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Insurance. li on n British u FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCECOMPANYOFNHWZEALAND. Capital • • « £150,000, This Popular and purely New Zealand Institution has the security and influence of more than Ninh Hchdrkd Shareholders, Funds Invested, and profits retained'in th Colony. Lowest current rater. Prompt settlement RICHARD HUDSON, Agent, Thames, yiOTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. FIEE, MARINE, LIFE, ia Capital • • • £2,290,000 Insurances on every property effected, at Lowest Rates, D. R. GELLION, Agent for Thames District. i USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVDENT l-k SOCIETY. FOR MUTUAL lSI" ASSURANCE, bo. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: Ejad Oifob ; Wellington. PRESENT Aknual EBVEH7E, £280,000, Accumulated and Inyesibd Funds, £1,330,000. • Persons Assuring with this Office share th< whole profits, and a Bonus Is declared everj fifth year, — Aastii; H, H. WRIGHT, Medical Raima S JAMES KILGOUR, M.D, . Periodical. Price Sixpence, Monthly, Family herald mohmly part, Novels and Tales. The Saturday Review says:—"lts novels and tales are quite as well written as the best circulating-library stories." Price Sixpence. Family herald monthly part, Pure Literature. The Illustrated London News, in reference to puro literature, speaks of the "Family Herald, that joy to tens of thousands of innocent English households." Family herald monthly part, Leading Articles and Essays. Tho British Quarterly Ikview says:— "There is a well-considered leading article or essay every week, upon some subject of an instructive or thoughful character," Prlrft SiYTiPFPf* TjUMILY HERALD Mosinw Part. X Instruction and Amusement. Tho Graphic says:—"Those who like to have plenty for their money will find an immense amount of instruction and amusement in the Sixpenny Monthly Part of the Family Herald." Price Sixpence, Family herald monthly part. Answers to Correspondents. The Saturday Review says"The editor is the confidant and confessor in every station of life. Qhc Answers to Correspondents cannot be fictitious, a romance and a life history being embodied in almost each of them." Price Sixpence, Monthly, [FAMILY HERALD Moktuly Part. JL The best of the publications, "IUO 'UliyUjft/ 'VJIttVMCf I'J Family Herald is well considered with reference to its aims, and is various and amusing, with a fair amount of utility intermixed. Of all these publications we are inclined to consider the Family Hebald the best." M I) -The FAMILY HERALD may be hadin Half-Yearly volumes (4s 6d) and in Monthly Parts (Gd) at a small percentage over the published price, of Gordon and Gotcb, Sydney; Geo. Robertson, Melbourne; and of all Colonial Booksellers; or in Parts direct from W, Stevens, 421, Strand, London, for 14s per annum, post free. Business Notices. 00 ALS. Thames Gas Company, Limited, have always on hand a Supply of Newcastle Coal, suitable for domestic and other purposes, for Sale at Reasonable Prices for Cash.—Apply at the Workß, Mary-street, AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES. THE "HOME," SHUTTLE LOOK STITCH, THE PERFECTION OF MECHANISM. SIMPLE, COMPACT, BFFICIENT, DURABLE, AND COMPLETE, IT Sewß with the least possible amount of labonr, and a girl twelve years can run it without fatigue. It is a Triumph of Mechanical Genius, THE "HOME" SHUTTLE is the only practical Low-prico Lock-stitch Sewing Machine ever invented. THIS UNEQUALLED MACHINE uses a straight needle, makes the Lockstitch" (alike on both sides), has a self-adjust-ing tension, and is adapted to every variety of sewing for family wear, from the lightest muslins to the heaviest cloths, and WILL EVEN SEW LEATHER. It will hem, fell, bind,.cord, braid, seam, tuck, ruffle, hemstitch, and gather. This machine will sew on and gather at the same time, and will work equally well on Silk, Linen, Wollen, and Cotton Goods, with Silk, Linen, or Cotton Thread, It is not neccssary for us to endeavour to detract from the merits of any other machine, We claim to sell , THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE IN THE MARKET, WITHOUT REGAKD TO PRICE, And we feel confident that whenever persons wishing to buy Sewing Machines give the HOME," SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE a fair trial, in competition with other machines, it will have the preference. With the Machine is furnished—Hemmer, Braider, Shuttle Bobbins, Oil Oan, Oil, Screwdriver, Five Needles, Gauge, Table Clamp, and directions for use. All securely packed in rou g case with hinges, PRICE: Complete in box • > •£i 10 With Table and Treadle > £8 15 With Table and Tread'e, HalfCabinet, with Cover, Lock and Key. . • . £8 0 Some thousands of these machines hayo now been sold in New Zealand, and they have given the utmost possible satisfaction, as testified to in numerous testimonials, which we forward on application* In proof of their superiority over all other machines, we guarantee them for five years, SOLE IMPORTERS: L. D. NATHAN & CO., AUCKLAND. AGENT FOR THE THAMES: S, HETH EI N G TON, Pollen-street, Shortland,