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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1367, 16 December 1872, Page 1

Shilling. H/TESSKB M'MECKAN, BLACKWOOD iVI AND CO.'S steamers will be despatched, weather permitting, from Grey* mouth on or about the following dates :— For Melbourne Direct— ' ALHAMBRA, Pearce, commander, on or about 20th instant For Nelson, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dun-t-din, Bluff Harbor, and Melbourne— RANG'TOTO, Mackie, commander, on or about 18th instant. Unless passengers book at the office of the Agents one hour prior to the departure of the- tenderDiapatch, 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. GIBDWOOD and CO., Agents. Mawhera Quay. N.B.— Passengers booked through to Sydney and Adelaide. . H7TBSSKS M'MECKAN, BLACKWOOD jyi & COS LINE OF STEAMERS. SPECIAL HOLIDAY EXCURSION TRIPS To all New Zealand Ports at which the steamers call. - BETtJRN 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., Cabin £17 0 . Bteerage „ 810 J Available for return during all February, 1 1873. Apply to D. GIRDWOOD &r CO., i Agents. 1 , , i HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, AND J OVERLAND TO ENGLAND. * the California, »w Zealand aod Australia Mail Steamship Line ( Under Contract with the New Zealand ( Government for a Four-Weekly Mail Service. npHE Magnificent and Powerful Steamship I DACOT A H, < 2146 tons register, T. Ikoebw'LL, Esquire, Commander, I Will be despatched from Auckland I Qo THURSDAY, 26th DECEMBER. 1 , Greymouth. Saloo JgJJ Steerage. ,To flanirttciaco £46 0 £43 0 £23 0 „ New. York .73 0 70 0 35 10 ! "tlverpool 85 10.82 10 40 0 Passengers have the option of either pro- 1 ceeding direct on their journey, or spending 1 1 two months in cropsing the Continent of j ' America. Express trains, with palace sleep- - ins coaches attached, leave San Trancisco •laiiy, and run through to New York in six lays and 20 hours. I For particulars, apply at once to j NANOARROW, HENDERSON & CO. Agents, Greymouth. | j STEAM-TUG DISPATCH, -■THE Grey River Steam Tug Company's I JL powerful Double-Engine Steamer I DISPATCH, I Is prepared to Tow Vessels in and out of I . Ac river as per agreement, to be amazed I ya application to I J. W. MOSS, Manager, Tainui street. Public Companies HE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Cafttal : £600,000, in 25,000 shares, of £20 each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. I Dibectjbs : Chainnan-T Albert Beetham, Esq. Boi Henry Chamberlain M.L.A.I Wm. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. Stannus Jones, Esq. WiUiam Earl Ee«r. WiDiam Morrin, Esq. 1 Solicitors- Messrs Hesketh and Richmond. Bankers— Union Bank of Australia. General Manager— A. Boardman. Head Office— 29, Queen street, Anckland. This Company has been established as a purely New Zealand institution, with all its funds retained and invested in the colony. It has a very larae and influential body of ! shareholdersdistnbuted throughout theentire colony who are themselves insurers to a very ' considerable amount, and consequently can . influence a large business, thus adding to the MCttiUy of the insured and the stability of the: Company, the chief features of which are » liberal management, prompt payments, , nrteas moderate, and personal responsibility of a large body of shareholders. Fire and Marine Insurance is now earned on throughout the colony. Marine business will also be commenced in Australia and Great Britain as soon as arrangements can. be made. ! NANCABROW, HENDERSON & CO., Agents. Qfgymonth October 18, 1872. p W . MO S 8 SBIFPING ft COMMISSION AGENT akui stmt, opposite |Kean«dy Brof .