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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4908, 2 October 1884, Page 4

General Notices * . ; ; 'r— SPORTING NEWS. dSI-000.—320 Cash Prises. &. FIFTH GRAND HAMBURG DRAWING ISjIOW OPIN, rpHE Four previous Drawings were filled, J_ end all applications that came too late for the FourLh will bo registered in this Drawing. The Fifth Grand Drawing for £4000 will close the end of October, end the Sixth Drawing will Open on tbe Ist Novbmbkb. This Fifth Grand Drawing will consist of. 320 Money Pbizes, amounting to £4000, subscribed by 8000 members at 10s each. Tbe various Money FeizeS will be distributed H8 follows:— 1 £300 PRIZE 15 £25 PHIZES 1 £200 PRIZS 15 £20 PBIZES 1 £100 PRIZE 15 £15 PBIZES 2 £50 PRIZES 160 £10 PRIZES 10 £30 PHIZES 100 £5 PRIZES Totai Amotot, £4000. 320 Money Pbizes. The Grand .principle of these Hamburg Drawings ia thst a purchaser of 25 Programmes is guaranteed a Peize, and the chances are in favor of the investor drawing a r,ASGE Pbizb, as there are 220 xajgge Pbizbs to 100 small ones. To auy investor of £2 tbe chances are only 6 to 1 against him drawing i a prize, and the Head Peizb or f*ny other may be drawn, by any investor of 10s. Read thi3 Cakestjxi/t.—ln Boaz's Grand Hamburg Drawings tbe groutest odds ore only 25 to 1 againat an investor of 10s drawing a prize. Bui. carefully note some of the Hone Consultations ou the Melbourne Cup, advertisii g 20,000 members at 10s each, equal to £10,000. The Cup gives 133 nominations, so that the odds are over 150 to 1 against an investor drawing a horse, Now take the Cash Pbjzes drawn at the same time, and calculate the odds ; you will find in each of the Cash awards that the odds vary from 200 to 5000 to 1 against an investor drawing a Cash Pbizb. The whole 20,000 marbles ure advertised to be replaced for each Drawing of the Caeii Phizes, which give the enormous odds against investors. The Company would simply ask investors to calculate the odds before placing their investments in any horse consultation j and the Company would rot presume to tell the public tbat they have a nuruber of chances and can win a number of prizes for a single inTestment of 10g. This Fifth Grand Draiving for £40C0 will take placd under tbe supervision of a committee of eight gentlemen, and the prizes will be paid over as early as possible after tbe drawing. NOTlCE.— Country .Cheques aiarkcd cor* rect 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 addressed—BOAZ, care Mr Moskly, Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist, Box 64, Post Office, Dunodin. STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOB CHILDREN GUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well known Family Mcdi cino has been largely tested in all parts of th world, and by all grades of society, for up wards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned extensive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITATIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the original aB to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are ' genuine;— 1st —In every case the words JOHN STBKDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWOftTH SURREY, are engraved oa the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Eaoh Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Stbbdmah, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. Brd—»The name Steedman ia always spelt with two EE's. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medioine Vendors. Sold by Kempthobks, Pbossbb, and Go., Auckland. 1988 "[HE qREAT^MERICAN_MEDICIiUS PRIC £ HALF A CROWN :IPSSHI COAL, FIREWOOD, TIMBER, &c. T HAVE ON HAND and FOR SALE t X the Lowest Current Rates at the Yards Grahamstown and Shbrtland Wharf — NEWCASTLE & BAY OF ISLANDS COAL, FIREWOOD, ritOPS, POSTS, BAILS PALINGS, TIMBER of ALL KINDS for BUILDING And every description of IRONMONGERY AND BUILDERS REQUISITES. H. C. GILLESPIE. Yards—Grahametown (Holdehip'a late^'tim ber yard) Shortlatid, at Wharf. 1109 ORNAMENTAL Printing in color*, gold or bronae in a ttjle hitherto unobtain able on tha Tham«« at the Evixnre Sxiß Offi«w /^QH&EGT NUMBERS Guaranteed a V &• SWISS SsAft Th.. W9 *