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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4200, 5 September 1874, Page 4

AuctionsWEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, 9th and 10th SEPTEMBER, Commencing at 11 o'clock each day. IN BANKRUPTCY. UNRESERVED SALE STOCK-IN-TRADE ESTATE OF A. CHARD. OF THE IN THE C. PRITMR. R. J. DUNCAN has received instructions from the Provisional Trustee in Bankruptcy, as trustee in the Estate of A. 0. Pritchard, and from trustees of other bankrupt estates, to sell by public auction, WITHOUT RESERVE, the whole of the stock-in-trade in the above estates, at his auction mart, Lambton Quay, where the stocks have been removed for convenience of sale— The stocks consists of—Alpacas, lustres, llama and merinos, winceys, ladies’ underclothing, infants' cashmere checks, squares, and pelisses, Irish linen and lawns, book and jaconet muslins, diapers, window Hollands, counterpanes, window muslins’ and curtains, bedticking and Turkey twills, black. and silks in pieces, velvets and ribbon velvets, gloves, men's and women’s hosiery, men’s suits, boys’ suits, blankets, quilts, men's coats, boys’ coats, towels, calicoes, men’s white shirts, Crimean shirts, sheetings, Celtic tweeds, Cheviot tweeds, Nelson tweeds, railway rugs, Austrian lugs, Harvard "shirts, -lxl grey calicoes, Bx 4 grey calicoes, waterproof tweeds, men’s wool sox, men’s cotton sox, women’s stockings, blue blankets, white blankets, toilet covers, twilled and plain sheetings, trousers and trousers and vests, wool mufflers, American clouds, wool crossovers, dress materials, wool plaids, French merinos, flannels, ribbons, laces, trimmings, and all the various items of a retail draper’s shop. This is a splendid opportunity for country storekeepers, hotelkeepers, and the general public of Wellington and the surrounding country, to buy fresh stocks, as everything will be sold .without the slightest reserve. In order to facilitate the sale, arrangements have been made whereby approved bills will be taken at three months from date of sale for parcels of from £3O to £SO, all sums under £3O to be paid for in cash. Where the sum exceeds £SO, arrangements can be made for terms with the auctioneer. The stock has been arranged, and each lot numbered, and the quantity correctly marked on each box or piece of goods. Catalogues will be issued previous to the sale. Sale on Wednesday and Thm-sday, :9th and • 10th September. ■ Race Meeting:. WELLINGTON JOCKEY CLUB RACES, ’ To be held on the HUTT PARK RACECOURSE, On THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 3rd and 4th Decembes, 1874. President : - Hon. W. Fitzhorbfert, M.H.R. Vice-President : Geo. Hunter, Esq., M.H.R. , Judge: E. Pearce, Esq., M.H.R. Stewards ; . Messrs. Geo. Crawford, J.P., J. Martin, .T. Gilligan, J. McDowell, J. Paul, Braithwaito, and Dr. Diver. , Stabteh: . Mr.-Andrew Young. Treasurer : _ Mr. J. R. George. Clerk of the Scai.es : Mr. Geo. H. Jackson. Clerk of the Co’ubse : Mr. James Prosser. Honorary Secretary. ; , . Mr. Win. Bromley. FIRST DAY. Thursday, December 3, 1874. The Maiden Plate, of 100 sovs. Entrance, ' 5 sovs. ; one mile and a-half. For all horses maidens at the time of entering. Weight for age. The Wellington Cur, a handicap of 200 sovs., with a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the second horse to receive 25 sovs., and the third horse to save his stakes. Two miles. The winner of any handicap race of the value of 200 sovs., after declaration of weights, to carry 71b.; of two or more such races, 101 b. extra ; of any such Handicap race of the value of TOO sovs., to carry 51b. extra ; of two or more such races, 81b. extra. Nominations, enclosing 2 sovs., to be mads to the acting secretary, at the Empire Hotel, Wellington, before 8 jxm. of Thursday, Ist October, 1874. Weights to be doclared on Monday, 19th October, 1574. Acceptances, with 5 sovs. of the sweep, to be made to the Acting Secretary, before 8 p.m. on Monday, 9th November, 1874 ; the balance of sweep, 5 sovs., to be made good on night of general entry, Monday, 23rd November, 1874. Selling Race of 50 sovs. Entrance, 3 sovs ; one mile and a quarter. Weights as for one mile. The winner to be sold for £SO. If entered to be sold for £4O, allowed, 71b.; £3O, 141 b.; £2O, 211 b. The winner to be sold- by auction, with his engagements, and any surplus to go to the fund. Hack Race of 10 sovs. Entrance, 10s.; catch weights ; mile and a distance ; post entry. For all horses that have not won public money, hack races excepted. The Provincial Plate of 100 sovs. Entrance, 5 sovs.; the second horse to receive 20 sovs, and the third to save his stake. One mile and a half. , For all horses owned for six months prior to the race by lona fide settlers of the Province of Wellington. Weight for age.

SECOND DAY. Ehidat, December 4, 1874. Handicap Hurdle 11 ace of 73 sovs. Nomination, 2 sovs., to be made to tbo Acting Secretary at the Empire Hotel before 8 p.ra. on Thursday, let October, 1874 ; •weights to be declared on Monday, 19th „ October. Acceptances, with 3 sovs., to bo made on night of general entry, Monday, 23rd November, 1874. Two miles, over • 7 flights of hurdles, 3ft. 9in. high. Hack Huddle Kace of 10 sovs. Entrance, 1 sov. ; mile and a distance, over four hurdles ; post entry. The Wellington Derby of 100 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 10 sovs. each ; h. ft. ; for three-year-olds. Colts, Bst. 101 b. ; fdlies, Bst. 51b. 2 sovs. on nomination, 3 sovs. on acceptance on -the day of general entry, Monday, 23rd November, . 1874, and 5 sovs. before 10 a.m. on the day of the race. Distance, one mile and a half. Closed with 18 subs. . The Jockey Clcb Handicap, of 100 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Nomination, 3 sovs., to be made to the Acting Secretary, at the Empire Hotel, before 8 p.m. on Monday, 23rd November, 1874. The weights to bo declared at 8 p.m. on the night of the first day's races, and acceptance, with sweepstakes of 5 sovs., to be declared on the course at twelve o’clock on the morning of the second day’s paces. One mile and a half. Second horse to save his stakes. The Consolation Handicap, of GO sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. Entrance, 2 sovs. Once round tho course. Hack Kace, of 10 sovs. Entrance, 10a; catch weights ; post entrance. The winner of tho Hack Kace on the first day not allowed to start for tbis race. NOTE.—Nominations, Entries, and Acceptances will not bo received after tho time stated, under any pretence whatever. GEO. H. JACKSON, Acting Secretary.