No. 246.— V0L XVII ("Published Every Evening.]

BLENHEIM, MARLBOEOUGH: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1882

[Established. 1865.] PEICE : One Penny. New Zealand FIRE & MARINE j Insurance Company ! THE PREMIER CQSAL COMPANY. ' Established. .1859 Capital. £1,000,00 \ : MARLBOROUGH BRANCH. » Good Risks Taken at as LOW ' ' RATES as any Office m Blenheim. THIS being a Local Insti- tution. Colonists have an interest iv preferring it *o an ;. English. Office, as iw fund \ are not withdrawn from but vested m the Colony. JOHN M. BUTCHESON, v i Agent, Bknheim. ■; ; Sub Agents: '■. .GbeensiMi & C0...... ...„. ...Pict0n A B. Litchfield...;... Renwiok Melbourne Derby & Cup, 188S. ',""' ' i. MILLER, JONES, & O'BRIEN HAVE a £60,000 BOOK open on the double V.R.C, Derby RDd Melbourne Cup. From £1,000 to £5 the double (if not laid.) ' Also: Books open on <dl the principal 1 nandicaps of the year, including: Canlfield •Cup, Hawkesbury Handicap, and Metro- politan ; also, A.J.C. Derby, Maribyrnong. Plate, V.R.C. Derby, and Champion Race. ; ; To In VEBTOBB. —Beat market oddH laid. All badness entrusted to our care treated as strictly confidential. All letter's and telegrams answered same day as received. Odds laid from 20s upwards. Advise that remittance be made by post office order or crossed cheque ; if by bank-note, letter sLonld be registered. Address : MILLER, JONES, & O'BRIEN, 72, Little Collins Street East, Melbonrne ; or, Pnnch's Hotel, Sydney. 837. MELBOURNE CUP, 1882. r\ ENTLEMEN,— I have row resntne<a VT business for the Season 1382-83 with the Melbonrne Cup. For the past con- tinuous and consistent support I beg to - return yon my sincere thanks, and more eßpeoiaUy for the last season, when a base and vile conspiracy was attempted to vilify me by a few persons envious of my success ; but I am pleased to state that I have ont- lived their spleen, and my past year has been equal to. the Qreat Exhibition Seaßon, 1 ( viz., £52,090 received and disbursed.,. 