VI CTOBI A HOUSE. _. -' ,? SMITH -^NJD M'XjOWELL Having completed the alterations and additions to their Premisea are now showing ex s.s. Gbthenburgh, s.s^Otago, &c, their FIRST SPRING SHIPMENTS OF NEW AND FASH IONABLE BRAPERX; AND CLOTHING; SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THIS MARKET. THEY'RESPECTFULLY DIRECT «. . ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING :— : ,; ; i French Millinery . — Men's Colonial Suits :. Scarlet, blue, and white Blankets ShaAvls and Paletots Tweed and Bedford Trowsers 44 and 84 Grey Calicoes Ladies' Underclothing Mole Trowsers Ito 5 NaA'y Canvass" Made-up Dresses Tweed and Cord Riding Pants Quilts and Sheetings Robed Winceys . Crimean Shirts v Linen and Wool Damasks French Merinos Cardigan Jackets .WincloAV Muslins ■'■■../ Black and Colored Silks Plush and Felt Hats Window Hollands Moirie Antiques Winter Wool Hosiery _ Hearth Rugs and Mattings Furs, Boas; andMuffa Scarfs and Mufflers .Trimmings, &c, &c. . Men's, Ladies', and Children's Boots and Shoes. Carpet, Leather, and Fur Slippers. SMITH AISTD^MDOWELL, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL id ra: f'e ■ r ,"s -A^'iqsr r> cx.oth ick s , ' " NEST THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH AVALES, GREYMOUTH. THE BEST A¥ATCHMAKER EST . Ur; . - ,TOWN,' • - . S # _ ■ A A B- O N 'S-O'/N, HasrqmoA-ed next'tojhe Photographic Rooms, A Avell -selected stook of Watches and JcAvellery. Repairs neatly executed, • • '
. - ■' [ciBCULAPv.] -. -yiCTORIAN . BONDED STEAM » COFFEE MILLS." ROBERT HARPER, and Co, beg to draAV the attention of merchants and the public to the advantages afforded to purchasers of their coffees. '.-..•":' .' ■ ' - ' The goods being manufactured in bond, the payment of the; double. duty is avoided, and the manufacture being under the inspection of an officer -of H.M. Customs, a guarantee of quality not hitherto obtainable 'in the coffee trade is thus secured to consumers. , : ■'. ' This being the first and only Bonded Coffee Works yet established in the Australian Colonies, R. H. and Co.- are enabled to supply their intercdbnial friends Avith a superior quality, and at a Reduction of 2d per pound on their former shipping prices, . To be had of nearly all storekeepers .in New Zeflaud. ROBERT HARPER and CO., COFFEE AND SPICE MERCHANTS, - 554 and ' 57 Fliriders Lan East, Melbourne. ' "IyrOTICE TO MARINERS AT THE GREY. ■ *. ■ p The outer fiagstaff has been discontinued, and a skeleton beacon placed on the beach, which in a line with the flagstaff, will cross the btuviA the 'deepest .water. , Attention is to be paid, as heretofore, to .the^movements of the semaphore; The lower mast has been boarded to seaAvard, shoAviug a flat surface of 17in., painted white to make it more: conspicuous, The skeleton beacon is 15ft high, above the upper part of the bank, and a' flag-pole Cft. above that shoAviug a red flag. The signals in use at the Grey arc the sariie as those at the poit.bf Hokitika. '•'. THOMAS TURNBULL, / Harbor Master for Wcstlaud; T^ICTORIA LIFE 'AND GE Er v AL \ INSURANCE COMPANY; ',;: .-- ■ ■ « Head Office : 82 Collins st. east, Melbourne. Capital; £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £50 each. .-. ;■> Unlimited Liability. DIEECTORS: - '. Chttirman of the Board. — The Hon. Henry Miller, M.L.C. ' "henrj-.Creswick, Esci, J.P. The Hon. George Barker. ,'•-■■■.. The Hon. J. D. Pinnock. :;v/ Ed. By am Wight, Esq, J.P. , ; Germain Nicholson, Esq, 'J. P. - - _ LIFE DEPARTMENT. . Special Features. L Security.— That of a joint-stock company,' with a paid-up and accumulating capital, and a proprietary possessing means in this country to mf et the claims of the assured. ■> ' • .' . , . 2. Premiums. —The lowest that can be . ' charged Avith safety, arid payable eithei - ' quarterly or half-yearly, at the jpption of the assured. - ... "3. Guaranteed Bonus.— GiA-ing'- to the assured the profits- of, a mutual company, without the risk^ - , . ' *-'.. : .4. R.eduction of Premiums. — At such docenni^l'distribution of- profits, until tlie'paymenlpf:pr,emiuuis ceases. ■'■■-.'. S.' AU policies iiiclisputable. 6. No extra -charge for servico in the Volunteer Corps within the colony. ."" 'Fire Ad Marine Insurance effected, Guarantee,'— Policies^granted guaranteeing the fidelity of. persons.. eninloyed. in. offices oi trust, Avith or without -life assuvance^ ai moderate rates of premium, v - ' Tables ofrates'arid all. necessary information -will be furnished on application at this office. • . ._•"::-•.•■•': ■■■■ JOSEPH COLLIE, • "~ .; '- . ■■ • Secretary. rj\O STATIONEKS & STOREKEEPERS. The Ujidersigncd' has; On Sale a large assortment -of Stationery, suitable for storekeepers and stationers on the digging's These goods, having l, ecn huportcd B direct from Britain, are ' ottered at prices that Avill give satisfaction. . Blue and cream note paper and em-elopes -.Memorandum books of every description . - --Tinted- note raper and envelopes - • • Foolscap, ruled antl plain - Gillott's, Mitchell's, and Perry's pens ~ . Ruled 'note and letterpjiper ' , Billhead miyevMetallic hooks ;- Coi>yiMgT re6ses and requisites. .' :^. 'A; R, LIVINGSTON ; 'v"v' '.'■ Princes street, * >: '.'■:;. Dunham.
