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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 277, 14 March 1879, Page 1

TO THE THE "AKAROA MAIL." AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. ; IMTORTaTTnOTIGE;.... ; ' PERMANENT, .• f ENLARGEM'E-Nir OF THE : 'Akaroa Mail/ THE 'proprietors-; Of this journal, recognizing the fact that stagnation means retrogression, and with a view of meriting a, still further, amount of ibat support which lias been'so liberahYbestowed'oit'it, have determined on adding considerably fc'o the amount of literary matter furnished to' their readers. 'On and after the .' '.' 17 th JANUARY.', 187 9,, The Akaroa Mail Will contain, ONCE' A WEEK;'.a TWO-PAGE.'.siIPPLEMEfItj |. Consisting of an additional' I FOUETE-.E-U' CO LUM N-S' Of entertaining mattjer, under $he, i following headings-fc-r-j ,-. ~, ».- ---• THE .N.OiV'EJ. rSTvV'Under this head will'appear"tw6 well written'<TALES,-.b'ne ; contindbtj&,' and the other complete. ' ' ' ; * . ' 'THE gatherer; - ' I A series of interesting selections. AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL, SCIENTIFIC, -'- " ■' ■ -; " THE TRAVELLER, ~ ,';! J ' LADIES','COLUMN,', {[ '• : POETRY, and. ' MISCELLANEOUS. Many of our subscribers and friends have complained that,-outside local news, there was but' little*- interesting reading matter in the columns of the Mail', and with the limited space at'"our disposal, this was to a great extent inevitable, By publishing ■• a however, exclusively'devoted to literary" matter, we hope to make the first-class family ■ newspaper/; ' Notwithstanding the, additional ,ex r pense incurred, the .Terms of Subscription, win,rernain as before, via.:—. . •' Per quarter, in advance : ... 0' 6 0 „ „.. -booked ' ... 0-' 7 .0' i „ Annum... ... ... 110 We rely on pur subscribers and friends to use their best'efforts to procure fresh subscribers in' return for our endeavors to make the Mail 'as attractive aspos-f sible to all classes of renders. \ Wiggins &, co'i! REED , ,'&,, , Shoeing and . ■ . • GENERAL SMITHS. HEAD OF, THE BAY, . Akarqa. , . '. ~ ' Tl '." Insurance Companies, SOUTH BRITISH FIRE •■ AND , MARINE INSURANCE' 'COMPANY ; OF ' NEW ZEALAND. Capital '.■ £1,000,000, With Unlimited Liability of : Shareholders. f i° ' ' THIS Company is a purely»NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTION, has a large. and' influential body of Shareholders .distributed throughout the entire Colony, and ALL ITS FUNDS ' are retained'and invested in New Zealand. ' FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE effected at' Lowest Current Rates. WOOL Inspired from sheep's back, to London. i '__ 1 .Akaroa fc W. H. HENNING, Agent. ■•' ■ < Lyttelton: 'R. WOOD, Agent. J. -DRtJMMOND MACPHERSON, . •.. Manager, Christchurch. • UNION FIRE AND MARINE IN-, SURANCB COMPANY OF NEW ■ ZEA*ikND>i™ • , m ilK undesigned, having been apX • pointed ; LOCAL AGENTS for |r the. above.,. Company,, are prepared to ■take. Risks', at the. Lowest .Current Rates. Full particulars, on application to WIGGINS & m.«x