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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7775, 6 May 1886, Page 1

Business Notices THORNDON HOUSE. W aenock, Kelly and A DKIN Announce second shipment, making a complete, well-selected stock. Having secured the services, as our buyer, of Mr JOHN WAENOCK (buyer for Koberteon, Ledley, Ferguson, & Co., Bank Buildings, Belfast) who pnrchat.es directly from the manufacturers, we are enabled to place before the public of Wellington the following splendid stock at WAREHOUSE PRICES. DRESS MATERIALS. Meltons, Foulea, Tweeds, Cheviots, Serges, Cashmeres, Kyrle Cloths, Casimir, Panama, Sanglicr, etc. in plain colors and consintent with the same, a carefully selected assortment of TRIMMINGS, among which the leading goods are : Plush, plain and ribbed ; Velvets, plain and striped, “Jacquard 1 * Velvet?, Pekin Velours, etc., etc. A fine stock of Black French Cashmeres in the new velvet finish (a very special lint). Three large ranges of Colored Velveteens, grand value every color, at 2a fid, 3s 3d, 4s 9d. SHOW BOOM. New Millinery, novelties in Ulsters, Mantles, Cape?, Special Value in Fur Cloaks, Children’s new Ulsters and Costumes, New Merino Underclothing. HOSIERY AND GLOVES As we Intend to become noted for the beat class of Hosiery imported, we have opened from J, and R. Morley two large cases, including all sizes in plain and ribbed Cashmere Hose. A special lot of Fine Cashmere in dark winter shades. Boys* Hose best makes, with double heels, toes and knees, in brown, black, navy, and heather. New Gloves in Tan Silk and Suede. Long Plush embroidered on Silk far evening wear. Great Variety in kid, calf and cashmere for winter wear. Blankets, grand value, 7s lid, 8s fid, 9i fid, 12s fid, Iss, GENERAL Flannels in all makes, from 10£d to 2s fid. D-D * -T} -T7| -r-> "XT* Sheetings, grey, half bleached and white, Jtw xx XT -tti JCv Ju • Heavy Colored Shirtings, lOjd, Is Id. Damask Tablings, - Towels, Quilts, Lace Curtains, Cretonnes, Linens* of all descriptions. Value second to none. Just opened Overcoats from 255, Men’s Sac Salts, from 21s, ~ T Tweed Trousers from 5s lid, Trousers and Vest, Geelong UJ_IU 1 1 H I IN| (jr* Tweed, 17s fid (very special). Boys’ Suits from 5s fid, .Felt Hats, great variety. Men’s and Boy*s ba*t Underclothing. A large assortment, of Portmanteaux, Travelling Bags and Ruga. We Issue a special invitation to all purchasers of thoroughly good drapery to inspect the goods enumerated above. WARNOCK, KELLY AND ADKIN, THORNDON HOUSE, OPPOSITE SUPREME COURT, LAMBTON QUAY. Five peb cent Discount Fob Cash. Two and a Half on Monthly Accounts.

Public Companies. LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836, Invested Funds £6,673,204 Claims Paid £19,616,178 Fire Reserve Fund .. £1,600,000 THIS Company offers to Insurers fclio security of invested funds amounting to over SIX MILLION POUNDS STERLING, BESIDES THE UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF A VERY WEALTHY PROPRIETARY. By a Special Act of the New Zealand Legislature, tbe Company is in a position to sue or be sued in this Colony, This Company haa ever been noted for Jts promptitude and liberality in settling claims. Lowest current ratea for all classes of Fire Insurance, EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. VICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Established 1849 ; Reconstructed 1879. Capital ... ... ... £1,000,000 Every description of Fire, Marine, and Fidelity Guarantee Risks effected at tbe Lowest Rates. LEVIN & CO Agents. Australian mutual provident society. Established ... 1849. The Oldest Mutual Life Office in Australia. New Zealand Branch : Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington, Local Board of Directors : Charles Johnson Pharazyn, Esq. Chairman) The Hon. Sir William Fitzherbert, K.C.M.G., M.L.C. (Deputy-Cbairman) The Hon. Alfred De Bathe Brandon, M.L.C. Charles J, Johnston, Esq., M.JT.R, The Hon, Morgan S. Grace, M.D., M.L.C. Medical Officer: Dp. W. G. Kemp, M.R.C.S. (England). Annual Division of Profit. The profits of the Society are divided annually. Result of the Thirty-sixth Year (1884). After making unusually ample reserves, the Cash Surplus was £262,484 18s sd, a larger amount of profit than has ever been realised or divided in one year by any other office in the British Empire. The Invested Funds'exceed ...£5,500,000 The Annual Income is upwards of 1,100,000 The Society has more: ban 61,000 Policies in force, assuring upwards of ... 22,000,000 During tbe last 86 years tbe Society has paid for Claims and Matured Endowments more than ... 2,000,000 Tbe Society has divided among its members Cash Bonuses amounting to upwards of £2,000,000, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceeding Four Millions. New Business, The new business of the last five years has exceeded two millions per annum—a larger amount annually than haa ever been transacted by any other Life Office in the British Dominions. The cost of management, including commission, is unusually low, being only 11£ per cent, of the total receipts of the year. This rate of expenditure- is loss than any other Life Assurance Institution either in Europe or America, doing a corresponding amount of new business. Unparalleled Accumulation op Funds. The acccimulattd funds now exceed FIVE MILLIONS AND A HALF STERLING. Assure your Life in tbe AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY, and secure an ANNUAL BONUS OR DIVIDEND, A Privilege which no other Life Office in the colony can grant its members. Be careful that you select this Society, and do not be misled by the similarity of name of some o! the ether younger Australian Offices, The Society can bo considered quite as much a New Zealand as an Australian institution, seeing that all moneys received in tbe colony are invested here in advances on mortgage of first-class freehold securities, loans to members on tbe security of their policies, Government debentures, and freehold branch office premises ; and the Society is thus assisting ip developing the resources of the colony. THE SOCIETY HAS ASSETS IN NEW ZEALAND SECURITIES EXCEEDING EIGHT HUNDRED‘AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOUNDS I 1 No other Life Office in the Coloht Can give you such LARGE ' BONUSES Ai THE AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY, And the effect of ua Annual Bputra, which can be taken ip Cash, will b« to reduce the cost of assurance ‘to the lowest possible minimumIf yon are already sufficiently aasmed your* self, induce yoop friends tofollow your example. N,8.-«-The Security afforded by this Society to its policy holders is unsurpassed by that of any Life Office in the world. The Sooietybas raised its limit on a single firat-olaes life to £IO,OOO Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and the last Quinquennial Report, and all other information, maybe obtained on application to the Resident Secretary, Wellington, or from any of tbe Society’s agents. EDWARD W. LOWE, 642 Resident Secretary,