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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7280, 24 September 1884, Page 3

Sweeps SPORTING NEWS. £4,000. —320 Cash Truss. FIFTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING IS NOW OPEN i THE Four previous Drawings were filled,, and all applications that came too Into for the Fourth will be registered in this Drawing. The Fifth Grand Drawing for £4,000 wilt close the end of October, and the Sixth Drawing will open on the Ist November. This Fifth Graud Drawing will consist of 320 money prizes, amounting to £4,090, subscribed by 8000 members at 10s each. The various money prizes will be distributed as follows : 10 £3O prizes 15- £25 prizes 15 £2O prizes 15 £ls prizes 160 £lO prizes 100 £5 prizes 1 £3OO prize 1 £2OO prize 1 £IOO prize 2 £SO prizes Total amount, £4,000, 320 money prizes. The Grand principle of these Hamburg Drawings is that a purchaser of 25 Programme* is guaranteed a Prize, aud the chances are in favor of the investor drawing a large prize, as there am 220 largo prizes to 100 small ones. To an investor of £2 the chances are only 6 to 1 against him drawing a prize, aud the Head Prize or any other may be drawn by an Investor of 10s. Read this Carefully. —ln Bnaz'b Grand! Hamburg Drawings the greatest odds arc only 25 to 1 against an iuvestor of 10a drawing n prize. But carefully note some of the Horse, Consultations on the Melbourne Cup, advertising 20,000 members at 10s each, equal to £IO,OOO. The Cup gives 133 nominations, oo that the odds are over 150 to 1 against an investor drawing a hone. Now take the Ca 1> Prizes drawn at the same time, aud calculate the odds ; you will find in each of the Cash awards that the odds vary from 200 to 5000 to--1 agaiost au investor drawing a Cash Prize. The whole 20,000 marbles are advertised to bo replaced for each Drawing of the Cash Prizes, which gives the enormous odds against invertors. The Company would simply ash investors to calculate the odds before planing their investments in any horse consultation and the Company would not presume to tell the public that they have a number of chances and can win a number of prizes for a single investment of 10s. This Fifth grand drawingfor £4,000 will l.iko place under the supervision of a committee of eight gentlemen, and the prizes will bo pair!over as early as possible after the drawing. Notice, —Country cheques marked cornet by bank only payable to a number, aud 1* added for exchange. P.O orders preferred, made payable only to Boaz. Bank mites accepted. Two 2d stamps for nply and result. Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address td applicant should be plainly written. All letters must be addressed BOAZ, care Mr Mosely, Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist, Box 04, Post Cilice, Dunedin, A FORTUNE FOR 10s 111 A FORTUNE FOR 10s !! 1 Ad a m a s t o K’a NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON TH E MELBOURNE CUP, 1884. To bo run on 4th November ;134 noiuinations Will close on November 1, CAPITAL £500(4 In 10,000 shares of 10s each. Each ticket has seven separate chances. Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. Pleaso send Post Office orders when convenient, or bank notes. Cheques must bo marked correct by bank. Notice.—Registered letters not accepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Programmes, with nominations of horses, sent free on application. Will positively close on or before November 1, 1884. ADAMASTOK’S SPECIAL PRIZE OF , £SO. A Special Prize of £SO will be given to the first shareholder of four tickets, or more, who names the first three torses in their respective places. A register will bo kept of the date each tipster’s letter is received, and the lint correct tipster will received this Special Prize. Each shareholder of not less than four tickets is entitled to one tip ; of eight tickets, two tips, and so on for each and every four ticket?. The £SO is placed in the hands of Hie editor of the Otago Weekly Witness, Dunedin. Books open to subscribers for inspection. All subscribers, on application, can know where the principal prizes go to, and their names and addresses, if required. Address —AD AMA STOR, Care of Lyons and Hart, P. 0., Box 151, Dunedin. N.B.—The Dunedin Cup will follow. 105 Melbourne investment co.'s CUP CONSULTATION, 1884, ON THE MELBOURNE CUP (To be run in November). Capitol—£lo,ooo, in 10,000 Full Shares of each, or 20,000 Half Shares of 10s each. Each Full Share has Two Separate chances. and can win £SOOO. The Distribution is as follows First Horsa ... Second Horae Third Horse Starters Divided Non Starters Divided £5,000 2,000 1,000 1,250 750 Total ' ... £IO,OOO The above Company commenced operations a few years back, and, since its establishment, has given universal satisfaction in the manner its business has bceu conducted. It was formed for the purpose of investing ou the various events that take place on the Flemington Courre. Gentlemen, artisans, and others resident, both in Victoria ami tho adjoining Colonies, are invited to become shareholders. Many persons who, from various reasons are unable to attend and invest for themselves, would much like to have tho opportunity to safely invest a few pounds ; for this reason the above Company was first inaugurated, the promoters of which, while thanking the publ c for their support up to the present, invito them to invest in this consultation, when they are sure that their (the promoters’) efforts will e duly appreciated. The Shares are £ 1 EACH, but should a would*be shareholder crea to invest a smaller sum, he can do so by obtaining a HALF-SHAKE for 10s. Persons taking np 15 full shares will be accorded the privilege of attending, or appointing a deputy to vttend, the drawing. The final distribution OF THE FUNDS will take place THE I'AV FOLLOWING THE MEETING. RESULT BLIPS will be posted to shareholders and published in this paper. Early application for shares is necessary. Application for shares must be made to the Manager of the Melbourne Investment Company, Jas. Jacobsen, G.P.0., Melbourne, Victoria, enclosing amount in notes, cheque', bank drafts, or P.O. orders (made payable to Jas. Jacobsen), including a directed envelope and two twopenny stamps (of any colony) fur registration. Tbe particular notice of the public is directed to the fact that only 2J per centum is deducted for working expenses, commission, &c., the whole of the £IO,O-*O, less this amount, going to subscribers All scrip will be allotted as application is made, and will be forwarded per return mail. 24 JAMES H, JACOBSEN, Managei MELBOURNE CUP, 1884.—-Adam I>de is now forming a series of companns on the above great event. 2000 of investors it £1 each, to be divided as follows -.—Fust horse, £IOOO ; second horse, £2OO ; third horse, £IOO ; other starters (divided), £3OO ; non-starters (divided), £4O0 —Total, £2OOO. It is particularly requested that early application for shares will be made, as each list will be drawn soon as filled. Results will be forwarded to subscribers immediately after drawing, and the next list proceeded with. Any subscriber drawing a horse in any list will be allowed, if he so desires it, to invest in the following list any sum not exceeding £3 without remitting any farther cash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prize money. The names of the winners of the first three prizes will be sent to all newspapers, anc members of the Press are at all times invited to attend the drawings. No. 2 now open. Application by letter only, enclosing twestamps, with exchange on cheques, or by money order, bank notes, or drafts. Regiatered letters or telegrams will not on any account be received. If bank notes are sent, please use two envelope?, one sealed and placed inside tbe other. P.O. orders preferred when procurable. It will greatly expedite bueiuesa if on addressed envelope is enclosed with an. plication. Address —ADAM BEDE, Care ef H. K. Abbott, Box No. 2,»Poet Office, Auckland, * 71