COMPANY AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 19, 17 October 1930, Page 12

COMPANY AFFAIRS

Wellington Registrations VARIED INTERESTS Twelve new companies, one public and eleven private, have been registered at Wellington this month. The publie company is a Nelson venture connected with the fruit industry, details being as follow: — Nelson Products, Limited, Nelson. Objects: To acquire from Vacuum Products (N.Z.), Ltd., the right to use in the provincial district of Nelson that company’s patent machines for bottling, preserving, or sealing fruit, fruit juices, etc. Capital, £50.000 in £1 shares. Subscribers: E. T. Janies, C. K. Mackay, C. J. Boyes, orchardists, each 150 shares; H. R. Duncan, Nelson, 300 shares; N. A. Vercoe and E. A. H. Bisley, each 30 shares. Of interest among the private companies are Gisborne Theatres, Ltd., formed to acquire the leases of three theatres in that centre, a company to develop a Coromandel gold quartz claim, and another to acquire a well-known building in Featherston Street, Wellington. Details of the private companies are as follow:— Gisborne Theatres, Limited, Gisborne. Objects: To acquire the lease of the Majestic Theatre and the business carried on in connection therewith by Fuller-Hayward Theatre Corporation, Ltd., at Gisborne, and also to acquire the lease of the Regent and Opera House Theatres and the business carried on by R. J. Kerridge at Gisborne. Capital: £6OOO, divided into 3000 A shares nnd 3000 B shares of £1 each. Subscribers: R. J. Kerridge and Heathcote Beetham Williams, sheepfanner, Gisborne, each 1500 B shares; Fuller-Hayward Theatre Corporation, Ltd., 3000 A shares. Three Brothers Quartz Claim, Limited, Wellington. Objects: Gold mining. Capital, £2OOO in 80 shares of £25 each. Subscribers: John F, McNeil, miner, Coromandel, 2 contributing and 40 fully-paid shares; E. J. Righton, J. G. Duncan, and H. A. Brown, Wellington, each 4 shares; F. N. R. Meadows, 3 shares; H. F. Lattery, E. Gilbertson, A. D. Crawford H. L. Nathan J. W. Bridge all of Wellington each two shares; F. K. Fltt, Lower Hutt, N. If. Lethbridge, Te Awamutu, W. J. Arcus, J. H. C. Bond, B. H. Edkins, K. D. Duncan, J. C. Peacock, A. Goring, W. E. Reid, G. TV. Magnus, W. Downie Stewart, E. R. Dymock, and G. H. Swann, of Wellington, each one share. City Buildings, Limited, Wellington. Objects; To acquire from the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association the leasehold buildings known as Katipo Buildings, Featherston Street, Wellington, and to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire property. Capital, £5500 in £1 shares. Subscribers; Laurence Arcus, builder, Harold Thomas, tobacconist, and Thomas N. Usher, medical practitioner, Wellington, each 1000 shares; Frank S. Ball, J. W. Andrews, joiner, each 750 shares; Cyril A. Martin, architect, Wellington, and Thomas Wass, plasterer, Palmerston North, each 500 shares. Matheson and Wilkinson, Limited, Wellington, tailors and clothing manufacturers, etc. Capital, £5OOO in £1 shares. Subscribers: I. M. Matheson, 2750 shares; J. A. Wilkinson, 2250 shares. F. and J. Bognuda, Limited, Wellington, general carriers, forwarding agents, etc. Capital, £9OO in fil'shares. Subscribers: F., J., and A. Bognuda, Wellington, each 300 shares. E. C. Docking, Limited, Miramar, Wellington, timber merchants, etc. Capital, £llOO in £1 shares. Subscribers: E. C. Docking, 600 shares; 11. Watson, 500 shares. Levin Service Depot, Limited, Levin, motor service station and garage proprietors, etc. Capital, £5OOO in £1 shares. Subscrlberes: Hugh and Julia Black, Eastbourne, each 2000 shares; J. H. McD. Black and H. Black, Eastbourne, each 500 shares. O.K. Stores, Limited, Marton, provision merchants, grocers, etc. Capital, £lOOO iu £1 shares. Subscribers: Clifton L. Mowlem, Palmerston North, 999 shares; R. O. Frogley, grocer, Marton, one share. Royal Dutch. Limited, Palmerston North. Objects: To take over as a going concern the Royal Dutch Lounge and carry on the business of tea shop and restaurant keepers. Capital, £1550 In £1 shares. Subscribers : Samuel K. Murray, caterer, 1400 shares; W. Murray, 150 shares. Russell Brothers, Limited, Wanganui, provision, produce, commission', and general merchants. Capital, £4OOO in £1 shares. Subscribers: J. M. Russell, Wanganui, 3000 shares; W. L. Russell and Alice Ellen Russell, each 500 shares. St. John’s Service Station, Limited, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, motor supply station and garage proprietors, etc. Capital, £l5OO in £1 shares. Subscribers: J. S. Armstrong, 1495 shares; Clarence L. Curtis, solicitor, Wanganui, 5 shares. INCREASE IN CAPITAL Reefton Gold Mining Co. The New Big River Gold Mining Company, Limited, whose mine is situated 18 miles from Reefton, has issued a prospectus relating to an increase of capital to the extent of £9OOO, for the purpose of reopening the company’s mine by carrying out a scheme of prospecting and development operations in the upper levels. The present capital of the company is £6OOO, divided into 24,000 shares of 5/- each. The new issue will comprise 36,000 shares of 5/each, of which 12,000 will be offered to the public and the balance to present shareholders. GRAIN AND PRODUCE Australian Markets (Rec. October 16, 8.55 p.m.) Sydney, October 16. Wheat.—Bulked, 2/8i per bushel; bagged, 2/10. Flour, £9 per ton. Pollard and bran, £5 per ton. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £9/10/- per ton; Victorian, £B. Onions, Victorian, £5 per ton. Oats, white, 3/9 per bushel; Algerian, 4/3. Maize, to 4/5 per bushel. Adelaide, October 16. Wheat, 2/7 per bushel. Flour, £B/15/per ton. Bran, £4/15/- per ton. Pollard, £5/5/- per ton. Oats, 2/3 per bushel. CHICAGO WHEAT New York, October 15. Chicago Wheat.—December, 78 3-8 cents; March, 82 1-8 cents; May, 82f cents; July, 83 cents. LONDON TALLOW MARKET No tallow sales were held in London on Wednesday, says a report received by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., from their head office. Prices are nominally unchanged.