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Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1234, 16 February 1878, Page 1

AVON ROAD DISTRICT. TAKE NOTICE —The VALUATION LIST for the Avon Road District for the year 1878 ia now OPEN FOR INSPECTION at the Road Board Office, Papanui road. All objections thereto mnst be left at the said office on or before the 15th day of February, 1878, and a copy of every such objection must be left at the Avon Road Board < ffice not less than seven days before the next sitting of the said Court. W. F. BEATSON, 7670 Clerk to the Board. W. H. Payne, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, Victoria Street Christchurch. Boots and Shoes made to order. Repairs neatly executed. W. H. PAYNE. 48 MR JOHN KENNER begs to return his sincere thanks to the inhabitants of Lyttelton and surrounding district for the support accorded him whilst carrying on the business of Grocer and General Storekeeper in Lyttelton. He begs to inform them that he has DISPOSED OF THE BUSINESS to Mr JOHN R. WEBB, and solicits for him a continuance of their patronage. London street, Lyttelton, Feb. 6th, 1878. J • R. W EBB, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Lyttelton and the surrounding districts that he has taken the GROCERY AND GENERAL STORE, lately carried on by Mr J. Kenner, London street, Lyttelton, and hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, and keeping the best articles, to merit a fair share of public support. N. B.—Shipping supplied. 47 The union fire and marine INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Hereford street (in premises formerly occupied by Lightband, Allan and Co.) is prepared to accept FIRE AND MARINE RISKS at current rates. W. DEVENISH MEARES, 6631 General Manager. STANDARD Insurance Company, fire and marine. CAPITAL ... ... £1,000,000. FIRE and Marine Risks taken at Current Rates. Fidelity of Persons in Situations of Trust insured. THOMAS R. FISHER, Agent for Canterbury, Offices—Hereford street, Christchurch, 683 THE NEW ZEALAND Insurance Company. Established 1359. Capital.» « £1,000,00(0 Paid-up Capital _ £300,00C Every description of Fire and Marine Insoranoe at current rates. DAVID CRAIG, Hereford street. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital—ONE MILLION STERLIN Paid-np Capital, Reserve Fund, £IOO,OOO. £68,750. THE above Company offers UNDOUBTED SECURITY to Insurers, having a large, wealthy, and influential proprietary resident in New ZealandAll the Company’s FUNDS are invested n the Colony. A special feature of the SOUTH BRITISH! is the prompt and liberal settlement of claims. It has thus paid for lossess in four years £156,467. FIEE AND MARINE BISKS Taken at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. For proposal forms, &c., apply t J. DRUMMOND MACPHERSON, 6660 Manager. •tree IV ATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANI IN OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital ... £1,000,000. Paid up, £50,000; Reserve, £70,000. THIS PURELY LOCAL OFFICE Presents many a« vantages to the Insuring Public. The Capital and Profits are RETAINED IN THE COLONY. THE HEAD OFFICE and Management being local, settlements are made without vexatious delays, or reference to offices at a distance. RAIES AND TEBMS equal to those offered by any other Company 1 A. CARRICK, 7386 Manager, Christchu ch. ji R. PRO O TE K WATCHMAKER, AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, Of High street, Christchurch (opposite City Hotel.) jT.R.ProcterJf Optician T. R. Procter, from 30 years’ experience the spectacle branch of his business, knowing the difficulty there has been in procuring the same of reliable material, properly adjusted to the sight, has secured the services of a first-class and thoroughly qualified Optician (late of Dollond and Son, London), and the only Practical Optician in New Zealand, can guarantee to supply spectacles in any description frame, suitable to any sight, of the»» Brazilian Pebbles, or the Patent Tinted, other Crystals. The near-sighted, and those suffering from weak eyes, requiring Spectacles, hould take the opportunity of calling upon T, R. Procter, during their visit to Christchurch, when they can have their sight ganged and registered by Dr. Ackland’s patent Optometer for carefully testing the sight and supplying suitable spectacles, as they can at any time be supplied by post. N.B. —Every description of Catcptical and Optical Lenses, also Opthalmoscopes, and Laryngoscopes made to order on the premises.