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New Zealand Mail, Issue 839, 30 March 1888, Page 1

PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY '3> vx . .OF LONDON. .; • ' _ „ . -o > > ' i 'Established 1782 (over 100 years/. . . ; A Special-Act:bas passed through'the House of Assembly authorising this Company to sue and be sued by its Attorney in New Zealand. It'may be interesting to its clients to know'.that this Company was founded at a time when limited liability was unknown. . Its history involves continuous reference to fires of great magnitudetin which it has been largely concerned Now almost forgotten is ihe Ratcliffe (ire of 1794, in which it paid in.its early days £50,000, in; 1807 it paid £200,000 f- r a fire at St. Thomas, W< st Indies. In 1542. for the great Hamburg H.fe, £216,000. In 1846, £114,000 for the fire at Newfoundland. In 1861, £130,000 for the Tooley-street fire, and in Chicago, and Boston fires respectively £IOO,OOO and £50,000. ; . . , . ", ’ Its-Rest rves now amount to over a MILLION STEALING, and its numerous wealthy proprietors/ with UNLIMITED LIABILITY, furnish an undoubted guarantee of security to policyholders. Its agents throughout the Colony are prepared to accept Fire Risks at current rates, and promptness combined with liberality is a character!-tic feature in dealing with those who entrust their interests to its care. ~ ' Grey-street, Wellington GEO. S. GRAHAM, ~ Superintendent and General Agent. CORNER OF Tory & Buckle Wellingtoii.

WHOLESALE and RETAIL sr . - •• . ■ • ' -. ■ ’ ■Tea, coffee, and provision merchant. ICxhibit ion Store— A delaide Boad. ' ' /-■ ■■■v-ur'".-.:-THE GREAT DISSOLUT jON IRONMONGERY SALE NOW ON.V EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD. PRICES such as have never before ' ; been offered to the Public. FOR GASH ONLYROBT. GARDNER & CO., Lambton Quay. iU.UUiii.JJ TO a c: By Appointment to His Bscellenoy the Governor, B.W.BEBHIOO, - ’ Manufacturers of Every ■ ~'t :Description of WINDOW BLIND -V A; A f_, ani> ■’ <§: - - - Revolving Shutters. V STEAM FACTORY, MOLESWORTH ST., ' Wellington. - AA- A Old Blinds Re-painted, and mads equal to new. _ ; —-Send for Price List.