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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1368, 17 December 1872, Page 1

Shipping, TiTESSRS M/MECKAN, BLACKWOOD ITI AND CO. »S steamers will be desnatched, weather permitting, from Greymouth on or about the following dates :— For Melbourne Direct— AL9AMBRA, Pearce, commander, on oi about 20th instant. For Nelson, Wellington, LytteUon, Don* edin, 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 oi the tender Dispatch, they will require to pay their own fare over the bar. Owing 1 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., Agents, Mawhera Quay. N.B.— Passengers booked through to Sydney and Adelaide. TtyTESSRS M'MBCKAN, BLACKWOOD IVI & COS LINE OF STEAMERS. . SPECIAL HOLIDAY EXCURSION ....... : TRIPS , 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., Cabin £17 0 Steerage 8 10 Available for return during all February, 1873. Apply to D, GIRDWOOD k CO., Agents. HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, AND OVERLAND TO ENGLAND. He California, New Zealand^ and Australia • Mail Steamship Line. Under . Contract with the New Zealand Government for a Four-Weekly Mail Service. rpHE Magnificent and Powerful Steamship Di A CO T A H , 2148 tons register, T. Ikoebsuix, Esquire, Commander, Will be despatched from Auckland W THURSDAY, 26th DECEMBER, GreymotitL Saloo JjJJ Steerage. To fiair 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 sleeping coaches attached, leave San Francisco 3auy, and ran through to New York in six lays and 20 hours. For particulars, apply at once to KANCARROW, HENDERSON k CO. Agents, Greymouth. STEAM-TUG DISPATCH, rE Grey River Steam Tug Company's powerful Double-Engine Steamer : DIBPATCH, Is prepared to Tow Vessels in and ont oi ft« river 1 as per agreement, to be arranged m application to J. W. MOSS, Manager, Tainuistreet. Public Companies fTIHE r SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND X , MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital :• £500,000, in 25,000 Bhares, of £2C each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. Directors : Chairman-- Albert Beetham, Esq. Bon Henry Chamberlain. M.L.A.| Wm. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. ; Stamrns Jones, Esq. William EarL Esq. William Morrin, Esq. Solicitors— Messrs Hesketh and Richmond, Bankers— Union Bank of Australia. General Manager— A. Bpardman. Head Office^-29, Queen street, Auckland This Company has been established as * purely New Zealand institution, with all it funds retained and invested in the colony It has a very large and influential body o l sbareholdersdistnbatedthroughouttheenti^ **"■* colony^ who are themselves insurers to a verj considerable : amount, and contseciuently cai influence a large business, thus adding to th< •ecarity ot the insured and the etafih'ty o the Company, the chief features of whicl ate a liberal management, prompt payments rates moderate, arid personal responsibilit of a large Body of shareholders. Fire and Marine Ittanrance ;b now carrie* on throughout the colony. Marine busipes Will iho be commenced in Australia an< Great Britain as soon as arrangements cai be made. NANCARROW, HENDERSON & CO. Agents/ Oreymontb October 18, 1872. r\ w . mo s 8 SHIPPING * COMMISSION • AGEN 1 ftisui (treet, oppotitellKennedy Bros. \