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Evening Star, Issue 3492, 2 May 1874, Page 1

PUBLIC COMPANIES* PROTECTION PROM EIRE. To Storekeepers, Householders, Investors, and others having Property at Risk. rjIHE NATIONAL INSURANCE, COMPANY "Deserves the support of the Public of Otago, being essentially a LOCAL OFFICE, With a Resident Proprietary and Administration in the Province. THE ENURE CAPITAL AND PROFITS For the protection of the insured and guarantee of claims being invested here, retains in New Zealand that which would otherwise go out of it. A. HILL JACK, General Manager. SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Claims settled in Dnnedin. CAPITAL, £1,000,900. WILLIAM BROWN & CO,, Agents, Princes street (opposite National Bank!. gTANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Head Office, Princes street; Dunedin. Capital ... ... One Million Sterling. Directors : James Anderson, Esq. George Young, Esq. James Curie, Esq. L. Thoneman, Esq. David Baxter, Esq. , G. F. Reid, Esq. The Hon. James Paterson. Losses by Firo insured against on Stores, : Warehouses, Dwelling houses, &c., at current rates. * The Company also tabes risks on Wool and all kinds of Merchandise, on land or at sea, on the most favorable terms. Particular attention is drawn to the fact that, by provision in the articles of association, Insurers will participate in the profits of the Company. CHAS. REID, Manager. , SEWING MACHINES. | SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES. THE most simple, complete, and perfect Machines yet invented. G. M. Aldrich, Agent, corner of Princes and Dowling streets i Dunedin. Machines sold on deferred payments. Be- - ware of imitations of the “ Singe*” Machines.

SEWING MACHINES. THE undersigned have pleasure in an* nouncing having accepted the sole Agency in New Zealand for the new “HOLT” FAMILY SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE, A Machine we guarantee to he an exact facsimile of the AMERICAN “SINGER,” in every way equal for beauty of finish and workmanship, and From 20 to 25 per Cent. Cheaper. Having just received our third shipment of the above excellent machines, we shall be glad to supply sample orders. This shipment comprises—Plain Table, with and without cover; Half and Full Cabinet, Medium, and No. 2 Wheel-feed Machines. ARTHUR BRISCOE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Iron Merchants.

SALES BT AUCTION. OTAGO WOOL AND FLAX STORES. Driver, stewart, and go., STOCK AND STATION AGENTS, AND WOOL AND PRODUCE BROKERS, DUNEDIN, are prepared to make ADVANCES on the MOST LIBERAL TERMS on the INCOMING CLIP of WOOL, also on NEW ZEALAND HEMP or other Produce, either for sale here or for shipment to their Agents in Melbourne, London, or the United States. They will hold SALES atKAIKORAI YARDS, every Wednesday, at 11 o’clock, of Fat Cattle, Sheep and Lambs. OTAGO WOOL AND PRODUCE STORES, every Wednesday, at 3 o’clock, of Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, Tallow, Flax, &c. BARNETT & CO. are instructed to sell by auction, on the premises near the Octagon, A. R. HAY’S Stock of General Drapery, The sales will take place Every Evening from 7 to 9 ; and on Saturday Afternoons from 2 to S. WM. BARNETT & CO. DENTISTS. ESTABLISHED 1862. MR ALFRED BOOT SURGEON DENTIST; Princes Street, Dcnkdin,