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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 104, 4 May 1893, Page 1

Insurance Co., CAPITAL, £1,000,000. J. WILSON, Manager. Traialgar Street.

NORTH GERMAN c FIRE INSURAMCE " COMPANY ;i)P HAMBURG. WM. STANTON being favoured with , Power of Attorney to represent this well-known leading Continental Company (eßtabliehed for Fire Insurance exclusively), ia *uihoiißed and prepared to Review Current Policies bb they expire, and to ibbuo ivw and Permanent Policies direct without reference elsewhere, and thuß to maintain the integrity of the Office, which ie bo generally and nniverually Eeooguieed throughout the civilised world. „ , £40 000 and upwardß hBB been paid for loeeeß in NEW ZEALAND during the psal thirleen yeara nithout a single claim being e °Thme'u no "Agent 1 ' or other person hotting authoiity to act in NELbON or eurroundicgß for this wealthy and favounte Fire i $cc. W. M. STANTON, *Canton Insurance Office (Marine) i Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria \Life).J ~ TO LADIES. PARISIAISJ^OYELTY. A PACKET of Cut-out PAPEK PATTERNS ol Ladies' and Children s Underclothing, Drewee, Pinsfores. Cloaks &0.. all of tbe latest Biyleß, with full printed inaiiuctionß and illußtiatioß?, will te wrto any address on reoeipt of poßtai note for 2/6. Each Customer will be presented gratis %ith a cut-out 1 aper Pattern of the NEW DOKOTBI BODICE. Early application BOlioited by 3 be Agent Parisian Novelty, P.O. Box 330, Wellinßwn. — lm K 0 1 1 C K. ASPHALTING. MR F PLUM, late o£ Obristoburob, who 'haa bad oneiderable experience i J Asphaltirg, wißhesto notify to the inhabifaniß ol Helßon and the surrounding Distnot {nai he h Spared to contract to m down Aspbalt Footpaths, Carnage Dnvee, Lawn Tenniß Courtß &o. All work fc t wanteed to Bile every eaiislaction at a very low coat. For further particular* apply peraona'ly or b * eUer F.PLUM, 8211— to Hardy-street East EICHMOIvD, MOTUEKA, AND BIWAKA MAIL SERVICE, Holycal^s Coach WILL, aft r January Ist, have the Railway StatioD, Richmond, on arrival of the 10 a.m. Ttain Mcncaiß, Wednesdays, and Fridays. EETURN. Leave Biwaka on Tuesday*, Tbuedays, and bamdbys at 730 a.tr,, ainve tt Motneka at 7 DO, &nd leave Motueka at 8 a.m. Bcokhu Offices: Railway Hoe 1 , Richmond ; Mouteie Rctel ; Holyoake p Motoeka HoteJ, Mo ueka ; Kavtnagh a Post; Oflice, Riwftkft Booking Office, Nibcn-R'.binßon'a Ccmi mercial Hotel. Special allowances for betubn passage*. Ail parcels left at any of tbe above p'acea will be attended io, but must be pa:d for before delivery. PRIZE STORY COMPETITION, THE PROPRIETORS of Lucas's NelboN Almanac will give a PRIZE OF FIVE GUINEAS FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL STORYp-rr sent in to the Editor on or before July 31st, 1893, by any person resident in the 1 Provincial District of Nelson. The attention of Competitors is drawn to the following CONDITIONS, as any story failing to comply with them will be clis^ qualified : - , ( (j The scene of the story must be laid n New Zealand. (2). With the exception of this limit, the character of tbe story is entirely left to the author. 3) The story may be written by two r m re people collaborating. (4) It must be of such a ength as to occupy not less than 32 pages, noi' . more than 40 pages of the Almanac. Beyond 32 pages, however, length wil no of itself be considered a merit. Calculations may be made on the basis of 440 words to a page. 5) It must be legibly written, with wide spaces between the lines, and on only one side of the paper, the several jheets of which must be numbered ionsecutively. (0) Every story sent in must bear a ■ norn de plume," and the author's real name and address must also be sent enclosed in an envelope with the ' norn de plume ' outside. The envelope wil only ho opened if the story gains the prize. The authors name and address will then be published. i7),^The successful story will belong solely " to the proprietors of the Almanac, and wiil be published in their Almanac for 1894. (8) 1 Manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied in the first instance bystamped and addressed envelope. (o)''^The decision as to the merit of the stories arrived at by the Editor of the Almanac, or by such person or Committee of persons as he may call in to assist him, must be considered by all couipetito as final],