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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5105, 3 August 1877, Page 3

Strangers paying a visit to Wellington, and country settlers arriving in town, are very often at a loss to know which is the best house or cheapest general draperyfestablishment to visit for buying drapery and clothing. J. McDowell andCo..offer special advantages. They keep at all times the largest and best assorted stock of every classof goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, enables them to offer goods of sterling qualities at prices that cannot be improved on by any house in the trade. Every article is marked at a fixed price that cannot be deviated from, so that inexperienced people can buy equally with the best judges, the terms being 5 per cent, discount on all sums of £2 and upwards, and per cent, on all accounts settled monthly; on all quarterly accounts or statements, no reduction. We consider that cash buyers are entitled to the above discount, and have adopted the above as a permanent system with our customers. A full description of stock can be obtained from our catalogues and advertisement.- Note the address—Opposite the Bank of New Zealand, corner of Lamb-ton-quay and Willis-street, Wellington.—Ai>vt . Honest Testimonials from; well-known Colonists are better far than all the fulsome and absurd puffing so generally adopted, and so repugnant to the minds of sensible and thinking people. The following testimonials are given by way of example of the very many received by the proprietor of GHOLLAH'S GREAT INDIAN CURES from all parts of New Zealand, and will satisfy the discerning inhabitants of Wellington of the extraordinary curative powers of these valuable INDIAN MEDICINES. Sold by all chemists and respectable medicine vendors throught out New Zealand: —"‘ Dunedin, 31st August, 1876Sir, —Having taken your Ghollah’s Rheumatic Mixture for some considerable time, and having been completely cured by its use of the very severe rheumatic gout from which I had suffered most severely for the last ten years, I can bear testimony to its extraordinary curative powers. lam now free from all pain, and well in my health, and have the free use of my hands and feet, which I had not previous to taking your medicine. I think it right to state, for the benefit of others suffering the tortures that I endured for the period above stated, that I attribute my restoration to health and freedom from pain entirely to the use of your invaluable medicine. I can strongly recommend it to those suffering from rheumatism or gout. (Signed) John Guiffen, J.P.” church, 21st April, 1877- The Proprietor of GhoUah’s Great Indian Cures : Sir,—l have much pleasure in stating that I derived so great a benefit by the use of your Gout Mixture that 1 feel it my duty to add my testimonial to the many already published. I had been suffering from gout in my feet and hands for about sixteen years; but by taking two bottles of your Gout Mixture, I have lost all pain or trace of the gouty sympt6ms. My appetite is good and my general health much improved.' I can recommend your Indian Medicines strongly to others. —(Signed) George Lummis.”—[Advt.]

Meetings THE WELLINGTON BUILDING SOCIETY. Notice is hereby given that the Forty-fifth General Meeting for the Payment of Subscriptions and the Sale of Shares will be holden at the office of the Society, Panamastreet, Wellington, THIS DAY (FRIDAY), 3rd AUGUST, at 7 o’clock in the evening. CHARLES WHITE, Actuary and Secretary. EBMANENT EQUITABLE BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY OF WELLINGTON. NOTICE TO INVESTMENT SHAREHOLDERS., The Thiid Annual Meeting of the Investment Members of the above Society will be held at the Polytechnic Hall, Featherston-street, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, the 3rd day of AUGUST, 1877, at 8 o’clock. Business : To receive annual report and balance sheet, &c. To elect three Directors. Messrs. W. Turnbull, R. Greenfield, and R. Miller retire, in accordance with Clause, 2 of Rule VII., but are eligible for re-election. To confirm the appointment, during the year, of Messrs. Miller and Toomath as directors, in room of Captain Edwin and Hon. Robert Hart, M.L.C., resigned. To elect two auditors. General. Mr. T. Kennedy Macdonald has, in accordance with Clause 2of Rule VII, given notice of bis intention to offer himself as a new Director in room of Mr. Walter Turnbull, who has resigned in consequence of his determination soon to leave the colony. . T. KENNEDY MACDONALD, Secretary and Manager. . Wellington, 17th July, 1877. ELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Meeting on SATURDAY, the 4th INST., in Lecture Hall, Colonial Museum, at 8 p.m. Papers will be read. R. B. GORE, Secretary. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTICE. The Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Head Offices, Hereford freer, Christchurch, on FRIDAY, 17th AL' ,iL T ST, 1877, at noon. Business : To receive the Directors’ report and balance sheet. To elc t three Directors. ’ To elect two Auditors. By order of the Board of Directors. H. SET.WYN SMITH, General Manager. Christchurch, 31st day of July, 1877. Notice. —Qualified shareholders deuring to be elected Directors must leave a written notice to that effect, addressed to the General Manager, at the head offices of the company, Hereford-street, Christchurch, at least seven clear days prior to the meeting. Proxies must be lodged at the head offices of the company forty-eight hours 1 before the meeting. In Bankruptcy IN THE MATTER OF THE DEBTOR AND CREDITORS ACT, 1876. And Of the Bankruptcy of WELLINGTON RAYMOND, of the City of Weilingtou, Music Teacher, a Debtor. ALL claims against the above estate must be sent in, duly proved, to Mr. H. F. Logan, the trustee, on or before the 6th day of August, 1877. H. F. LOGAN, Trustee. Tenders rjl o B U I LDE RS. TENDERS for Erecting a Warehouse in Willis-street, will be received at my office, where’ plans and specifications can be seen, until NOON of FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. I C. TRINGHAM, j Architect. j Moleaworth-street, July 24. !