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Evening Star, Issue 6472, 13 December 1883, Page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND 0SBB?3?HT(* COMPANY'S MN& STEAM ToIoNDON. TO OATOH FEBRUARY WOOL SALES. rtujfjf. j PTIHE Company’s splenX did steel-built TONGARIRO, 4,615 tons register, 4,000 h.p,, % 0. Hallett, R.N., Commander, Will fie despatched from PORT CHALMERS (via liYITHLTON), as above, ON OR ABOU1? IoTH DECEMBER, This fine steamer, now on her Ifistiden voyage, has been specially built for tho Now Zealand trade by Messrs Jno, Elder and Sons, of Glasgow, a firm famous for turning out the fastest boats of th* age. No expense has been spared in rendering her passenger accommodation equal to that of any steamer afloat. Lithographic ptatis of her various saloons, etc., can be seen at the Company’s offices. She is specially timed to catch the FEBRUARY SALES, and will report at Madeira with that object. It is Intended (weather permitting) that she shall go through tbe Straits of Magellan and call at the beautiful harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Produce now being received in store at Pott Chalmers, free of charge, which will be shipped by above steamer if specially arranged for. The Company’s special bill of lading must be used for all cargo shipped, THROUGH FARES FROM PORT CHALMERS. —Saloon, from 60 guineas upwards; second cabin, 40 guineas; steerage, from 18 to 22 guineas. For further particulars, apply to THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED), 10 Crawford street, Dunedin. PACIFIC MAIL S.S. COMPANY. To Passengers desirous or AVOIDING THU Heat and Discomfort or thb Bid Sha, QUICKEST ROUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN VIA AMERICA. Under Contract with the New South Wales and New Zealand Governments. THE MAGNIFICENT STEAMSHIPS of this Line leave Auckland for San Francisco (calling ' at Honolulu) every fourth Tuesday, as under:— Passengers from Port Chalmers leave by Union S.S. Co.’s steamers running In connection every fourth Wednesday Immediately previous to above dates. Passengers are booked from any Port In New Zealand through to London, Liverpool, Plymouth, Southampton, Glasgow, Queenstown, Belfast, Londonderry, Paris, Havre, Cherbourg, Hamburg, Antwerp, Brussels, Rotterdam, Harlingen, Gothenburg, Cnristiana, Copenhagen, etc., with special advantages, and may, without extra cost, avail themselves of the Southern Pacific Railroad (with its connections) now open, thus avoiding the winter’s cold of the more northern route, and for a slight additional charge may go through the Southern States to New Orleans, and thence to New York. Passengers have choice of the unrivalled Atlantic steamships of Cunard, Inman, White Star, and other Lines, And all first-class passengers are allowed 2501b baggage FREE OF CHARGE. Tickets are good until used, and allow passengers to stop off as long as they choose, to visit all places of Interest In America and Canada. Stop over privileges are also allowed on steamers’ tickets for Auckland or Honolulu. Through Fare to London took Port Chalmers: Saloon Steamer and Ist Class Railroad ... £72 8 0 Steerage and 3rd Class Railroad ... 36 S 9 Post Chalmers to San Francisco : Saloon ... ... ... ... £46 8 0 Steerage... ... ... ... 24 0 0 Time Cards, Railway Maps, and all other information, and Guide Books showing all routes to any point in tho United States, may be had on application. HENRY DRIVES, Agent, 9 Bond street. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF N.Z. (LIMITED). EXPRESS PASSENGER AND MAIL SERVICE. First and Second Class Passengers Only, THE Company’s new, swift, and powerful s.s, TAKAPUNA (Gross register, 930 tons; 1.h.p., 2,000) Will run an Express Passenger and Mail Service between Lyttelton and Onehunga, via Wellington and Taranaki only, leaving on the following dates SPECIAL FARES FOR EXPRESS SERVICE. Lyttelton to Wellington.— Saloon, L2los; Second Class, LI 10s. Lyttelton to Taranaki.— Saloon, L 5 sa; Second Class, L 3 6s. Lyttelton to Onbiiunga.— Saloon, L 7; Second Class, L 4. Single, Tickets only will be Issued, and these will not permit holders to break the journey at any Intermediate port. Through Tickets or Forwarding Patses from other steamers, except from those bringing Dunedin and Bluff passengers, cannot be made available; but full Return Tickets (second half), no part of which has been used, can be made available on payment of tho difference of fare, that Is between the original value of tbe Return Ticket and Two Single Takapnim Faxes.

Dunedin and Bluff Passengers will have the privilege of booking through for the Express Service, Those going North must join at Lyttelton by the steamer arriving immediately I prior to the Takapuna’s departure, while those booked for Dunedin or Bluff must proceed from Lyttelton by the first steamer leaving after the Takapuna’s arrival. Taranaki being a night port, Passengers will only be booked on the condition that if the captain should deem it expedient to pass the !>ort without communicating they are to be anded at the next port, in which case they can return by the following steamer on payment of an additional half-fare. The baggage allowance for each passenger will be 10ft for saloon and sft for second-class passengers. All in excess must be paid for. CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY (LIMITED), MONTHLY LINE OF STEAMERS FBOM SYDNEY TO HONGKONG, Galling at Townsville, Oooktown, Thursday Island, and Port Darwin. mHE s.s. CHANG sAsAA i- CHOW will leave Sydney about Friday, 28th The s.'s. WAKATIPU, from Port Chalmers, on Tuesday, 18th December, will connect with her. Cargo and Passengers booked at through rates. For particulars, apply to UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED), Agents, DUNEDIN TO GRBYMOUTH DIRECT. By Steamer. —Best Route to Reef ton. THE b.s. STAR OS THE SOUTH sails on or about Saturday, 22nd inst. Passengers from Rattray street KEITH RAMSAY. Agent. wharf. A AND T. INGLtS beg to inform the jt Public they are now giving more attention to the Undertaking Branch of their Business. Economy and respectability com* bined. Children’s Funerals, from LI upwards. Adults’ ~ L 3 „ All information may be obtained on application. WHEN Replying to an Advertisement “Address’ means applicants are not to apply personally at the Office, but to writer Original testimonials shouldjuover be sent, bu copies only.