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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1363, 11 December 1872, Page 1

Skipping 1 . H /TESSRS M'MEOKAN, BLACKWOOD IVI AND CQ.'S steamers will be de •patohed, weather permitting, from Grey month on or about the following dates :— For Melbourne Direct — CLAUD HAMILTON, Clark, commander, on or about 13th December. ALHAMBRA, Pearce, commander, on oi about 20th Instant For Nelson, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff Harbor, and Melbourne— RANGITOTO, Mackle, commander, on ot about 18th instant Unless passengers book at the office of the Agents one hour prior to the departure oi the tender Dispatch, they will require to pay their own fare over the bar. Owing to the inconvenience arising from •o many visitors to the ocean-going steamers, no one will henceforth be allowed on board, without an order from the Agents. For freight or passage, apply to D. GIRDWOOD and CO. , Agents. Mawhera Quay. N.B. —Passengers booked through to Sydney and Adelaide. tityTESSRS M'MECKAN, BLACKWOOD ft COS LINE OF STEAMERS. SPECIAL HOLIDAY EXCURSION TRIPS 4 To all New Zealand Ports at which the steamers call. ' RETURN TICKETS AT SINGLE FARE, Available for the months of December, 1872, and January, 1873. Return Tickets will likewise be granted to Melbourne by the abovenamed line of steamers at reduced fares, viz., CaMn £17 0 Steerage 8 10 Available for return during all February, 1873. Apply to D, GIRDWOOD & CO. t Agents. HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, AND OVERLAND TO ENGLAND. the California, New. Zealand and Australia Mail Steamship Line. Under Contract with the New Zealand Government for a Four-Weekly Mail Service. FIIHE Magnificent and Powerful Steamship DA C O T A H , 2146 tons register, X Inoebsoll, Esquire, Commander, Will be despatched from Auckland On THURSDAY, 26th DECEMBER, Greymototh. Saloo g*J™J Steerage. To San Francisco £46 0 £43 0 £23 0 „ New York 73 0 70 0 35 10 - „ Liverpool 85 10 82 10 40 0 Passengers have the option of either proceeding direct on their journey, or spending two months in crossing the Continent of America. Express trains, with palace sleep* ing coaches attached, leave San Francisco daily, and ran through to New York in six lays and 20 hours. For particulars, apply at once to NANCARROW, HENDERSON & CO. Agents, Greymouth. STEAM-TUG DISPATCH, THHE Grey River Steam Tug Company's X powerful Double-Engine Steamer DISPATCH, Is prepared to Tow Vessels in and out of the river as per agreement, to be arranged n application to J. W. MOSS, Manager, Tainui street Public Companies fTTHE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND JL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital : £600,000, in 25,000 shares, of £20 each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. 1 - DIRKCTDBS : Chairman— Albert Beetham, Esq.| Hon Henry Chamberlain. M.L.A. Wm. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. Stannus Jones, Esq. Wffl&a Earl Seo. WfUiara Morrin, Esq. Solicitorf— Messrs Hesketh and Richmond. Bankers— Union Bank of Australia. General Manager— A, Boardman. Head Office— 29, Queen street, Auckland. This Company has been established as i purely New Zealand institution, with all itc funds retained and invested in the colony. It ha» a very large and influential body oi shareholdendistnbuted throughout theentirt colony, who are themselves insurers to a verj considerable amount and consequently cat influence a large business, thus adding to th< security of the insured and the stability oi the Company, the chief features of whicl are * liberal management prompt payments rate* nloderate, and personal responsibility of a large body of shareholders. ' Fire and Marine Insurance is nowcarriet on throughout the colony. Marine busines will also be commenced in, Australia ant Grea| Britain as soon as arrangements oai be made. NAKOABSOW, HENDERSON h CO. Agents. Greymouth, October 18, 1872. rj. W . Mo 8 S BHIPPING & COMMISSION AGEK «tai«tnet» opposite Kennedy Bro* ■ . •■■'■■■ -• ''•'■•". .-■; - - o. :'"i'i\ ,".-.■■■■ ...