On Hale A/f A-1.Z.8J.!, M AIZE !, MAIZE ! i VJL, .t(New South,Wales), ptr s.s. Wakatipu, due here 6th June— . , 800. sacks i,, I ~, ,-'" 1 ....r.i r. Also) to arrive per brig Jane, . 1000 sacks ’ " . ... :s f ...... BECK & TONKS. May 31, 1878. Tpnuri' ! EBUIT T FUUIT ! ' : 3(Jp fcases'Hobarton apples 1 " 500 cases) sailed from Hobarton Juue 1 ' BECK & TONICS." ; .Tunc 1,1878. ; , ' ON SALE AT THE CITY STEAM SASH & DO Oil FACTORY—- ■■ Baltic deals, cedar arid mottled kauri Kauri and totara sashes,-all sizes'-’ Kauri, red pine, and totara doors * ■ Architraves, : : mouldings) 1 ‘ skirtings,' ’ and; cornice mouldings,-allsizes ' | Flooring, lining'and'rusticated boarding ■, Greenhouse lights 1 Sashes and doors, made to any size on’ the shortest notice. All kinds of turbery kept in stock. Glass—Boiled plate, ground, ornamental, and colored. ■ ■ Country orders punctually attended to. WADDELL, H’LEOD, & WEIR, Timber Merchants, "■■ Johnston, Featherston, and Waring Taylor ■ -- 1 streets,- Wellington. -' ProspectusWEST 'WANGANUI COALFIELD COMPANY (LIMITED), A - West -Wanganui ' Dakr, 5 Nelson; ■ , . To bey Registered under the “ Joint Slock Companies Act, 18 . ‘ Capital,; ' I. I ,' ■ .£50,000, ‘ lu’iO,ooo Shares,'of';£s Each- ; " ! ' | ss.' per share oh application,-ss.’ oil’ allotment, and ss.' per)share ; at ihtervals bf'n'ot'lesa ', than'; bne' nionth 1 after the; registration of V, the Company. ) ; i! ‘ ■''■ )( V ■ ■ : / Provisional Directory : 1 ’ Jacrib Joseph, Esq., merchant. ; r ' ! ' 'E. W. Mills, Esq;, merchant; •• E. D. Butts, Esq., Chief Postmaster. F. E. Wright, Esq., Christchurch. 1 ' Joseph 5 Joseph, Esq.,‘ riieroharit. 5 Andrew Young).Esq. '- -' r - - ■' , ’ ■ ') : 'F; A, Krul!,; Esq.) merchant. ''/ , I ’ James.Gilligau, ‘ Esq. :;i 1 ■ 15 '- 1 lion. M. S. Grace, M.L.C.. A. de B;Brandon, Esq., M.H.11. '■ " John Plimnier, Esq’. :5 J. 11. Wallace, Esq., J.P. ;’ 1 " ‘: "■' ■ Seymour Thorne .George,; E.sq(-'’’A'' j D. Mclntyrc,.Esq. \ ■ ' - 5 Head-quarters of 1 the Company to',be at Wel- ■ ! "‘ ' lihgtori.':’' ,y 1 v! " ' BaxkkksV ' ■ ■ ■ Tlie’Bank'of,'New'Zealaud.' ; ' y Solicitors 1 :" /R. 5 “t /-y; j ’ '/ ( Messrs'. Brandon 1 and-Soris." ‘ l:7 j ‘ ’ A competent GerieraV’MariagerHyill be’ap''pointed. 5,; /■' '• y 1 < : ---y ■" ~ " . J. F. E. WniaiiT, ’i : ' 1 | , . '” '‘’ Secretary' pro' teal..' : | The promoters, in offering to the publip this mpst valuable property of one' square mile of land (d 10 acres), held under lease for twentyone years at' Is; per acre frqih the Native’ Lands • Commissioner,'Nelson; do so ih’ the firm belief . that this coalfield will be the source of a very ■ ’ large “part of the" supply for'the- whole"of the . colony. The, coal is better known in Nelson' 'than in any other part of New Zealand, as’ small traders have for many years past been in' i the habit of supplying that market from'tbis'district to'a'limited’extent • and the coal'is so ; r well liked, that it is. understood; none other' would'he: used for domestic ' purposes could ,a 'constant'Supply be I 'depended .on',' The pro-, motors .of this,proposed. company have atcon- 5 siderable ■ expense, to' 'prove' beyond doubt the existence of an'extensiv'e coalfield, sunk a shaft' 50ft., driven on the coal ou main level 53ft.; put in a chamber of lOftl'square'.' * The scam of coal is about Sit. 6i.i. thick, with a.tendenpy to in.crekse. .There ’ ‘is alO borsc-power'engine on 'tbb'sppt,' rope's, , ' gear, 1 boat) 5 building's,’,.