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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5255, 20 November 1885, Page 1

Business Notices The Latest American Invention. THE VICTORY OF ELECTRICITY. Since Electricity has been applied for This Lamp it constructed for the present in HghtiDg purposes, all effort! of inventors three different sites i— hare been directed to construct a lamp for A t small size. Height of complete Lamp, general domestic use. The reason why this 14 inches; weight, about 6 pounds; for lightproblem has till now not been solved, is that ing rooms, cellars, storage homes, powder none of the inventors could rid themselves of magszinei (or similar places where explosives the idea of gas lighting, and that all hare are kept), coaches, illuminations, gardens, adhered to the system of producing the mines, or any other industrial purpose. Electricity in some central.plao?, or by large Price, £1 per Lamp, delivered free to any machinery, instead of first laying down the part of the world. principle that a Lamp which should ever I?, me dium size. Serves all domestic parbecome generally useful and popular, must p^,, for ijgfc t j nf rooms, houses, eto. This be portable, like an Oil Lamp, and contain Xamp is elegantly decorated, aod has remov* the generator of Electrioity in itself, ».#., in able white ground Glass Globe, the foot of the *ta--tV- _.._.. '. Price, per Lamp (inclusive of Bronw Foot The Norman Electric Light Co. has at laat M a Globe, richly and elegantly constructed), succeeded in completely realising this ideal of delivered free to any part of the world. Electric Lighting, Hndtherei.no doubt th.t c Grand sue for Parlor, H.H, Saloo., tin. most important urgta on jJJ«»J Public Building, Ac The Lamp gires a most about a complete revolution in. all branches bri , lUnt M& ,&,,, ligH hB , lg ™ r#BJOTIWfI of lighting. ..«■', ,-.■ white Globe, decorated most tastefully, and Our Electric Lamp needs neither Maeto- the workmanship is both first-class and elcnery, Conductors, nor any expensive < utlay, g M k Price, £4 10s. and is neither ™jP" bl*' Foot of Lamp in either Bronze, Japanese, in manipulation ; all that is necesiary is to Faience or Silter OiiJe. refill it ever*'four or five daysjnth acid. A w , JM or deiiKn mt(J . to order. The cost of lighting mil be <v cheap at gn >&&*** furnished. {$ cents per hour), and it has before the All Lamps are ready for immediate use, latter the immense advantage of neither pro- wi pa<jked in ducing heat, s^oke, nor carbonic acid, owing wopden b with |nted directioni {m U| J to wbicktheair is notimpured, .nil remains , quant i t of chemicals sufficient for several at the same degree of temperature. It is month ,. lighting, and one* extra burner for further absolutely inodorous, find does not „•„ Ai al f d tw 8 0 for „•„, B and a Tha need to be kindled by match, or otherwise, nteuwj c bemioals can be purchased in any but simply by turning the key, thui avotdmg D tf in efen the t yi , u / all danger of fire, exp.osion, or suffocation, rf L,mp is accompanied by a written as in the case of gas, if the key is left open: m%nnttt for one r wi ,, bo exchanged, and it must be conceded that this »dvantage or „„„ Mfond / d> if lhe Mmc Bh< , u l d not alone is invaluable. It w further preferable giTe co^Jete satisfaction, to any known form of lighting for the fol- On J or6wt for six Lamps and above, . lowing reasons :— discount of six per cent, will be allowed. No (1.) Its manipulation is so simple that any orders from abroad filled, unlecs accompanied ohild can keep it in order. by a remittance to cover the amount, or first* (2.) That the Lamp is portable, and can be dais references on a New York or Pbila> removed, like any Oil Lamp, from one place delphia house. ; - to another. The beat method of sending money is by (3.) That it neither requires the disagree* draft on New York, which can be procured afc able fixing of the wick, or the cleaning of the any Banker, and everywhere, or enclose the cylinder, as in the case of Oil Lamps. amount in Bank notes, gold coins,-or postage (4.) Thai the light produced is a toft and stamp* of any country of the world, most steady one ; tbat it never flickers, and All orders, the smallest, as well as the most the flame, though being equal in power of important, will receive the same particular lighting to gas, can be regulated to any attention, and will be forwarded without degree. , • C delay. (S.) That every danger of fire is ahsolnielj sjjjp- Our Electric Lamps are protected by excluded, as the light will extinguish imme- law, and all imitations and iofriogmonte will d iately, if by any accident the glass surround* be prosecuted* ing the Lurner should be broken. C3T Agents, Salesmen on Commission, (6.) Tbat it wM burn, even in the strongest and Consignees for our Lamps, wanted everywind, completely unaffected, thus being in* where. No special knowledge or capital valuable for illuminations, lighting of gardens, 1 required, corridors, eto. J A fortune to be made by active persons. "ADDRESS:—The Norman Electric Light Co., PHILADELPHIA. U.S. of Ameiica.

