Robin hood’s great novelty COMPANY’S PROGRAMME ON THE DUNEDIN HANDICAP AND GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. To be run in Dunedin and Christchurch on Queen's Birthday, May 24th, 1884. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL —£looo in 2000 Shares of 10s each. Birthday Handicap, Dunedin, Eirst Horse, £2OO. Grand National, Christchurch. Eirst Horse, £IOO. EACH TICKET HAS SIX CHANCES, and is drawn on the principle that if a Programme does not fill, prizes are paid pro rata. We reserve to ourselves the right of continuing the sale of shares ovei advertised number, if necessity demands it, and thereby adding to the value of all Prizes. In this instance we shall sell until Thursday, 22nd May, whatever the number applied lor may be, experience teaching us that ‘ Suppleinentaries ’ and No. 2’s are not appreciated. Be careful to Address, ROBIN HOOD, Care of Thomas Stapleton, Box 238. Post-office Christchurch. Or care of JUBAL (not J. L.) Fleming, City Baths, Colombo Street, Christchurch. In answer to numerous enquiries, we beg to state that we are in no way connected with any other Company. apl9 Registered ) f Post office Letters and (OO AAA ) Orders Telegrams 1 hJ UUU 1 Payable t o not accepted ) f Adamastor ADAMASTOR’S NOYELTY CONSULTATION ON THE BIRTHDAY HANDICAP, (To be run at Dunedin), will close on or about 22nd May, 1884. 8000 Members st 5s each. 126 PRIZES, to be distributed as follows : Each Ticket has 7 separate chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. When convenient, please send P.O. Order, payable to ‘Adamastor.’ By so doing you protect yourself against loss, as it is equal to registration. Country cheques must have One Shilling added for exchange, and marked correct by Bank. Two stamps must be sent, for reply and result. Result sent to every shareholder directly after the drawing. Not less than Two Tickets sent to any one address. Please apply early this time as the time is limited. If stamps are sent, please send One Shilling in £ extra. Post office Orders or Bank Notes preferred. Address — ADAMASTOR, Care of Lyons and Hart, Box 151, apl6 Post o Tee, Dunedin. _ SPORTING NEWS. THIRD GRAND DRAWING IS NOW OPEN. UNPARALLELED success of these Grand Drawings, as they are carried out on the same principle as in Hamburg and other Continental Cities. The Eirst Drawing for £2OOO, and the Second Drawing for £3OOO filled before the advertised time for Drawing. The Company were induced to make this Third Grand Drawing for, £3OOO, in consequence of the Great Success, and also the confidence gainedfrom the public sinceopening these Hamburg Drawings. This Third Grand Drawing will take place not later than the end of JUNE, and the Fourth Drawing will open on the Ist July. Late applications are registered for the Third Drawing. Over-550 applications for programmes are now registered for the Third Drawing. This Third Grand Drawing will consist of 240 Money Prizes, amounting to £3OOO, subscribed by 6000 members at 10s each. The various Money Prizes will be disbuted as follows 1 £3OO Prize 1 £l5O Prize 1 £IOO Prize 2 £SO Prizes 5 £3O Prizes •tal Amount, £3OOO. 10 £25 Prizes 10 £2O Prizes 10 £ls Prizes 120 £lO Prizes 80 £5 Prizes 240 Money Prizes. Ihe Grand Principle of these Hamburg awings is that a purchaser of 25 Proiratnes is Guaranteed a Prize, as it ii so iwn that a prize must come out to every numbers, and the chances are in favor of s investor drawing a large prize, as (here ; 160 large prizes against 80 small ones, any investor of £2 the chances are only 6 I against him drawing a prize, and the iad Prize or any other may be drawn by y investor of 10s. The Company would not presume to tell 3 public that they-have a number of mces and can win a number of prizes for ingle investment of 10s. Ihe large bulk of the money in this Grand awing is not given away in one big prize, it is in the Horse Consultations, but you II observe in this Hamburg Drawing that 3 £3OOO is fairly proportioned into 240 izes, giving every Shareholder an equal ance of getting a good prize. Ibis Third Grand Drawing is one of the >sfc novel, and will be conducted on the rest principle possible, so as to give entire blic satisfaction. This Tl.itd Grand Drawing for £3OOO will te place under the supervision of a comttee ®f eight geijtlnnen, and the prizes II be paid over as early as possible after the drawing. Notice. —Country Cheques marled correct by Bank, only payable to a number, and Is added for exchange. P.O. Orders preferred, made payable only to BOAZ. Bank Notes accepted. Two 2d stamps for reply and result Registered letters and telegrams not received. Name and address of applicant should be plainly written. All letters must be addresied BOAZ, Care of Mr Mosely, Wholesale and Retail T’obaecotiist, my 6 Box 64 P. 0., Dunedin. Gold Medal, Melbourne, 1881. QH ARLES GOODALL AND SONS Wholesale and Export Stationers Wholesale and Export Stationers. Manufacturers of Playing Cards, Mount ing Boards, Ivory Boards, Cardboards, Message Cards, Bristol Boards, Chromo Papers, Enamel Papers, Cartes de Yisite and Photographic Mounts Envelopes, Ball Programmes, and Menu Cards. Sample and Price Lists n» applicafio Manufactory: Camden Works, N London
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1178, 17 May 1884, Page 3
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