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THE FALMOUTH POST

AND JAMAICA GENERAL ADVERTIZER

Printed and published by John Castello, Falmouth, Jamaica

January to June 1873

[published on Tuesdays and Fridays]

Extracts from the ADVERTIZER

(Many of these advertisers were in each issue of the Advertizer. Only one entry is included here for information)

Falmouth

Ale, Soap, Saddles, harness, herrings, mackerel

Looked for on the Florence Louise

A. M. Nathan


No. 5 Wharf, Montego Bay

Abraham Hart

____________________________________

Bazaar

1, 3, and 5 Market Street, Montego Bay

Abraham Hart


Montego Bay

on consignment per William Naizby

Laundry Blue, and Wine

George L. Phillips and Bro.


Falmouth

Received ex 'Port Royal'

Cloth, thread, handkerchiefs, felt hats

per "Harriett Wardle"

Hate, caps, gloves, knives, boots

Abraham Morales

Corner of Market Square


Kingston

Hardware Store, 45 Port Royal Street

Arnold L. Malabre


Parochial Board Office, Falmouth

Sealed Tenders . . . for the restoration of a Bridge over the Tom Spring, between Golden Grove and Friendship in Trelawny.

George W. Stricker, clerk


Kingston

The Copartnership of Davidson, Colthirst & Co. expired on December 31, 1872, in consequence of the death of Mr. James Davidson the Senior Partner herein. The business will be continued by us.

H. F. Colthirst and John Orrett, Surviving Copartners


For Sale

At Belmont Estate, Trelawny

a mixed lot of stock, namely cows, heifers, bull, and mules. also all moveables about the Works.

J. W. Parkin


Falmouth

Trelawny Dispensary

Tea, tobacco, liqueurs, champagne, wine, ale, raisins, figs, prines, peaches, currants, salmon, oysters, hams, etc.

Also a general assortment of drugs, chemicals, patent medicines

John C. Lewis


Falmouth

Cargo of the Brigantine Daisy from Halifax

Codfish, mackerel, herrings, salmon, lumber

D'Souza, Son & Lazarus



Kingston

High School, Kingston

The First Quarter of 1873 will commence on January 29th. A general fee of £5 per annum admits to all classes of the school. Terms for Boarders is £30 per annum and upwards.

Revd. J. See. Roberts, Newton House, Gordon Town P.O., and after the 23rd to the School, Kingston.


Standard Life Assurance Company

Report submitted April 1872

Board of Directors at Jamaica

Captain W. S. Cooper, R.N., Superintendent R.M.S.P. Co., Harbour-Master, Chairman

Hon. James H. McDowell, Member Legislative Council

William Barclay, Esquire, merchant

Revd. D. H. Campbell, M.A., Rector of Kingston

Hon. James C. Melville

Revd. G. B. Brooks, M.A.

E. J. C. Hitchins, Esquire

Medical advisers: Dr. Louis Q. Bowerbank, Dr. Campbell

Agent at Jamaica: H. J. Kemble


Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society

10 Port Royal Street, Kingston

PATRON

His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B.

CHAIRMAN

Henry Forbes Colthirst, Esquire

VICE-CHAIRMAN

Robert Russell, Esquire

DIRECTORS

Robert Osborn, Esquire

Honorable Henry Westmorland

Daniel Power Trench, Esq.

Simon E. Pietersz, Esq.

David J. Alberga, Esq.

William Lee, Esq.

Francis B. Lyons, Esq.

MEDICAL OFFICERS

Charles Campbell, Esq., M.D., Kingston

Andrew Dunn, Esq., M.D., Kingston

A. G. McCatty, Esq., M.D., St. James

John Deleon, Esq., M.D., St. James

James Scott, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., St. James

Henry Hume, Esq., M.R.C.S., Falmouth

Rev. Hugh Croskery, M.R.C.S.I., Clarendon

James H. Smith, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., St. Ann's Bay

John S. Gerrard, Esq., M.R.C.S., St. Thomas in the East

Joseph Adolphus, Esq., M.D., Black River

Richard S. Harvey, Esq., M.D., Sav-la-Mar

SOLICITOR

Samuel Constantine Burke, Esq.

AUDITORS

Arnold L. Malabre, Esq.

