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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7273, 11 March 1885, Page 3

Sporting. > —. .— —'t- —- TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB AUTUMN MEETING. Programme, SATURDAY, 11th April, 1885. FLAT BELLING RACE of 25sovs., the winner to be sold immediately after the race, and the wholei ox the proceeds to go to the Club. Weighs, Bst. 71BS. Entrance, ltor. Distance, 1} mile*. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 50sovs., with lOsevs. from stakes <o second hurse. Oyer 7 flights of hurdles. Nomination, lsov.; acceptance, 2sovs. Distance, 2 miles. AUTUMN HANDICAP of lOOsovs., with 15fovs. from sta-es to second horse, and Bso s. to third hone. nomination, 2suvs.; acceptance, 2«ov«. Distance, 1J u lies. HACK RACE of 20iovs., for horses that have not won a rare of an advertised value eicceding IO.oVS The winner to be sold for 15sov-., »nd iny snrplus to go to the Club. W.ight, 9at. Entrance, lsov. distance, 1 mile. rrOT\IISATOR CUP HANDICAP, value 20sovr.. given by Mr. W. Adanu with 40jov«. added *sov- from the stake.', to the second horse. Komi ation, lsov.; acceptauos, 2sovs. Distance, 1 mile. fIAN'HCAP STEEPLECHASE of 80sovs., with 10 ovs. from the stakes to the second horse, nomination, 2sovs.; acccoptai!ce,2«ovs. Distance, about 3 miles. „ FREE HANDICAP of 30sovs. for beaten horses at th' meeting. Weights to appear immediately -Iter the Totalisator Cup, and acceptance of Ij.ovs., half-an-hour before the race. Distance, 1 mile. April 2—Nominations for Handicap Hurdle Race flioT). Autumn Handicap (2sovs), Steeplechase (2sovs), lotaliwtor Onp (lsov). "Weights to appear on Wednesday, April 7. Acceptances and General Entry Night: Thursday, April 9. "WINTER MEETING, Queen's Birthday, May 24. T. PEEL, Hon. Sec. The Tal'est Success \ on vtj\r (Will Close, April 2 - of the Day. ( KOBJ.N J SBace-andfiClassesf rrnnn I Reeistered Letters* Ca>h Bonds. ) nuu 'I. Telegrams received. CiHRISTCHUKCH AUTUMN MKET- ; INC. to be held EASTKR MONDAY and TUESDAY, April 6th and 7th, 1885. 10,000 Members at 10s. £5000. 254 Prizes. Each Ticket has 9 chances, and can obtain * Prize ia each Drawing. CMAT Autcms Hakdi- Eastkh. Handicap. cap. 30 Nominations. 27 Nominations. First £250 First .. ..£1,2C0 second .. .. 125 Second .. •- 600 Third 75 jbi r d .. .. 250 Other Starters about Other Starters, £21 each .. .. 150 about £35 each . 250 Non-Starters about Non-St-rtera, about £10 each .. .. 200 £18 each.. .. 300 £2,500 I £800 Hurdle Handicap. 180 CASH BONDS. 17 Nominations. lat 100 .. ..£IOO First £100 at 55 .. .. 110 Second .. .-50 4at 25 .. .. 100 Third 25 Sat 20 .. .. 100 All Others-Divided 10 at 10 .. .. 100 —about £16 each 225 15S at 5 .. .. 90 £400 £1,300 Please send two 2d stamps for reply and res It. fO. Orders preferred. 1« exchange on Country Cheques nd Stamps. Coin or Notes must be registered. If number exceeds 10,000. prizes increased pro rata, \ ROBIN HOOD, ( First Care Tfcos. Stapleton Box 238, P.O. J 204 Prize f Christchurch, or Jul Fleming. City j Prizes. £1200. ) Baths, Colombo-street, Christen rch I O. PORT-ING NEWS. £4000.—320 CASH PRIZES. tar EIGHTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING 13 ; - '' ; Nd#OPEN! _LL. Te a Purchaser of 25 rrcsrammea one will bo riven Gratir. Prom the undoubted popularity and greit Ihise drawings have obtained throu;h".ut New tea,land t e promoters are enabled to bring them before the public every t*o nfcnths. There is alss tha fact that all these drawings have filled some time before the advertised date of closing, which has enabled the Company to pay the prizes n full The Eighth Grand Drawing for £4000 wl'l close the end of Aran,, and the Ninth Hamburg Drawing will Open on th« lßt May. This Eighth Grand Drawing will cotsist of 320 Mossy Prizes, amounting to £4000, subscribed by 8000 members at 101 each. The various Money Prizes will be distributed as follows 1 £300 PRIZE /10 £"50 PRIZKS 15 £15 PRJjZKS . 1 £200 PHIZE 15 £25 PRIZES 160 £10 PRIZE* 1 £KiO PRIZE 15 £20 PHIZES 100 £5 PRIZES 2 £50 FRIZES TOTAL AMOUNT. £4000. 