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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11901, 8 December 1893, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND INSUBANCB COMPANY. /TIHIS Old-ostablishod Office has a LARGER PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVE FUND thar any other Now Zoalmid or X Colonial Company. IT DOES THE LEADING BUSINESS in the Colomos, and has ACHIEVED UNIVERSAL CONFIDENCE by its upright dealing and Promptitude in Paying Losses. Risks of every description, both Fire and Marine, are accepted at the LOWEST RATES. §|jjf All kinds of Station Property insured against Fire. WOOL Innured against ALL JiISKB including Fire nnd Flood, from mo of Shearing until delivered n London <v othei Port of Discharge. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES THROUGHOUT TE] WORLD. A. L- PARSONS, Manager, NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY'S BUILDING -8, VfCTORTA AVENUE, WANGANUI,

Shipping Kctices. tJHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION 0 COMPANY (Limited). Will despatch their vessels a3 under, (circumstances permitting), FOR LONDON. Past Passenger Steamers. ' I ' Date Port Steamer. |-g Commander. De ° par Dop " (§ ture. iTTamui 5031 E. J. Evans Feb 8 "■feothic ' Mar 8 Jhe H( meward route will be via Rio de Janeiro and TenoriSe, and the timo occupied shonld not exceed 40 days. CARGO STEAMERS. " "~~ Probafco Port HamoofSMp. Tne Commander. Timo of o f Sailing, "*■ , S, Dep 6 S Bangatin 4015 Burton 800 R.S.Mamari 3583 Maxwoll Doc S S Maori Scotland Jau B.P Pakeha 4331 Motfatt Tel) S.S, Matatua 3322 MoDougall Mar SAILING VESSELS. Oamaru 130G lOOAI Thomas Doc Pleiono 1139 111AI Sargent Deo "~7[he Undersigned are empowered to grant passages from London to New Zeaand, payment f o.r which has beon gu»raneed in the colony :— F R. JACKSON &, CO. JA3IES THAIN & CO. M. HOGAN & CO.Ltd. Agents. ' T B'TNION STEAM -w^CTRk tJSHIP COMPANY 1 s 3iOlj^&3jij S 0B 1 NEW ZEALAND STEAMERS SAIL PROM FROM WELLINGTON AS UNDER:LYTTELTON. Flora | Thu | Dec 7 |4pm Rotorua Mon | Dec 11 | 4 pm Talune Mon | Dec 11 | 5 pm DUNEDIN VIA LYTTELTON. TIMARU, & OAMAKU. Brunner 1 Sat | Dec 9[ll pm DUNEDIN VIA LYTTEL ro 3, Flora | Thu 1 Dec 7 | 4, pm Talune i Mon | Dee 11 j5 pm NAPIER, GISBORNE & AUCKLAND Dinpadeef | Tue | Dkc 12 | 3pm AVairarapa | Tue | Dec 12 | spm •Calling at Tologa Buy, Tuparoa, and Hicks Bay. fCalling at Tokomaru, Waipiro, Awanui & Taurango. ' SYDNEJ VIA AUCKCjA'nD Wairarapa | Tue | Dec 12 | 5 pm SYDNEY DIRECT. Hauroto | Fri | Dec 8 1 noon PICTON AND NELSON. Grafton I Fri | Dec 8 j noon Penguin | Mon | Dec 11 | lpm ' NELSON DIRECT. Rotorua | Fri | Deo 8 | Mahinapua* | Sun | Dec 10 I 9 pm Mawhera | Mon | Dec 11 j BLENHEIM. I Three boats a week. ~~NEW~TLYMOUTH &.ONEHUNGA FOR AUCKLAND. Takapuna | Fri | Dec 8 | 3 pm Mahinapua | Sun | Dec 10 |9 pm »Calla Nelson. WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH, & HOK- 1 TIKIA V PICTON & NELSON Grafton | Fri I Doe 8 | noon WESTPORT.GRfcYMOUT &HOKITIKI, via NELSON Mawhera | Mon | Dee 11 | TONGA AND SAMOA, FROM AUCK LAND. Upoln | Wed | Dec 13 | 5 pm Steamers leave TARANAKI FOR ONEHUNGA As under (weather and circumitanc permitting) : Takapuna | Sat | Dec 9 | •Train leaves Wellington 6.30 a.m every Tuesday, arrives Taranaki 9.40 p.m +Train leaves Wellington 6.30 every Friday, and arrives Taranaki same evenng. Passengers have an opportunity of breaking their journey and proceeding by this magnificent steamer. irassengers Booked, and nil ini'orm.v ttos gopplifid Ijy the Agents, Johnston & Co, Tnuno Ouay. TOOK AT THIS. FROM a speech which the Governoi of Victoria made at a banquet which was given in honour of an old New Zealander (who s now Manager of the Union Bank of Australia, Collingwood), we quote the following, taken from the Melbourne Argus •. — " The soil, said His Excellency, is the backbone of your truly groat country, and you have in Mr P. Lundon, Land, I'Btate, Insurance, Financial, and General Commission Agent, Wanganui,a true son of that Boil, a son, 1 may fay, of whom any country might be proud. As an an expositor of the resources of any country Mr P. Lundon is equalled by few and excelled by none. As a judpe of a lovely cliinnte and a beautiful river he has no compeer. Therefore I fay to you, young New Zealanders, get on the soil, gel on the soil.' Jn quoting Mr Lundon I am sure I am striking a chord which must find a rß&ponsive echo in the brr a«t of every New Zealander who has the slighteEt throb of patriotism in his bosom, and I feel sure that that chord will be taken up and swelled into a chorus, having for its theme, ' Got on the soil, young man, get on the soil.' Oh ! for the facile pen of a Hady n, n Mozai t, a Dr Coupland that I might celebrate in song Ihf views my very dear friend, Mr P. Lundon has onunciated. For has it not been said— and with truth — ' Let me but make tin songs of a country and I care not whe makes its laws.' " Hib Excellency thei at down amidst loud applause,