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West Coast Times, Issue 376, 6 December 1866, Page 3

Notices. WEIR BROTHERS AND CO. (Lato Stauford and Co.) WE have this day entered into Partnership in Hokitika and Dunedin as CHINA, GLASS, EARTIIENWABE, KEROSENE LAMPS, AND KEROSENE OIL MERCHANTS. Having purchased from Messrs Stanford and Co. their retail business in Duuedin, and tho whole of their stock, store, and business in Hokitika, we propose to carry on THE FIRST LAMP AND OIL TRADE IN NEW ZEALAND. In FLUTE-GLASS,' CHINA and EARTHENWARE, we are in a position^ to defy competition. Wo aro in imme- ' diato communication with tho leading manufacturers in Staffordshire, the north of England and Scotland, and import direct to. Dunedin. We hope for a continuance of tho favor bestowed upon our predecessors. 5711 Weir Beos. & Co. NOTICE. GW. BINNEY will hold WEEKLY . SALES of Furniture, General Effects, and Sundries, every SATURDAY, at his Mart, commencing at Eleven o'clock sharp. Nothing will be received for these sales with any reserve. 528 A. O. F. T>RETIIREN of the above Order are l> informed that a Court will be held at Brother Turner's Oddfellow's Hotel, Revell street, on Monday, the 3rd December, on the 17th December, and on eveiy alternate Monday thereafter. 5518 By order of the C. R. TO MINERS AND OTHERS. fTIHE Hokitikaßoring Machine Company are prepared to bore for deep ground for miners, or ariesian wells. Application to be made to H. E. Campbell, Secretary. Camp-street, Hokitika. 5676 IMPORTANT SALE of JEWELLERY AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, ROSS. MR N. SALOMON will be at Ross on Thursday, 6th instant, with a splendid assorcment of jewellery, which must be sold at considerably below cost price, as Mr S. is retiring from the colonies. Sale for three days only. 5683 SUSMAN, BEHREND. & CO. beg to inform their friends, and the public of Hokitika and the surrounding districts, that the3 r have opened with a large and assorted stock of the following goods, which they are in a position to sell at the lowest rates : —Fancy goods of all descriptions, albums, ladies' companious, combs, brushes, purses, pocketbooks, opera-glasses, workboxes, writing-desks, &c. ; also, stationeiy, perfumery, clocks' toys, matches, French ornaments, ladies' back combs (newest styles), cutlery, tobacconists' sundries, aud Bohemian ware ; also, an assortment of drapery, blankets' hosiory, Crimean shirts, and a great many other items too numerous to particularise. N.B.— S., 8., & Co., having selected all their goods themselves, ii-oin the first houses, are enabled to supply country storekeepers, packers, and dealers in general, at a very low figure. Christmas presents in great variety. Country orders promptly attended to. .Note the address — Susman, Behrend, & Co., General Importers, Weld street, four doors from White House. 5684 HOTEL DE FRANCE, AND SOUTHLAND RESTAURANT Hevell stheet, Hokitika TIIHE Proprietor of this well-known X hostelry, in thanking for past favors, begs to inform his friends and the public that he has just completed the extensive alterations in his establishment, in which he has neither spared pains nor expense, to render it the most comfortable house in town, and therefore trusts by strict attention to business to still merit a share of their patronage. The upstairs department has been entirely remodelled. It comprises an elegant cafe, capable of accommodating 100 persons, with a luxury unprecedented on the West Coast. Here gentlemen will find relaxation after business hours; all the British and colonial papers taken regularly. Chess, draughts, &c, &c. There are thirty separate bedrooms, which arc clean, spacious, and well-venti-lated, second to none in the colonies. The large restaurant is fitted with every comfort and convenience, and under the careful attention of the proprietor himself. Meals ready at all hours, with a private sitting-room and parlor attached. The bar is well supplied with a choice selection of the very best wines, spirits, &c, &c. Terms moderate. 5089 NOTICE. WE have .This Day Disposed of our Hokitika Business, together the premises in Wharf-s^rcet, to Messrs Mark Sprot, Jun. and James Craig, Juu. t by whom the business will in future bo carried on, under the firm of Sprot & Craig. - M'-LAKDitESS, Hepuuhn, & Co. "OEFERRING to the abovo, we beg to JTi intimate that we have This Day Entered into Partnership, under the firm of Sprot and Craig, to carry on the business of Auctioneers and Commission Agents, lately conducted by M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co., Hokitika. Mabk Sprot, Jun. James Csaig, Jun. Hokitika, December 1, 1866. 5616 ARAHURA FERRY. CHEAP AND UNIFORM FARES. A COMPANY of Licensed Watermen has bctn formed, to work the Ferry at the mouth of the Arahura and the Lagoon, at a uniform charge Is 6d. The payment of this sum will enable any one booking at either end to proceed across the lliv. r and up the Lagoon, or from the end of the Lagoon to the Hokitik>t side of the Arahura. Tickets may be had at the Rivor, or at the end of the Lagoon. Tho Company's Boats will fly a blue flag, bearing in white the initials "8.H.P." Hokitika, 3rd Dec, 1860. 5665