WAIKATO STEAM NAVIGATION AND COAL MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. U£ RIVER. TIME TABXaEi '" * / Mercer to Ngaruawahia-—Mdh., Wed. and Friday, at 6 a,m. ' • Ngaruawahia to Hamilton -— Tuesday, at 8 a.m.; also Saturday-, at 6 a.m. (if inducement offora) Ngaruawahia to Cambridge—Tuesday, at 6 a.m. Ngaruawahia to Alexandra —-Thursday, at 6 *.m. DOWNRIVER. Cambridge to Mercer— Wednesday, 6 a.m. Hamilton to Mercer—Wednesday, 7 a.m. Alexandra to Mercer —Friday, 6 a.m. Ngaruawahia to Mercer —Tuesday, 6 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. • Mercer to Waikato Heads—Friday, 5 p.m.—returning on Saturday as tidf #uits. . A Steamer at Mercer open for = Speeial Trips on Thursday. I FREIGHTS. 8. d. Mercer to Rangariri . . ... ... 15 0 ~ Ngaruawahia ... ... 25 0 ~ Hamilton or Whata Wliata ... 27 6 ~ Alexandra or Cambridge ... 30 0 ~ Waikato Heads ... ... 10 0 Rangariri ... ... to Mercer ... 10 0 Ngaru; wah.ii ... ... ~ ••• 15 .0 HamilW I*r Whata Whata ' » ... 20 0 Alexancra 0.-Cambridge ... ~ ... 20 0 Waikato lieads... ... >» ••• 10 0 Flax, Gum, and Wool taken by Weight. General Merchandise by Measurement or Weight. passages, Passengers—from any one of above Townships to the next one—Cabin Passage 3s. 6d. ; Deck, 2s Return Tickets to and from Waikato Heads, fare and a-half. Note—Man and horse is now taken from Alexandra or Cambridge to Mercer for 11, arriving there in sufficient time to allow him to get far onhis way to Auckland same day. Passenger and Horse from any One of above Townships to the next one, 5tL RATES FOR STOCK BARGE. £ *. d. Cattle not to exceed 50 head for barge ... 7 10 0 Sheep ~ ~ 300 ~ „ ... 710 0 Pigs ;; „ 300 ; „ ... 710 0 The barge has lately taken several loads of cattle from Te Ilori to Mereer in oneway very successfully. Shippers of stock will find shipping by barge to their advantage. i. COAL D«livered anywhere on the river at In quantities of 4 tons, (inbulk) :... ... 20». In bags ... ... . ••• ••• 255. In kits .. . .» is... ••• •• 255. Smith's coal (in kits) ... v ... ... 30s. timber; A stock of first-class kauri-is. kept at Ngaruawahia. Ordinary building :] 9 xl, 4x 3, 6x 2, 10s. per 100 sup. feet; planed tongued and grooved. 18s. per 100 sup. feet; bridge planking, 9x3, 16s. per 100 sup. feet. Furniture Timber—Prices^according to lengths and breadths. Delivered free of freight anywhere on the rirer, at the above prices., 40,000 ft. kauri, assorted size's, expected daily from Kaipara. NGARUAWAHIA FLOUR MILLS. THE Company are now prepared to supply Flour, Sharps, Bran, &c. Delivered anywhere on the rirer, freight paid, at the following rates, for Cash only :— WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT: £ a. d. Superfine silk-dressed flour, Brand, "NFM," per ton of 2,000 lb« 18 10 0 Silk-dressed flour, Brand. "Ngaruawahia," per ton of 2000 lbs ... ... 16. 10 0 Wheat Meal „. ... • 17 10 .0 Sharps, per ~ „ 810 0 Bran, pet- bushel of 20 lbs 0 1 3 Wheat Seed Barley Seed ■ Oats, Seed and Feed; very superior samples - can be seen on board the steamers —per bushel ... • ... 0 4 3 Note.—Sacks I*. ; 501b. and 1001b. bags, 6d. each extra. Minimum wholesalequantity of Flour only—soolbs. ; purchasers under that, Is. per lOOlbs. extra. . The Company wish it distinctly understood that these prices are . Net Cash-, and that no credit for flour, &e., will be given. Remittance must accompany each order, and the settlers will see that this is only reasonable, seeing that the Company paid them cash for wheat, and are selling flour £2 ss. per ton less than it can be brought from Aucklaud. At the' expressed wish of many nettlers we have decided to, grist with our first-class machinery. Price, iricludingßmutting, silk-dressing, arid freight per steamer from any place on the river to mill and back, Is 9d per buaheL Waste, .3 lbe per bushel. - k. v . * s ■ Maaagsr. . • " J ~~
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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 22, 20 June 1872, Page 3
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