&c., now 5 vyorkiug 1 ' 1 uhder ■ only i’these ’ prospecting - 'appliances, yet getting odt''.from-'iseveh''tb i ten'-tons-of ''coal . per’ 5 . day; ' Wiiile a .main -workingshaft'is beifig-put ‘down,’"with very little addi- ; tiph:' to ' present; appliaribes);f idly' 100 tbris 'per; week of the -coal could bo- raised. -The pen- 5 motors' are' fully assured that the coal has only 'to b'e'placed in the various marlcets'to be duly • 'appreciated. '-' With 'tbiit in' view tbey'liaye* already several cargoes bn their' way-'to this; port, so that the. public'can test the coal and’ • iudge'for-theiilßelvesi All’householders/hotel keepers, factors, and. Mothers 5 are earnestly invited, itb take - shares iin J this: company, that :promiSes such undoubted -suecesr. it is contemplated, immediately .after; the formation of ' the company,*;to .'purchasebi- have built oiie or more steain colliers suitable for:the trade. l ■' :■' ; The West Wanganui; Inlet is 'said -to be- the ’ -best harbor on the West Coast;; the bar is uu- - changeable,- arid at'high water-has' -16 ft.; at: mid tide, lift.; and at low waiter not less than ■7ft.'- Ingress and egress can-be-;had-'at all times, i The inlet covering qi disthuoe of -some - nine or ten miles in length/and : from two to' three miles in breadth, and being acted on, by - -the sea drily; it ! is never subject'to floods; and considering its contiguity to-all the centres of population,• ’it >is ; calculated--that -surowdsteam’ : colliers will be enabled to; make-from five to 5 ■six trips per mouth/ . ; •’ iThe? proirioters reserve to themselves 1-100 5 ; paid-up "shares as their .-proportion of thisvalublo coalfield and plant. e w ■ ■"-Application for shares “to. -be -made do the : Bank of -NewiZealand-arid its beam.-lies ;■ also, at' tho offices; of .'the Provisionali Directors, yyhere -all further-information can -be. obtained; TVTELSON v JAM. AND FBUIT PKEiw SEIIYINGi COMPANY., . ; :(To,be registered, with, limited liability,.under -the Joint Stock. Company’s Act, 1860. - ' - Caittal, £oooo,’ iN £SOOO- shakes on £1 EACH. • ■ -Copies .of prospectus may-.be-seßUj-andiap- - plications tor shares; accompanied by a deposit of 2s. per share, received at the Colonial Bank eof New Zealand, Nelson and Wellington.. ' K. ATT JCEN, - - * - Interim Secretary.. Nurserymen.. ;-j HAIIDY ORNAMENTAL AND EVERGREEN SH RUBS, FOREST TREES, , FRUIT TREES, &c. . The : undersigned has . ON.sSALE,-many . thousand of hardy Ornamental, Eyergrccn apd 1 Eloworiug Shrubs, Couifcne, Shelter-. Trees, | Hedge iPlauts,, &c., all well, rooted, healthy I.plants. „ , ~ , , '. i Tho fruit trees are choice-named varieties, our town ..working,.-and ..true, .to name. wA few quotations given : ■ , , Cupressus raacrocarpa, 2-year-old, per 100,’£3 10s. Do horizontalis,:do do, £2 . - -i, . - Piuus-iusignis.’do do; £2 10s. >- ■ - ; Do other . varieties, from £2 10s. per. 100 >• .s i-Hollies (transplantedplants), from £l Tos. Fluouymus japonico;‘do,'£2 Pittpsporum (of sorts), do, £2 10s. Fruit trees, do, per dozen, ,18s. Gooseberries, bnrrants, per-dozen, 6s. '■ Rhubarb roots, do,-65.-- “ - - ' Also,, ./i- . . ,i Ai large-quantity-’of-flowering plants, bulbs, liorbs, &o;" ' - .... ' , F. MOUNTIER, Nui’sorymau. Tasraau-stroet; Wellington; ,■■ ■ - - Conveyances ASTWELL, MACARA, & CO.’S NEW TIME TABLE roii - COBB & CO.’S MAIL COACHES. On and ArxEK Eeu. -1, 1878.- . Leave per'Train.: shortest notice.: lor, special occasions, ; hut - the -above ! TABLE' Will - supply ALL the regular traffic.- - ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5363, 5 June 1878, Page 4
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