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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4201, 7 September 1874, Page 4

AuctionsWEDNESDAY and THUKSDAY, 9th and 10th SEPTEMBER, Commencing at 11 o’clock each day. IN BANKRUPTCY. UNRESERVED SALE OP THE STOCK-IN-TRADE IN THE ESTATE OE A. C. PRITCHARD. MR. R. J. DUNCAN has received instructions from tho Provisional Trustee in Bankruptcy, as trustee in the Estate of A. C. 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— Tho stocks consists of—Alpacas, lustres, llama and merinos, winceys, ladies' underclothing, infants’ cashmere checks, squares, and pelisses, 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 rugs, Harvard shirts, 4x4 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. Drench merinos, flannels, ribbons, laces, trimmings, and all the various items of a retail draper’s shop. Tins 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 Thursday, 9th and . 10th September. Race Meeting. ELLINGTON JOCKEY CLUB RACES, To be held on the HUTT PARK RACECOURSE, On THURSDAY and ERIDAY, 3rd and 4th December, 1874. President : Hon. W. Pitzherbert, 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, J. Gilligan, J. McDowell, J. Paul, Braithwaite, and Dr. Diver. Starter : Mr. Andrew Young. Treasurer : Mr. J. R. George. Clerk op tile Scales : Mr. Geo. H. Jackson. Clerk op tile Course ; Mr. James Prosser, Honorary Secretary : Mr. Wm. Bromley. FIRST DAY. , • Thursday, December 3, 1874. The Maiden Plate, of 100 sovs. Entrance, 5 sovs. ; one mile and a-balf. Por all horses maidens at the time of entering. Weight for age. The Wellington Cup, 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 amy 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 100 sovs., to carry 51b. extra ; of two or more such races, 81b. extra. Nominations, enclosing 2 sovs., to be made to the acting secretary, at the Empire Hotel, Wellington, before, 8 p.m. of Thursday, Ist October, 1874. Weights to be declared on Monday, 19tb October, 1874. 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. Por 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. Por all horses owned for six months prior to the race by lona fide settlers of the Province of Wellington. Weight for age. SECOND DAY. Friday, December 4, 1874. Handicap Hurdle Race of 75 sovs. Nomination, 2 sovs., to bo made to the Acting Secretary at the Empire Hotel before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Ist October, 1874 ; weights to be declared on Monday, 19th October. Acceptances, with 3 sovs., to be made on night of general entry, Monday, 23rd November, 1874. Two miles, over 7 flights of hurdles, 3ft. Oin. high. Hack Hurdle Race .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. ; fillies, 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 tho race. Distance, one mile and a half. Closed with 18 subs. The Jockey Club Handicap, of 100 sovs,, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Nomination, 8 sovs., to be made to the Acting Secretary, at tho Empire Hotel, before 8 p.rn. on Monday, 23rd November, 1874. The weights _to be 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 races. One mile and a half. Second horse to save his stakes. The Consolation Handicap, of 50 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. Entrance, 2 sovs. Once round the course. Hack Race, of 10 sovs. Entrance, 10s; catch weights ; post entrance. The winner of the Hack Race on the first day not allowed to start for this race.' NOTE.—Nominations, Entries, and Acceptances will not be received after the time stated, under any pretence whatever. GEO. H. JACKSON, Acting Secretary.