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Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 15

. PROPERTIES FOR SALE. FOR SALE. AN IMPROVED FARM, on the Ma- j ■ taura, being three miles below Gore 'and five from Mataura Bridge. The property comprises 180 aores rich • agricultural land, and is all fenced and subdivided into four paddooks. About 100 acres have been once oropped, yielding 45 bushels of wheat per acre. There Is a new dwelling houße on the farm, and two pits m. lignite of good quality, the supply of which is practically inexhaustible. For terms and further particulars ' • Apply to DONALD REID AND 00 , lno . ' Auctioneers; &o. SPORTING. MELBOURNE OH4MPION RACE, To be run on Ist January ,1880. • . > 47 NOMINATIONS. Fbb, £1. First £500 Second 300 Third - 200 Other Starters (divided) ... 300 Non-starters (divided) ... 700 !o ■ : Total ... £2000 . When possible please .forward Post Office Order or Cheques. All Cheques should be crossed ,, and have la exchange added. Two . Postage 't Stamps necessary, for reply and • , result. ■■';'!■ ' " ■ ' ■ ■ Above Consultation will probably close 'on or- about 26th: 'December, when the Dunedin. CupOonsultatiou will be immediately opened 'ALFRED. A. CAMERON, '] Box 251, or Prince of Wales Hotel, 29n. . . - . Dnnedin. .'. T\ U N EDIN CUP, 18 80. ; . .^./NOMINATIONS. "' Fee: i.£l. ■ Firat Prize 4 - ... „.. (Cash) £750 ' Second Prize ' ..'. ... (Cash) 400 •Third Prize ... ... (Caah) 200 Other Starters (divided) ... (Cash) 650 ', Non-fltafters (divided) ....(Cash) 700 Total oasa ... . £2700 J Crossed cheques, with exchange (Id) added, and stamps for reply and result. „ 'T „ GEORGE DODSON, • :-, • ■ • • Treasurer. Address : ' "' ' ' , Box? 27, Port Chalmers. 22n CHAMPION RACE 1880. — Seance of 2000 mediums. First horse, £1000 ; second, £350 ; third, £150 ; starters divide £200 j non-starters divide £100— all net. Results , intimated.— J. BOLAND, Champion Hotel Fitzroy, Melbourne. 15n , , PUBLIC NOTICES. ' PARIS EXHIBITION, 1878. HIGHEST, AWARD. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS PATENT SOSTENTE PIANOS Gained the Cross op the Legion of Honour, , In addition to other distinctions. . 18 Wigmore street London, W., and the " Brinsmead"- Works, Kentish Town, N.W.i England. Agents' wan tea. iKTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE J3I . COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Oapital .£1,000,000. Rbsbrve Ftjnd ... £135,000. , . Offloe of Otago Branch : Corner of High and . Rattray streets, Dunedin. Fob. Department. — Insurances granted at Lowest Current Rates on Buildings, iMills, Breweries, Stocks, Furniture Farm Produces, Staoks, &c, &o. Tho above Company, being the First Instjranob Company established in New Zealand, has- prior claims on the patronage of New Zealand Colonists, and, being a Local Institution, the whole of the funds are invested in the Colony. t - ' Money advanced upon good Security. GEORGE W. ELLIOTT, 27jy. Manager for Otago. EDUCATION BOARD OF OTAGO. ANNUAL PUPIL TEACHER AND SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS. ffiHE above Examinations will be comX ' menoed on TUESDAY,-the 16fch in»t., at 10 o'clock a.m., at the following centres : Dunedin Normal School Oamaru District High School Milton do ■ Lawrence do Palmerston District Sohool Taponui do Clyde do. Candidates for employment as pupil - teaohers who have passed the Inspector's examination in tha Elf bh Standard will not require to present themsolves for examination in the Fourth Oia&s. P. G. PRYDE, 6d Secretary Education Board. LABOUR EXCHANGE, G-reen Island. Orders from Farmers and all Employers of Labour punctually attended to. ALLAN ft CO.