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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 679, 16 January 1883, Page 3

<R. W. Smith """" WAR! WAR 11 WARHI VICTORY! 6. P. SMITH TRIUIPHAIT!!! TO the inhabitants of Akaroa and the surrounding Bays. The above great battle has been raging during the past five weeks at G. F. SMITH'S ENORMOUS SALE OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, OPPOSITE TEE WHARF, BEACH ROAD, AKAROA. Special News from the Seat of War. The Banner still Flying. Unprecedented success having attended my Great Sale, I have decided to bold a FINAL CLEARING SALE for FOUR WEEKS, during which period the Stock MUST BE SOLD ! Tbis is no humbug, but the honest truth ; being heavily stocked with the following Goods, they must go, Call early and" judge for yourselves. Heaps of Remnants having collected during my Sale, they will also be cleared at absurd prices. DRESS DEPARTM E ST. Lustres, 9£d per yard. Fancy Dress Stuff, well worth Is 6d per If you want a dress, be sure and call. yard, now selling at 7-|d & per yd Good All-wool Beiges, suitable for win- CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. ter. Is per yard Good Tweed Suits, 37s 6d Heavy Cotton Tweeds, per yard Good Tweed Trousers, 5s lid Beautiful New French Cashmeres, double Good Mole Trousers, 5s lid width, 2s 3d per yard Hats, all shapes and sizes Homespuns, Is 2d per yard | Shirts of every description, from Is 6d ea. A lot of Ladies' and Children's Straw Hats, from 9d each ; also, Children's Sailor Hats, 6d each. MUST BE SOLD ! Underclothing, Hosiery, Corset?, Gloves, &c, &c, &c, an endless variety. BE STJ-_R,_E AJSriD Q_A.___._Li EA.ZRX.IT -AT *. i. Mill*, iiiiiiii wl «* man, OPEN FROM 9 TILL 9. OPPOSITE WHARF, AKAROA. t:e:r,:m.s cash:. fmmmTmmmmmmmTmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmxmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^ _¥ew Zealand .Loan anil mercantile Agency Company CHRISTCHTXROH Wool and Grain "Warehouses. NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £3,000,000 RESERVE £200,000 HAVING regard to the approach of the Wool Season (1882-83) the Company would direct the attention of WOOL GROWERS to its arrangements for dealing with WOOL placed in its hands for realisation, to the perfecting of which special care has been devoted by the management. It has, therefore, every confidence in askiug the consideration of Clients and others to the following features in connection therewith :— The Company holds PERIODICAL AUCTION SALES OF WOOL throughout the Season, at which clients may offer the whole or a portion of their Clips, and in case of reserves not being reached, entries may either be carried forward to another Sale (STORAGE FREE) or shipped to London For Sale there. FARMERS' PARCELS receive Special Attention. Every lot, whether large or small, is valued by Experts engaged for the purpose, and fully protected up to Market Rates. The charges on any Lots not sold are limited to ONE SHILLING PER BALE to cover Receiving, Cataloguing, Offering, Storage, and Delivering. Ample accommodation will be provided for the Efficient Display of Every Lot. The ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE COMPANY'S WAREHOUSES enables it to save clients the Cost of Cartage and Terminal Railway Charges. The Company has passing through its hands every year A LARGER QUANTITY OF NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN WOOL, by many Thousand Bales than any other House ri the World, from which fact it capacity to deal with Consignments may he inferred. During the progress of the Wool Sales in London, FREQUENT TELEGRAPHIC ADVICES are received under cypher, stating the course of the market and the prices obtained for every description of Wool, which are immediately communicated to the Company's Constituents, account sales and remittances following with promptitude. ADVANCES ARE MADE ON A LIBERAL SCALE against Wool, either for sale here or in London ; or on Growing Clips under lien, free of commission. The position of the Company as the leading Wool House of Australasia may be shown by the following figures :— Bales. Shipments to London, 1881 75,904 Sales in Melbourne, 1881 21,259 Sales in New Zealand, 1881 6,530 Making a grand total of 103,693 CHARGES ON PRODUCE ARE AS FOLLOWS :— WOOL.— Receiving, delivering nnd classifying, 2s per bale, 6d per bag ; insurance 6d per bale, 3d per bag ; cataloguing and advertising, 3d per bale ; commission li per cent over £500, 2\ per cent under £500. SHEEPSKINS.—Receiving and delivering, 3s per 50 ; commission, per cent. HID KS.—-Receiving and delivering; If salied in store, Is each ; green,6d ; commission, 2\ per cent. GRAlN.—Receiving, delivering, and storage, under 4 weeks, 2d per bag; over 4 weeks and under 8 weeks, 3d per bag ; commission, 2-h per cent. TALLOW AND FAT.—Receiving and delivering, 6d per cwt ; commission, 2\ per cent. Wool intended for sale at the Christchurch Wool and Grain Warehouses should be consigned to " The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's Private Siding, Christchurch," and that intended for shipment should be sent to the Company's order, Lyttelton. JOHN COOKE, Manager. E. S. HARLEY, Produce Manager. mmimmmmVmmmmmWmmmmmmmmmmmWmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmWmmmmmWmWmmmmmm^ Public Notice* Impounded TO STATION HOLDERS. IMPOUNDED. PRINTED RULES for Shearers yMPOUNDED on 31st Dec, 1882, on hand at the Maii. Office, _|_ o ff M a { n Road, Duvauchelle's Bay, Akaroa. One Bay Mare ; no brand visible, shod ' all round. If not released on or before ' AKAROA HORTICULTURAL & the 17th day of January, 1883, at 12 INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. noon . wi n be sold. ". , „ ... J. LIBEAU, ALL accounts against the Commit- Poundkeeper. tee in connection with the above mmmmmm^lmwmmwmimwmammmmammwmmmmmmmmimmam Show are requested to be sent in at BoiMl Boar(1 Woticen ° nee Stephen watkins, ! Hon - Sec ' BOARD. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR — rtfpTnri . T~. • v. * v : SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. IST°™E is hereby given, that all , J__>| Rates not paid within fifteen , -XTOTICE is hereby given, that I days from the receipt of the Board's ; IN intend to apply to the Akaroa notice to that effect will be sued for. , County Council, in terms of the 24th AH Rates to be paid to me or sent by 1 section of " The Slaughter-House Act, letter addressed to me, at the Boards , 1877," for a License to slaughter cattle Office, Duvauchelle s Bay. on section 13645, Pigeon Bay. By order. WILLIAM PATON, JOHN BARWICK, Pigeon Bay. Clerk to the Board.