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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 4

Consultation. R OBIN HOOD’S GREAT NOVELTY COMPANY To ON THE C.J.C. SUMMER MFETING, be held on the Christchurch Racecourse on TUESDAY, JAN. Ist, 1884. Midsummer Handicap and Middle Park Stakes, 2,000 Shares of 10s each—£l,o9o. 70 Prizes— Eive separate allotments, each share h -.ving five distinct chances. List of Prizes : Applications, if by letter, with two twopenny stamps and exchange on cheques one shilling added. Please write signature and address legibly to avoid errors. Money orders, tank notes and drafts, registered letters and telegrams received and promptly attended to. N.B. —All letters containing coin must be registered. Address— Robin Hood, care of Thos. Stapleton, Box 238, Post-office, Christchurch; or Jtjbal Fleming, City Baths, Colombo street, Christchurch. In answer to numerous inquiries we beg to state that we are in no way connected with any other Company. N. B.—Our Spring Meeting Consultation of 1882 (12 months since) closed with 3,178 subscribers at 10s each ; our Melbourne and New Zealand Cup, 1883, just closed with 7,069 at 10s each, showing the progress we have made and the estimation in which we are held. 11 915 A FORTUNE FOR ss. Registered Letters Telegram s not accepted. AD AMASTOR’ 8 Novelty Consultation on the Dunedin Cup, 1884. Post Office Orders payable to Adamastor.

£SOOO. Will close on or about FEBRUARY 19th, 1884 DUNEDIN CUP, 1881, To be run at Dunedin on tho 21st FEBR.UA.uY, 1884 20,000 Members at 5s each. 304 PRIZES, To be distributed as follows : Cash Awards. February, 1884. Each Ticket has seven separate chances. Race and Cash awards being drawn for separately. When convenient please send P.O. Order to Adamaator). By so doing you protect yourself against loss, as it is equal to Registration. Country Cheques must have Is exchange added, and marked correct by Bank. Two stamps must be sent for reply and result. My Consultation will bo advertised in all the principal papers in New Zealand. If stamps are sent, please add Is in the £ extra. Programmes sent Free on application. Notice—Not less than Two Tickets sent to any one address. Result will be sent to every Shareholder directly after the drawing. N. B.—The Press of New Zealand cm know, by applying to the undermentioned, where the three principal prizes go, also their names and address, if re [uired, but not for publication. Registered Letters or Telegrams not accepted. Post Office Orders or B ink Notes preferred. Address— ADAMASUOR, Caro of Lyons and Kart, 11 916 P.O. Box 151, Dunedin.

Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL M 4.1 L COACH Leaves Longboach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a. m., Watertoa 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatstone 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in tiui j for the 10.24 express from Christchurc . to Timaru. The coach leaves the coach stables, Wakanui Hoad (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.5 u p.m., arriving at Longbeach. at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wi'l receive strict attention Fares —Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATE? 1 , on Saturdays "nly, between Watortou and Ashburton. W. E. BOND, Proprietor, 4270 Longbeach. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS X RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, MoanSomers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. and 6.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arr'val of each train. Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, ?s ; return, 3s. .n JOHN HOOD Publication. IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS,’ BY ALFRED SAUNDERS. This Book, written by an old New Zealand coloni-t, will be found to contain the most modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Rearing and Management of every description of Domestic Poultry; suggestions for the improvement of Poultry Shows ; all that is known about the principles to be observed in the mating of Breeding Stock; and some well defined rules for selecting, with certainty, the most economical and beneficial description of food for any animal, from a baby to a mouse, it will show the best sort of fowls to keep, and the rules for selecting them ; and, whilst condemning the cruelty and mischief of many common practices, it will point out how to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and producing abundance of eggs at every season of the year. 240