Consultation. POPULAR CONSULTATION ON THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES TO BK RUN AT SYDNEY, ON SEPTEMBER G, 1881. 82 NOMINATIONS. 82 PRIZES. 3,000 MEMBERS AT First horse Second horse Third horse Other horses (divided) 10s EACH. ... £4OO ... £2OO ... £IOO ... £BOO The drawing will take place under the supervision of a committee from subscribers present. As this consultation will close about the end of August, early application is desirable ; and, this being the only consultation announced in the colony on the Great Metropolitan Stakes, it will probably fill quickly. Please send P. 0.0. or cheque with Is exchange added, and two stamps for reply and result. Telegrams will be scut to drawers of accepted hoises. J. H. WALTERS & CO., 2, High-street, Dunedin. Tickets can he obtained at The Dunrtan Times Office, Clyde. LI,OOO FOR 10s. MELBOURNE & CHRISTCHURCH NOVELTY JOMPANY. 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS AT - 10s EACH. Four races s Melbourne Cup to be run November 1, and three Christchurch races to be run November 8 and 10,1881. 250 HORSES. MELBOURNE CUP. 120 Horses. First 1000 Second. ... 400 Third 170 Starters ... 290 Others. ... 1000 2860 CANTERBURY DERBY. JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP. 65 Horses. First 200 Second. ... 100 Third 60 Others. ... 600 960 CANTERBURY CUP. About 19 Horses. First 150 Second. ... 100 Third.. 70 Others. ... ISO £SOO 250 PRIZES. Each race to be drawn seperately, the winning numbers again being replaced in box til! drawing of the four races is completed, thus giving the holder of each ticket four chances for 10s, for which amount the four first prizes nan be obtained, valued at L 150 0; or four second, L7OO ; or four third, L 370.
Please send P. 0. Order, and two stamps for reply and result. Cheques must have Is exchange added. “THE NOVELTY,” CARE OF I, ABRAHAM, BOX NO 351, P.O, DUNEDIN MELBOURNE CUP CONSULTATION 1881. 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS AT £1 EACH First horse .. £3OOO j Hon - starters ) (divided)... £2OOO Second do. . £IOOO ) Six prizes of } £looeach... £OOO Third do. ... £500) Six prizes of i £SO each ... £3OO Other starters ) 110 prizes of (divided).. £ISOO I £lO each ... £llOO Average for other starters is about L 75 each ; average for non-starters is about L 25 each ; and the 122 extra prizes, consisting of six prizes of HOO each, six prizes of LSO each, and 110 prizes of LlO each, bring up the number of winning tickets to about 240. This is the best opportunity ever brought before the public in the Australian Colonies. The drawing takes place under any circumstances on or before October 31st. Even though the Gaming and Lotteries Bill becomes law, this sweep on the Melbourne Cup won’t be interfered with, as the Act cannot come into operation before about the Bth of November. Please add exchange to cheque, and two stamps for reply and result. THEODORE BROWN, Box 210 Post Office, Auckland, N.Z. 19 Grey-street,{Auckland.
I A Card.] "ELBOXJRNE CUP (SEANCE, _l»j_ of 2000 Mediums.—£looo, £350, £l5O. Starters, £2OO ; nonBtavtera, £IOO. All net, By letter only with stamps for reply. Results intimated. J. Boland, Champion Hotel, Fitzroy, Melbourne. [A Card.] TOHN CAMPBELL, Authorised Surveyor, CLYDE. in any part of the District.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1010, 26 August 1881, Page 3
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