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Southland Times, Issue 1658, 5 November 1872, Page 4

PnbUc notices. APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. To the Inhabitants of the Southland District of tlie Province of Otago. WE HAVE ON THIS OCCASION determined to draw attention through the Publio Press, rather than by circular (in consideration of the scattered nature of the population), to the entire change in the conduct of our Business, which was intimated so far back as May, 1871, but the misfortune of the lamentable Tay-street Fire of October the 11th, of the same year, frustrated for twelve months the com« ; pletton of plans then about to be ) initiated. j THE CONSTANT COMPLAINT of the com- | munity has been that Invercargili business men hold only a second or third rank, through the fact, in many instances, of prices of various kinds of leading merchandise ruling higher here than in other towns in New Zealand. The real cause is apparent to those I *J watohing the bueineaa career of the iJoJ place, and can really be put down in a I great measure to the fact that there is a ■"™ large amount of jealousy amongst those who have it in their power to metamorZ7J? phose, as it were, the business of the \JJ district — by combination. Where one or two willing but small business men are inclined to go in for direct Home ■— >p Importations, they are at a disadvantage, for the larger are not Oat one in this desirable course of action ; the consequence is, we have all along been dependent upon those who are reaping the reward of onr shortcomings, Q whereas a market should have been made for ourselves (instead of bolster"T^ ing up that of others), naturally fc-« making more important the trade to <the Ports of Bluff, Invercargili, and Riverton — each vessel, locally owned, always leaving the mark of prosperity behind her. With thes preliminary remarks, we are in a position to state that with the arrival of Goods per "HYDASPE S," FKOM LONDON, JUNE 21st, 1872, THESE DIFFICULTIES have been overcome. We shall then be in a position to do business which we could never touch before with profit, and in many cases either or both wholesale and retail prio s will be considerably reduced, as it has been oursteadyaim to consummate this advantage to all, it being our in- »» tention to give, where able, the whole of Qthe benefit derived from our satisfactory conclusion of business relations I i I with London direct ; we expect from "™^ the numerous brandies of the commuf*\ nity, the support that we shall — ~ prove ourselves to merit, depre™|JJf eating also the idea that tbe jealousy •^ of location in (his or (hat street should De sufficient justification . for the withI drawal of support from orie who has — J buffeted the adverse current of events concomitant with the history of any new locality. Here we would wish to remind our constituents that until further notice is given, the whole of our business will be carried on in promises previously known as JAMES REED & CO.'S, and immediately opposite TULLOCH'S EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, and placing all articles at our disposal beyond a doubt as to their genuineness, which is always regarded as a boon in our particular line. THE IMMENSE LENGTH to which the credit system has extended here, has also been a great drawback to business men, recoiling on those who have participated f in it as tbe primary cause of, and excuse J for, higher prices than would remuf'~'\ nerate the importers, if sure of a speedy ■ return — even when the goods were disO posed of. The reductions in our prices, which will now vavy from ten to twentyOfivo per cent., which partly represents the intermediate Wholesale Importers' O Profit, will correct this to a great extent, and if fortunate in receipt of Goods per "Hydaspes," either at the ■» ' " close of this or the commencement of Cf\ the coming month, our new principles I in Business will be inaugurated with 111 the new quarter on the first of October f\ next, immediately at the close of our LL- financial year and stock taking, prior r[\ to which date, to enable us so V/^ to do, all accounts as now rendered should be settled within the month, as i7^ previous partnership, and the taking fl over of Mr G. M. K. Clarke's, and J. Ree d & Co.'s business, as also the October fire, have caused some little i ■ derangements. Entire New Books will Jaa be now opened, and the others, both for Invercargili and Riverton, finally closed. THE ATTENTION of the residents of town I and the suburbs — Pastoral Tenants, Farmers, Diggers, Storekeepers, Brewers, Photographers, Cordial Manufacturers, SotelJceepers, Surgeons, Hospitals, Druggists, and others, is directed to our list of PATENT MEDICINES— Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, ; Bntshware, Dyewoods, Drysaltery, Medicinal Glassware, Mechanical and Surgical Appliances and Instruments, Toilet Soaps, Confectionery and Sick Room Requisites, Sfc, Sfc., of which we are now DIRECT IMPORTERS, And enumerated more particularly in the columns of the Southland News, comprising as it does a shipment of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CASES AND CASKS of well -assorted Goods, and of the DECLARED IMPORT VALUE Of £1000 STERLING. JOSEPH HATCH & CO. September 2nd, 1873,