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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1366, 14 December 1872, Page 1

UJIJJ'I'JJIX' H/fESSRS M'MECKAN, BLACKWOOD IVI . AND CO.'S steamers will be despatched, weather permitting, from Greymouth on or about the following dates :— • For Melbourne Direct— ALHAIdBRA, Pearce, commander, on or about 20th instant. For Nelson, Wellington, Lyttetton, Dunedin, Bluff Harbor, and Melbourne— RANGTTOTO, Mackie, commander, on or about 18th' instant. Unless passengers book at the office of the . Agents one hour prior to the departure of the trader Dispatch, they will require to pay their own fare over the bar. Owing to the inconvenience arising from so 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., Agints. Mawhera Quay. , N.B.— Passengers booked through to Sydney and Adelaide. 1 Tl JTESSRS M'MECKAN, BLACKW6OD dVJL k COS LIAE OF STEAMERS. SPECIAL HOLIDAY EXCURSION TRIPS To all Now Zealand Ports at which the steamers call. J f ,RETyßir TICKETS AT SINGLE FAREJ ' Available for the; months of December, 1§72, and January, 1873. Return Tickets will likewise be granted ,to Melbourne by the abovenamed line of ' steamers at reduced fares, viz, , Cabin £17 0 Steerage, 8 10 Available for return during all February, 1873. Apply to D. GIRDWOOD & CO., 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 Pour-Weekly Mail ! Semce. npHE Magnificent and Powerful Steamship D A C. O T A H , 2146 tons register, T. Ingersoll, Esquire, .Commander, ' Wfll be despatched from Auckland On THURSDAY, 2(>th DECEMBER. Xtiifiyniputh. Saloo JjjjJJJ Steerage. To San Francisco £46 0 £43 0 £23 0 „ NewTork 73 0 70 0 35 10 „ Liverpool 85 10 8210 40 0 • Passenoers have the option of either proceeding direct on their journey, or spending ., tyo months in crossing the Continent of ; America. Express trains, with palace sleeping coaches attached, leave San Francisco sully, und ran through to New York in six lays and 20 hours. For particulars, apply at once to NANCARROW, HENDERSON k CO. Agents, Greymouth. STEAM-TUG DISPATCH, ■ HUB Grey River Steam Tug Company's . JL powerful Double-Engine Steamer DISPATCH, Is prepared to Tow Vessels in and out of Sht> river as per agreement, to be arranged >n application to J. W. MOSS, Manager, Tainui street. Pnbiic Companies mHE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND J. MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY Qf NEW ZEALAND. Capital : £500,000, in 25,000 shares, of £20 : each, j with, unumited liability of shareholders. • , DIREOTDHS : ; Chairman- Albert Beetham, Esq. Bon Henry Chamberlaia M.L.A.j 'Wm. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. Stabnus Jones, Esq. William EarL Eeq. William Morrin, Esq. Solldtb^-Me^n He«keth and Riohmond. Bankers— Union Bank of Australia. General Manager— A. Boardman. Head Office— 29, Queen street, Auckland. Tbis Company has been established as a pnrely New Zealand institution, with all its funds, retained and invested in the colony. It has a very large and influential. body of sharehqldersdistributedthroughouttheentire - colony/who are themselves insurers to a very considerable amount, and con»eauently can inntMOce a large busifleas, thus adding to the security of the insured and the stability of the Company, the chief features of 'which . ar e a liberal management, prompt payments, rates moderate, and personal responsibility • of » large body of shareholders. Fire and Marine' lnsuranpe is now parried on throughout thp colppy. Marine business wjll also' be pojnmenced in Australia and Great Britain as soon as arrangements can be made. NANCARROW, HENDERSON & CO., Agents. Greymouth October 18, 1872. - r JTi W . -M o s s BHIPPING A COMMISSION AGENT alnnl street, oppofJto |K^uwdy BrM.