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Southland Times, Issue 1738, 9 May 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)

Medical, dec APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. 7b the Inhabitants of the Southland Dutrict of the Province of Otago. WE HAVE ON THIS OCCASION determined to draw attention through the Public Press, rather than by circular (in <joDsideration 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. *EHE CONSTANT COMPLAINT of the community lias been that Invercargill business men hold only a second or third Tank, 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 4 Z watching the business career of the f 1 I place, and can really be put down in a i great measure to the iaftfc that there is a •"■■ large amount of jealousy amongst those <^ who have it in their power to metamorZ]J? 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 Z 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 owselves (instead of bolster™"p» ing up that of others), nature Uy iirTi making more important the trade to <the Ports of Bluff, Invercargill, and Biverton— each vessel, locally owned, always leaving the mark of prospetity behind her. With thes preliminary remarks, we are in a position to state that with the arrival of Goods per <«H T D A S P E S, M FROM LONDON. JUNE 21st, 1872. THESE DrFFICTJLTIES 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 i this advantage to all, it being our intention 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 1 " 1^ nity, the support that we shall prove ourselves to merit, depreeating also the idea that the jealousy ~"J of location in this or that street should 4^T be 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 EEED & CO.'S, and immediately opposite EULLOCH'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. lUE 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 fft in it as the primary cause of, and excuse for, higher prices than would remuQnerate the importers, if sure of a speedy return — even when the goods were disO posed of. The reductions in our prices, which wul 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 fft the coming month, our new principles ,1 in Business will be inaugurated with |_LJ the new quarter on the first of October f\ next, immediately at the close of our LJ-i financial year and stock-taking, prior ff\ to which date, to enable us so *JJ to do, all accounts as now rendered should be settled within the month, as J^ previous partnership, and the taking II over of Mr G. M. & Clarke's, and J. Reed & Co.'s business, as also the P*"" October fire, have caused some little X derangements. Entice New Books will be now opened, and the others, both for Invercargill and Riverton, finally dosed.