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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 773, 7 February 1871, Page 3

WESTPORT VOLUNTEER FIRE BRiGbADE. /CELEBRATION BALL, Will be held at the MASONIC HALL. TUESDAY EVENING, 14th FEB., In aid of the funds of the Brigade. Tickets—l2s. 6d., To be had of any of the following members of Committee:— Mr J. Hughes Mr T. Bailie Mr J. Corr Mr M. Organ Mr W. Lloyd Mr E. Suisted Mr E. Roche Mr J. Colvin Mr T. Bond. Ladies by invitation. Dancing to commence at 10 o'clock. WALTER BISHOP, Hon. Sec. INANGAHUA EXPRESS. A PONY EXPRESS will leave Thiele's Store, Addison's Road, every Saturday morning, conveying Letters, Parcels, &c, for the Oweka, Blaekwater, Long's, Inangahua, and Murray's. All orders left at Mr J. Cobb's Store, Gladstone street, will be promptly attended to. R. N. SALOMON, of Dunedin, will shortly arrive, and will exhibit, at Tonks and Hughes' EMPIRE HOTEL, A Magnificent Stock of WATCHES, JEWELLERY, DIAMOND GOODS. TTTESTPORT & CHARLESTON. CHARLESTON AND WESTPORT. Coach Fabe: Single Fare 17s Return Ticket 30s Saddle Horses, To be had at all hours, 17s 6d. SIMPSON AND M'KEE, Proprietors. Government Annuities Office, Wellington, Dec. 1, 1870. is hereby given that Go- -*~* vernment Insurance and Annuities Offices, under " The Government Annuities Act, 1869," and " The New Zealand Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1870," have been opened at NELSON WESTPORT CHARLESTON and all the principal Money Order Offices in the Colony. The following advantages are secured by special provisions in the abovementioned Acts : 1. Up to a certain amount, Assurance Policies bona fide effected by the A ssured upon his own life, and Endowment Policies, and Annuities purchased for the benefit of Wife or Children, are exempted from the operation of Bankruptcy Acts, and from seizure under legal process. 2. Up to a certain amount, Married Women may effect Policies, and dispose of the money assured by will, as if single ; and such Policies are free from the debts and control of their husbands. 3. Insurances may be effected for the benefit of Wife and Children, with power to apportion amount; and such insurance is to be free from the claim of creditors, to the extent of 2,000. All persons wishing to obtain Life Insurances, Endowments, Annuities, immediate or deferred, or other advantages under the Acts, will receive every information, and the necessary forms, on application at' any of the above-named Offices. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner.