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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1596, 16 September 1873, Page 3

Public Notices. , "OROSPECTUS OF THE NATIONAL , tfIRE AND MARINE •:• INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW .; ■ -: ■ ZEALAND.- '•'■'• : '- y - To be incorporated under the provisions of The Joint Stock Companies Acts. Capital : £1, 000,000,' in 100,000 shares of : . £10iea0h. ; ..... ■ With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. Five Shillings per Share payable on application, Five : Shillings on allotment, and Ten i Shillings ia Four Calh: of .Two' Shillings arid' Sixpence at intervals of. Three Months. I' PEOVISIONAIDIKECTOES; , G. Gkat Russell, Esq. (Messrs |G. Gray Russell and Co.) Dunedin. v. : ■ ' J. L. Butterworth, Esq. (Messrs Butter-- : worth Brothers), .Dunedin. // ;; .' , John Cargill, Esq. ! (Messrs' Cargills and M'Lean), Punedin. Richakd Oliver, Esq., M.P.C. (Messrs Oliver and Ulphj, Dunedin. Evan Prosser, Esq. (Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser, and Ca), Dunedin. James Smtth, Esq. (Messrs Smith and Ander- M ; son), Dunedin. • , , Henryi Driver, Esq;] M.P.C. (Messrs Driver, Stewart, and Co.), Dunedin. „; , Robert • Wilson, Esq. '(Messrs' R. Wilson and Co.), Dunedin. ..,.;.;:;/. - Alexander Bubt, i Esq. (Messrs A. and T. Burt), Dunedin. G. C. Matheson, Esq. (Messrs. Matheson .BrosOjtDunedin.' •.' .- .' '.■■.'■ •-; >. Robert A. Low, Esq. (Messrs Heymaiison, Lo'w,arid C6.),'Duhediri. Charles S.- Reeves,' Esqi (Messrs' Reeves and Co.), Dunedin... - , . .. : : | C. Ri HowDENr'Esq: (The New Zealand Distillery Go.),' Duncdinl : " ■ ' James Scoular, Esq. (Messrs W, and- J. * ' Scoular), Dunedin. Walter' Guthrie; Esq. (Messrs Guthrie and Asher), Dunedin. . ... • .r .. ; : . ....-,. - W. J. M; LarnAch, Esq. (Banker), Dunedin. ; David Proudfoot, Esq. (Contractor), Dunedin. • ' ■' ' Keith Ramsay, Esq. (Shipping Agent), DunV edin. JohnEdmond, Esq. (Ship Chandler), ,Dun : ' edin;,;,.!'.- ;!...-. •-'■'•'•' i; - ■ ■ '■'' ; ' James Mills, Esq., (Harbor Steam. Company). .■'.-:•!"'■> '■'"'"' -- ; ' : ' .'■' James T. Mackerras,- Esq.) Messrs J. T. Mackerras and Co). . „; . ;• . J. Smith. ! Esq l . -(Messra Bing, Harris, and Co). , . L, Thoneman, Esq. (Messrs. Lange. and . Thoneman). '■' ; : James Marshall,. Esq.; .(Messrs Marshall and Copeland). ; •■■ ' : '' '• '' bankers': ' --, NATIONAL BANK OF, NEW ZEALAND. v ; ■ '„-■■; i SOLICITORS :' "" : - r ' : ''•' -: : MESSRS SMITH AND ANDERSON. . „:■=. INTERIM SEORETAY.: i ;■. ■?:-;." ''■ ''' ■• '^^OJIA^.^MIAEYi.:,.-;, There is ; - no ) branch of cbirimercial enterprise .in: New. Zealand which' presents such a " favorable -opening , for.. ;the jinyestmentlof Capital as that of Fire and Marine Insurance. , The 'success "which has attendee! the .establishment of the IVew 1 Ze'aliiid 1 ' arid South British Companies is a proof of this. ' ; ! c The business of Fire and Marine Insurance *is so rapidly increasing thatith'ere is'a'mple : room for another company in this Colony. Largely increased ; facilities for covering this class of risk, are rimpGratiyely required, and the National Insurance" Company is founded to supply this want. This Company is ; not ; started. in opposition' to any of the other New Zealand Companies,": but is intended to co-operate with them in fostering the trade and 1 : c6rrimerce of the Colony, and, concentrating in the country the large;, capital which is i annually drafted out of it by foreign Insurance Companies/ • ■ ■ In order to make ; this a purely Colonial Company, and to ensure a. large amount of business, through i the' influence of its shareholders', it is proposed to. distribute, the shares ; 6\ev { the. 'whole ; Colpny, and, in their, allotment, ; ; to keep^in view the., abilityiOf share-, holders to influence business to the Coiripany . 60,000 shares ; will be reservedfotthe northern , Provinces." ' .. The operations of. this Company will be conducted on sound principles, and extreme caution will be exercised in tKe'selection of risks. ■ •'■ ''- ' '" "■■'"■'.■ It is intended that the Articles of Association shall provide' for the Section of Local Boards of Directors by the; shareholders i in the Chief commercial centres of the Colony.' . The amount proposed to;be called up will, it is estimated, bb a suffibient paid-up capital to warrant the Company in; commencing operatioES. and it is not anticipated that any' further call will be necessary. . ■ , The Pro visional^ Directors' have 'secured the services of Mr A. Hill; Jack, the Resident Secretary of the Victoria Insurance Company,-as General Manager of this'Coiripany. \ ; ' Applications for-sliares will be received by G. . W.,: MOS SAND CO., .:■ rGreymouthi 1;,; ' ;, ; • Agents for the West Coast. ' -p|UFFIELD'S SILK-DRESSED FLOUR, GAwler Town, South Australia. " This" Flour is now acknowledged to be' the BEST, and commands THifi. HIGHEST PRICE of any in the Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and other markets. : = Messrs Wm. Duffield. and Co. have now, their TWO NEW MILLS in fuU working order in the very centre of. the,, finest; wheat-fflrbwing* districts," and fiavihg"ihtrbduced all the NEWEST IMPROVEMENTS in Machinery and Silk dressing, together with being in a position to buy up largely the CHOICEST SAMPLES of WHEAT, they are determined that their brand 1 shall continue to class FIRST* IN THE MARKET ; and in order to put a stop to the unpriricipled practices . hitherto carried pn in outside ports of dealersputtmg inferior, flour into their bags arid selling'it as. their brand,: Messrs' Duffield and Co. haye made arranger? ments ' ; ta ship' either direct, to .their ...customers or' to their bwri appointed dgerits, so that storekeepers' arid bakers may; in future, rely upon getting . THE GENUINE BRAND. •;,-.i; ! ;-«M.Direct shipinentd are now being made to >" i " Messrs HAMILTON and NICHOL, , -? , . .'. Greymouth; Messrs BAILIE and HUMPHREY, | •••" - ; " Westport; ■ „,... / , ...And,-^. . >; .; ■.:.:•: I Mr D. W. VIRTUE, Hokitika. ** JOHN M. COOTE,, , Agent for New Zealand. WANTED, by a young 1 person' just arrived, a situation as Hmisemaid or Waitress. Apply Registry Office, Waite treet