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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1336, 31 July 1883, Page 3

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OK TU£ Gisborne Gas Company (To be Registered.) CAPITAL, £10,000; IN 2,000 SHARES OF £5 EACH. 2s fid per Share to be paid on application and 2s 6d on allotment. Calls to be made at the rate of 0s per Share as may be required, but at intervals of not less than one month. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS; Messrs Wm, A “air Twos, Chkm.v A. W. Croft R. Hill Fisher Wm. Maude T. W, Porter Carlaw Smith 8. M. WaL.son With power to add to their number. BANKERS ; The Bank of New Zealand, SECRETARY jpro to ; F. J. Piesse. Forms of application and all information can be obtained from the Secretary pro tern. The Share List will close on Saturday, the 15th September, 1883. 163 “ ORIENT’S ” MELBOURNE CUP CONSULTATION 1883. RUN ON 6th NOVEMBER. 10,000 Shares, at £2 Each.. Full Share, £2: Half Share, £l. C2O PRIZES; First horse £4,000 Second horse* ... ... 2,000 Third horse ... ... 1,000 Other starters (divided)... 1,000 Non-starters (divided) ... 1,500 2 prizes £5OO each ... 1,000 5 prizes 200 each ... 1,000 10 prizes 100 each ... 1,000 25 prizes 50 each ... 1,250 50 prizes 25 each 1,250 100 prizes 20 each ... 2,000 300 prizes 10 each ... 3,000 Total 20,000 SUBSCRIBERS can choose either Full Shares at £2 each, or Half Shares at £1 each. There being 620 Prizes in this Consultation, Full Shares are equal to 1 Prize in every 16 Shares, or 2 Half-shares (different numbers) to 1 Prize in every 8 Shares. Result slips posted to all Subscribers immediately after drawing. “Orient’s” Melbourne Cup, 1882, closed with 4,127 Full Shares, at £2; and 5,868 Half-Shares., at £l. Total, £14,122. Add exchange to cheques, and two stamps for reply and result. Applications by letter only, addressed “ORIENT,” Care 123 W. Sinclair, Eastern Arcade. Melbourne

GIRBORNE-WAIAPU ROAD. fjp ENDERS aae invited for the Forming, Widening, and Repairing of a portion of the above road. Specifications to ba seen at the Survay Office, Gisborne. Tenders received until 12 p.m. of MONDAY, August 6th, addressed to the undersigned. JAS. ORME BARNARD, 207 Inspector of Surveys, ANTED.—A Steady Lad to carry out. T v Apply to J. H. Aisladie, Butcher. 206 £20,000 To be distributed O N THE ELBOLRN It e F, 1833 To be run on November 6th. ALL PRIZES I NO BLANKS! Tub Mkluovkke Twin Civil desire to inform the Sporting Public that they have made arrangements fur holding a Mammoth Sweep on the forthcoming Melbourne Cup, which for novelty, fidelity, and advantage has no equal in Australia. Capital £2U,UOO, in 20,000 £1 SIIABM, First Horse £3,000 | 4 Przs £5OO £2,L00 Second Horse 1,000 8 Przs 250 2,000 Third Horse 1,000 10 Przs 200 2,000 Starters (divide) 1,000 20 Przs 100 2,00 L Non-starters „ 1,000 'Petal 15,000 The remaining L 5,000 will be employed by the Club in making a book on the Cup and other races, that is, laying and taking odds by a now system, the success of which has been practically proved. It is estimated that the profits accruing from this source will range from L 5,000 to L 15.000, the whole of which, both capital and profits, will be equally divided amongst subscribers who were unsuccessful in drawing either a horse or a prize in the Mammoth Sweep. Each subscriber will be sure of obtaining a prize, bo it great or small. The Promoters of Ute M. 1. C. are well known sporting gentlemen, and guarantee the above to be a ioaa fids affair in every particular. Ten per cent, commission deducted from all winnings. Drawing to lake place on October 28th, Results posted immediately after, Subscribers who wish to be present will please notify us in time, Add 3d for reply and result. Aduress — THOMAS BENTLEY, Secty, -OS M. 1. O. Melbourne. —, OOTBALL MATCH F NAPIER V. GISBORNE. WEDNESDAY NEXT, AUGUST 1, Admission : One Shilling. CAPTAIN TUCKER’S PADDOCK. 211