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•' ORIENT’S ’’ MELBOURNE CUP CONSULTATION 1883. RUN ON 6rn NOVEMBER. 10,000 Shares, at £2 Each. Full Siiabe, £2: Half Shark, £l. 620 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 Fun 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 £3,0001 for 2b. 6d. £3,000! A COLOSSAL FORTUNE For HALF-A-CROWN. The, • GREAT VICTORY ’’SWEEP on the MELBOURNE CUP, 1883, to .berun on the 6th Nov. This Gigantic Sweep, by far the larg est ever known in the colonies, is the property of a bona fide company with responsible directors. Capital £lO,OOO, divided into 80,000 shares of 2s 6d each, also 1,000 prizes guaranteed and distributed as follows:— £ £ £ First Horse ... 3,000 20 Prizes 50...1,000 Second 1,000 40 „ 25...1,000 Third „ ... 500 100 „ 10...1,000 Starters divide 500 200 ~ 5...1,000 Non-Starters „ 250 750 „ 1... 750 Total... 10,000 It will be seen by the foregoing that never before were such inducements offered to the public. One great effort reduces winning almost to a certainty. We give double the amount of prizes given by others, thus presenting a double chance of winning. We give the winner of the •* Victory ” £3,000 for his simple investment of half-a-crown. Such has not been attempted by any one else. We give nine tickets as an inducement to form clubs for a pound. But we cannot send less than two tickets to any single address. Send P.O. Order or bank notes. If you send stamps add exchange at the rate of one shilling in the pound. Should you send coin, please register the letter. Please send 3d extra for membership. The drawing will take place on the Ist November by a committee drawn impartially from the whole body. The result will be posted immediately and advertised. Tickets sent by return post, Write at once for prospectus —no charge, Address “Victory,” Care of George Robertson, 94, Bourke Street, E, Next Opera House, Melbourne. £2OOO for Ten Shillings. GRAND CONSULTATION —OF—--10,000 —ON THE—--1883 OVPS 1683 —TO BE BUN AT—FLEMINGTON, MELBOURNE AND AT CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z, Tickets—los Each. Ist prize, 1000 sovereigns; 2nd prize, 1000 half-sovereigns ; third prize, 1000 crowns in each Cup. Melbourne Cup Distribution. Ist Horse £lOOO 2nd Horse 500 3rd Horse 250 Starters (divided) 400 Non-starters (divided) 250 £2700 New Zealand Cup Distribution, Ist Horse £lOOO 2nd Horse 500 3rd Horse 250 Starters (divided) 300 Non-starters (divided) ... 250 £2300 Grand Total Five Thousand Pounds. Will close on or before November 5, 1883. One ticket can draw the first horse Jn each distribution. When convenient please send P. O. Order payable to LOLA MONTES ; by doing so you will protect yourself against loss, as it is equal to registration. Country cheques must have Is added for exchange, and marked correct by bank. Two stamp* must be sent for reply aud result. Purchasers of a book containing 25 tickets receive one ticket (as commission). Agents Wanted Everywhere. LOLA MONTES, Care of Mr A. Moss, 176 Box 347, Post-office, Dunedin, jiwo. a ” f ™ e iw. FOR ONE SHILLING. THE “ GRP AT BONANZA ” CLUB CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883, To be run about the end of October. Capital, £7,500. Divided into 150,0C0 Shares at Is. each. 500 Prizes Guaranrted. To be Distributed as follows : £ £ £ First Horse 1,000 | 10 Prizes of 100 100 C Second Horse 500 20 Prizes „50 1000 Third Horse 250 40 Prizes „25 1000 Starters divide 500 100 Prizes „10 1000 Non-start’rs divi’ 250 200 Prizes „ 5 1000 21 Tickets for £1 Not less than 5 Tickets rent to any single address. Send P.O. Order or Bank Notes. If Coin be enclosed, please register letter. If Stamps are sent, add exchange at the rate of Is in the £l. Exchange should also be added to Cheques. Please enclose 3d extra for membership fee. No charge for reply or result Drawing will positively take place on or before the 25th October, and will be conducted by a Committee of Shareholders. Tickets promptly sent by return post, and results posted im mepiately after drawing. Prospectus forwarded. Enclose an addressed envelope unstamped. Address—“ B manza,” care of J. Thomas, 20 Swanston-street, Melbourne, 32

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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1341, 11 August 1883, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1341, 11 August 1883, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1341, 11 August 1883, Page 4

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