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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2761, 22 December 1871, Page 3

EXCURSION TRIP ON TUESDAY NEXT gS. '• STORM BIRD ” will leave Rattray street Jetty on TUESDAY morning next, at 10 o’clock, proceeding to PORT CHALMER® and the HEADS. Should the weather be favorable the steamer will proceed round Blueskin and Waikouaiti Bays, returning about 6 p.m. H. HOUGHTON & CO. Steam to TIMARU, LYTTELTON, WELLINGTON, and NAPIER. S3. “RANGATIRA” • C aptain Renner, will be despatched for above Ports on Wednesday next. Cargo received at Rattray-street Jetty. H. HOUGHTON and CO. NOTICE! JJUNEDIN GAS WORKS. To the CITIZENS of DUNEDIN and Suburbs:— In fulfilment of a promise made on the 9th September last, to a deputation of Citizens, THE PROPRIETOR of the Dunedin Gas Works has satisfaction in announcing that he is not only prepared to carry out his engagement, but to offer even more liberal inducements to large and regular consumers who will pay rates promptly. From the Ist of January prox., Gas supplied by the Dunedin Gas Works will be on the following terms : To Consumers who pay their rates not later than the 15th of each month, the charges will be 15s per 1000 feet for casual consumers. To Consumers for contracts entered into for three years (transferable to successors in business o,r to other premises) 12s 6d per 1000 feet. For which, contract forms are to be had at the Gas Office, Princes street. N.B.—All rates payable monthly. To Consumers who may not have paid their rates by the 15th of any month, a charge of 20s per 1000 feet will be made, Dunedin, 18, th December, 1871. TT7 ANTED, a First-class Draper’s AsW sistaut. A. & T. INGLIS. WANTED purchaser Milch Goat, just kidded. Apply, Mr Geddes, Octagon. TO LBT, a comfortable detached Cottage, foot of York Place. Enquire on the premises, WANTED Customers for BOOTS and SHOES, at Barton and Mitchel’a Princes-strcet, next Criterion Hotel. WANTED a Strong Girl to make herself generally useful in small family. Apply, Q, office of this paper. FOR SALE OR LEASE.- Eligible Building Ground for Business purposes in Liverpool and Bond-streets, adjoining Briscoe’s and M'Kerras’s Warehouses. David Proudfoot. WANTED Gentlemen requiring Geese for Christmas holidays to visit the Skittle Alley, Queens Hotel, Albany-strcet, to-morrow. WAN TEE a First-class Bookeeper acquainted with the drapery trade. Apply, by letter only, A. and T. Inglis. STRAWBERRIES, Cherries, Cucumbers and Bouquets at Qebbie’s, corner of Leith and St David-.streets. WANTED a Housemaid. Apply, Golden Age Hotel. Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. THE Government having been empowered by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into fov 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 best security to the Assured. 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,