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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5427, 19 August 1878, Page 1

Art Union. . ART UNION. 4000 TICKETS AT ss. EACH. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO PRIZES, Varying in amount from a Gold Wedding ■ Ring to 1 ONE HUNDRED POUNDS CASH, _ t 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 ray eyesight would in a few years result iu partial blindness. Consequently, I 1 have purchased some land in the Wairarapa, and intend to settle there about the end of the t present year. ■ Iu the following list of prizes I pledge my r word 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 1 tickets are sold, and will bo under the scrutiny and supervision of a committee of ticketholders. I have made the price of the ticket Es., so as to be within the means of everyone who can afford to speculate that amount foj; a chance of obtaining a valuable equivalent iu the shape of what the eccentric Wemmick describes as “portable property,” or £IOO in hard cash. The winning numbers will be duly advertised as soon as the drawing is over. Orders for tickets by post, if accompanied by cheque or P. 0., will be attended to by. return of post. The following is the list of prizes : Prizes. Value. 882 prizes Value £IOOO Ticket.) may be obtained from Mr, Willeston, Larnbton-quay ; Mr. Gillespie, Shepherd’s Arms, Tinakori-road; Pier Hotel; Mr. Fraser, Manners-street; City Hotel; and from C. Campbell, Manners-street. CLOCKS, TIME-PIECES, AND REGULATORS, _. Ladies’ and Gents.’ Diamond Rings, Gold Signet Rings, Gold Dress Rings, Wedding Rings and Keepers, Gold Lockets, Gold Pencil Cases, Gold Sets, Brooches and Earrings. ALL JEWELLERY WARRANTED GENUINE QUALITY. Gold Scarf Pins, Gold Scarf Rings, Ladies' Diamond Slides, Ladies' and Gents.’ Gold Albert Chains and Guards, and a valuable quantity of Plate, Field, Marino, and OPERA GLASSES. 1000 TICKETS at £1 EACH. 500 PRIZES. 500 BLANKS. First 50 Prizes are—Gold watches, English patent levers and genevas. Second 60 Prizes—English silver patent levers and genevas. Prizes—loo clocks and timepieces, regulators, French clocks, with shades. Prizes—2oo. gold prizes, ladies’ gold Bets, brooches and earrings, gold chains and Alberts, diamond rings, lockets, wedding rings and keepers, gold pencil cases, gold ncckchains, signet rings. 100 Prizes—Field, marine, and opera glasses; tea and coffee services, electro-plate; sterling silverjmugs, cako baskets. Gold crosses, scarf rings, scarf plus, watch keys, studs, sleeve links and solitaires, greenstone brooches and earrings. The purchaser of four tickets not winning a prize, the whole of his money will be returned. The bona-fide purchasers of ten tickets entitled to one ticket free. THE DRAWING WILL SHORTLY COME OFF, As Mr. Mulligan is Giving Up the Business. The Drawing will be Conducted by a Committee of Gentlemen elected by the Ticketholders. Great Sacrifice in Jewellery, Watches, Clocks. &c. THE WHOLE OF THE STOCK MUST BE SOLD. No reasonable offer refused, as Mr. Mulligan is giving up the business. gPEC IAL NOTICE. SPECULATORS ARE INFORMED THAT MULLIGAN’S ART UNION, THE BEST AND SAFEST SPECULATION OF THIS TEAK, WILL BE DRAWN ON THURSDAY, 22nd INSTANT, Commencing at 10 o’clock a.m. LOSE NO TIME IN INVESTING IN A CHANCE,