The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1877.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 103, 13 July 1877, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1877.

Life is uncertain. A man may one day be apparently in full health and strength, and the next numbered with the dead. It is the dutj r of every man to provide for his family, and, he who has real affection for his wife and children, will not be satisfied with simply making provision for the present; he will look forward to the future. If he is a man of property*, he will, when he is in health, adopt such means as will ensure that those who are dear to him shall not when he is called hence, be left to the tender mercy of the world. If, however, he has only a limited income, and will consequently not be able to bequeath a fortune to be shared amongst his family, seeing that life is so uncertain, the necessity is all the more imperative that he should provide for their future welfare. By the exercise of a little selfdenial on his part, this can generally be accomplished with ease, and the means to be used for bringing about this desirable end may be stated in two words—" Life Insurance." It is a comforting thing for a man to know that when "he goes hence to be no more seen," be it suddenl", or from n bed of lingering sickness, those nearest and clearest to him will not be unprovided.