Page 1 Advertisements Column 4

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3148, 15 March 1871, Page 1

Business Notices. R S £3 C O T T, (Newly arrived from England). . Straw, Tuscan, and Fancy Hats and Bonnet* cleaned and altered. Mulgravo street, opposite the Diocesan Rooms. MRS SCOTT begs to intimate to the Ladies of Wellington that she has now commenced business in tho above line. * # # Orders for the Te Aro end of the town will be receired by Mrs Scott, Grocer, Willis street. Country orders promptly attended to. CARRIAGE TO AND FROM THE WAIRARAPA. Will leave Mr M'lntosh's New Zealander Hotel, every Tuesday, at 12 o'clock. All parcels left there will be faithfuMy attended to. WR HASTWELL begs to inform his • old friends and the public generally of Wellington and the Wairarapa, that he has resumed his old business of Carrier to and from the Wairarapa, as successor to Mr Skipper, and tnsts that he will receive that extensive patronage which was formerly accorded to him, and which it will be his earnest study to merit. W.R.H. will deliver goods in all parts of the Wairarapa at the lowest remunerative rates, and with his usual care and despatch. Wellington. March 1, 1869. PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES From Four to Thirty Horse Power, AND MACHINERY TOE STEAM THRASHING, PUMPING, I'OS Irrigation, Grinding, Sawing, Cotton Ginning, &c, &c, &c. /CLAYTON AND SHUTTLEWORTH, \J Lincoln, And 78, Lombard street, London. Notice. — In the advertisements of some makers of Portable Engines, &c, great stress is laid by them upon tho fact of their having obtained a large number of medals and prizes at Agricultural Shows and other Exhibitions. Exhibitions, both in England and abroad, offering medals and prizes for Portable Engine' and Agricultural Machinery, without an> efficient tests of real value, have multiplied enormously during the last few years. C. & S. do not as a rule attend any but a few of the principle shows, and whenever they have entered into fair competition they have invariably maintained their position as the best makers of this class of machinery. \* Catalogues can ho had of the Publisher of this Paper, or direct, free by post, from CLAYTON & SHUTTLEWORTH. Insurance Companies. rriHß AUSTRALASIAN FIRE LIFE, JL AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICE — MELBOUBNE. Forma of Proposal, Rates of Premium, and every information can be obtained from W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents. I^JICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1849. Capital £200,000. LE VIN & CO., Agents. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE Head Offices : — Queen Steeet, Auckland. CAPITAL, £250,000. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OP THE SHAEEHOLDEE3. DIRECTORS : Chaieman — Honblo. J^raies Williamson, Esq. Deputy Chaieman — S. Browning. J. S. Macfarlane Thomas Russell, G. B. Owen, O. J. Stone. W. C. Wilson. nnABLES of Rates, Printed Forms of ProJL. posals, and all other information may be obtained from BETHUNE & HUNTER, Agents. A USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT ii. SOCIETY. Established 1849. FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &c. Without personal liability. Principal Office ; New Pitt street, Sydney. Directors : George King, Esq., M.P., Chairman Professor John Smith, M.D., Deputy Chairman Samuel Lyons, Esq. Boulton Molineaux, Edwin Tlios. Builby, Esq. Esq. John Fairfax, Esq. The special advantages offered by this woll established Society are — 1. UNDOUBTED SECURITY.— On 28th February, 1869, the ascertained total Liability of the Society was £453,000 while the Accumulated assets were 602,646 Showing a Clear Surplus of £149,646 There is ulso over and above the Assurance Fund the additional Security of a Special Reserve Fund of £50,000. At the above date tho Society had in hand equal to 70 per rent, of the entire Assurance Premiums received from members. 2. LARGE BONUSES.— Bccauso being a purely Mutual Office, the entire Profits belong to the Assured, and have not to be paid away in Dividends to Shareholders. The total Reversionary Bonuses declared by the Souiety amount to £-185,000. Members of tho Assurance Branch can obtain the value of their bonuses in Cash, «.->r appropriate them to a reduction of future Premiums. Premiums may be paid half-yearly oi quarterly. Should a member die during the days of grace, whilst tho premium is unpaid, the Policy will be valid und effectual. PROFITS DIVIDED EVERY FIVE YEARS. LOANS, within tho Surrender Value, are granted to members on tho Security of their policies. SURRENDER VALUES aro granted after a Policy has endured Three Years. Conditions for residence and voyaging most liberal. Forms of Proposal and every information may bo obtained on application to VENNELL, MILLS & CO., Agents. Wellington, November 5, 1870.'