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Auctions ■■•■.books, books. BY AUCTION. "V THE greatest Boole Sale ever held in Wei- I lington will take place on Saturday, XOth August. More than 1000 volumes. Catalogues I and full particulars in a few days. Laery & Campbell, late BEAUCHAMP, CAMPBELL, & CO. Books, &C. Y O N A N D B L A I R. NEW OFFICIAL MAP OF NEW ZEALAND, ' In four sheets, 48in. x fiOia., Compiled from latest official sources of the , Public Works Department, Wellington, BY AUGUSTUS KOCH ; ■Revised, Engraved, and Printed under the superintendence of B. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S., Lofldon. S H O WINGTHE RAILWAYS, GLACIERS, AND BUSH LAND, With Heights op Mountains in .English Feet. PRICE ... ... 9s. 6d. ' , MOUNTED ON CANVAS, Varnished, with Rollers. This Map is got up in the best London Style, printed on fine paper, contains the fullest' information, and is THE FINEST MAP OP THE COLONY OP NEW ZEALAND Yet offered for sale here or elsewhere. Can be had from Lyon and Blair’s Agents throughout the Colony. Melbourne —George Robertson. Sydney—J. J. Moore. LYON & BLAIR, •Lambton-quat, Wellington, G Art Union AMPBELL’S ART UNION. 4000 TICKETS AT ss. EACH. THREE HONORED AND EIGHTY-TWO PRjZES, • Varying in amount from a Gold Wedding Ring to ONE HUNDRED POUNDS CASH, Less 5 per'cent. (£5) which I promise to give , to the Benevolent Society. .In submitting the above to the favorable consideration of the public, I respectfully thank them for their patronage during the last thirteen years that I have been in business in Wellington. ' I am compelled to give up business, as the strain on my eyesight would in a few years result in partial blindness. Consequently, I have purchased some land in the Wairarapa, arid intend to settle there,about the end of the present year. In the following list of prizes I pledge my worii as a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Forester, and a Cosmopolitan that I have not put any fictitious value on any of the prizes ; I also guarantee every article as genuine, as I have carefully excluded all fancy or plated goods. The watches, jewellery, &c., are sterling gold and silver ; the miscellaneous goods are in strict conformity with their description in the list. The drawing will take place as soon as the tickets are sold, and will be under the scrutiny and supervision of a committee of ticket, holders.; I have made the price of the ticket 55., so ai to bo within the Ineans of everyone who can afford to speculate, that amount for a chance of obtaining n valuable equivalent in the shape of what the eccentric Wemmick describes as “ portable property,” or £IOO in hard cash. The winning numbers will be duly adver Used as soon as the drawing is over. ; Orders for", tickets by post, it accompanied by cheque or P. 0., will be attended to by return of post. The following is the list of prizes : Prizes. . Value, ,1 Cosh (leas discount as aforesaid) £IOO 0 1 Massive gold English lever watch, colonial gold albert and pen- ■ dants ... .... 30 0 1 Gold Geneva watch and gold guard 13, 0 1 do do, do . ,do do IT 11 Silver hunting ■ English lever watches ■ (by “Rotherham,” London) .... ... ' .... 105 0 G Silver hunting lever watches, English ’abd American ' ... 42 0 8 Silver hunting Geveva watches... .32 0 0 second-hand gold watches .... 24 0 19 do silyer do 46 0 35 Clocks, own make, English, French , and American,.. ... ’ ... 62 0 9-Aneroid barometers ... ... 22 0 3 Combined clock, aneroid, and thermometers... 22 0 9 Ladies’ gold guard chains ... 51 0 5 Gold necklets ... 8 0 7 Gold alberta ... i ... ••• 92 0 50 : Gold wedding rings ... ... 50 0 40 Gold keeper rings ... ... 50 0 1 Antique diamond and ruby ring • 10 0 21 Gold dress rings ... ... . ... 30 0 14 Gold signet rings... ... ... 22 0 21 Gold earrings ;... ... ..; 30 0 8 Greenstone earrings . ... .... 10. O ’ Sets gold brooches and earrings 19 0 8 Greenstone • brooches, gold; . ■ mounted ■ ... ... ... 24 0 22 Gold brooches 44 10 13 Gold studs and sleeve links .... 15 0 . 1 Gold pencil case ... : ... ... ’ 3 0 3 Gold breast pins ... • .3:0 1 Lancets in silver case ... ... 1 0 5 Gold lockets ... ' v . ... 7 0 17 Greenstone pendants ... ... 24 0 7 Gold Masonic jewels ■ ... ... 7 0 18 Silver alberts .i. ... ... 13 0 l; Silver mug (9ozs.) ... ... 4 0 "4 Revolvers '] ... ... ... 8 0 1 Large meerschaum pipe, silvori mounted ... ... ... 4 0 -1' Ten silver fruit knives ... ... 2 10 1 Two silver rattles 2 0 1 Fifteen silver thimbles ... ... 9 0 1- Ono dozen jot brooches ... ... : 2 10 1 One do do earrings ... ... 2 10 ' 1 Horizontal clock ... .... .... ■ 1 .0 1 Four-hair alberts, gold-mounted 3 0 1 'Fonr leather alberts, silver do ... ... - 1 382 prizes Value £IOOO Ticket < may bo obtained from Mr. Willeston, Lambton-quay ; Mr. Gillespie, Shepherd’s Arms, Tinakori-road; Pier Hotel; Mr. Fraser, Manners-street,; City Hotel; and ! from O.’ Campbell, Manners-street.'

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5409, 29 July 1878, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5409, 29 July 1878, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5409, 29 July 1878, Page 4

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