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Observer, Volume 2, Issue 50, 27 August 1881, Page 588

■JIT E LBOU RN E CUP, 1881. H. N. ABBOT'S ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES ON THE MELBOURNE CUP. 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS AT -jPj^ EACH. ABOUT 250 PIZES. First Horse £1500 Second Horse £700 Third Horse £400 Other Starters (divided) £1500 Non-Starters (divided) £2700 Ten Prizes at £100 each £1000 Twenty Prizes at £50 each £1000 One Hundred Prizes at £12 each ... £1200 £10,000 SPECIAL PRIZE FOR EARLY APPLICANTS. To induce early application a Prize of £20 Avill he given away amongst the first 4000 SUBSCRIBERS. Please add exchange to cheques, and stamp for reply. An extra stamp if result is required by post. H. N. ABBOTT, Treasurer. United Service Hotel, Auckland, June, 1881. 774 XT 1^ A BBOTT'S £10,000 CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP. As the Lotteries Bill is likely to become law in November next, and this may possibly be the last opportunity of investing in any Consultation of a like character, intending subscribers are requested to send in their names as soon as possible, as the list is rapidly filling. The Drawing will take place early in October, 1 and the Race will be run on November Ist, so that no contravention of the Act just passed by the Legislature will be possible. H. N. ABBOTT, United Service Hotol, 1008 Auckland. J. L. FLEMING'S NOVELTY CONSULTATION, No. 4, ON THE A USTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB SPRING J\_ MEETING, to be run at Randwick, Sydney, in the first week in SEPTEMBER, 1881. 8000 SUBSCRIBERS AT 10s. About 150 Nominations. Each ticket has a chance of winning Three Prizes. GREAT METROPOLI- EPSOM STAKES. TAN STAKES. First Horse £500 First Horse £250 Second do 250 Second do 150 Third do 150 Third do 100 Other Starters, div ... 350 Other starters, div 250 Non-starters 750 Non-starters, div 250 SYDNEY HANDICAP. First Horse £250 Other Starters, div ... £250 Second do 150 Non-starters, div 250 Third do 100 As each race will be drawn separately, every sub* scriber will have a chance of winning three prizes for each ticket. The Drawing will be held under the supervision of a Committee of Subscribers, and results advertised in daily papers. Intending subscribers are requested to make early application. If cheques aresen, exchange must be added, and , stamps enclosed for reply and result. Should all the stares not be disposed; of, prizes distributed pro rata. Ten per cent, deducted from all prizes. N.B. — As this Consultation will be drawn on September sth, the New Gaming and Lotteries Act will not interfere with it, as the said Act does not take effect until after that date. J.L.F. would remind his clients and the public generally that as the Melbourne and Canterbury Cups are not run until November, the above is a very favourable opportunity for investment in the interim. J. L. FLEMING, Auctioneer, &c, High-street, Triangle, Christchurch. Mr Wm, Jones, Tobacconist, Queen-street, has been appointed Sole Agent for sale of Tickets in above Consultation. liTELBOURNE CUP, 18 81. 10,000 Subscribers at £1 Each. First Horse £3000 Non-starters (div) £2000Second Horse , ... £1000 6 Prizes of £100 each £600 Third Horse £500 6 Prizes of £50 each £300 Other starters (div) £1500 110 Prizes of £10 each £1100 Average for other starters is about £75 each ; average for non-starters is about £25 each ; and the 122 extra prizes, consisting of 6 prizes of £100 each, 6 prizes of £50 each, and 110 prizes of £10 each, brings up the number of winning tickets to about 240. This is the best opportunity ever brought before the public in the Australasian Colonies. Please add exchange to cheque, and two stamps fo reply and result. Auckland, May, 1881. THEODORE BROWN, 19, Grey -street ; or 799 Box 210, Post-office, Auckland. piTY HAIR CUTTING ROOMS, FRANCES J. SHORTT, Hairdresser by Appointment to His Excellency: the Governor. THE CITY HAIR CUTTING ROOMS, The most complete, fashionable, and best appointed 1 Hairdressing Establishment in Auckland. Magnificent American Hair Cutting Chairs, with latest mechanical improvements, arrived from Chicago by last mail boat. Every gentleman has separate Brushes, Towels, and Shaving Appliances. The Singing Apparatus is a speciality, and most beneficial in cases of weak or falling, hair. Prices as usual. CITY HAIR CUTTING ROOMS, OPPOSITE UNION BANK. Two Doors below Greyhound Hotel. TFYOU GO TO CROWTHER'S. STABLES, CORNER OP WELLESLEY & LORNE-STREETS* AUCKLAND, You can Hire, Buy, or Sell first-class Horses and Traps.