Insurance Companies THE EQUITABLE 7" ANCE SOCIETY OP THE U.S. ASSETS ...Over £12,117,000. New Assurance, 1881 £17,682,720 Assurance in Force exceeds ... £64,460,000 Surplus, over £2,839,000. Annual Cash Bonuses from the Start. Upon the Mutual System. Profits belong Exclusively to Policy-holders. The Tontine Policies Issued by the Equit* able Offer Extraordinary Advantages to the Assured. Claims Paid immediately on Proof Bt Auckland Branch Office, Loan and Mercantile Buildings, Queen street. npHERE is no form of Life Assurance so _L profitable to the assured. All Bisks accepted are at Tabular Ratesno loading. All policies are free from unnecessary con* ditions or restrictions. The Colonial rate of mortality rules the apportionment of profits. This Society aims at securing to policyholders tho sum during life, or to represen tatirea of assured at death, by inducing thrift and industry to maintain in force the policy, and is not a Loan Office tor the destruction of the policy. Intending Assurers should examine this modern system of Insurance and Endowment* before selecting any other -plan; comparison with existing companies will certainly seenre as the proposal. N.B.—The Society agrees to be governed by the decisions of the Courts of the Australian and New Zealand Colonies, within which the payee of the policy resides. No contested claims on this Society's Books. The Sooiety's policies are untrammelled with any unnecessary conditions. Sum paid to the representatives of the assured at death &nd maturity exceeds £15,000,000. LOCAL DIRECTORS: Hon\ Sib Fbrdkbiwc Whitaob, K.C.M.G.j M.L C. Hon. James Wii.iiam3ok, M.L.C. Db. J. Logan Campbbio.. OHIBF MEDICAL EXAMINER: C. H. Haikes, Ebq , M.D. BANKERS: Bank of New Zealand. Mzbsbs MEARS & CO. are the Authorised Agents for the Thames District. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. rPHK Undersigned having been appointed 1 AGENTS for the above Company for the Thames District, are prepared to accept Risks at the Lowest Current Bate. MEABS & 00. Notices JACKSON & KENNY, AUTHORIZED SURVEYORS. Licensed under Land Transfer Act, MINING AND ROAD ENGINEERS,

THE READY-MONEY TRADING CO., OWEff STBEET, TS now Replete with a FULL STOCK GROCERIES, ETC., ETC. Et«y Family wiil Sayk at Least From 2s to 5s WEEKLY BY GETTING THEIR SUPPLIES AT THE READY-MONEY SHOP/ Gb&kahstown. SOME WILL SAT: "HOW IS THIS t The explanation is Simple and Self-evident: The premises are Freehold | the Stock is bought Firsthand; we make no Lofges in Bad Debts ; we Sell orer the Counter for BE ADr MONEY, and the smallest , Margin become* a Profit; we make no pretence of giving Goods for Nothing, but we do say jou will SATE MONET by getting your Supplies from us. THE BE \DY-MONEY SHOP FilU a long.felt Want on the Thames { therefore get your, Goods from us, and SAVE your MONET. BEST BREAD, — 8d — P E R 2lb. L O AF. TRT THE Ready" Money Bhop y and get the beet value for your earnings. BtUSHWARE, TINWARE, AND STAPLE GROCERIES! PBIME VALUE IN TEAS! CHEESE k BACON—At Factory and Caring-house Prices. rnBXmHE nEADT-MONETOHOf JAMES LOUGHLIN, MANAGER