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Southland Times, Issue 1659, 8 November 1872, Page 4

1 Public 3f otice. APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. To the Inhabitant/! of the Southland District of the Province of Otago. WE HAVE ON THIS OCCASION determined to draw attention through the Public 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- ; pletion of plans then about to be j initiated. } THE CONSTANT COMPLAINT of the community has been that Invercargill 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 | watching the business career of the II 1 place, and can really be put down in a I great measure to tbe fact that there is a | *taJ large amount of jealousy amongst those <^ who have it in their power to metamorZTJ^ 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 ■-^ Importations, they are at a disadvanI *r tage, for the larger importers 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 our shortcomings, Q whereas a market should have been made for ourselves (instead of bolsterZing up that of others), naturally making more important the trade to <the Ports of Bluff, Invercargill, and Biverton— 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 i Goods per « H YDA SP E S," FROM LONDON, JUNE 21st, 1872, i THESE DIFFICULTIES have been overcome. 1 "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 ! prices will be considerably reduced, as it has been oursteadyaim to consummate this advantage to all, it being our in- j •* tention to give, where able, the whole of Qthe benefit derived from our satisfactory conclusion of business relations g|| with London direct ; we expect from " the numerous branches of the commaf~} nity, the support that we shall j ■— ' ** prove ourselves to merit, depre*^P eating also the idea that the jealousy of location in this or that street should «^^ be sufficient justification for the with- ■ drawal of support from one who has ■■-J buffeted the adverse current of events | concomitant with the history of any j 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 iv premises 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 /•/"I in it as tbe primary cause of, and excuse *JJ for, higher prices than would remunerate the importers, if sure of a speedy return — even when the goods were disO posed of. The reductions in our prices, which will now vary from ten to twentyOfive 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 either at the j »» close of this or the commencement of Cft tne coming month, our new principles ii in Businesß will be inaugurated with p I I the new quarter on the first of October f\ next, immediately at the close of our I ' financial year and stock taking, prior €fS to which date, to enable us so J to do, all accounts as now rendered Should be settled within the month, as jT^ previous partnership, and the taking (| over of Mr G. M. K. Clarke's, and J. Reed & Co.'s business, as also the October fire, have caused some little -"I™ derangements. Entire New Books will JL be now opened, and the others, both for Invercargill and Biverton, finally closed. | THE ATTENTION of the residents of town j and the Buburbs— Pastoral Tenants, Farmers, Diggers, Storekeepers, Brewers, Photographers, Cordial Manufacturers, Hotelkeepers, ' Surgeons \ Hospitals^ Druggists, and ( others, is directed to our tist of \ PATENT MEDICINES— Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Brushioare, Dye~ woods, Drysaltery, Medicinal Glassware, Mechanical and Surgical Appliances and Instruments, Toilet Soaps, Confectionery and Sic/c Room Requisites, Sfc, 4"c, of which we are now I 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 CASES of well-assorted J Goods, and of the j DECLARED IMPORT VALUE . "' Of £1000 STEELING. i JOSEPH HATCH & CO. Septou\ba« 2ud, 1872.