THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL is PUBLISHED EVEKY SATURDAY. By Post or Coach, 6s. 6d.: Town delivery, 6s. quarterly. CONTENTS FOR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. PAGE. Advertisements 1,2, 22, 23, 24 Select Poetry—The Lily 3 Odds and Ends 3 Ladies' Column—The Paris Fashions—A pplicacation of the Electro-motor to sewing-ma-chines—A Wedding Amongst the Cossacks of the Don—Recipes 3 The Novelist—Three Feathers. Chapters XXVI. XXVII., and XXVIIJ 4 i Illustration—Earl Carnarvon .. .. 5 Clippings—A Peculiar Industry—The Ice Supply of London—Trade Policies in New and Old Countries—A' Probable Change in Naval Warfare—Railway Accidents —Party Spirit— A Romance of the American War—Robbery Express Train .. .. 6 Law Intelligence 9 The Pulpit—Meeting of the Presbytery of Wellington 10 SnirriNG Intelligence }p ' Commercial News .. The Wellington Mark..*., - - Announcements—Births, Marriages, and Deaths 12 Leading Article Later War News Town News • Philosophical Society—Mr. Finnimore's Sale of Bull's and Beaconsfield • • The Arcade—Proposed Visit of Sir W. Jervois— The Titanic Iron Company Co UN News by the Mail THE WELLINGTON ALMANACK AND WEST COAST, WANGANUI, AND WAIRARAPA DIRECTORY FOR 1878, AVILL BE PUBLISHED EARLY IN DECEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. The Proprietors woiild take this opportunity of returning their sincere thanks to their patrons and the public generally for the liberal patronge bestowed upon this work, as well as the high encomiums they have been pleased to pass upon its merits, and beg to assure them that its increasing popularity will be a further inducement to spare neither expense nor trouble in its preparation, and that the WELLINGTON ALMANACK FOR 1878 will bo found to be one of the best publications of the kind in the colony. Orders for the insertion of advertisements and copies of the Almanack should be forwarded to the office of the New Zealand Times Company without delay, as the work will be published early in December. TERMS FOR ADVERTISING : Full Pago, 20s. Half Page, 10s. Quarter Page, ss. rpilE PROPRIETORS OF THE NEW X ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY are the largest employers of labor in New Zealand, having upwards of 500 hands engaged in their Factory. To encourage local industry,and to drive imported clothing out of the market, they sell A SINGLE GARMENT AT WHOLESALE PRICE. The Public can choose from the Largest Stock of Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing, thoroughly shrunk, and superior in fit and style to imported goods. Novelties in Shirts. Gloves, Hosiery, &c, received by SOLE AGENTS in NEW ZEALAND for the celebrated "WERTHEIM" • SEWING MACHINE. All persons desirous of seeing an illustration of the wonderful improvements which modern science is making in machinery are invited to inspect the latest, and by far the best. Sewing Machine ever introduced to the public. Wellington Branch : LAMBTON-QUAY, OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS' HALL. J. FITZSIMONS, Manager. 1 KENNEDY MACDONALD & CO.'S """ FIRST MONTHLY LAND SALE Will be held in the EXCHANGE LAND MART, Grey and Featherston Streets, ON MONDAY, 7th JANUARY, 1878, At 2.30 p m. Particulars of Properties intended for this Sale should if possible be supplied on or about the 15th inst., in order to appear in the firm's Monthly Sale List, which is distributed throughout the Provincial District of Wellington. ILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT. MISS PEARCE, . mnce to the ladies of Wellington and the •rounding districts that she will TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, ON LAMBTON-QUAY, Next door to the above firm, WITH A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF BONNETS, HATS, CAPS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, & UNDERCLOTHING. A N OPPORTUNITY THAT SELDOM OCCURS. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SALE OF BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY GOODS. J. WAT T, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Has resolved to , RELINQUISH BUSINESS At his BRANCH SHOP ON LAMBTON-QUAY, And consequently to make a THOROUGH CLEARANCE. Everything will be sold at an ENORMOUS REDUCTION, In many instances at less than cost. A 30s. Family Bible for 21s. A 50s. Family Bible for 355. A LARGE STOCK OF BOOKS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. A large stock of pictures—framed and unframed. No reasonable Oder will be refused. Must be cleared out before Christmas. tain really Good Tea should try that supplied at the Canton Tea Mart, where, having a thorough knowledge of the class of teas to mix to produce those delicious flavors so i ' - • - cising great caro in their selection, they are enabled to onoy at prices from 25., 2s. 4d., 2s. Bd., 35., and 3s. 4(1. per lb. A reduction of 2d. per lb. on Gib. parcels. E. 11. CREASE, CANTON TEA MART. VJir.W ZEALAND li 1 RANCH COMPANY. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. PAID UP, £200,000; RESERVE FUND, £IOO,OOO. Local Dm koto it: OicomiK IfimTKit, Knit.. M.lf.lt. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS of every deicription Accepted at the lowest current rates. It. M. SIMPSON, Agent. Olllcos—Corner of Grey-street and 7 Wellington JTNION INSURANCE COMPANY. CA PITAL, £2,000,000. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. Offices, in Grey-stroot, i >i-*-i- ;■■- «.- National Bank of New Zcaluuu. J. NANCARROW, .TUN., Agent. Wellington, Docomber 1, 1877. CIIAS. I'OWNALL AND CO., Land, Estate, and Financial Agents. In correspondence with Auckland, Christclmrch, and Dunedin Agencies. Grey-street! Wellington.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5215, 8 December 1877, Page 2
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