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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 316, 29 July 1879, Page 1

Business Notices. TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE " AKAROA MAIL " AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. importal-tTnotice. PERMANENT ENLARGEMENT OP 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 that support which has been so liberally bestowed on it, have determined on adding considerably; to the amount of literary matter furnished to their readers. On and after the I.7th JANUARY, 1879, The Akaroa Mail Will contain, ONCE A WEEK, a TWO-PAGE SUPPLEMENT, Consisting of an additional FOURTEEN COLUMNS Of entertaining matter, under the following' headings :— THE NOVELIST. Under this head will appear two well written TALES, one continuous, and the other complete. THE GATHERER, A series of interesting selections. AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL, SCIENTIFIC, THE TRAVELLER, LADIES' COLUMN, POETRY, and , /J. •■■ • • Many of our,-subscribers aud friendshave 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 supplement, however, exclusively devoted to literary matter, we hope to make the Mail a first-class FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Notwithstanding the additional expense incurred, the Terms of Subscription will remain as before, viz.:— Per quarter, in advance ... 0 6 0 „ ~ booked ...0 7 0 „ Annum... ... ... 1 1 0 We rely on our subscribers and friends to use their best efforts to procure fresh subscribers in return for our endeavors, to make the Mail as attractive as possible to all classes of readers. WIGGINS & CO. EEED & WALLACE, Shoeing: and GENERAL SMITHS. HEAD OF THE BAY, Akaroa. ' ■B__U«__l-—T_ai--------«MIMBUMII-»-H'll-UIMIIMUmil- I ■ — Insurance Companies. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital ... .-. £1,000,000, With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. rpHIS Company is a purely NEW X 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 Insured from sheep's back to London. Akaroa : W. H. HENNING, Agent. Lyttelton: R. WOOD, Agent. J. DRUMMOND MACPHERSON, 1 Manager, Christchurch. UNION FIRE AND MARINE IN- - - SURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. . .. ~ ,„. ...'.,. THE undersigned, having been appointed" LOCAL AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to •take Risks at the Lowest Current Rates. Full particulars, on application to WIGGINii-AtCO. '$;