A USTRALASIAN INSURANCE COM-;p-any, ■■;.', ■ FIRE, LIFE, and MARINE. Established, 1807.-- - • Subscribed capital, £500,000. JPaid-upX'apital : . - - Fire and Marine, £100,000. Life, .£25,000. Ptcseryed Fund, £70,000.. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : Chairman, Hon. Alexander Fraser, M.L.C. Yice-Chainnan, James Graham, Esq. i Edward Coben, Esq, M.L;A. . . Hon. W. J. T. Clarke, M.L.C. ' E. P. S. Sturt, Esq, :P.M. • " Joseph Griffiths, Eaq. • Marine Surveyor- : 1 Captain W. G. , Grave. 1 . Medical Officers : W, H. Campbell, Esq, F.R.C.S.E. J. B. Motherwell, Esq, M,D. V Actnary : * G. E. Cowley, Esq. G eelong Board of Dijfij&ors : Robert Bruce Ronalo^Esq. " Alexander Buchanan, Es(|, ' Secretary: - . ' George Fraser, Esq. , . . Fire risks taken 'at loAvest current rates. Mariue risks accepted at current rates, and losses made payable either at the head office, Melbourne, or at any of the agencies of the company in . Great Britain, India, or the 1 colonies, at the option of the assured/ 1 ' Life policies issued on very favorable, con- ; ditions. £0 extra charge to members of volunteer brigades. ' yeiy .extended geographical limits allowetUf^Glaiins paid Avithin one calendar niorith^fter probf of death. •Particular attentionis directed to the fact that the funds! belonging to the life branch are -protected by special Act cif Parliament against' -any claim arising out of the fire and marine branch ; a substantial guarantee is thus afforded to policy, holders. E. L. MONTEFIORE,. • ' Secretary. A USTRA LI AN MUTUAL PRO- ~ ' VIDENT SOCIETY. ' . Established 1549. '§■ ■ - -_" Annual Revenue Exceeds £103,560. Invested- Funds Exceed £318, 000. Principal Office— lo7 > Collins street Avest, - ■-..'•"• Melbourne. DIRECTORS : " Robert M'Dougal, Esq, Chairman. T. H..pOAver, Esqj Deputy-Chairman. " R. T. Tracy, Esq, M.D, J.P. Andrew Sutherland, Esqi J.P. Professor Ir\'ing, M.A. Medical Referee— W. R, Piigh, Esq, M.D, 131 Collins . street east. . . '' •'■ '■■■■■.'■ _._:-.:-.. :.:.;■» - Life Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment Business is transacted lby the society, on favorable terms. ' ■• ' . The entire profits of the society, being the property of the members, are from time to. r time divided rateably among themselves. ! Forms' of proposal arid every, other in- | formation can be : obtained at ; the principal office, or at any of the agencies. , By order of the Board, i . • J. BKYCE WILKINSON, J - Resident Secretary. ■ JVTISSING FRIENDS* NJEXT OF KIN, " Unclaimed Money JRestorkd, &c. ' HOG AN S Australian, European, and American General Agency Office" arid Universal News Room, under the patronage of i the Goyeinniiiits of New South Wales, Vie- ' tona,rbouth Australia, New Zealand, &c, &c . f .■ f The Proprietors of the Grky R IVE r Argus s- are hereby appointed my authorised agents. ; Enqumes for Missing Friends, or other in- " formation sought through the advertising columns of this Journal, Avill have immediate ' attention. Agents are appointed- in the principal towns in the.Avbfld, and newspapers published- by theni are regularly filed, and .open for'the free inspection of the public. Address : Portland./ Victoria, Australia. .:: .-■"■';- 1.-vl .-v =. : u JAMES HOGAN, > ■ •" ■<; v Sole Proprietor. v j ' ; .:: TO ; 'MARiNERS." '" ' ' nRHE Schooner, SANGALIER having ; JL sailed from this port (Hokitika) for the 1' ;M()lyne'ux; bri^'the 21st "of 'October last, and not; having-l)"een heard ofsince, it is supjioscd , that the said vesse]||fes been wrecked on the I Coast between this and the. Mo^neux ;-. and 1 _as it is probable >thaf the crewol* 1 part of ?the " ci ; cav may be living at spme:j)art.()t;the;Coa,st,' coasters are .urgently .requested to keep, a sharp ; Look-out for, FIRJKS or other SIGNALS of .DISTRESS-;" arid/notice is hereby given that, .'inybne supplying any, information as to 'the "-f ate of 'tlie' Crew: of ..the; Sangalier, or rescuing .. auy of the said Cmv, . will be Handsomely KeAvardcd. ' . - % ." MOIUSON; LAW, and' CO* AgenW Wliarf stretty HokJtika. -
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Grey River Argus, Issue 102, 6 September 1866, Page 4
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