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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4383, 7 April 1875, Page 4

Insurance Com'oames N E W ZEALAND INS URANCE COMPANY. Established 1859. _ Capital£l ,000,000, of which£24o,ooo is paid up. Eire and Marine Bisks of every description will be accepted at the lowest cmrent rates. BETHUNE & HUNTER, Agents, Wellington. v ICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. EIRE AND MARINE. Established 1849. CAPITAL ... £200,000 Head Office ; Melbourne. Insurance of every description effected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses csn be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. T IVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of EIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. The south British eibe and MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OE 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 ■•■•11 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 Eire 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. E’er proposal forms and further particulars, Apply to W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents, Wellington. RANSATLANTIC EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY op HAMBURG. This Company being now duly licensed and registered by Government, have COMMENCED BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND, And are prepared to rake fire risks at lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Eurniturc, 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. Australianmutualprovident SOCIETY EOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &c. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Opeice ; 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. Race Meeting. NEW ZEALAND GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASES, TO BE HELD AT W A I M A T E, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1875 M. president : Studholme, Esq. stewards : E. Archer, Esq. E. Teschemaker, Esq. A. Turnbull, Esq. E. H. Martelli, Esq. M. Mitton, Esq. J. H. Raine, Esq. E. Elworthy, Esq. G. J. Denistoun, Esq. E. G. Griffiths, Esq. Hon. Geo. Buckley Hon. John McLeau Col. Packe J. Stevenson, Esq. J. Cramond, Esq. G. B. Parker, Esq. P. Campbell, Esq. E. J. Kimbell, Esq. J. Brabazon, Esq. E. W. Delamain, Esq. judge : Hon. John McLean. starter : P. Campbell, Esq. CLERK OF THE COURSE : E. Cameron, Esq. CLERK OP THE SCALES : M. Mitton, Esq. SECRETARY AND TREASURER ; A. St. G. Hamersley, Esq. PROGRAMME. Maiden Plate, of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. Distance, two miles. Weight for age. New Zealand Grand National Handicap, of 100 .sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. Nominations, 3 sovs., to go to the funds. Distance, three miles. Waijiate Steeplechase Cup, of 75 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. Weight for age. Distance, two and a half miles. Consolation Handicap, of 40 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. Nominations, £l, to go to the funds. Distance, two miles. Nominations for the New Zealand Grand National Handicap to be sent to the Hon. Sec., at Tiraaru, by eight p.m., of FRIDAY, the 30th APRIL. The weights to bo declared on FRIDAY, the 7th MAY. Acceptances and General Entries to be delivered to the Secretary by eight o’clock p.m. of WEDNESDAY, 12th MAY. These Steeplechases will be run under the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Club rules, copies of which can be obtained of the Hoh. Secretary. GENERAL RULES. All Entries and Acceptances must be under sealed cover, addressed to the Secretary, and contain entrance money, sweepstakes, name, age, and desexiption of the horses, and the colors of the riders. A penalty of £2 will be enforced on any jockey riding in wrong colors. No person allowed to enter a horse unless he be a subscriber of at least £2 2s. to the funds, which must be enclosed with the entry. Five per cent, will be deducted fx-om the gross amount for expenses. A. St. G. HAMERSLEY, Hon. Sec. Timaru, February 17, 1875. For Sale rjpo PRINTERS AND OTHERS. FOB SALE—A New Wharfedale Planting Machine, complete, just landed ex barque Eak, from London. For full particulars apply to j. mcdowell & co., Victoria House, Lambton-quay and Willis-strect. FOR SALE by the Undersigned, to arrive per Hiudostan and Hannibal—--192 casks Portland CEMENT, Knight, Reran, and Sturge 20 tons FENCING WIRE. W. B. RHODES & GO. THE undersigned has just received a fresh supply of American and British Hexbs, Composition Powders, &c. WILLIAM EIRE, Chemist and Dmgxrist FOR SALE, PRIVATELY.—That valuable Lino of Coaches running between Wellington and Porinxa. Apply to SAMUEL PROSSER, Crown and Anchor.