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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5196, 16 November 1877, Page 8

Business NoticesWHAT is all the world to a man when his wife is a widow ? Neither is it much to the man who has not had one of HUXLEY'S £4 10s. SUITS. One of the greatest comforts in this life is to know that the coat on your back is made by a proper Tailor, and is PAH) FOR. See what a pleasure it is to have a pair of Trousers that you can sit down in without being in torture, and a vest that will not gape open in front, and show halt your shirt. HUXLEY is a thorough practical TAILOR and CUTTER, has been many years Foreman in several of the principal citys of the world. He buys bis goods in large quantities, has good value; can afford to make good tweed suits at £3 10s., £4, the best in Wellington at £4 10s. READY MONEY. Address—Manners-street, Lambton-quay, and Grey town, Wairarapa. Alfred tyer, ngahatjranga STEAM WOOL SCOURING WORKS. Cash buyer of Wool, Hides, Sheepskins, and tallow. Also a large assortment of first-class basils always on hand. Wool, locks, and pieces sorted, scoured, taken delivery of in Wellington, and returned to agents in town for Id. per lb. scoured weight H' E N R Y WALTON’S STEAM WOOL SCOURING ESTABLISHMENT & FELLMONGERY, Glencragie, Ngahauranga Line, Wellington. Cash Buyer of Wool, Hides, Tallow, and Sheepskins. Exhibition nnHE HUTT DISTRICT AGRICULJL TURAL, HORTICULTURAL, and PASTOHAL SOCIETY’S SECOND EXHIBITION. GRAND NOVEMBER SHOW. Under the Patronage of His Excellenct the Governor. Will be held at the Hutt Park and Racecourse Reserve, Lower Hutt, ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 21st and 22nd November, 1877, When Prizes will be offered for Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, and Agricultural Implements and Produce. Unless otherwise specified, the several classes are open to exhibitors from all countries. All entries must be made with the Secretary on or before Wednesday, the 14th day of November, and no entry can upon any consideration be received after that date. Gates open to the public after 12 o'clock on the first day. Price of admission, 25., children half price. Second day gates open at 10 o’click. Price of admission, Is., children half price. J. H. CORBETT, Secretary. The hutt district agricultural, HORTICULTURAL, AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. TENDERS will be received up to noon on FRIDAY, the 16th INSTANT, for Supplying a Cold Luncheon in the Grand Stand on the second day of Show. Tenders to include beers, wines, champagne, &c. A guarantee of 50 will be given. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The following Prizes were too late for schedule ; 1. Special prize, presented by Mr. J. Hill, of £2 for the best single dray horse (harnessed). 2. An extra prize of a butter print (with the name of the society on) will be given for the best fresh butter on the ground, the prize to be won two years in succession before becoming the property of the winner. J. H. CORBETT, Secretary. Insurance Companies INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes cf FIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. I\TORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE 131 INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Established 1809. Capital, £2,000,0000. Fike Reserve, £1,002,768. The undersigned have been appointed the Company’s Agents, and are authorised to insure against fire on favorable terms. MURRAY, COMMON, AND CO., Agents. Australian mutual provident society. Established in the year 1849. FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : HEAD OFFICE—WELLINGTON. The Annual Revenue exceeds £470,000. The Accumulated Fund now exceeds £2,000,000. The Society lias paid to representatives of deceased members upwards of £700,000. The Society has divided amongst its members £412,000, yielding reversionary bonus additions, amounting to £910,000. The New Business for the year 1876 was 4559 Policies, assuring £1,652,575, producing a new annual revenue of £56,300. Persons assuring in this office share the whole profits, and a bonus is declared every fifth year. The annual report, prospectuses, and proposal forms may be bad (or will be sent post free), on application to the Branch Office, or to any of the Society’s Agents. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Globe marine insurance comPANY (LIMITED.) CAPITAL £500,000. Head Office ; London. Risks on merchandise and steamers to all parts of the world taken at lowest current rates. Losses promptly paid in Wellington, London, or any of the numerous agencies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. -yHCTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Established 1849. CAPITAL £200,000 Head Office : Melbourne. -Insurance of every description effected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses can be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. Transatlantic fire insurance COMPANY OF HAMBURG. THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and country at lowest current rates. WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO., Agents. On Sale BOOTS & SHOES.—A large stock of English and German goods, together with a variety of very superior articles of Wellington manufacture —Wholesale only. E. H. HUNT, Waring Taylor-street. g.I E A M ENG INKS. 1 3-horae, 1 1-hotse Shafting pulleys, lathes DAWKS & SON, Brandon-street. FOR SALE—One 10 horse-power Portable Engine, with intermediate shaft, saw spindle, belting, &c. Also, one pair of janker wheels, Bft. high and siu. arms, and everything necessary to commence a small sawmill. The whole in good repair. For further particulars, apply to Mr. D. Robertson, Phoenix Foundry, Wellington ; or to MoGREGOR BROTHERS, Mastorton.