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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2625, 17 July 1871, Page 1

Business Notices. fJIAPESTRY CARPETS, new and choice patterns, 9d per yard BRUSSELS CARPETS, new and choice patterns, 4s 11.D per yard] FELT CARPETS, 1* yards wide, from 2s 9 D per yard HERBERT, HAYNES. & CO. Shipping. STEAM TO OAMARU. REDUCTION OF FARES ! ! I In future the ordinary fares by THE p.s. WALLACE •will include the charge for landing in the surf boats. Fare from Dunedin Wharf to Oamaru Beach: CABIN, 20s; STEERAGE, 15s. Starting from Dunedin every Tuesday and Friday, at 9 a.m. Offices : Harbor Chambers. IHE C. S, S. N. Company's s.s. LORD ASHLEY, H. J. C. Andrews, commander, will sail for YTTELTON, WELLINGTON, NAPIER, AURANGAand AUCKLAND on or about hursday, 20th of July. Dunedin passenjrs conveyed on board free by 2 o clock ;eamer. For freight or passage apply to eo. S. Brodrick, agent. Rattray-street. Election of Mayor. TO THE CITIZENS OF DUNEDIN. GENTLEMEN.- Having been requested by a large and influential number of my fellow citizens to allow myself to be placed in nomination for the office of Mayor, at the ensuing Election, 1 have great pleasure in acceding to their flattering request. I have had the honour of representing you as Councillor for Be l Ward during the past three years, in which capacity I trust that my endeavours to serve the ratepayers have met with your approval, and I am, therefore, induced to seek the high and honorable office to which I now aspire. If elected, I shall spare no pains to serve the interests of the citizens at large, and shall be glad to give my time and attention to the duties of the office. 1 have the honour to he, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, L. THONEMAN. Educational. HIGH STREET LADIES SCHOOL. MISS M. G. WILSON takes this opportunity of intimating that the above School will now be permanently carried on at Clifton House, off High-street, where ample accommodation is provided for boarders, whose comfort as well as that of her other pupils, shall have especial eaje. Quarter commences on Monday first, 11/ th July. Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. THE Government having been empowered by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into contracts for Insurances on Lives, and for the grants of Annuities and Endowments, are now prepared to execute any of the usual contracts dependent upon the contingencies of human life. The following advantages are presented as deserving of Public attention, and especially of the Working Classes 1. The tables of Premiums in all the branches are considerably less than in any other office in New Zealand. 2. All transactions, and Powers of Attorney and other documents, are free of Stamp Duty and all taxation. 3. No charge is made beyond the purchase money or premium, paid quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. 4. Fourteen or twenty-one days of grace, according to the intervals of payment, arc allowed beyond the due dates; and should the assured die during these periods, the policy will still be valid. 5. Surrender values are granted on the whole or any part of a contract which has endured for five years. 6. Residence is permitted in any part of the Australasian Colonies or Europe, and premiums may always be paid on the due dates at the nearest Money Order Office. 7. Insurances effected for the benefit of and settled on Wife or Children are free, to the extent of L 2,000, from the claims of Creditors. 8. The Consolidated Revenue of the Colony is liable for all claims, in the event of the monies received (which are safely invested at compound interest) at any time being insufficient to meet demands, thus affording the beat security to the A ssured. The fullest information can be obtained on application to any Money Order Office or Government Schoolmaster, or to CECIL Y, BISS, Sub-Commissioner, Offices, (next Post Office), Central Hall Provincial Buildings, Dunedin. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner. OAKEY & SON’S Emery and Black Lead. Mills, 2, Blackfriars road, London, England. Agents in all the Colonies.