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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4256, 10 November 1874, Page 1

Insurance Companies. N I!W ZEALAND INSUEANCE COMPANY. Established 1859. Capital£l,ooo,ooo,of which£24o,ooo is paid up. Eire and Marine Risks of every description will be accepted at the lowest current rates. BETIIFNE & HUNTER, Agents, Wellington. The south British eire and MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £750,000. With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. The above Company offers undoubted security to insurers, having a large, wealthy, and influential proprietar-y resident in the Colony, where also all its funds are invested. .As a purely Colonial institution, it has therefore a prior claim on insurers. The Company undertake insurance against every description of both Eire and Marine Risks at lowest current rates of premium. The chief characteristics of the Company are undoubted security, liberal terms, and prompt settlement of losses. Eor proposal forms and further particulars, Apply to W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents, Wellington. OOL AN © PRODUCE. NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON. Merchants and others can make arrangements for next season for INSURING WOOL and PRODUCE from ports in New Zealand to London direct, or from Stations, from time the Wool is shorn, by any route, till delivered in United Kingdom. Claims payable in London. Policies issued at any of the Company's Agencies. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. JOHNSTON & CO,, Agents, Wellington. gTANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. EIRE AND MARINE. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION STERLING. ll bad Office: PRINCESS STREET, DUNEDIN. Losses by Eire Insured against on stores, warehouses, dwelling houses, &c., at current rates. The Company will also take risks on wool and all kinds of merchandise on land or at sea, and either on valued or open policies, on the most favourable terms. Particular attention is drawn to Articles of Association, by which, after paying shareholders 19 per cent,, the balance is to he distributed as follows:—40 per cent, to go to Reserve Eund, 30 per cent, to POLICY HOLDERS, and balance as Company may determine. Agents for Wellington: SAMUEL, LADD, & CO. • jyiCTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. EIRE AND MARINE. Established 1849. CAPITAL £200,000 Head Office : Melbourne. Insurance of every description effected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses esn be made payable in any part of Now Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of EIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. A USTR ALLAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT A. SOCIETY EOR MUTUAL LIEE ASSURANCE, &C. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office ; Wellington. . Present Annual Revenue, £280,000. Accumulated & Invested Funds, £1,330,000 Persons Assuring with this Office share the whole profits, and a Bonus is declared every fifth year. JOSEPH DYER, Resident Secretary. Hotels. ffUIOMAS A. SHIRLEY begs to notify X to his patrons and the public that, his lease of the Eeatherston Hotel having expired, he has Removed to those Premises known as the Royal, and would take this opportunity of returning his best thanks for the very liberal patronage he has received during the last three years. T. A. S., in soliciting a continuance of past favors, has much pleasure in announcing that he has made arrangements for the erection of one of the largest and most commodious hotels ■ in the Province. Eeatherston, June 9. 1871. ATKINSON’S HOTEL, Market Square, Wanganui. JAMES J. ANDERSON. I'ROriiIETOK. The above Hotel having changed hands, the present Proprietor bogs to draw the attention of the public to its improved SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION FOR FAMILIES and TRAVELLERS. The study of the Proprietor will always be to ensure the comfort of his patrons, and to procure none hut the very best brands of WINES, SPIRITS & MALT LIQUORS, and trusts, by a strict attention to business, to receive the, same liberal amount of support accorded to the late proprietress, Mrs Atkinson. The house-keeping duties of the Hotel will be under tho able management of Mrs James Stewart. PORTSMAN’S ARMS HOTEL, WAIKANAE. Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency Sir James Eorgusson and suite. Conversation on Paikakariki Hill between two travellers—old acquaintances : “ Hullo, Boss, where have you put in tho night ?” “Why, at Waikanae. 1 always manage to make a stage there if possible.” “Is it a good house 1”—“Not a better on tho Coast for cleanliness, civility, and the best of everything to eat and drink.” “ But how was your horso looked after ?" —“ First class ; as much as ho could stuff Into him, and a dry clean bed.” “ I always fancied a fellow would have the miserablos in such a lonely spot ; why, I’m told there is no one to speak to 1”—“ Don’t you believe it ; you put in an hour or two with ■Tim Erskino or old Tom Wilson, and I’ll guarantee they'll keep you alive,” “Old whaling yarns, I suppose?"—“You bet, and good ones too, of forty years ago.” “ Can you cross from there to Kapiti ? “Yes, Jim keeps a number of good boats, and will cross you any time in fair weather.” “ Any shooting Any amount.” “By Jove ! I'll put in a week there.” —“ Do, you won’t regret if.” “ Well, so long.”