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ST. MARY'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, NELSON. Btablished under " The Industrial Schools Act, 1882." The Grandest Distribution of Works of Art, Colonial Manofatures, etc., etc., upon the ART UNION PRINCIPLE, Ever attempted in New Zealand. By permission of the Hon. the Colonial Skcbetaby. Under the express patronage and approval of their Lordships the Bishops of Wellington and Dunedin. Chairman of Committee : The Very Yen. Abchprikst Gabin, S.M. Hon. Bee. and Treasurer : The Rev. W. J. Mahoney, S.M. In Aid of the Fund fob Erecting a HOME AT STOKE FOR DESTITUTE BOYS. Purchasers will be found (at a commission of ten per cent.) for all prizes over £10. The winners of such Prizes, who prefer selling, can therefore have the money immediately after the Drawing. The Fibst Prize— A WATER COLOR PAINTING by John Gully, Esq., value ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS. The Picture will be enclosed in a handsome Gilt Frame (with Plate Glass) made by Mr. Sharland, of Nelson. Several more beautiful and valuable pictures by Colonial Artists. SOME OTHER PRIZES, Handsome PUTNAM CARRIAGE, with patent axles and Lamps complete (built to the order of the Committee by Mr. Balme, Nelson;, value TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS. Dining-Room Marble CLOCK (specially imported), value TWELVE POUNDS. Electro-plated TEA and COFFEE SERVICE (really good) value TWELVE POUNDS. J Ladies' Gold WATCH (specially imported), value TEN GUINEAS Handsome EPERGNE, value TEN POUNDS. Ladies' WARDROBE (Nelson made) value BIX POUNDS. CHEST OF DRAWERS (Nelson made) SEVEN POUNDS. An OIL PAINTING by Richmond Beetham, Esq., value TWENTYFIVE POUNDS. A WATEK-COLOR PAINTING by John Gully, Esq.. value TWENTY POUN DS. Subject— Southern Arm of Lake Wakatipu. A WATKR-COLOR PAINTING by John Gully, Esq. (SubjectThe Little Lake at Takaka.) Value SEVEN GUINEAS A WATER-COLOR PAINTING by F. F. C. Huddleston, Esq. (Subject— Head of Lake Wanaka.) Value, FIVE GUINEAS And Six OIL SKETCHES of Scenery in and about Nelson, now being specially painted for the Committee by J. Cowie, Eskj A LADY'S CABINET of Walnut Wood inlaid. Value SEVEN GUINEAS. Remember, for all Prizes over Ten Pounds you can get the money value (less ten per cent). Tnehe are only mentioned as samples of the many valuable and useful pi izes. Remember, for all lrize<4 over Ten Pounds you can get the money value (less ten per cent). There will be many other valuable Prizes, including Pictures by Colonial Artists, Clocks, Watchee, Epergoes, Saddles, Field GJastee. Opera Glasses, Breechloading Guns, &.C., ice, Sec, all new and specially bought for this Art Unionfa- OVER 200 PRIZES IN ALL ! For fuller List of Prizes see future advertisement. The Prizes will be as f<tr as possible the work of Colonial Artists and Manufacturers, and all will be new and good, being specially purchased for this Art Union. TICKETS HALF-A-CROWN. Tickets can now be obtained from Mr. J. Hounsell's, H. D Jackson's, and at the Presbytery ; or of Mr. A. McKsllar Wix Selwyn Place, Nelson. At the office of the N.Z. Tablet, and from Mr. Macedo, Princes st. South. Dunedin. The Drawing will be under the direction of a Committee elected by the Subscribers.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 23 October 1885, Page 14

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Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 23 October 1885, Page 14

Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 23 October 1885, Page 14