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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1283, 18 June 1884, Page 1

Business Notice. Vlat LS 10,000 BOTTLES SOLD LAS' LAST WINTER. USE DR ERNEST LOW’S Cherry* Pectoral, A safe, pleasant, and reliable medicine fo the cure of Colds, Coughs, and all Throa and Lung diseases. Sold all over the colonies by Chemist and Storekeepers in Is 6d and 2s 6 bottles. Wholesale Agents Harris and Son and Kempthoene, Prosser and Co. Christchurch ; or to the proprietor, fl. CITRON, 6 1110 Akaroa. MUTUAL ASSURANOI fJIHE SOCIETY OP VICTORIA (LIMITED) Head Office : 77, Collins street West, Melbourne •OR LIFE ASSURANCE AND ENDOWMENTS. Policy-holders Divide Profits. Head Office for Middle Island, New Zealand: COLONIAL BANK BUILDINGS, Dunedin. Directors : Hon William Bayles (Melbourne) Hon. W. H. Reynolds, M.L.C., Chair, man; John M. Ritchie, Esq., J.P,] John Roberts, Esq., J.P. WILLIAM WILLS, Resident Secretary, OHRISTCHURO H DIST RIOT-A GENCY City Chambers, -Hereford Street, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) W. H. BROWNE, District Agent. Local Agent, F, Ferviman, 806 East street, ASHBURTON. Consultation. 103. A P O K T U DJi FOR A Fortune for 10s ADAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1884. To be run on 4th November, 134 nominations. , WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER Ist. Capital, £5,000 ; in 10,000 shai es of 10s isch. 319 prizes to be distributed as follows : —Horses : First, £i,000; Second, |l00; Third, £200; tai ters (d i v ide), £300; pon-starters (divide), £6oo—Total, JL2500. lash-A wards: Sat £loo, £500; 10 at £SO, £500; 20 at £25. £500; 40 at £lO, £4OO ; 50 at £6, £3OO ; 60 at £s—Total, £2,500.. Each Ticket has seven separate chsncOs, race and cash awards being-* drawn for separately. Please send Post- Office Orders when convenient, or Bank Notes. Cheques must be marked correct by Bank. Notice—Registered Letters not accepted. Two stamps required for reply and result. Programmes, with nominations of horses, sent free on application. Will positively dose on or before November Ist, 1884. ADAMASTOR’S SPECIAL PRIZE of £SO. —A special Prize of £SO will be given to the first Shareholder of 4 tickets, or more, who names the first three horses in their respective places. A register will be kept of the date each Tipster’s letter is received, and the first correct Tipster will receive this Special Prize. Each shareholder of not less than 4 tickets is entitled to a tip ; of 8 tickets, 2 tips, and so on for each and every 4 tickets. The £SO is placed in the hands of the Editor of. the Otago Weekly Witness, Dunedin, Books open to subscribers for inspection. All subscribers on application can know where the principal prizes go to, and their names and address, if required. N.B.—The Dunedin Cup will follow. Address —A DAMASTUK, care of Lyons and Hart, 2 331 P.O. Box 151, Dunedin. Melbourne investment go’s CUP CONSULTATION 1884. 0 On the Melbourne Cup (to be run in November). ,t Capital—Llo,ooo, in 10,000 full shares of LI each, or 20,000 half shares of 10a each. Each full share has Two Separate chances, and can win L 5,000. The distribution is as follows ; First horse Second horse I Third horse ’ Starters divided ... Non-starters divided ... £5,000 ... 2,000 ... 1,000 ... 1,250 750 Q 111 II d II W r e !8 of o. es till. its or Total ...£IO,OOO The above Company commenced operations a* few yeais back, and since its establishment has given universal satisfaction in the manner its business has been conducted. It was formed for the purpose of investing bn the various events that take place on the Flemington course. Gentlemen, artisans, and other residents, both in Victoria and the adjacent colonies are invited to become shareholders. Many persons who from various reasons are unable to attend and invest for themselves, would much like to have the opportunity to safely invest a few pounds, for this reason the above Company was first inaugurated, the promoters of which, while thanking the public for their support up to the present, invite them to invest in this consultation, when they are sure that their (the promoters’) efforts will be duly appreciated. The shares are LI each, but should a would-be shareholder care to invest a smaller sum he can do so by obtaining a half-share for 10s. Persons taking up 15 full shares will be accorded the privilege of attending oi appointing a deputy to attend at the drawing. The final distribution of the funds will take place the day following the meeting. Result slips will be poster to shareholders and published in thii paper. Early application for shares ii necessary. Application for shares mus be made to the Manager of the Melbourne Investment Company, Jas. Jacobsen G.P.0., Melbourne, Victoria, enclosing amount in notes, cheques, Bank drafts o; P.O. orders (made payable to Jas. Jacob sen), including a directed envelope am two twopenny stamps (of any colony) fo registration. The particular notice of thi directed to the fact that only 2 per centum is deducted for working ex penses, commission, etc., the whole of th LIOjOOO, less this amount, going do sub scribers. - All scrip will be allotted as ap plication is made, and yrill be forwards* per return mail. JAMBS H, JACOBSEN, j 6 1086 Manager.