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Southland Times, Issue 1714, 14 March 1873, Page 4

Medical, Ac APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. Tb 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 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 . Z 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 metamorJTJ^ phose, as it were, tbe 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 disadvans£m 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 oi 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 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," 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 oursteadyaim 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 London direct ; we expect from ~™~ the numerous branches of the commuf~\ nity, the support that we shall ™^~ prove ourselves to merit, depreT^ eating also the idea that the jealousy of location in this or that street should be sufficient justification for the with« I drawal of support from one who has ■■■ J buffeted the adverse current of events concomitant with tbe history of any new locality. Here we would wish to rpmind 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 till articles at our disposal beyond a doubt as to their genuineness, which is always regarded as a boon in our particular line. IHE IMMEJNSE LENGTH to which the credit system has extended here, has also been a great drawback to business men, recoiling on those who have participated tf\ in it as tbe primary cause of, and excuse *JJ for, higber prices than would remunerate the importers, if sure of a speedy return — even when the goods were dieO 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 C^\ the coming month, our new principles - I in Business will be inaugurated with I 8 I the new quarter on the first of October f\ next, immediately at the close of our Urn financial year and stock taking, prior Wto which date, to enable us so to do, all accounts aB now rendered should be settled within the month, as T^ previous partnership, and the taking II orer of Mr Gk M. K. Clarke's, and J. Eec d & Co.'s business, as also the October fire, have caused some little tm r m derangements. Entire New Books will wJLm be now opened, and the others, both for Invercargill and Riverton, finally closed. THE ATTENTION of the residents of town and the suburbs — Pastoral Tenants, Farmers, Diggers, Storekeepers, Brewers, Photographers, Cordial Manufacturers, Hotelkeepers, Surgeons, Hospitals, Druggists, and < otherfa 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 Sici Room Requisites, <Sfc. t Sfc, of which we are now DIRECT IMPORTERS, And enumerated more particularly ip the columns of the Southland News, comprising as it does a shipment of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CASES AND CASES of well-assorted Goods, and of tbe 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 hus 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, Pucember 5, 1872.