLAMORE, Resident Inspector. Bank of New Sonth Wales," (Signed) W. G. RHIND, Inspector. The Bank of Australasia, (Signed) C. WINTER, Inspector. The National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., (Signed) JAMES COATES, General Manager. The Bank of New Zealand, • (Signed) H. MACKENZIE, General Manager. Wellington, 4th December, 1896. Note.— The Banks will also be CLOSED throughout tho colony on FRIDAY, Ist January, 1897, being a Statute Holiday. CITY OF DUNEDIN. PUBLIC ABATTOIR LOAN. r|iHE Dunedin City Council invites tenders i for the purchase of Debentures to the extent of .£SOOO, being the first portion of the second loan authorised for the erection of the Public Abattoir amounting to -27000 (the first loan of -26000 having already been floated), The Debentures will bear interest at the rate of £4 per i>loo per annum, payable halfyearly. The currency will be for 20 years from Ist February, 1897. The security for the loan (subject to the aforesaid first loan of JE6000) are the tolls, rents, and stallages of the Abattoir as defined by " The Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act. 1894," in addition to the general liability of the Corporation (vide Section 218 of " The Municipal Corporations Apt, 1886.") Nojtender below par, or for less than -3100, will be considered. Allotment will be made to the highest tenderers and downwards until the amount of the loan issue is absorbed. A deposit of £5 per .8100 tendered for must accompany each tender, which will be returned to tho unsuccessful tenderers. Tho balance -will be required to be paid on the issue of Debentures. Tenders, addressed to "His Worship tho Mayor " and endorsed " Tender for Abattoir Loan," will be received in tne Town Clerk'h office until 5 o'clock p.m. on WEDNESDAY, 13th January", 1897. WM. B. TAYLOR. Town Clerk. Dunedin, 30th December, 1896. BARRrEL HUBS. nnHE NEW STARS . Are fitted with Large Oil-retaining Hubs, ADAMS STAR CYCLE CO., Mercer - street and Christchurch. "VTEW rZTEALAND /GRAPHIC JLI For £j 2nd \JT January. Photos and Illustrations include New Wellington and other M's H.Tt. J. Hutcheson, T. M. Wilford, H. A. Field, H. Brown (Taranaki), J. O"Moara (Pahiatua). NAPIER TO MOAWHANGO, A trip by coach, illustrated. Xmas at Rotorua — in a Tight Place. The Miner's Christmas (complete story). Topics of the Wcok, Socioty News, &o. WH. YOUNG begs to apologise to the • hundreds who were inconvonienced and disappointed in not being, able to get out to the Karori Gardens yesterday. Somo of the conveyances failing to keep their engagements was to some extent the reason. Tho proprietor having put on another brako to the grounds, hopes to be able to cope with the large increase of visitors to Karori. W. H. YOUNG. rri h o s. iioggard, X Mercer-street, MANUFACTURERS' AND COMMISSION AGENT. Agent for Tasmanian Eucalypti Oil Co., Limited (Pla typus Brand). Mascotto Manufacturing Co. Sub-Agent Liverpool. London & Globo Insurance Co. JONES & ASHDOWN, Have scoured a consignment of SEASONABLE TWEEDS (Grand Designs) AT ggi Per Cent, off original cost. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE MONTH ONLY, TO PURCHASE SUITS From thoso Tweeds at £3 10/FOR CASH ONLY, £1 per Suit being saved. JONES & ASHDOWN. rpHISTLE BRAND JAMSJ! Ask for and take no other.