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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1132, 4 December 1879, Page 2

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS NORTH OTAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY S SPRING SHOW Will take place on SATURDAY, 6TH DECEMBER, 1579, AT THE VOLUNTEER HALL, OAMARU. Doors open at one o'clock. Admission to non-members ... One Shilling, SPECIAL PRIZES. Tn addition to the Society's Prizes, the following Special Prizes will be given : By Dr. de Lautour—Ono Guinea, for the best collection of Zonule Geraniums. By Mr. Thomas Sellar—A Lady's Silver Watch, value £3 3s, for the best collection of Flowering Plants. By Messrs. M'Corkindale and Co.—A handsome silver and cut glass Flower Stand, for best collection of Roses. Open to all. By Messrs. Ronayne and Cottrell— A. valuable Book, Eor tho best exhibit of Roses; by an amateur. By Mr. Peattie—Book, value £l, for beat; Hand Bouquet, arranged by a pupil of tho High School. MICHAEL T. SPRATT, 557 Hon. Sec. LOST, on the 17th inst, from Mail. Ofliee —A Small BLACK-COVERED BOOK, of no use to anyone but tho owner, —Finder rewardad on returning same to the Proprietors at once. REWARD Strayed from Kurow, J- Waitaki, on 7th November, a LIGHT" DRAUGHT GELDING (bay), branded 2 on near shoulder. The above reward will be paid to anyone giving such information as will lead to its recovery by John Orr, Oamaru, or William Strachan, Kurow. 546 o Ai MARU CUP, 187 9. FEE £ 1. First Prize ... (cash) £IOO Second Prize ... (cash) 50 Third Prize ... (cash) 20 Starters, divided (cash) 50 Non-starters, divided (cash) 50 £270 Crossed cheques with exchange of Is added, and stamps for reply and result. , C. P. ROBERTS, Treasurer. Address—Office, Roval Hotel, Or, Box No. 9, Post Oilice, Oamaru. 64S FOR SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. "TVTEW SEASONS TURNIP SEEDS. * Mammoth Purple Top Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple Top do. Yellow Tankcred Devonshire Grey Stone White Stone Stubble Skirving Swede Also to arrive— Samuclson's (5 - arm Side - delivery Reapers Osborne's Harvester and Binder. ROBERT WILKIN & CO., 547 Christcliurch. SPECIAL NOTICE. ALTERATION OF TERMS. JAMES LAWSON, Merchant Tailor ak» Habit Maker, Begs to notify to the inhabitants of Oamara and the public generally that his business is now conducted exclusively for CASH PAYMENT. By thus avoiding bad debts and the- heavy

risks and responsibilities inseparable from a credit trade he is enabled, without in anyway varying the well-known quality of his supplies, to make a material REDUCTION IN HIS CHARGES, &.nd to offer to Cash Customers Goods of the Highest Class, finished with the utmost oare and attention to the requirements of each particular figure, at a mere fractional advauce on the coat of production. Price List on application. Terms—Nett Cash, without discount. JAMES LAWSON> Merchant Tailor and Habit Maker, oamartj. 267 S UN FIRE OFFICE LONDON, Established ... 1710. INSURANCES EFFECTED Upon almost every description of Property at LOWEST CURRENT RATES Of premium. Total sum insured in 1878, £258,772,985. Claims arranged by the local agents, and paid with promptitude and liberality. BRIGHT BROS. & CO., Agents for Otago; DENNISON & GRANT, i 97 Agents for Oamaru. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). npHE Steamers of the above Company will sail from Port Chalmers during the month of DECEMBER as under FOR LYTTELTON AND WELLINGTON —Taiaroa, Ist; Tararua, 3rd ; Penguin, sth; Waitaki, Bth; Arawata, 10th J Wakatipu, 11th ; Hawea, 12th ; Well lington, 3 sth; Ringarooma, 17th j Wanaka, 19th ; Taiaroa, 2lßt J Roto« mahana, 23rd ; Waitaki, 28th ; Albion, 30th. FOR NAPIER, POVERTY BAY, TAURANG A. AND AUCKLAND—Taiaroa, 3rd j Penguin, sth ; Arawata, 10th ; Hawea, 12th; Ringarooma, 17th; Wanaka, 19th; Rotomahana, 23rd; Albion, 30th. FOR PICTON, NELSON, TARANAKI, MANAKAU—Taiaroa, Ist; Waitaki, Bth ; Wellington, 15th ; Taiaroa, 21st; Waitaki, 28th. FOR SYDNEY—Tararua, 3id ; Wakatipu, 11th ; Ringarooma, 17th ; Albion, 30th. FOR MELBOURNE, via Bluff and Hobart Town —Rotomahana, sth; Albion, 11th; Arawata, 25th. FOR MELBOURNE, via Bluff— Rotorus, 19th ; Tararua, Ist January. N.B. Passengers booked to and from the above-named ports ; and aleo, by the Orient Line, through to and from London. From the 15th December, 1879, to 31»t January, 1880, Return Tickets will be issued between Ports within New Zealan at a reduction of 30 per cent, off thn two single fares, available for return until tne 2Sth February, ISSO. . . The Penguin will make the annual ( mas Kxcuraion to the West Coast SouudSi leaving Port Chalmers on Wednesday. 2«n December, and will arrive back- on Thursday, Ist January. . For Fares and further particulars ap^ly la H. AITKEN, Ajent for Union S.S. Company*