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Southland Times, Issue 1692, 21 January 1873, Page 4

Bled leal: dec 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 throu ;h 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 >..•. s 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 busi- J ness men hold only a second or third j 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 theLLJ place, and can really be put down in ac I great measure to the fact that tn'ere is fe " ■■ large amount of jealousy amongst jhose who have it in their power to meta»>orZ^ phose, as it were, the business of "the \Jj district— i-by combination. Where one or two willing but small business men are inclined to go in for direct Home Z Importations, they are at a disadvantage, for the larger importers are not Oat one in this desirable course of action j 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 mo^e important the trade to <the Ports of Bluff, Invercargill, and Hiverton — 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 1 Goods per "HYDASPE S," FROM LONDON, JUNE 21st, 1872, THEBE DIFFICULTIES have been overcome. We shall then be in a position tb do business which we could never touch before with profit, and in many cases either or both wholesale and retail ! pric< s will be considerably reduced, as it has been our steady aim to consummate this advantage to all, it being our in- •» tent ion to give, where able, the whole of Qthe benefit derived from our satisfactory conclusion of business relations ||| with 1 ondon direct ; we expect from ~*~ the numerous branches of the corrunuf^\ nity, the support that we shall "™ prove ourselves to merit, depre*^PP eating also the idea that the jealousy ™TJ of location in ihis or that street should be sufficient justification for the withI drawal of support from one who has ■"■" buffeted the adverse current of events concomitant whh the history of any j new locality. Here we would wish to remind our constiiuents that until further notice is given, the whole of I our business will be carried on in premises previously known as JAMES EEED & CO.'S, and immediately opposite TULLOCH'S EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, and placing till articles at our disposal beyond a doubt as to their genuineness, \ which is always regarded as a boon in our particular line. THE IMMEJVSE 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 the primary cause of, and excuse for, higher prices than would remu- |^~^| 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 teu to twentyfive per cent., which partly represents the intermediate Wholesale Importers' f*j 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 f/j the coming month, our new principles . - in Business will be inaugurated with 111 the new quarter on the first ol October /% next, immediately at the close of our Ua financial year and stock taking, urior ef\ to which date, to enable us bo ~ to do, all accounts as now rendered should be settled within the month, as Q previous partnership, and the taking o*er of Mr G. M. K. Clarke's, and J. Reed & Co.'c business, as also the October fire, have caused some little X derangements. Entire New Books will 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, Hofelkeep'ers, 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 Boom Requisites, t^c, 4*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 C4SES AND CASKS of well-assorted Goods, and of the DECLARED IMPORT VALUE Of £1000 STEELING. JOSEPH HATCH & CO Beptetnber 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..