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Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2813, 28 September 1883, Page 1

Shipping. SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT F.OUTI TO GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE. THROUGH AMERICA VIA SANDWICE ISLANDS. I~K3' T \ nE Pnt'ifH 1 Mail Steam £»«^{lJ^^t^ I ship Company (unde: fOrepljSS^s&i Contract with the Nevi 'wMmSmT Zealand and New Soutl J ffl'^' M fl|iwsSil'.AßM> Wales Governments), wil Despatch the undermentioned Steamers a: follows : — ! j i Steamer. | Tons. Lyttelton. Auckland. i j 1 City of Svd- : j ; ney --" - ! 3500 Oct. fi • Oct. t Australia - 3200 Nov. 3 ; Nov. I City of Now : i York - - 3500 ; Dec. 1 i Dec. i Zenkndia ■ ' 3200 1 Dec. 29 ' Jan. ] Passengers booked to London, Liverpool or Paris at a through Rate, thus securing Special Advantages. For Rates of Freight und Passage, and foi full information, apply to WILSON, SAWTELL & CO., 3-6 1669 Agents, Christchurch. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REGULAR MONTHLY DIRECT STEAM LINE TO LONDON. i*L~i\ < j|s ! . ri HE following magnificent Vlll^SjN^- " powered Steamers Jhii *n*TSfcL will be despatched as under : — ~~ Probable c f Tons Port of Date of Steamer. Regl . Depavture- j De .p a l at. -t. Doric 4744 Lyttelton Oct. 5 Fenstanton 2465 " — Sept. British Queen 3558 — Oct. loniu 4753 — Nov. British King 3559 — Dee. Tongariro -1000 — Jan. Aoraugi 4003 Feb. Tho above are all new steamers, built of steel, and commanded by men of great experience. The Passenger accommodation is replete with every modern convenience, and the dietary scale such as will sustain the wellearned reputation of tho Company. The Homeward route will be rit't the Straits of Magellan (if weather permits), and tho time occupied is not expected to exceed 45 days. An "experienced Surgeon will accompany each steamer. Passage money — Saloon, from CO guineas upwards ; second cabin, 40 guineas ; steerago, from 18 to 20 guineas. Forfurtherparticulars apply to * THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED), Agents. Offices : Main South Road, Timaru. 9-17 6704 Insurance Companies UNION FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. HEAD OFFICE: CHRISTCHURCH. CAriTAL SUBSCBIBBD ... £2,000,000 Capitax Paid up ... 100,000 Reserve Fund ... 50,000 WE have been APPOINTED AGENTS for the above-named Company for Timaru and surrounding districts, and are now Prepared to Accept Fire and Marino Risks at Lowest Current Rates. THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COMPANY (Ld.), JOHN HOUGHTON, Agent. Ist April, 1883. 4-6 4913 A USTRALIAN MERCANTILE UNION i\. INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Fire Insurance effected upon almost every description of Property at Lowest Rates. Agricultural Risks— Growing Crops, Stacks Barns, Implements, Threshing Machines, ie on most favorable torms. SPECIAL NOTICE. A Discount of 12i percent off late tariff rates allowed upon all risks within 100 feet of water supply,and a further Discount upon that of 20 per cent. All Claims Promptly and Liberally Settled upon the spot. CHARLES BOWKER, 10-30 2950 Agent for South Canterbury. npHE EQUITABLE INSURANCE 1 ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND. Head Office : Bond and Rattray streets, Dunedin. Board of Directors : E. B. Cargill, Esq., Chairman. James Hazlet, Esq. A. Scoullar, Esq. James Hogg, Esq. W. Gregg, Esq. F. Meenan, Esq. H. Guthrie, Esq. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCES OF EVBBY DESCRIPTION AT LOWEST RATES. WOOLLCOJIBE & CLULEE, Chief Agents, South Canterbury. 1-13 3918 OOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COM O PANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital £2,000,000 This Company Insures against Fire ai Lowest Current Rates Buildings, Furnitim Goods and Merchandise. Also, Grain m Crop or while Stacked and durinj Threshing. Also, Engines and Threshing Machines. MARINE INSURANCE Effected on Hulls, Freights or Merchandise to or from the United Kingdom, or Inter °° T^RUMMOND^MACPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch. Applications can be niado to — Camebon Beos., Agents, Waimate W. Wills, Agent, Temuka I. L. Mobbis, Agent, Pleasant Point C. E. Shebbatt, Agent, Geraldine Tatlob & Flatman, Agents, Waihi Bus! R. WILKIN & CO., 3-14 4633 Agbnts, Timaru, SEusical Tl| A. B V R D O 1 PIANOFORTE TUNER, REMOVED TO KING STREET. 9-26 6805