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Evening Star, Issue 3498, 9 May 1874, Page 3

SHIPPING. HARBOUR STEAM COMPANY AGENTS gAMSON, p.s., for OAMARU, pn Tuesday, 12th May. Passengers by 730 a.m. train. Shipping orders issued till 2 p.m., and cargo received till 4 p.m. the day before sailing. jyj'AORI, s.s., for TIMARU, AKAROA, and LYTTELTON, on Tuesday, 12th May. Cargo till noon. Passengers by 5.15 p.m. train. Offices; Harbour Chambers. SOUTHLAND STEAMERS SAIL AS UNDER:— WALLABI, s.s., for BLUFF and INYERCARGILL, TO-MORROW (Sunday). Passengers from Rattray street Jetty at ten a,m, H. HOUGHTON & CO. MEETINGS. COMMERCIAL BUILDING & MUTUAL INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE usual Fortnightly Meeting of the above Society, for the purpose of receiving Subscriptions, &c,, will be held next Monday Evening, from six to eight o’clock. WILL 8. DOUGLAS, • ■ Secretary. UNION PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY. THE Adjourned Annual General Meeting of the Society will- be held at the Office. Princes street, next Monday Evening, the 26th instant, at 8 o’clock M. W. HAWKINS, Secretary. ‘ PUBLIC COMPANIES. PROTECTION FROM FIRE. 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. gCOTITSH COMMERCIAL ANCS CO. INSDRFIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Claims settled in Dunedin. • 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 Haxter, Esq. , G. I> Reid, Esq. 1 The H on. James Paterson. - : Losses by Fire insured against on Stores, Warehouses, Dwelling houses, &c., at current rates. The Company also takes 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 associa tion, Insurers will participate in the profits of the Company. CHAS. RETD, Manager. SEEING MACHINES. SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES. THE most simple, complete, and perfect Machines yet invented. G. M. Aldrich, Agent, comer of Princes and Dowling streets Dunedin. Machines sold on deferred payments. Beware of imitations of .the “Singer” Machines. SEWING MACHINES. THE undersigned have pleasure in announcing having accepted the sole Agency in New Zealand for the new “ HOLT ” FAMILY SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE, A Machine we guarantee to be 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 tne above excellent machines, we shall be glad to supply sample orders. This shipment comprises—Plain Table, with and without cwver; Half and Full Cabinet Medium, and No. 2 Wheel-feed Machines. ARTHUR BRISCOE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Iron Merchants. 1} REWARD.—Lost, on Saturday a ■ Pa , r T cel > containing two book dressed Wm. Y. Spiers, Roslyn.” Fi please leave at A. and J, Macfarlane’s, Gro Princes street. ACCOMMODATION for Gentlemen, lady and gentleman, Verandah Cotstage, High and Hope streets. Terms moderate.