Medical, dec. APOTHECARIES' HALL, DEE STREET, INVERCARGILL. 2b 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 the conduct of our Business, which was intimated so far hack as May, 1871, but the misfortune of the lamentable Tay-street Fire of October tho 11th, of the same year, frustrated for twelve months the com- 1 pletion of plans then about to be , initiated. THE CONSTANT COMPLAINT of the community has been that Invercargill busi- 1 neES men hold only, a second or third rank, through the fact, in many inBtnncee, of priceß of variouß kindß 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 bo 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 metainorff\ phose, as it were, the business of the J \JJ district — by combination. Where one j or two willing but small business men are inclined to go in for direct Home Z Importations, they are at a disadvantage, for tho larger importers are not Oat one in this desirable course of action 5 the consequence is, we have all along been dependent upon those who are reaping tho reward of our shortcomings, Q whereas a market should have been made for ourselves (instead of bolster■J^ ing up that of others), naturally r 1 making more important the trade to the Ports of Bluff, Invercargill, and Riverton — each vossel, locally owned, always leaving the mark of pros, perity behind her. With theß preliminary remarks, we are in a position to state that with the arrival of Goodß per "IIYDASPES/ 1 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 libb been our steady aim to consummate ' this advantage to all, it being our intention to give, where able, the whole of the benefit derived from our satisfac- •"^ tory conclusion of business relations ||| with London direct ; we expect from the numerous branches of tho commuII nity, the support that we shall w^ m^ prove ourselves to merit, depreeating also the idea that the jealousy ~T of location in this or that street should <^ be sufficient justification for the withI drawal of support from one who has ■™J buffeted the adverse current of events concomitant with the history of any new locality. Here wo would wish to remind our constituents that until further notice is given, tho whole of our business will be carried on iv 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 ac 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, huß also been a great drawback to business men, recoiling on those who have participated Win it us the primary cause of, and excuse for, higher prices than would remuf^*\ nerate the importers, if sure of a speedy ~~ return — even when the goods were dis- £ \ poeed of. The reductions in our prices, O^*' which will now vary from ten to twentyfive per cent., which partly represents the intermediate Wholesale Importers' C^ 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 Cfy the coming month, our new principles • I in Business will be inaugurated with LJj the new quarter on the first of October f> next, immediately at the close of our I i 1 financial year and stock taking, prior tf\, .to which date, to- enable as so t° do, all accounts .aa now rendered should be settled within the month, as Q previous partnership, and the taking orer of Mr G. M. K." Clarke's, and J. Reed & Co.'c business, as also the October fire, have., caused some little mm r m derangements. Entire New Books will ' be now opened, and the others, both fo Invercargill ■ and Riverton, finaliv 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 otliers, is directed to^our list of PATENT MEDICINE S~Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery, Brushware, Dyewoods, Drysaltery, Medicinal Glassware, Mechanical and Surgical Appliances and Instruments, Toilet Soaps, Confectionery and Sick Room Requisites, <£*0., <f c -» °f which we are now DIRECT IMPORTERS, And enumerated more particularly in the columns of the Southland Newß, comprising as it does a shipment of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CASES AND CASKS of well-assorted *■ Goods, and of the DECLARED IMPORT VALUE * Of £1000 STEELING, JOSEPH HATCH & CO. September 2nd, 1872. SEALSKIN JACKETS AND YESTsI; ACTING upon the desire of several enguhera, wishing to obtain a genuine article, manufactured from skins- locally taken, the undersigned now intimates that he ht»s made arrangements with a London House, to complete, according to order, a l.u- ted number, of Ladies' Jackets and Gentlemen's Vests and; Caps, in Sealskin. As this season 8 skins' are now being shipped, orderß must be promptly given. - - : Full particulars on application to JOSEPH HATCH. 1 Dee-street, December 6, 1872. I
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Southland Times, Issue 1780, 15 August 1873, Page 4
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