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Southland Times, Issue 1672, 6 December 1872, Page 4

Pablic afotice. APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. To the Inhabitants of the Southland District of tJie 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 completion of plans then about to be 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 m . watching the business career of the I I I place, and can really be put down in a ■ great measure to the fact that there is a —J large amount of jealousy amongst those who have it in their power to metamor- ' 7^ 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 disadvantage, 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 prosperiry behind her. With thes preliminary remarks, we are in a position to state that with the arrival of Goods per "HYDASPES," FROM 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 prices will be considerably reduced, as it has been our steady aim 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 ||| with London direct ; we expect from ™"~ the numerous branches of the comraunity, tbe support that we shall *— * prove ourselves to merit, depreeating also the idea that the jealousy of location in this or that street should he sufficient justification for the with- ■ drawal of support from one who has 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 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 Win it as tbe primary cause of, and excuse for, higher prices than would remuQ. 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 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 "Hydaspes," either at the ■» close of this [or the commencement of (ft coming month, our new principles , , in Business will be inaugurated with | I I the new quarter on the first of October f\ next, immediately at the close of our LL_ financial year and stock taking, prior ff\ to which date, to enable us so **J to do, all accounts as now rendered should be settled within the month, as previous partnership, and the taking II over of Mr G. M. K. Clarke's, and J. Bee d & Co.'s business, as also the October fire, have caused some little — »-■ derangements. Entire New Books will _1_ be now opened, and the others, both for Invercargill and Riverton, finally dosed. THE ATTENTION of the residents of town and the suburbs — Pastoral Tenants, Farmers, Diggers, Storekeepers, Brewers, Photographers, Cordial Manufacturers, Sotel&eepers, Surgeons, Hospitals, Druggists, and otiters, is directed to our list of PATENT MEDICINES— Drugs, CJieraicals, Perfumery, Brushware, Dye~ woods, Drysaltery, Medicinal Glassware, Mechanical and Surgical Appliances and Instruments, Toilet Soaps, Confectionery and Sick Room Eeqtiisites, <%c, B{c., 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 CASES of well-asßorted Goods, and of the DECLARED IMPORT VALUE Of £1000 STEELING. JOSEPH HATCH & CO. September 2nd, 1872. SEALSKIN JACKETS AND VESTS. ACTING upon the desire of several enquirers, wishing to obtain a genuine article, manufactured from skins locally taken, the undersigned now intimates that he has made arrangements with a London House, to complete, according to order, a limited number, of Ladies' Jackets and Gentlemen's Vests and Caps, in Sealskin. As this season's skins are now being shipped, orders must be promptly given. Full particulars on application to JOSEPH HATCH. Dee-street, December 5, 1872.