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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3167, 14 April 1879, Page 1

Insurance Companies "IVTOBTH BEITISH AND MEE±S cantile insueanoe company. London and edinburgh. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... ...' 250,000 Fire Reserve Fund ... £794,577 Fire Premium-Reserve Total Fire Reser res... „; 1,097,248 Incomes of the Fire Depart- • ment, Net Premiums and -„ Interest '. ... .„ ... 967,080 j Five -Risks taken on Buildings and Property pn Thames Goldfields at Lowest Rates,, . PaOMPT AND LIBEBAIi. SBTrLEMENTS. ! .^■^THOMAS.VE,ALE, ; Agent/ :,. [■ i „', • ... PptlEN STBEET. ,33^4 mHE; GQLONIAL INSUEANCE L COMPANY OF,NEW ZEAi..'.'...''. ■.. -land. ;..; ;;■ ■ ! ■'•'■ FIRE AND MARINE. | .Capital ... ... Two Millions. Fire and Marine Risks of every description I ;, accepted at Lowest Current Rates. : Temporary Offices—Panama street. I GEO. S. GRAHAM, i , .. . . General Manager. | Wellington, June 5,1878. I Agent for the Thames— i WILLIAM CARPENTER, 262^ Shortland., : NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE' I COMPANY. I ! FIEE AND MAEINE. '■kfl'P W A R D H O N I S S (111 ■'; , AGENT, ' . .' POIXEN BTBEET AND AEBEBT STItEBT, 1 ■ THAMEB. 2502 j ■'■■■■• General Notices MIRI MINERAL water: BOTTLED AT THE COOL, SPAKKLING AND EFFERVESCING SPRTNG! EQUAL TO THE MOST CELEBRATED EUROPEAN WATERSVICHY, FACHINGEN, KISSINGEN UNSURPASSED AS A SUMMER BEVERAGE. Drink Puriri Water! ■ ■'•■ • ••■ ■ ' ' AND . '' " ■■■■ '■"■ KILL INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, : GOUT and RHEUMATISM. i ExT^AOT.-r-it..,belongs to the interesting group,of mineral paters known as the Alkaline, such as Vicby' in France^ and Fachingen jin Nassau, resorted to for the cure of diseases jof the digestive organs, of the kidney and ibiadder, and for removing constitutional to gout. ■ - I : DR HECTOR, Wellington. j Analysis :by Mr Sket, Wellington. ! .Grains perj gallon—Soda, 19901;, potash,, |2'5.8^ j lime, ir,088; magneßia, 8-008 ; iron,' traces 5,1 silicic acid, 2;772 ; sulphuric .acid,' 2-903' j carbonic i>cid,' 300-438 j, phos^hlorip' 'acid, traces ; chlorine; 13 313; iodihe^traces.' [ These elements are probably combined as ifollows r-;- :;.-••. . • : 1 - ■ Bicarbonate of soda ... 452:393 I : : .ditto of lime ... 28506. I - ditto- of magnesia 25:625 ! , Chloride of sodium .... 21938. ;■,. Sulphate of potash .... 4 ; 938 i Sulphate of soda... ... 0 940 1. /Silica.;:- ,:..., ;:;.'";-:-.v.;, .•. ; '.'a;77a \ I 1 lodine of magnesium ... Traces : Phosphate of soda ... Traces ; j| MEDICAL TESTIMONIES: -'; ! As a pleasant, agreeable and.. invigorating 'beverage it is Unsurpassed ; as a therapeutic j agent we may confidently expect Puriri Water !to be equally useful in all cases ia which (European waters would be prescribed }'as a stimulating alterative on the digestive orgnus 'In sickness, I have found it of great value. Ifc lis water .which , I would recommend freiquentlv, 4. MARTIN H.PAYNE, : ' F.C.S., L.R.aP., M.R.O.S. I find it strongly alkaline, and as an antacid would be'useful in dyspepsia, gout, and ' rbenmatism. When charged with carbonic j acid it forms an agreeable efiervescing drink. ; I have personally given the water a trial, aud : believe it will provo valuable in cases such as those above mentioned. „ CHARLES F. GOLDSBRO, R.C.P. It promises to be a most useful addition to the means of cure at the command of persona affected by gout in its various forms. It is extremely palatable, and may be advantageously employed as a beverage by all who are fond of a clear and sparkling drink. Its chemical constitution strongly resembles the waters of Vichy. J. KILGOUB, M.D. Puriri water can be best compared in valuo to the celebrated waters of Kissingen in Bavaria, beneficially used in cascß of diseases of the digestive organs. iErated it is a cooling and refreshing drink. B. SOHWARZBACH, M.D. All Orders from Steamers, Hotels, and Private Families promptly attended to. Delivered in Cases containing Five Dozen, I^P° Office :— POLLEN STREET, SHORTLAND, Opposite Shortland Hotei, Kelly and Fraser, PROPRIETORS. 3552