MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 3

MEETINGS.

' AUCKLAND "MINISTERS' ASSOCIA- " TTON. The monthly meeting was held . yesterday! afternoon in the school hail or the Ponsonby Baptist Church. The Rev. A. North (president) occupied the chair. There was _ a good attendance. Reports were received from sub-committees on anti-gambling con- ;;. ference, Sailors' Home, -Sunday evening, . services, and meetings for united prayer,, and dealt with. It was decided to hold the . annual quiet day on Tuesday, August 22,, ■;. in St. David's Parish Hall, and tho ox-' ; change of pulpits-on Sunday, August 20,. arrangements for the same being left in the - hands of the committee. The Rev. J. B. Russell, Knox Church, read a valuablepaper, being a review of Rev. W. J. Daw-: son's book, the " Evangelistic Note," which, was .well received and evoked an interesting discussion, in which Revs. H. B. Gray, Wilkins, Roth well, Wylie, Gray Dixon, J. C. --V Jamieson, and the president took part. Tho August meeting will bo held in the Mount*. Eden Congregational Church (Rov. W.Day's). Mr. and Mrs. North and Miss '; North entertained the members to tea, and were accorded a hearty vote of thanks on .' r , ''■■; the motion of the Rev. B. F. Roth well. ' The Rev. .1. Wilkins will contribute a papery ~"' ■'■ at the.next meeting.. _ , : . , ;.-: . , THE REV. FATHER HAYS. '- . A meeting of the Rev. Father Hays' exe*' ; entire committee was held yesterday after- : ; noon and was fully attended. ; Mr ,W. J. Speight presided. Reports were received from thevarious sub-committees as. to', the 'C'£ work done in connection with Father, Hays": first -meeting to be held at the Choral Hall on Monday next, when the Hon. E. Mitehel-'. son will preside. Invitations have been sent S out to about 50 representatives 'of local, i£ churches.and public bodies; to ocoupy seats oh the platform: About 500 scats will bo' . ,•.; reserved for holders of tickets purchased at , Messrs.'' Wildman and- Arey's, and the bal-t. ance of the seating accommodation of the hall .(about .700) will-be made available by ■ ■'•-. ticket, to be, obtained from members of the) '.-'! committee. ...The: object of : curtailing the; , number of tickets issued is to keep within j ■■.■',:{ the space limit ofithe hall, and the desire: '; of,the committee, to, have, the tickets dis- i --; tributed amongst ; those 'most likely to bene-; fit by: listening, to Father Hays. -The place; 31 of the second meeting will be notified latest ,V on. and it will.probably be in tho Drill Hall., .? Father Hays arrives next Sunday' morning -;': and. will be mot at Onehunga by a few ' " '\ members of the' committee. On Monday iiei ,'\ will meet the whole of the committee. ) {\ LECTURE BY THE REV. C. H. I V"; : '' ," V,' : ,' GARLAND. ''.' \\ At the .'Pitt-street: schoolroom last night a - lecture was delivered by the Rov. 0. Hr '""«> Garland (who has recently returned from a visit to the Islands)' on " What I Saw in, *I the Islands of the South Pacific." Mr. S. Hi J. Ambury,, occupied' the chair, and there j was. a large attendance. The lecture was! ::; - listened to with/the greatest interest v-^Sf^ THAMES VALLEY CO-OPERATIVE V . DAIRYING COMPANY. \ ' : [by telegraph.--own correspondent.] ■' ''''■-■[■ '■'■■' ' '" ' P-tEBOA, Monday. \ The annual meeting of the shareholders: of •Thames Valley Co-operative Dairy-' ing Company, Ltd., was held in Paeroa this,' 1 afternoon. . Mr, A. J. Thorp, chairman of- I directors, presided, and! about 100 share-1 holders were present."...The report stated! that the result of the past season's opera-i '! tiocs had been highly satisfactory. The quantity of butter manufactured during the! j year-was 743,5471b, an increase of 52231b ' over last ; season's output. - The quality, oil . '< the butter had been well maintained, the average grade being 93.36. The average price paid to suppliers for butter fat hadbeen 8.45 d per lb. After allowing £980 fori depreciation of property there ■ remained a surplus on the year's operations of £1005/ ~: The directors decided to pay a bonus ,of sa' I per share, to carry £100 to the bad debts 1 ' reserve, and to pay 5 per cent, on all -shares held m accordance with the company's regulations.' .The report and balance-sheet were adopted. As all the 2500 £2 shares'in), the company had! been taken up,' it was- de- : cided to increase the capital to 5000 £3, shares. " It was also decided to' alter the date of (the. annual^ meeting from the first Monday* in; July .;. to the ?-. first "> Monday ' its;,." \ August. A proposal that the number of directors be' reduced from, ten -to seven was) .. lost. It 'was decided" that in future one director be elepted by the suppliers to each , '■ of the five creameries, and that the other; five directors be elected' at the general ,--- meeting of shareholders. Mr. , Thorp, chairman of directors, was voted a bonus of £20, v and it was decided that in future the chairman of directors receive an honorarium of £20 per annum. There were eight nominations,for the three vacancies on the directorate, and a 'ballot resulted in Messrs. & Elliott,' F. Cock and N. Fisher being elected. - Votes, of thanks were passed to thet manager (Mr. Soobie), the secretary (Mr. .E.. - Quick); and the chairman, of directors' (Mr.,: ?' Thorp). At a subsequent meeting of the' directors Mr. Thorp was re-elected chairs : man. v It-was decided to hold an oxtraor- - { dinary meeting of shareholders in, a. forts '■■;■' night's time.to confirmy the resolutions passed at to-day's meeting. .' ,

KAURI TIMBER COMPANY. ' A meeting of shareholders in the Kauri. '.. Timber Company was held at Melbourne oaj June 21. Mr. W. J. Sharp, who presided,.}--stated that business during the last. half--)---, year, "in common with all other trade in;! , the Commonwealth," had been.quiet. Theii ". company's turnover was':'slightly under thatf. of the last year, " and it could hardly be ex-1 peoted that the remaining six months would! enable them to make up last year's" figures, } -' which, however, were high, so that even'. - though there was a slight falling off it would t not necessarily mean that tie company had! done bad business. The season in New] Zealand had been bad foi logging, and dur-t ! . ; in last month some of the mills had been! Idle for want of logs. That position had' g| been relieved by logs coming forward, and it] would be possible now to keep the mills! going. ■ Prospects throughout the- Cem-i inonwealth were encouraging, and there warn good reason to be hopeful for the future, Ar-I.§ raiigtments had been made to make a fur-1 .f ther repayment of debentures, reducing themf £ to £162,000. Already a saving in interest] §§ of £5500 per annum had been effeotod by; '■: these repayments," which would be kept up": until the debt, which originally stood at' fi £275,000, had been cleared off. Mr. A. Eo-| :: berton, president of the Auckland Chamber: of Commerce, had been appointed a local', director. ■. , ;: