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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 16, 21 July 1894, Page 2

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, RESUMED ON TUESDAY, 19th JUNE, • In their old Premises, SOUTHLAND WOOL & GRAIN STORES, & OFFICES, CRESCENT, INVERCARGILL, With Agencies as before at Gore and Bluff. THE NEW COMPANY Will Conduct Business as AUCTIONEERS, LAND, STOCK, STATION, & ‘ FINANCIAL* AGENTS, WOOL & GRAIN BROKERS. REGULAR STOCK SALES HELD AT Wallacetown Yards, Otautau, Thornbury, Wyndham, Dipton, Winton Gore, and Wairio. Cash Buyers of OATS, TIMOTHY, COCKSFOOT & RYE GRASS-SEED. WOOLPACKS, CORNSACKS, FENCING WIRE, CLOVER.SEEDS, TURNIP - SEEDS, & OTHER FARMERS’ REQUISITES SUFPLIRD OP THE BEST QUALITY & CHEAPEST PbICE. The New Articles of Association provide that all CONSIGNMENTS OF PRODUCE shall be held by the COMPANY AS TRUSTEES, so that clients have absolute security for the proceeds of consignments. JOHN TURNBULL, Manager for Southland..

FARMERS’ CLUB STABLES W Y N D H A M. R. K. MACDONALD, Livery Stable Keeper, wishes to announce that he has taken over the Stable* and Loose-boxes in connection with the Farmers’ Club Hotel. Buggies and Horses always on hire. Letters and Telegrams promptlyattended to. REMOVAL NOTICE. JOHN MACPHERSON wishes to announce to his numerous friends that he has removed a few doors nearer the centre of the town, next Coggins’ saddlery. His new stock of winter goods is mow opened, and will compare favourably with any in town. Very lowest prices for cash. Our make a Speciality, SEED OATS. SEED OATS. Has Prime Seed Oats for Sale. Machine-dressed rye grass seed, Timothy, Clovers, Turnips, and all kinds of seeds. Cornsacks, Woolpacks, and Twine. Just arrived another shipment of the famous Palliagodde and Neboda Teas—best in the market. All farmers’ requisites supplied. Bonedust and manures on hand and to arrive. G . E. TUGKEB, Tay street, THE SCIENCE OF HOROLOGY. What vast strides have been made in this interesting science during the present century. Compare the results now obtained from the best chronometers of modem make, with the performances of the old wooden Dutch clocks, familiar, no doubt, to some of us, and themselves a great improvement on Henry the Wick’s clock (1374), the first timepiece driven by a weight, and having a balance; the escapement being similar to that of the verge watches some of which are still in use. By the continual research, and unremitting perseverance of generations of clever artists, the science which gave so little promise at the beginning has been elaborated until practice and theory are so perfected and reconciled that the art of watchmaking now ranks second to no other. Even cheaply constructed watches and good verges, by “ conversion ” can be made to give good results at a moderate outlay by W. Nicol & Son, Watchmakers, Athenaeum Buildings, Invercargill, who are experts in the construction and repairs of all timekeepers. Inspection Invited. J. MACPHERSON, PREMIER BOOT SHOP, JDee Street. —A»tt. my 19