Public Notice. APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVEROARGILL. To the Inhabitants 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 tbe conduct of Our Bvvgineßft, wtoch 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 this completion of plans then about to be initiated. I - • THE CONSTANT COMPLAINT of the community has been that Invercargili business men hold only a second or third rank, through the fact, in many in» stances, of prices of various kinds of leading merchandise ruling higher here • than in other towns in New JZealand. The real cause is apparent to those . T watching the business career of the 111 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 metamorr^ phose, as it were, the business of the \JJ district — by combination. Where one Or two TTlUio^ l>ufc sxnftll btisinesa men are inclined to go in {or direct Home Z Importations, they are at a disadvantage, for the laTger 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 bolster- ' m T2t ing up that of others), naturally fc— making more important the trade to <the Ports of Bluff, Invercargill, and Eiverton — 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," FROM LONDON, JUNE 21st, 1872, THEBE 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 prices will be considerably reduced, as it has been our steady aim to consummate this advantage to all, it being our in■v tention to give, where able, the whole of Qthe benefit derived from our satisfactory conclusion of business relations \\\ with London direct ; we expect from "™V the numerous branches of the cominuy J ~ L | nity, the support that we shall prove ourselves to merit, depreZ eating also the idea that the jealousy of location in this or that street should be sufiicient justification for the with- ■ drawal of support from one who has ■■J buffeted tbe adverse current of events concomitant with the history of any new locality. Here we woixld wisli to remind onr constituents that: until further notice is given, the whole of our business will be carried on in pre* mices previously known as JAMES EEED & CO.'S, and immediately opposite TULLOCH'S EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, and placing all articles at ouc disposal beyond & doubt as to their genuineness, which is always regarded as a boon in our particular line. IHE 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 Win it as tbe primary cause of, and excuse 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 teu 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 "jffydaspes," either at the — close of this or the commencement of ff\ the coming month., our new principles I in Business will be inaugurated with j | I the new quarter on the first of October ft next, immediately at the close of our f I financial year and stock taking, prior tf\ to which date, to enable us so VJ to do, all accounts as now rendered should be settled within the month, as previous partnership, and the taking fl over of Mr G. M. K. Clarke's, and J. Kee d & Co.'c business, as also the October fire, have caused some little ™j^ derangements. Entire New Books will wmL* be now opened, and tbe others, both for Invercargxil and Eiverton, finally closed. THE ATTENTION of the residents of town and the suburbs — Pastoral Tenants, Farmers, Diggers, Storekeepers, Jirewers, Photographers, Cordial Manufacturers, Rotelkeepers, Surgeons, Hospitals, Druggists, and others, is directed to our list of PATENT MEDICINES— Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Brushware, Dyewoods, Drysaltery, Medicinal Glassware, Mechanical and Surgical Appliances and Instruments, Toilet Soaps, Confectionery and Sick Room Requisites, Sfc, 3[c., of which we are now DIEECT IMPOETEES, 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 Goods, end of the - PECI/AEED IMPOET VALUE Of £1000 STERLING. JOSEPH HATCH & CO. September 2nd, 1872.
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Southland Times, Issue 1665, 19 November 1872, Page 4
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