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Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 42

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. ANNUAL RAM AND EWE FAIR Will be held at, the BURNSIDE SALEYARDS On TUESDAY, sth APRIL, 1910, At 11 a.m., Under the following Regulations: 1. That only Sheep Registered in the New Zealand Flock Books and Catalogued by the Society be offered for sale. 2. That the upset or starting price of Sheep offered at the sale be as follows f—(a) Rams, two-shear and over, ljg guineas; (b) all other Rams, 2 guineas; (c) Ewes, 1 guinea. Entrance Fees: Rams, Is each; ewes, 6d (which includes cost of advertising, cataloguing, and yard dues). ENTRIES (which can be made through the Stock and Station Agents or sent direct) CLOSE on THURSDAY, March 31, 1910. If Entries are sent direct the Selling Auctioneer should be stated. THE FIELD TURNIP COMPETITION. ENTRIES' CLOSE SATURDAY, . • ; 26th MARCH, 1910. Class I. —Best 10 acres or more of Swede Turnips.(any variety). Messrs Nimmo and Blair offer trophy, value 15 guineas, to be" won three times (not necessarily in succession) before becoming the absolute property of winner. Class ll.—Ten' acres or over of Aber> deen Turnips (any variety). Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. (N.Z. Drug Co., Limited)" offer trophy, value 15 guineas, to be won three times (not necessarily in succession) before becoming the absolute property of the winner. Class lll.—Ten acres Green Crop, including Turnips, Carrots, Mangolds, etc. First prize, Six Tons of Agricultural Lime (presented by the Milburn • Lime and Cement Company); second prize, £l. Class IV.—Best two acres or over of Mangolds. First prize, £2; second, £1 (given by the society). V , GENERAL CONDITIONS. These Competitions are Open to Farmers of Otago and Southland. The judges will inspect the crops in April. H. V, FULTON, 21m Secretary. POSITION UNRIVALLED IN '. LONDON, ENGLAND. Portland Place and Regent St., London, W. FAMILY HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. Quiet, Open and Healthy Location in Fashionable Part of West End, cieae to best Shops, and convenient for Theatres and Tube Railways (Fellow Institute of Accountants, N.2.), LAND AGENT, Dee and Esk streets, Invercargill. and SUBURBAN PROPERTIES FOR SALE. Special attention given to the Sale or Purchase of Businesses, Business Sites, and Residential Land. MONEY.—Loans negotiated on Freehold Securities at 4£, 5, and 5£ per cent., Recording to locality of freehold and amount of loans. Money Invested for Owners as directed. Having prepared assessments of Town Property, for municipal rating, the Property Tax, and Land Tax departments, investors may rely on careful and efficient valuations. Crown Land Board business attended to. AGENClES.—District Manager in Southland, for the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited. Policies issued-to protect Employers under "The Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1908." Guarantees of Fidelity, Policies. Personal Accident Policies. REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY, LIMITED.—Chief Agency in Southland. Codes: Messages arranged for Britain and Europe. Reuter's vocabulary contains 500,000 paragraphs available for customers. Reuter's system of Remitting Money to any part of the world by telegram is prompt and charge reasonable. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.—Fire Funds £3,987,923. Chief Agent and Attorney for Southland. This company insures farmers' grain in stacks and barns, threshing mills, and farm homesteads at lowest rates known. MUTUAL LIFE AND CITIZENS' ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.—This rising company issues Life Policies with options of Paid-up Policies, Annuities, etc. Premiums received in Invercargill. COOK'S TOURIST and SHIPPING AGENCY. —Passengers booked to any part of the world where steamers and railways ply. Send for Thos.' Cook and Son's Shipping List, with map (freeL. W. B. SCANDRETT, LAND AGENT, Dee and Esk streets, Invercargill. Telephone No. 180. Cable Address: Scandretfc, Inveroargill. Codes; ABO and Reuter's, P.O. Box No. 180. In the United States a baby is borac every 12 seconds, a death occurs every 23 seconds, and a marriage every 24; second*,