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£8,000! for 2«. 6d. £8,000! A COLOSSAL FORTUNE For HALF-A-CROWN. The,'GREAT VICTORY "SWEEP on the MELBOURNE CUP, 1883, to berun on the 6th Nov, This Gigontio Sweep, by far the largest ever known in the colonies, is the property of a iona 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 „ 6...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 prises given by others, thus pre. senting a double chance of winning. We give the winner of the •'Victory" £3,000, for hie simple investment of half-a-orown. suoh 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 poet. Write at once for prospectus—no charge. Address “Victory," Care of George Robertson, 94, Bourke Street, E, Next Opera Houee, Melbourne. SCHOOL. GOVERNORS: The Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Auckland, The Ven. Archdeacon Mannsell, D.D., The Ven. Archdeacon Pritt, The Hon. Colonel Haultain, K. O. Barstow, Esq., O. O. McMillan, Esq. A. Boardman, Esq., Hon. Secretary. STAKE: Classics, Modern Languages, English.—The Heed Master. Science, Mathematioe—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 ooune. 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, £3 10s, payable in each term. Term begins on Monday, 17th September. If Parents in Countiy Districts will communicate with the Head Master, ho will make arrangements for providing the sons with Comfortable Homes. HENRY T. PYCROFT, 344 Heed Master-