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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1287, 23 June 1884, Page 1

Business Notice. 1 A AAA BOTTLES SOLD LAS IU'UuU LAST WINTER. USE DR ERNEST T . W’S Cherry Pectoral, A safe, pleasant, and reliable medicine ft the cure of Colds, Coughs, and all Throe and Lung diseases. Sold all over the colonies by Chemist and Storekeepers in Is Cd and 2s G bottles. Wholesale Agents Harris and .''on and Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. Christchurch ; or to the proprietor, IJ. CITRON, 6 1110 • Akaroa.

fjpHE ‘ MUTUAL ASSURANOI SOCIETY OF 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 BUli DINGS, Dunedin. Dieectoes : Hon William L'ayles (Melbourne) Ron Ws H. Reyno.ds, M.L.C , Chairman ; John M. Ritchij, Esq, J.P.; John Roberts, Esq., J.P. WILLIAM WILLS, Resident Secretary. CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT AGENCY City Chambers, Hereford Street, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) W, H. BROWNE, District Agent. Local Agent, F. Fermnan, East street, 806 ASHBURTON.

Consultation. * ' FOIIT UN E FOR 10s. JL A Fortune for 10a ADAMASTOR’B NOVELTY CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1884. 'lu be run on 4tll November. 134 nominations. WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER Ist. Capital, £5,000 ; in 10,000 abates of 10a each. 319 prizes to bo distributed as follows :—Horses ;• First, £1,000; Second, £400; Third, £200; Starters (divide),£3oo; Non-starters(divide), £6O0 —Total, L 2500. Cash Awards : 5 at £UiO, £SOO ; 10 at £SO, £500; <lO at £25, £SOO ; 40 at £lO, £4OO ; 50 at £6, £3OO ; 60 at £5 —Total, £2,500. Each Ticket has seven separate chances, 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 ou application, Will positively close on or before November Ist, 1884. ADAMASTOR’S SPEC. AL 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 dale each 1 ipster’s letter is received, and the first con ect Tipster will receive this Special Prize. Jiach 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,—'ihe Dunedin Cup will follow. Address—AD AM AS TOR, vare of Lyons and Hart, 2 331 P. U. Box 151, Dunedin. .1 : . LBOURNE INVESTMENT CO’S iVJL OOP CONSULTATION 1884. On the Melbourne Cup (to be run in November). Capital—Llo.ooo, in 10,000 full shares of LI each, or 20,000 half shares of 10s each. Each full share has Two Separate chances, and can win L 5,000. The distribution is as follows First horse Second horse Third horse Starters divided Non-starters divided £5,000 2,000 1,000 1,250 760 Total £lu,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 on 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 ip this consultation, when they are sure that their , (the promoters’) efforts will be duly appreciated. The shares are Ll'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 16 full.shares will be accorded the privilege of attending or 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 posted to shareholders and published in this paper. .Early application for shares is npcessary. Application for shares must be made to the Manager of the Melbourne Investment Company, Jas. Jacobsen, G.P.0., Melbourne, Victoria, enclosing amount in notes, cheques, Bank drafts or P.O. orders (made payable to Jas.Jacobseu), including a directed envelope and fe*»o twopenny stamps (of any colony) for registration. The particular notice of the public;,-i* directed to the fact that only per centum is deducted for working expenses, commission, etc., the whule of the L 1.0,000, less this amount, going to subscribers. All scrip will be allotted as application is made, and will be forwarded per return mail. JAMES H. JACOBSEN, 1086 Manager.