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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 275, 7 March 1879, Page 3

UNION STEAMSHIP COMTOmBr* PANY.OF NEW ZEALAND t (LIMITED). ' QTEAMERS WILL BE DESPATCHED FOB LYTTELTON AND THE NORTH. S.S WANAKA ... Saturday, lYlar-h 15 S."S. HAWEA ... Saturday, Mar,-h 29 "TOR DUNEDIN. S.S. X VTORUA ... ■ Saturday, March 15 d'.S. WANAKA ... Monday, March 31 Passengers must take takets before going on board. i Rates of Passage (including meals) i Salmon. Steerage. Single Return Single Return Lyttelton 16s. 245. 10s. 16s. i Dunedin 40s. 645. 255. 40s. . Return Tickets available for three months ! W. H. HENNING, (Late Wood Bros. & Co.) GOAL MERCHANT, AND SHIPPING AND GENERAL AGENT, Wharf Store, Akaroa. JUST RECEIVED ex Margaret, a first-rate sample of COALS, direct • from Newcastle. Prices (delivered at wharf), in quantities of— Not less than 1 Ton ... 60s per ton Under 1 Ton 65s „ AGENT FOR: Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand South British Fire Insurance Co., Australian Mutual Provident Life Assurance Society. Fire, Marine, and Life Insurances effected at lowest current rates. Agency and Commission Business undertaken. Sections in Aylmerton FOR SALE Ton terms) fronting on William street GREAT FIRES HAVE often been kindled by little sparks, and great fortunes are often made by a judicious and economical management of the "bawbees," this desirable and happy state of things (the fortunes I mean) can be greatly facilitated by purchasing those little everyday requirements such as clothes pegs, tobacco, babies' rattles, gunpowder, &c, at those establishments where they are the best and cheapest, and if the undersigned chooses to devote his existence for the benefit of his fellow-men (and snips) by giving things away and living ,on the loss, let him do so. The only reward he asks of the inhabitants of Akaroa and the surrounding Bays is, that they should study their own interests, and try his large size Rhine pattern dinner plates, at 7s per dozen. Hotelkeepers, pause and wonder! " The like was never seen before." Devoe's kerosene, 10s per tin, safe and pure 5 this oil used with the patent electric burners (sold by H. B.) will cause the Edison light to pale and resolve itself into a "cocked hat." Then again, tobacco 1 that universal balm for all trouble, only those who have tried it can testify to the soothing power of a pipe of good tobacco. Yet perhaps smokers are not aware that they can procure sixteen ounces of good tobacco at Economy House for 4s 6d ; yet it is so. The above startling facts will perhaps open the eyes of some who may not have been aware that such a state of things existed in our little community before. Contractors and builders would do well just to look in before passing ; no fear of them going any farther fof what they want. Guns and amUnition for sportsmen, and for those who are tired of life (single, of course) wedding rings and keepers. Sterling silver lever hunting watches of the best London make, guaranteed. Harmoniums, good and cheap, and, for further particulars, see future advertisements. p.S,—The undersigned does not object to take cash for the lines quoted above, nor in fact for any goods he may sell. H BILLENS, Economy House. 1 £5 REWARD. [ rpHE above reward will be paid to 1 any person giving such information as will lead to the conviction of the [ person or persons who SET FIRE to f the GORSE FENCE on my property, German Bay Hill. C. J. WAECKERLE. ] _ .— , . — 1 KAITANGATA RELIEF FUND. SUBSCRIPTIONS for the above fund are urgently invited. Subscription Lists are open at all the [ Stores and Hotels. I C. J. WAECKERLE, Mayor. TO BE LET, IN Jollie street, Akaroa, on the 25th day of March, a well-built HOUSE, v . consisting of five rooms on the ground J j floor and throe good sized bedrooms on I the upper floor, and a good sized wash- ' house detached. The'house is now occupied as a Ladies' boarding and day school. Apply, Akaroa Mail Office.