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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4364, 16 March 1875, Page 4

Race Meeting. PAHAUTANUI RACE MEETING. ' TO TAKE PLACE ON MAE O H 17. Stewards—Messrs. J. Whitehouse, F. Smith, and J. Blackey. Jddge—W, Lowes, Esq. i Starter —T. Gilbert. Clerk op Course —E. Smith. Hon. Secretary—T. Bould. Hurdle Bace £ —. Once round the course. Heats. Over three flights of hurdles, 3ft. 6iii. high. Entrance, £1 Is. Weights—--3 yrs., Bst. 71bs.; 4 yrs., 9st. 71bs.; 5 yrs., lOst. 21bs.; 6 yrs,, lOst. 71bs. Maiden Plate £ —. Open to all horses maidens at time of entry. Twice round the course. Single event. Weights as above. Entrance, £1 Is. Pahautanui Stakes £ —. Open to all horses. Twice round. Heats; handicap; h.ft. Entrance, £1 Is. District Eace £ —. Open to all horses the bona fide property of settlers in the district for the last six months previous to entry; the district to extend from Waikanae to Johnsonville. Once round the coarse. Heats. Entrance, £1 Is. Weights as above. Consolation Stakes £—. Handicap. Once round and a distance. Entrance, 10s. 6d. In the above races three horses to start or the public money will not be given. In all the above races the second horse to save his stakes. The Porirua Jockey Club rules will be strictly adhered to, and the decision of the Stewards will he final. Any person entering a horse must be a subscriber of £1 Is. to the race fund. Entrances to be made to the Secretary on or before 13th March, at 8 p.m. THOS. BOULD, Hon. Secretary. Insurance Companies. TVT E W ZEALAND INS UEANOE COMPANY. Established 1859. Capital£l,ooo,ooo, of which£24o,ooo is paid up. Fire and Marine Risks of every description will be accepted at the lowest current rates. BETHUNE & HUNTER, Agents, Wellington. HE SOUTH BRITISH FIEE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £750,000. - With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. The above Company offers undoubted security to insurers, having a large, wealthy, and influential proprietary resident in the Colony, where also all its funds are invested. As a purely Colonial institution, it has therefore a prior claim on insurers. The Company undertake insurance against every description of both Fire and Marine Risks at lowest current rates of premium. The, chief characteristics of the Company are undoubted security, liberal terms, and prompt settlement of losses. For proposal forms and further particulars, Apply to W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents, Wellington. gTANDAED INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION STERLING. Head Office: PRINCESS STREET, DUNEDIN. Losses by Fire Insured against on stores, warehouses, dwelling houses, &c., at current rates. The Company will also take risks on wool and all kinds of merchandise on land or at sea, and either on valued or open policies, on the most favourable terras. Particular attention is drawn to Articles of Association, by which, after paying shareholders 19 per cent., the balance is to be distributed as follows:—40 per cent, to go to Reserve Fund, 30 per cent, to POLICY HOLDERS, and balance as Company may determine, Agents for Wellington: SAMUEL, LADD, & CO. Transatlantic fire insurance COMPANY OF HAMBURG. This Company being now didy licensed and registered by Government, have COMMENCED BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND, And are prepared to take fire risks at lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Furniture, Merchandise, Wool, and Grain, &c. All Claims Settled in the Colony without delay. Bankers—lnternational Bank of London and Hamburg (Limited). In the Colony— Bank of New Zealand. Agents for Wellington—Whittem, Nicholson, and Co. INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of FIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. ■"yiCTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Established 1849. CAPITAL £200,000 Head Office : Melbourne. Insurance of every description effected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly-met. Losses can be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. AND PRODUCE NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON. Merchants and others can make arrangements for next season for INSURING WOOL and PRODUCE from ports in New Zealand to London direct, or from Stations, from time the Wool is shorn, by any route, till delivered in United Kingdom. Claims payable in London. Policies issued at any of the Company’s . Agencies. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. JOHNSTON & CO., Agents, Wellington. A USTRALIANMUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &o. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office : Wellington. Present Annual Revenue, £280,000. Accumulated & Invested Funds, £1,330,000 Persons Assuring with this Office share the whole profits, and a Bonus is declared every fifth year. JOSEPH DYER, Resident Secretary. Business Notices WILLIAM JOHNSTON, (Late Beck and Johnston), TAILORS, &o. LAMBTON - QUAY. Gentlemen favoring W. Johnston with orders may rely on having their garments cut and made-up in first-class style, and with due regard to economy. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, TAILOR, &c., Next to Mr. J. Mrdligan, Jeweller, LAMBTON-QUAY. FREii T O NJ • Wholesale Fruiterer, &0., 8 and 9 Markets, York-street, Sydney. ■ Great care is taken in packing and selecting fruit for the intercolonial trade, and orders meet with prompt attention. AND BAIT STABLES MASTERTON CLUB HOTEL. Saddle Horses always on Hire on reasonable terms. T. M'GARTHY, Proprietor.