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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1373, 25 October 1883, Page 3

I £3,000 I for 2s. 6d. £3,000 i | A COLOSSAL FORTUNE For HALF-A-CROWN. I The, • GREAT VICTORY "SWEEP on the MELBOURNE CUP, 1883, to berun ou the 6th Nov. This Gigantic Sweep, by far the largest eVer known in the colonies, is the property of a bo»a 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 soon 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. / NHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR V SCHOOL. GOVERNORS: The Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Auckland, The Ven. Archdeacon Maunse!!, D.D., The Ven. Archdeacon Pritt, The Hon. Colonel Haultain, K. C. Barstow, Esq., 0. 0. McMillan, Esq. A. Boardman, Esq., Hon. Secretary. STAFF: Classics, Modern Languages, English.—The Hoed Master. Science, Mathematics—A. F. T. Ansley. Drawing and Painting—K. Watkins. Writing, Commercial Arithmetic, Mechanical Drawing—F. J. Claiidge. The proper apparatus being in course of erction, Gymnastics under an efficient instructor, will form part of the school course. A Workshop is also to be added, in which instruction will be free, but beys will be expected to pay for the timber they use. Fees (including stationery, £3 10s, payable in each term. Term begins on Monday, 17th September. If Parents in Country Districts will communicate with the Head Master, he will make arrangements for providing the sons with Comfortable Homes. HENRY T. PYCROFT, 344 Head Master.