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Evening Star, Issue 3415, 31 January 1874, Page 4

PUBLIC COMPANIES. IMPERIAL BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THIS Society offers more advantages than a Savings’ Bank, as it is both a saving and a lending institute. Persons may lay by or invest their savings in it in sums as small as 4s a month, and these persons if desirous to build a house or buy land may, after once being in tbe society, borrow, to be repaid in small monthly instalments, any sum above L 25. For further information, apply to W. DALRYMPLE Jnr., Secretary. COTTISH COMMERCIAL INSUR--1 ANCE CO. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.

Claims settled in Dunedin. CAPITAL, £1,000,000. WILLIAM BROWN & CO., Agents, Princes street (opposite National BankV

PROTECTION FROM FIRE. TO STOREKEEPERS, HOUSEHOLDERS, INVESTERS, And Others having Property at risk. THE National Insurance Co. deserves the support of the public of Otago, being essentially A LOCAL OFFICE, With a resident proprietary and administra* tion in the Province. The ENTIBE CAPITAL AND PROFITS for the protection of the insured aud guarantee of claims being invested here retains in New Zealand that which would otherwise go out of it. A. HILL JACK, General Manager,

MERCHANDISE. N SALE AND TO ARRIVE. New Season’s Tea in half-chests aad boxes. Sugars—brown and white crystals. Oilmen’s Stores—a large assortment. Brandy—Renault’s and Levitte’s, bulk and case. Whisky—Begg’s celebrated Lochnagar, bulk and case. Wines—Port and Sherry, low and medium, Californian and Adelaide, case and bulk. Ginger Wine—Thomson’s and Heddle’s, case and bulk. Hops— New Kent, prime sample. Cocoa and Chocolate—Pry and Son’s. Biscuits—Middlemass’s, Albert, and Argyle. Soap—Steele’s Fancy, and Colonial. Tobacco Pipes—M'Dougal’s, Glasgow make Varnishes—Noble’s and Hoare’s, .Barland’s and Price’s. Cornsaoks, Woolpaoks, Twine, Sheep Nets. Printing Ink —Shackell and Edward’s. Piano—Ralph, Allison, and Sons’. Iron Bedsteads, Cots, Avery’s Weighing Machines, Cutlery, Nails, &c. Resin, Soda Crystals, Caustic Soda, &c.. NEW ZEALAND VARNISH AND POLISH. These Varnishes are equal, if not superior, to any Varnishes imported. William Gilchrist having a large stock of these Varnishes and Polishes on hand, is prepared to supply House Painters, Coach Painters, and Cabinetmakers at the lowest possible price. W ILLIAM~GILCHRIST, Importer of Paperhangings, Glass, Oils, Colors, Brushes, &c., GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN. Price List on application. OTAGO SOAP AND CANDLE WORKS, GEORGE STREET NORTH, &c. R. B. MARTIN and CO. Dunedin.

ROBINS & M'LEODS Manufacturers of all qualities of HARD SOAP, SOFT SOAP, AND TALLOW CANDLES. Highest price given for Tallow. WHILST imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the purchaser of an imitation article is invariably the victim of the unscrupulous. It is but poor economy to buy an imitation Sewing-machine when the genuine can be had at reduced prices. The test of over twenty years, and the evidence of millions, establish the claims of the WHEELER & WILSON SEWINGMACHINES, the annual sale of which is now over 150,000. Every machine warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Reduced prices. Illustrated price-lists, post free. PARK & CURLE, Princes street, (Sole agents for Otago )

OTAGO TIMBER YARDS. Steam Saw, Planeing and Moulding Mills, Door and Sash Manufactory, Dunedin, Stuart, Cumberland, and Castle streets. FINDLAY & CO., Proprietors, HAVE always on band, and for ale, a large stock of all dscriptions of Building Materials— Timber of every description H. T. Palings, Shingles, and Posts and Rails Latbs and Pickets (American and Colonial) Doors, Sasbes, and Casements (Special sizes made to order) Architraves, Skirting, Mouldings, &c. Galvanised Iron, Ridging, Spouting, &c. Nails, Screws, Washers, &c. Just landing, ex Gemsbok, from New York, a large shipment of Shelving, T and G Lumber, &c.; also, Oregon Beams (good dimensions). ar s^ ve ’ ex Otago, from Glasgow, 200,000 feet Red and White Deals, 9x3 and 11x3; 250,000 ft. T. and G Baltic, Ain., |m., Jin., lin. and Ijin.

Country orders promptly attended to. T IHE Undersigned have landing, and to a^| ve > ex Dallam Tower, Bebington, Allahabad, Rokeby Hall, Lady Jooeyln, May Queen, Dover Castle, Christian M‘Ausland, Caller Ou’, and Glimpse—--150 cases Galvanised Iron 700 barrels Cement 600 kegs nails 20 casks Ironmongery feet Super. Ash Plank 350.000 ~ Deals 300.000 ~ Oregon Logs 1,050 boxes Glass 25 tons Fencing Wire GUTHRIE & LARNACH.