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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 317, 24 September 1874, Page 4

The Otago Guardian considers " the establishment of several Melbourne wholesale houses in Wellington an "element of danger,' to the commercial supremacy of Dunedin.

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Insurance Companies. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY 0* NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £750,000, WITH Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. The GREAT SUCCESS and POPULARITY of this Company Is now an established fact, having been the first Colonial Company founded with a numerous body of Shareholders resident throughout the Provinces of New Zealand. It has now got a firm footing, ana has a LARGE and INCREASING BUSINESS in both its Fire and Marine Departments. Tb Insurers it possesses the following advantages :— 1. A LARGE and INFLUENTIAL COLONIAL PROPRIETARY, nearly all of whom are Insurers, which gives to the Company the real character of a Mutual Association. 2. Haa already a LARGE PAID-UP CAPITAL and RESERVE FUND. 3. Makes PROMPT and LIBERAL SETTLEMENT of LOSSES here withont reference to Head Office. Fibb and Mahinb Risks taken at the LOWEST CURRENT RAT£B,and all particulars given to intending Insurers. SCLANDERS, & CO., 409 AOBMTB. ■VTORWICH UNION X^ FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The Policies issued by this Institution, among other special advantages, cover LOSSES BY GAS AND LIGHTNING. Intending Insurers are reminded, that thlsjjs the oldest Office doing business in New Zealand, and, possessing an IMMENSE RESEBVE FUND, Offers UNQUESTIONABLE SECURITY, which is of tbe utmost consequence in selecting 1 an Office iv which to insure, and in which IMMEDIATE BETTLEMEST of LOSSES is amply provided for, the Society's Agents ' being authorized by special powers, to adjust Claims and pay the same promptly, without reference to Directors, Local Boards, or Resident Secretaries. The New Zealand Funds of the Socjety are retained and invested in the Colony, thus imparting to it the character of a thoroughly NATIONAL INSTITUTION. :No charge is mads for Surveys or Policies, and in premiums of insurance on all properties THE LOWEST BATEB ARE CHARGED consistent with Security. Jn proof of the great pablic confidence in the Norwich Union in England, on the Continent, and in the Colonies, ita Business (still tacreasing) haa reached upwards of j £100,000,000. : Further particulars of the numerous advan- i jtages offered to Insurers by tbis well-known jOfflce, may be obtained on application to j W. M. STANTON, j The Society's Attorney aud Agent. j I V Sub-Agencies are now established in jail the surrounding districts and inMarlboj""o*"Bh. i 8 48 i ■ — -i __ STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY of NEW ZEALAND. J FIRE AND MARINE. JCapital ..... £1,000,000. j - Unlimited Liability of a large body of { Colonial Shareholders. , Inanrera in tbis Office participate in the trefiu—e. liberal arrangement not afforded by my other Company doing business in the Colony. Insurances effected at as low rates as any pther Compaoy. , NELSON B RANCH. LOCAL DIRECTORS. A. J. Richmond, Esq., M.H.R. A. Pitt, Esq., M.P.C. Sub-Aobwts : stoke & Suburban Sonth Mr. W. Root Richmond, Appleby. Ranzau, and Hope ... E.B.W4B_r_,Esq Spring Grove „ Mr. J. Rosa. LiOwer and Upper Wakefield, and Fox Hill ... Mr. R. Chattock. Waimea West ; Mr A. 3. Palmer. , Lower Moutere, Motueka, ! and Riwaka MrH.A.T___ABT Takaka and Motupipi ... Mr G. C. Gzl-Bbt. CoUingwood .:. ... Mr W. C. Rosy. [ A. ~w7 SCAIFE, 1544 - .._. -^SChiei Agrot