James U. L. Duquesnay

William Andrews, Esquire

AGENTS

_. B. Dignum, Esq., Falmouth

Revd. F. Jones, Chapelton

S. G. Corinaldi, Esq., Montego Bay

William Ewen, Esq., Savana-la-Mar

Revd. Frederick Jones, Clarendon

J. P. Wakeford, Esq., Four Paths

R. Graham, Esq., Mandeville

J. E. Kerr, Esq., Lilliput

S. C. Peynado, Esq., Black River

Rev. Josias Cork, St. Ann's Bay

C. S. Cover, Esq. Stewart Town

J. B. Goffe, Esq., Port Maria

Moses Bravo, Esq., Old Harbour

Augustus Miles, Esq., St. Andrew

Henry Ford, Esq., P. G. River [Plantain Garden River]

Alexander Escoffery, Esq., Port Antonio

By order,

John S. Brown, Secretary


A. U. Lodge 367

January 16, 1873

The Installation of Bro. Daniel C. D'Souza, Master Elect, and the Officers of the Athole Union Lodge, NO. 367, Falmouth, will take place at Freemason's Hall, on Wednesday the 29th instant, at 6 o'clock in the evening.

William Salmon Evelyn, Secretary


Trelawny Collegiate Institute

will reopen on Monday the 20th instant, at 10 o'clock A.M.

D. A. Quern


Falmouth, 27th January, 1873

For Public and Positive Sale

On my Piazza on Friday 31st at 12 o'clock

The wrecked Hull of the boat Port Royal as she now lies on Iron Shore Beach. Also the Anchor Chain, etc., etc., saved from the Wreck.

Isaac Reuben

Licensed Auctioneer


Falmouth, February 13, 1873

A Card to the General Public

Confirming my advertisement of October last, . . . as of the above date, the entire interest of my business has been transferred to my son, Mr. David Morales, under whose management the same will be conducted.... With the advantage of my personal selections (it being my intention to leave in a short time for England) no establishment in the Island will be better assorted.. . .

Abraham Morales

[Note from JFS: until June 1873 Ads for this business continued to be in the name of Abraham Morales]


General Post Office, Kingston

17th February, 1873

Mail Service, Montego Bay and Lucea

The amount paid under the present contract is £185 per annum

Sealed tenders invited from persons willing to contract for the conveyance of the Posts per week each way, and two Packet Expresses per month each way between Montego Bay and Lucea, a computed distance of 25 miles. Seven miles an hour is the rate of speed at which the mails are to be carried. The contractor will provide his own leather bags, etc. The Contract to be for 5 years.

Fred Sullivan

Postmaster for Jamaica

[The Falmouth Post editor comments that "This is, indeed, 'a cheap and nasty system' for the management of an important Department of the Public Service."]


Montego Bay, 17th February, 1873

FOR SALE

The following estates in the Parish of Hanover

Georgia and Kew Estates

Kew being about 2 miles from the town of Lucea.

The above estates, including "Dundee" (a thrown-up Sugar Estate, now cultivated with them) contain about 3,500 acres, running from the mountains to the seaside, the "Georgia" River running through both estates.

Barbary Hill Wharf contiguous to these Estates and within the port of Lucea will be sold with them.

Point Estate

Including Paradise, formerly a separate Sugar Estate, now cultivated with Point, 1,067 acres more or less.

This Estate has its own Wharf on the property, at the entrance to the Harbour of Lucea.

Apply to Charles M. Phillips, Esquire, Point, Lucea, or to George L. Phillips & Bro.


Falmouth, 3rd March, 1873

G. W. A. Plummer has now taken the lower portion of the premises in Market Street, immediately opposite the office of the Falmouth Post, where he now carries on Boot and Shoemaking.


Kingston, 39th April, 1873

PUBLIC NOTICE

We the undersigned having been appointed by His Excellency the Governor a Commission to enquire into the question of Emigration of Jamaica Laborers to Central America and more particularly to Lion Bay and Costa Rica hereby request all parties acquainted with the facts to come before us at the office of the Collector General, commencing on Monday 5th May.

D. P. Trench

J. H. Prenderville, Major, Inspector of Police

George Solomon

Commissioners


THE WEST INDIAN

HYDRAULIC DOCK COMPANY, LTD.

SALE OF SHARES

DIRECTORS

Sir Wilford Brett, K.C.M.G. (Director Anglo-Maltese Hydraulic Dock Company)

The Honorable Robert Nunes (Member Legislative Council of Jamaica)

T. S. Heseltine, Esq. (Chairman, Guoll Colliery Ltd.)

J. Scott-Tucker, Esq. M.I.C.E. (Manager)

Solicitor in Jamaica: Francis Robertson Lynch Esq., Spanish Town

Agent in Jamaica: Ralph Nunes, Esq., Kingston

Office: 4 Lothbury Place, London


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