320 MONEY PRIZES. To a Purchaser of 25 Pr grammes ono will be given Gratis. The Grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 85 Programmes it guaranteed a Prize, end the chances are in favour of theinva.or drawing a large Priie, as there are 2-20 large prizes to 100 small ones. To an investor of £2 the chances are only 6 to 1 against him drawing a prlza,an<i the Head Piixe or any other may be drawn by an investor of lcs. READ THIS.—In Boats Grand Hamburg Drawings the greatest odds are only 25 to 1 against an investor of los drawing a prize. But carefully note the •normous oddi against investors draw ng a Horse or - Cash Prize in any of the Horse Consultations. The .marbles, wed eplase4Jor each drawing of the cash prizes, wliich gives te enormous odd* a?ainst investors. TWs Company would simply ask investors to calculate the odds afore placing their investments in ! -t!aj Jwte eonmUAtihs '£' and this Company would not presume tOctal*' the .public that they have a nunbar of chances; and in\y win a number of prizes for a single investment of 10s. NOTE.—Prize Winners whether winning large or small prizes are informed that their names will not be made public without their written consent. This Eighth Grand Drawing for £4000 will take place under tho supervision of a committee of eigtf/ »ab--Bcriber«,and the prizes will be) paid oyer as early as possible after the drawing. /Or NOTlCE.— Country Cheques marked correct by Bank, only payable to a number, and Is added for exchange. P.O. Orders preferred, made payable only to BOAZ. Bank Notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and remit. Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should bo plainly Written. All letters must be addressed BO A Z Care of MR. MO3ELY, Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist, ' Box 64, P. 0., PUNEDIN. Insurance Companies

SUN FIRE OFFICE, LONDON. Established 1710, Insurances effected upon almost every description Of Property at the Current Rates of Premiums. Total ■uninsured, for 1883 -£310,421,000. Claims arranged by the Local Agent and paid with promptitude and liberality. G. W. BINNEY, Agent, Queen-street. "VTORTHERN ASSURANCE .131 COMPANY. Capital £3,000,000. statement shewing the progress 01 th* northern ASSURANCE COMPANY Elnce its establishment in 1836 to the present lime (1878). -. Net Fire Net Life I B £! M Med 0 " -. Net Fire Net Life na lated Te * Revenue. Revenue, interest. Funds In hand € £ £ £ 1886 DOT 700 1,200 88,200 1838 1,000 000 2,500 1841 3,200 9,800 2,400 63,900 1b44 4.000 14,000 4,000 05,500 1847 6,500 ' 18,200 5,800 134,600 1860 7,900 26,000 6,500 162,800 1853 22,900 37,400 8,600 225,800 -856 68,400 56,500 13,700 342,600 1859 100,300 62,600 18,600 468,600 1862 127,900 75,300 24,200 692,400 1865 163,900 87,400 34,700 802,700 1868 182,500 113,700 41,100 940,000 1871 236,400 119,900 67,700 1,241,600 1874 818,300 133,000 78,400 1,778,100 1877 403,700 167,600 2,215,800 LIFE DEPARTMENT. It Is wose than useless* to possess a Life Policy un !«s there is the certainty that the sum assured will be paid at death. A man may for years trust to it as the support of his family, and ultimately find that it is e< no value. The sums assured by the "NORTHERN" are guaranteed by the Shareholders capital of Three Millions Sterling, and by its Accumulated Funds, all safely invested, amounting already (December, 1877, to more than Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, and continually increasing. In the Participation Branch, the whole of the ascertained SURPLUS at each valuation belongs tt the Assured. The undersigned, Agent for the above Company, is prepared to accept Risks against Fire on Buildings arc Contents in the City and Province of Auckland, att be LOWEST CURRENT BATES. THOMAS MAOKT. _ Fort-street. March 10.1879 OTOVE, GREENHOUSE, FLORISTS' kJ FLOWERS, AND BEDDING PLANTS, FOR sale by w. j. palmer, carleton GORE ROAD. t." 1 ?*. ft^? ve *?• * ,on *»* ,h <>ad of anything of the kind in the colony, both for quality "and price. No expense or trouble is spared to ODUin the best of each An^uKnUi iBU "* ■*• «»»» ttoß -