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! £3,0001 for -2s. Od. £3,000 1 A COLOSSAL"**FORTUNE For HALF-A-CROWN. The, 'GREAT VICTORY "SWEEP on the MELBOURNE CUP, 1883, to beruu on the Sth Nov. This Gigantic Sweep, by far the largest ever known in the oolonie., is the property of a bona fidt company with responsible director.. Capital £lO,OOO, divided into 80,000 shares of 2a fid each, also 1,000 prizes guaranteed and distributed as follows £ £ £ First Horse ... 8,000 20 Prises 60.. .1,000 Second 1,000 40 „ 25... 1,000 Third 500 100 „ 10...1,000 Starters divide 500 200 „ 5...1,000 Non-Starters „ 250 760 „ 1... 760 Total... *lO,OOO 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-orown. 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. C'fHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR J SCHOOL. GOVERNORS : The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Auckland, The Ven. Archdeacon Maunsell, D.D., The Ven. Archdeacon Pritt, The Hon. Colonel Haultsin, K. C. Bantow, Esq., 0. C. McMillan, Esq. A. Boardman, Esq., Hon. Secretary, STAFF: Classics, Modem Languages, English.—Ths 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 boys will be expected to pay for the timber they use. Fees (including stationery, £8 10s, payable in each term. Term begins on Monday, 17th September. If Parents in Country Districts will communicate with the Head Muter, he will make arrangements for providing the sons with Comfortable Homes. HENRY T. PYCROFT, 344 Head Master.