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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 103, 19 August 1876, Page 3

500 T'.OfS OF GOLD. A crxTes'poiwlen* write* to m:—"lt will drtrpri.*; the majority o« your readers t«* hear that the i*M in Shi of the Bank of Fmnce aj the |>rese ; it moment exceed* 500 tons m weight—in other words, it weigi'3 ahout aa tmieti as twenty locomotive engines of the first size. What were the treasure* oj Solomon or Croesus to this I To trace ihs |>;»cesa hy which this immense mass hj?», as it were, jjravitatetl ti> Paris would he no easy task. L!s©,oW> weigh over a ton ; L 75,000,000 wtntltil, therefore, webh 500 tons.

MEETING. NORTH OTAGO TURF CLUB. A (OMMIVTEE MEETING »>? tlic Ai OVE CLUB, v,-;!' i>c hel I ai t::k kmim ,e hotel, an MONDAY, the 21st INSTANT, 8.6 V-vr-a p.ir. Business? Ir "t'rt.vit. ROBERi' LUMSDEN, MV* Hon. See.

LEASEHOLDS. TOV.'X OF OAMARtT. VAUWrV.K CENTAL BUtLI N S.YKf*. TO BE LEASED BY AUt.KV f»S TUESDAY. ."►«s SEPTEtei/EK. 1% r n \ H. MAU D E iVI" '«* '«wCrtt«*eft W thfcO Harhoor Koa tt tf> sutrnvt -•* !>«■>% eotnpe-von, at hj« Aaetim Eowm, O-wam, at the rbove date, i cxm.. tbc B'ute'Trent'onctl Y'V IT AE L K FttO%TAt»ES TO THAMES- . TKEET, Viz. : SECTION t 2«Feet SECTION 2 26 Fee* SECTION 3 36 Fee. o Inches The r.We is seated opposite t> fai aa«t ToVsnpti 0.1-ce and Council ami ncsi'ty adj© : a*ng the jNaaonal £ > *!■ n - Section lin Ttedla'-e'y acljoins the Office of Mr. 11. Aiiketi for Union Steam | Company. Fttß particulars may be obtained frorn the Auctioneer. Mr. M'Uregor (Engineer to the Board). Water-street, Iranedm ; or from a. »».i«rB SB «! i[oiiA3 forresteb>