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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3325, 21 October 1871, Page 1

Publications. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ' FOR SALE. ! ] HHHE Committee of Management of the ] X Wellington Athenaeum having resolved to discontinue the newspapers and periodicals j supplied for the last ten years, the under- ] signed has for sale the following, just received 1 per Mail : — 1 Edinburgh Review, Quarterly Review, BWkwood's Mignzino, Frazor's Magazine, Cornhill Magazine, Fortnightly Review, Maemillan's 1 Magazine, Cassell's Magazine, St. 1 Paul's Magazine, Illustrated News, Punch, Saturday Review, The Mail, ( Public Opinion, The Builder, London 'J Society, Weekly Despatch, Le ; suro 1 Hour, Chambors's Journal, Onco a Week, and All the Year Round < Also, J Gardener's Chronicle, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Tho Floral World, Tho Floral Magazine, and tho Flora and 1 Pomolgist. WILLIAM LYON. ■■"■?— """""" !■■!?* .11.....— rrrg 1 ] Groceries. _ — ( WELLINGTON CO-OPE RATIVH SOCIETY (LIMITED). Store : Manners street, Wellington. [ ESTABLISHED 4th JULY, 1869. ] " j Incorporated under the Provident and Indus- j trial Societies Act, 1867. { „—— j Tho only Co-operative Society in Wellington. , npHE Committee of the above Society have X much pleasure in announcing that in 1 consequence of the large increase of members, ] and the corresponding increase of business, they ■ have been enabled to make considerable addi- 1 ( tions to their Stock, which they have bought at f ] the greatest advantage for Cash, and are sell / ing cheaper than any other store in tho city. . ; None but first-class articles are kept, and ono J , trial will prove that tho prices are lower than [ those published in any price list in Welling- ' ton. As all profit beyond actual working exexpenses is proportionately divided, the holding , of simply one share entitles a member to every ' benefit, in addition to getting their goods '■ cheaper than at any othsr establishment in : town. ' Shares £1 each, payable at Is per week, i Every information obtainable at the Store, Manners street. N.B. — The Committee specially caution tho public against pretended Co -operative, Stores which aro only a trap to catch tho unwary, by ■ taking advantage of a name to which they . have no just claim, being simply ordinary shops under a borrowed title. S. WOODWARD, Seerotary. Miscftllaneons. ( COLONIAL PRODUCE. ! fTIHE undersigned are cash purchasers of '. X WOOL, FLAX, TALLOW, BUTTER; : and other produce ; or they will make liberal advances on the same if consigned to their ' agents for salo, in either tho Melbourne, San '. Francisco, New York, or London markets. , JOHNSTON & CO. , rjHHE undersigned are cash buyers of j X WOOL and other PRODUCE, or will make advances on the same on liberal terms. LEVIN & CO. '' WOOL. ; THE Undersigned will PURCHASE or ■ ADVANCE ON WOOL during the coming ' season. ; EDWARD PEARCE. Wellington, 2nd October, 1871. , ITHHE undersigned are purchasers of WOOL X and TALLOW, or will make advances on sarao shipped through them for sale in the London market. W. & G. TURNBULL & CO. ! TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. • fTVEE Proprietor of the Wai-nui-o-Mata X Steam Saw Mill is ready to receive orders for any quantity of Rimu, Hinau, or Red Pino, ( plain or figured, of the best quality in the ( colony. Heart of Birch suitable for railway sleepers, I bridge planking, piles, &c, any quantity and size, up to two feet square, and 60 feet long, i The undersigned wishes to draw attention I to the fact that for any of the above purposes < tho heart of Birch is tho beat wood in New Zealand, being far preferable to Totara ; the I wear and tear it will stand either in or out of tho earth or water being enormous. The undersigned has in his possession wood of that description thnt has been in water and exposed to the weathez for 28 years, which is as good as ever. The good qualities of this timber Beem to bo little known by our en- , gineers HUGH SINCLAIR, Wai-nui-o-Mata, 28th August. , Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. nnHE Government having been empowered X by special Acts of the Legislature to enter f into contracts for Insurances on Lives, and ■ for the grants of Annuities and Endowments, ; are now prepared to execute any of the usual contracts depondent upon tho contingencies of auman life. The following advantages are presented as . deserving of Public attention, and especially of tho working classes : — 1. All transactions and Powers of Attorney, and other documents, aro free of i stamp duty and all taxation. 2. No charge is made beyond the purchase money or premium. 3. Surrender values are granted on the whole or any part of a contract which has endured for three years. 4i. The tables of premiums ia all tho branches are considerably Icbs than in any other office in New Zealand. 5. Residence ia permitted in any part of the Globo distant except within 31 ° S., or 33 °N. of the Equator, or in any part of tho Australian Colonies south of the 25t,h parallel of south latitude, and premiums may always bo paid on tho duo dates at the nearest Monoy Order Office. 6. Insurances effected for tho benefit of, and settled on wife or children aro free, to tho extent of £2000, from the claims of creditors. 7. Tho Consolidated Revenue of tho Colony is liable for. all claims, in tho event of the recoipts at any time being insufficient to meet demands, thus affording the best security to tho assured. Tho fullest information can be obtained on application to any Money Order Post Office, or to Mr Benjamin Smith, at tho ofllces of B. Smith & Co.', Wellington ; or to Mr Joseph Wilcox, Victoria' Avenue, Wanganui. W. GISBOBNE, Commissionor.