CANTERBURY MARBLE COMPANY LIMITED.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5603, 8 February 1879, Page 5

CANTERBURY MARBLE COMPANY LIMITED.

The annual general meeting of ehareholdera was held latt evening at the City Hotel, Mr E. Mitchell, Chairman of the Company, m the chair. The minutes of the lost annual general meeting were read and confirmed. ■ The Ohaimsa said he had an appointment in conjunction with Mr Turner to meet Mr Baker, Surveyor of the Kakoia Bead Board, to see what could he done with the road. Ho would fix a date shortly to meet that gentleman, and doubtless then they wonldhe enabled toget a road, and they could really do nothing until they hod one. ■ There had been a peat number of enquiries about the marble, and Mr BUbdon had made an excellent suggestion, viz., to tend all their samples up to Sydney, get them polished, and then piece * UtWt&m the barque John Knox had them to Sydney free, and place them In the hands of a prootioal polisher, charging : the Company only with the expense of polishing, . Xu opinion wa* expressed < that the offer made by Captain Davis was an exceedingly kind one. .. , 1 Some conversation ensued os t» wnwier a Commissioner for the 'Sydfiey' Would hot be appointed by the Government,andwhether well to communicate with thaGOvernmeu asking for information, and see if space ccuW' notS SoSedfor S^npopy’* Mr JbhS moved— matter bo left in Mr George Tamer’s handl a* o “ r .®S pro tern, to communicate wUh Secretary as to what steps outfit tow to obtain space for specimen/ty ™f? hlo * t th * of Messrs 0.0. Aikman and Geo. Turner,

retired by rotation, but were eligible for reelection. *-' ■ . '■ '■ . ‘

Mr SUitdon proposed tbe re-eteotioa of lb C. C. Aikman to a director of the Oom» ** tli# Ohairmaft reeonded the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr BUisoon moved—“ That Mr George Tumor bo re-elected a director." Mr Fisher seconded the motion, which was agreed to. - In rCifiy to Mr Fisheri The Chairman said the financialdate of the Company war aboufc the sanro &a last year. There were a number of debt, still out which could not be got in. He (the Chairman), however, thought he could get in about 836 of the amount: himself. The amount outstanding vrto ceneidcrebly more than the liabilitk. of the Company. A tote 4f thank* to the Chairman dosed the meeting'.