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Timaru Herald, Volume IV, Issue 97, 23 March 1866, Page 1

Shipping. JUg^ gOUTHERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY [LIMITED] CAPITAL: £15,000, IN 300 SHARES OF £50 EACH. DIRECTORS: JOHN DOUGLAS, Esq. GEORGE GRAY RUSSELL, Esq. HENRY DRIVER, Esq. CAPTAIN A. S. MURRAY, Esq. JOHN DUNCAN, Esq. JAMES SCOULAR, Esq. JOHN EDMOND, Esq. BANKERS: THE BANK OF OTAGO [LIMITED] SOLICITOR: B. C. HAGGITT, Esq. The object of the promoters of this Company are to meet the requirements of the increasing trade between the various ports North and South of Dunedin, and to form a regular line of communication between Dunedin, Molynenx, Invercargill, and Rivertou, on the South ; and Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton, on the North. It is proposed to have two first-class steamers (screw) built, with carrying capacity, one of 150 and the other of 250 tons, and comfortable accommodation for passengers. The smaller one for the Southern trade and the larger one for the Northern trade ; the former to be built m Sydney and the latter on the Clyde. The smaller one could be built and running m about fonr or five months, and the larger m about eight or ten months. It is also purposed to take over the river steamer " Tuapeka" at a valuation, to run on the Molyucux m conjunction with the Southern steamer. More than three-fourths (3-4ths) of the capital has already been subscribed, and taken up principally by Merchants and others directly interested m the trade of the various ports. For forms of application for shares, aiiply to Messrs. G. GRAY RUSSELL & CO., Timaru : Or, Messrs. ROYSE, MUDIE & CO., Dunedin. WOOL SHIP FOR LONDON. TO FOLLOW THE ECHtTNGA. sSs-Sl^- T' :aE Al) erdeen Clipper Ship C E L 03 N O, 702 Tons Register, Charles H. Senaut, Commander. This regular trader will be early despatched, taking freight at current rates. Her saloon accommodation is unsurpassed. For freight or passage apply to GEORGE GRAY RUSSELL & CO., Or to R. B. MARTIN & CO. Business Notices. OTUBBS & KING, AUCTIONEERS, LAND, CUSTOM HOUSE, AND COMMISSION AGENTS. XT^ WILLIAMSON, ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR, Timaru. T AND H. GILBERT, TAILORS, South Road, Timaru. O DRILLER VETERINARY SURGEON, Timaru. W UPTON BUILDER, CARPENTER, AND JOINER, Bank-street, Timaru. Plans and Specifications prepared and Estimates given. ALFRED FISHER, ACCOUNTANT AND COMMISSION AttENT, Tradesmen's Books Posted. RENTS AND DEBTS COLLECTED; Barnard-street, Timaru. "D WILSON, SHOEING AND GENERAL SMITH, Great South Road, Timaru. Ploughs and Harrows always on hand. T HITCH, South Road, Timaru, - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TIN-PLATE WORKER. Galvanized Iron and Zinc Spouting, Chimney Cowls, and all kinds of Dairy and Kitchen ware made to order.