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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1045, 26 August 1879, Page 3

FOR SALE AND TO LET I THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY, LIMITED, S now prepared to treat with Settlers for the SALE OF FARMS from 50 to 1000 Acres. Purchasers have 100,000 Acres of flat, rich, agricultural, land to select from, a large area having been down in turnips is ready for immediate cropping. The Company are willing to plough and sow the land the first year, at a cost not exceeding 203 per acre, and to bona fide settlers will make exceptionally easy terms of payment. Railway communication traverses the whole of the properties. Intending purchasers can be shown over the land by Mr. Hamilton, of Gore. For full particulars, apply to BASTINGS, LEARY & CO., Auctioneers, Dunedin; M'ARDELL & CO., and MACRORIE & CDTHBERTSON, Auctioneers, Invercargill; And at the office of the Company, 650 Water-street, Dunedin. SEED OATS. fjIHE undersigned have FOR SALE a Superior Sample of POTATO OATS, grown at Awa Moa. 604 CONNELL AND CLOWES. OR SALE. F AN ENGINE AND BOILER. Apply— MAII OFFICE. TO LET A Four-roomed HOUSE.— Apply John Barclay, Eden-street. 598 TENDERS rjIENDERS WANTED—For CARTING all or part of Omarama and Morven Hills WOOL. Tenders to 3rd OCTOBER. 628 D. SUTHERLAND. OTAGO EDUCATION BOARD. TENDERS will be received by me till the 26th INST, for erecting the following BUILDINGS : Otepopo—New School (Stone) Palmerston—Residence.

Plans of the Otepopo Building to be seen at the Grammar School, Oamaru, and of the Palmerston building at the School, Palmerston. P. G. PRYDE, 503 Secretary. y. r. PUBLIC WORKS, NEW ZEALAND. WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY LIVINGSTONE BRANCH. WINDSOR SECTION. TENDERS will be received at this office tip till noon of FRIDAY, the 29th INST., for the Construction of MASONRY CULVERTS on the fourth and fifth mile of the above section. Specifications and conditions may be seen at the Inspector's office on the works. Tenders to Btate price per cubic yard if necessary. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. E. R. USSHER, Resident Engineer, Public Works Office, Duncdin, 19th August, 1579. 61G SPORTING W HARE-KURI RACES. FRIDAY, 12th SEPTEMBER, 1879. Stewards : W. M'Aughtree J. M'Rae W. Gardiner W. 0. Ross H. Stoddart O. B. Jamieson J. M'Lean D. Sutherland G. A. Douglas R. Gunion H. Reid G. Oliver C. Hille J. M'Arthur E. Gibson W. G. Munro F. Dalgetty T. C. Hill Sherries E. C. Smith. Judge : Mr. D. Sutherland. Starter : Mr. Beattie. Clerk of Course: Mr. J. M'Rae. Clerk of Scales: Mr. J. Collins. Handicappers : Mr. D. Sutherland Mr. G. A. Douglas Mr. W. Gardiner. Maiden Plate, of sovs, for horses that have never won a race (private matches excepted) ; weight for age ; distance, 1J mile ; entrance, 15s. Wharekttri Cup, of sovs; distance, 2 miles; entrance, LI 10s ; weight for age. Shepherds' and Working Men's Race, of sovs, employers of labor excluded distance, 1£ mile; weight for age: entrance, 15s. Hack Race, of sovs ; open only to horses that have never won a sum of L 7 or over, and to all horses that did not compete in any previous race at the meeting; distance, 1 mile; catch weights ; entrance, 10s ; post entry. Forced Handicap, of sovs, compulsory for winners, and open to losers; distance, 1J mile ; entry, LI. Consolation Handicap, of sovs ; for all beaten horses during the meeting ; distance, 1 mile ; entry, LI. RULES AND REGULATIONS. These races to be confined to the district. The district to extend from Awamoko to Longslip Station on Tjhe Otago side, thence from Lake Ohau to Elephant Hill on the Canterbury side, by the Watershed. All horses qualified must be known to be the bona jide property of the nominator, and to have been three months in the district prior to the meeting. No horse will be allowed to run that has won LSO or over. Second horse to receive half the entrance money in all events. Qualification fee, LI. Three horses to start or no race. All entries must bo sent in to the Secretary, Wharekuri Hotel, not later than 10 p.m. on the night prior to the meeting. _ The Otago Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to. Five per cent, to be deducted from all stakes. The decision of the stewards in all case to be final. No protest will be entertained unless accompanied with LI, which will be forfeited should the same prove frivolous. Owners of dogs are cautioned against bringing dogs on the course, as poison is laid on and around the same. JOHN GUNN, 644 Hon. Secretary. THE DEVIL'S SWORD BLUNTED; or, Spiritualism Exposed, Is. —Clarke AND HORSBURGH.