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Auctions. COURTENAY SMITH AND CO S \J SALE NOTICES. . ' , r , . fAt their Rooms: Monday, August 3 1 Fruits, Farm Prol duce, &c. f Ai their Rooms : Monday, August 10. 1 sro5 ro< * vc £ Frui *, " J Fancy Gcods and v. Sundries. Cash advanced on Properties placed hr their hands for absolute sale. COURTENAY SMITH & Co., __^ Auctioneers Public Notices. TT^ ANT Elf KJ OWN. JAMES JONES has OPENED a straight-out BOOK on the NEW ZEALAND and MELBOURNE CUPS. Wagers laid from £1 to £100. Cash first transactions. Address — JAMES JONES, Mackay street. p REYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting>of the Members of this Club will be held at the ALBION HOTEL on MONDAY, ,3rd PROX, at 8 p.m. Business:. :. Consideration and adoption of balance-sheet and election of Committee for the ensuing year. JAMES PAYNE, . . Secretary. BLUE RIBBON GOSPEL TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREYMOUTH. The above Meetings will be conducted by GEORGE JOHNSTON, West Coast Missionary, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS of this week, commencing at 8 o'clock. The Revs. J. B. Westbrooke, and J. Law will deliver addresses, and several recitations will be given. A juvenile choir will be mi attendance. Mr JoKnston's subject on Thursday will be " What do the doctors say about alcohol?" and on Friday, "How £20,000 a year is lost in Greymouth, and how it can be saved." All are cordially invited. Seats will be free. A collection to defray expenses. Blue Ribbon pledges will be solicited each evening. AS THE ROBIN HOOD COMPANY do not, for many reasons, think it advisable to hold their clients' money for four months by opening on the Melbourne Cup, they have decided to.'.open the following Programme on the /County Purse and Hawkesbury Grand Handicap to be run at Sydney, SEPTEMBER 10th and 12th, 1885. 10,000 at 10s— £5000. FIRST PRIZE2-SIOOO 303 PRIZES. * COUNTY PURSE. 98 Nominations. First ..; ... £300 Second ... .... 159 Third ... '100 Other Starters, divided 300 Non-Starters, divided 600 £1450 GRAND HANDICAP. 109 Nominations. First ... •..:• ... ...£IOOO Second 500 Third ... .;.' 250 Other Starters, divided 400 Non-Starters, divided 850 £3000 96 Caslv Bonds. lat£2s ... J25 89 at £5 ...£445 2at £20 ... 40 ■ _ 4at £10 ... 40 £550 Will Close as soon as full, but not later than Tuesday, Bth September: .. Agents will bear in mind to send Returns as soon as possible. As we are certain of filling, tickets will be sold "High and Low°" from thestart. Early application therefore necessary. Please send two 2d stamps for reply and result. Two stamped addressed envelopes greatly expedite business. P.O. orders preferred. Is. exchange on stamps and cheques outside Canterbury. Coin or notes should be registered. Registered letters and telegrams received. If stampos are not sent as requested, for reply and result, results will be sent by book post, open ' ' - -ROBIN HOOD COMPANYf Care of Stapieton & Fieming, Box 238, Post Office, Christchurch. Or, Mr JOHN CARD, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Greymouth. THE FIDELITY COMPANY, at the request of a large number of subscribers, have been induced to deviate from their usual annual programme and Open a Consultation, on : - ; THE HAWKESBURY HANDICAP. To be run at Sydney on the 12th September, 1885. 109 Nominations. 4000 MEMBERS AT 10s EACH, £3000. 'Each Voucher has Five Chances. Divided as follows : — First Borse £500 BONDS. Second Horse 200 4at £50 ... £200 Third Horse 100 10 at £20 ... 200 Others (div.) 300 30 at £10 ... 300 40 at £s ... 200 £1100 iJjJo Will Close on or about 7th September. Remittances by Cheques, P.O. Orders, or Bank Notes. FIDELITY COMPANY, Care of A. A. Cameron, Box 251, Post-office, Dunedin. MELBOURNE CUP also Now Open. 12,000 shares at 10s each— £6ooo.