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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 584, 9 June 1858, Page 5

LAND FOE SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION IN LYTTELTON. MESSRS. P. NOBLE CAMPBELL ■ & CO. have been instructed to offer for sale on MONDAY NEXT, 14th INST., (if not previously disposed of), at their Rooms, in Lyttelton,-— i an acre of town land in Dampier's Bay, partly fenced and broken up, with house and other buildings thereon. Also, several building plots in other parts of the town. Lyttelton, June 8, 1858. SALE BY AUCTION OP THE CARGO OF THE ELIZABETH FEOM MELBOURNE. I>OBT. WAITT & CO. will sell by \j Auction at their Stores, on MONDAY NEXT, 14th INST., the cargo per above vessel, consisting of— 400 bags assorted sugars •50 boxes sperm candles 10 chests and 20 half-chests tea 10 hhds. Martell's brandy 5 hhds. whiskey 100 boxes colonial softp Sale at Noon. Terms Liberal. LAND FOE SALE ON THE liIVER AVON. npHE block of twenty acres, more or X less, being part of section (555) and bounded on the north, west, and south, by the several properties of Messrs. Mackie, Crawford, and Murray; and having for its eastern boundary a river frontage of about 13 chains. If not sold in one lot. the above will he offered in two, three, or more lots, to accommodate purchasers. Apply to Mr. E. J. S. HAEMAN, Chris tchurch. CANTERBURY RACES, 1859. A T a Meeting of the Jockey Club held JLJL the sth June, 1858; the entries for the Canterbury Maiden Plate not being sufficient to produce a race : the following race was agreed upon in lieu thereof. The Canterbury Maiden Stakes, of 6 soys. each, h.f. (if declared to the Secretary on or before 6 p.m. on the First SATURDAY in December, 1858), with £100 added, for all horses that have never won public money previous to the day of entrance —English Jockey Club Plate, weight for age, lh miles; the second horse to receive 20 soys. out of the stakes ; the winner to pay 5 soys. towards expenses. No person allowed to enter a horse, , unless he is a subscriber of at least two guineas to this fund. Entrance money to be paid, and all entries, stating name and pedigree of horses to be .sent under sealed cover to the Secretary of the Jockey Club, at the Golden Fleece Hotel, Christ church, on or before the first Saturday in September, 1858. at 6 p.m. C. G. HODGSON, Acting for the Secretary, MR. HASLEWOOD'S SAXONY EAMB. I IMfR. THOMSON hegs to direct the Jjli. attention of Flockowneis and others to the following certificates of pedigree of the above ranis, found among Mr. Ha:dewood's papers "since the announcement of sale. Certificates and pedigree of 7 rams, all two years old, selected by the undersigned from the Hock of one of the most celebrated sheepbreeders in Saxony, and shipped direct from hence to Messrs. Miles, Kington, & Co., Melbourne.. ChakliEjtauxe, No. -7, branded on the horn, Dam, No. 7. a.a., Sire No. 72. The latter gained the highest prize at the show in Dresden. 1852. Mebctjkt, No. 16, Dam No. 18, a.a., Sire No. 72. The latter gained the highest prize at the show in Dresden, 1852. Splendid, No. 82, Dam No. 8-1, a.a.. Sire No. 111, Grand Sire No. 72 above described. Alexa^deb, No. 14, Dam No. 14, a.a., Sire No. 54. The Sire No. 54 competed in ISSB at Paris for the first prize. Luther.. No. 3i, Dam- No. 34, a.a... Sire a very celebrated ram known as' No. 107. Bo>"iface. No. 21. Dam No. 27, a.a . Sire No. 111, Grramlsire the celebrated No. 72. Hekschel, No. 116, Dam No. 11(3, a.a.. Sire No. 111, the offspring of the celebrated No. 72. KE3IASKS. It is needless here to specify the individual characteristics of these animals, such as the closeness, fineness, and weight of the wool they bear, as these can be duly appreciated by any judge of stock who inspects them. Aloreover, the fleeces they bore with only 11 months' growth of wool, which were shorn before the animals left the farm, and which are forwarded to Melbourne via. Bristol, will indicate their superior qualities. It may here be observed, that a ram belonging to the same flock from which these seven were selected, gained the highest prize at the show in Paris-in 185(5,. when the owner, according to a positive declaration, made by him to the undersigned, refused' the enormous offer of 3,200 francs (about £1,300) for him. No. 54, the Sire of Alexander, was entered into competition with that extraordinary animal, which the undersigned had the opportunity of thoroughly inspecting. The seven rains of which the foregoing are pedigrees, all stand more or less in affinity wish the