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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 162, 11 July 1899, Page 8

At the appropriations by ballot in the second group of the Auckland Cooperative Terminating Building Society, held at Wesley Hall, Newton, last night, 10th inst., share 683 was successful in .the ballot, and as the owner is the holder of share 684 also he was entitled to take two appropriations of £200 each, and has elected to avail himself of the privilege. Two appropriations by sale in . the first group were also to have taken place, the upset price being fixed at £40 per share, but no tenders were received, and the meeting- was adjourned till Monday, 17th inst., when these appropriations will be allotted by ballot, as provided for in the rules. During tho evening Mr E. E. Jones, who presided, drew the attention of shareholders to the commissions which the directors were now paying out of the entrance fees to such shareholders as secured the taking up of shares in the third group, and mentioned that, judging by the way certain shareholders were responding, there was no doubt of that group being filled at an early date if a few others would exert themselves. He also mentioned that the society had, including that day's appropriations, distributed £14,000 by way of loans among its members during the two and a quarter years of its existence.

The monthly, meeting, of the N.Z. Literary and Historical Association will be held on Thursday evening next at the Auckland Harbour Board offices, when several papers of interest will be read. .

The s.s. Waiwera, which left Wplllngton on May 19. arrived in London on -imdpy •vealos with her meat in good condition.