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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 24, 24 December 1874, Page 2

Business Notices. ■9_HU3U-RRCHa_H_BM_K_H«_n-eMfl-nnß-a-iß^ ~CT 0 R S A L E TO AR R I YE . SINGLE HORSE REAPERS, By the Best English Makers. SOMERVILLE BROS., Waitepf-ka. T7l O R SALE, FAT WETHERS Half and three-quart or bred MAIDEN EAVES Full-moutli HALF-BRED EWES LEICESTER RAMS, 6-tooth. WM. ARCHD. MURRAY, Fernley, by Glenore. November, 1874. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND Mercantile Agency Company Capital - - - -61,000,000. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RUNUOLDERS, WOOL-GROWERS, FARMERS GRAZIERS, AND OTHERS. THE Undersigned having undertaken the management, in Dunedin of. the'above Company, begs to intimate that ha is prepared to carry on the same description of business ' in all its branches as that relinquished' by the ■ dissolution of his late _J.rin (Messrs. Driver, Stewart, and Co.), namely — STOCK AND STATION AGENTS Wool and Produoe Brokers, And that he will (as heretofore) conduct AUCTION SALES Of every IQ.esQ,r|.ption of Property, STORE & FAT '' STOCK, WOOL, and Other Produce. The Company haviDg purchased from the late firm of Driver, Stewart, and Co., their OTAGO WOOL STORES on Rattray-street Wharf, the OFFICES lately occupied by them in Custom House Square, their '" CATTLE AND SHEEP YARDS at Kaikorai and Mosgiel, and' having erected commodious ''' STORES AT PORT CHALMERS, ia in a position to offer increased facilities for the conduct of every description of business." The Company will also be prepared to negotiate loans on FREEHOLD oa STATION PROPERTY, and make advances on Stock, Wool, Grain, or other produoe, for sale in this market, or shipment to the Company's agents— London, America, Aus- • tralia, or elsewhere. All business entrusted to the Company will have the personal care and attentiori j of the undersigned, and who will continue to conduct the following regular sales at KAIKORAI YARDS, every Wednesday, at Eleven o'clock, of Fat Cattle, Sheep, Lambs, &c. OTAGO WOOL & PRODUCE STORES, every Wednesday at Three o'clock, of Wool; Sheepßkins, Hides, Tallow, i'lax, &c. MOSGIEL MARKET YARDS, the Third Tuesday in each month, of Live Stock of all descriptions. E^ENRY DHIVEH, Manager. NOTICE. rpHE undersigned ia prepare I to supply 4-. POSTS. RAILS, STRAINERS, FIREWOOD, &c, in any quantities. .WILLIAM MOFFAT, Kaihiku. . . — _ — ___„ The Early Bays of the P B O, V I N C E, 4 PRIZE of any LITERARY WORK, '- value One Guinea (to be selected by ,the winner) will be given by the proprietors of the Clutha Leader for the best essay on THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PROVINCE ! It is suggested that the writers should freely give incidents and individual experiences (not necessarily those of the author) of the early settlers. The essay may be written either in Scotch or English, and, . although there are no restrictions as to length, it is desirable that it should not exceed three or four- columns of the Leader. The Editor to have the right to publish in the Clutha Leader any of the essays received should he think proper. Thoroughly competent judges wiR be appointed to award the prize. The essays must have a motto attached, and sent to the Editor, accompanied by a sealed envelope giving the same motto and the name of the writer. These latter will not be opened until the judges have arrived at their decision. The eßsays, accompanying envelopes, to be sent in to the Editor not later than the 2nd January, 1875,