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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13050, 15 December 1905, Page 8

Amusements. HIS MAJESTY'S .THEATRE ;■. ° Lessee - - Mr. C. R. Bailey. FOR A SEASON OF SIX NIGHTS ONLY, Under the Distinguished Patronage and in • the Presence of THEIR EXCELLENCIES -THE GOVERNOR : " AND LADY PLUNKET, • '"-:'. :,,.-........;.'„..-AND SUITE, ' THE MAYOR AND MAYORESS, THE RIGHT REVEREND THE BISHOP AND '. : ' MRS.. NELIGAN, .- _'r" AND THE ELITE OF AUCKLAND. MONDAY NEXT. DECEMBER 18. FIRST PRODUCTION ON ANY STAGE --'- ' '• Of - THE 18TH CENTURY DRAMA. In 4, Acts, . TVY OF "YORK, TVY OF "YORK, ' BY MRS. MALCOMSON BOULT. The Play produced under the personal Direction of the Authoress. New and Beantiiul Scenery, from the brush of MR. ILL DIAMOND. SEE THE" GREAT RECEPTION SCENE, SEE EV/ENTON CASTLE. SEE THE BEAUTIFUL VISIONS.. SEE ■;■ IVY OF YORK. - SEE THE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES. Stage Manager. MR; SCOTT COLVILLE. Musical Director, HERB JOHAN WIELAERT. Costumes by Miss Caution and Mr. Campbell. i Box Plan open at Messrs. Wildman and j Arey's. - , ' . Prices: 4s, 2s 6d, and Is. Day Sales, His Majesty's Cafe. Toreador. Sixpence Extra. . Private Boxes., 2 guineas. Bos for season, 4 guineas.' • Business Manager, WILL JAMESON, Sermons, Lectures, Soirees, etc I'r. N X CHURCH. PARNELL. J-V (Rev. J. B. Russell. 8.D.). THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. CAROL SERVICE. Preacher. REV. A. MACAULAY CALDWELL. ■ SOLOISTS , Mrs. Sutherland, and the Misses M. Cardno, A. Gilmour, Vera Moody, M. Saunders, A. Mudge, and Mr. Farr. ANTHEMS, HYMNS. AND CAROLS, By the Combined Choirs of Knox and Devonport Presbyterian Churches. Organist and Musical Director, Mr. J. F. Bennett. • s Collection in aid of Church Funds.

• Meetings. AUSTRALIAN jVfUTUAL pROVIDENT : QOCIETY. • - '■ HEAD OFFICE: 37. PITT-STREET, SYDNEY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the Members of this Society will be held in the Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association., Pitt-street, Sydney, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of FRIDAY, January 19, 1905, for the purpose of amending the By-laws as stated below:— . ~',.' ; By-law' V.—ln lieu of this By-law substii * tute the following-— Board "hall have power to issue policies to per- : sons resident in the Commonwealth of Australia, the Colonies of New Zealand - and Fiji, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British 1 South African Colonies." , By-law XXXl—After the'word "Fiji " insert the words, "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British South African Colonies." By-law XXXII.—Sub-section 2.—After the word "property" insert the words " within the Commonwealth ;of Aus- • • tralia, the Colony of New Zealand, and . the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." After the word " Pastoral " insert the word " or," and after 'the word " mineral " : strike out the , words "-or other." . Sub-section s.—After the word " purchase " . insert the words or takinS upon '-' ' lease," and after the word " Fiji "- insert the words " the United Kingdom .. of Great Britain and Ireland, and ' . . the British South African Colonies." By Order of the Board. . • . ROBERT B. CAMERON. Secretary. Head Office. Sydney. December 8. 1905. '■ -■' ■■'-■ - ! - ; ; ' ■' '

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ~-:;•: mutual provident society. Ladies and gentlemen,— .<• » On the last occasion on which the Board submitted for your consideration the question of extending the operations of the Society beyond the limits of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand, it intimated that it. would not again move in tho matter unless urjed thereto by the members. The Board has now received requisitions from a considerable number of policy-holders in several of tho States and New Z'ealand asking it to reopen, tho consideration of the question of ' extending the business to the United Kingdom and the British South African colonies. In Mew of the fact that under the Acts and' By-laws tho general management of the Society is entrusted to'the Board, and as in its opinion the time 13 now exceptionally opportune for extending the business operations of the Society in such a direction, it feels that it would be wanting in its duty to the members if it took no notice of these requisitions and did not again bring the question prominently before you for an expression of your opinion. It is, as you are aware, ilpeessary before any 'practical steps aim be taken to so extend tho business that some amendments should 1 be made in the Byaws. In your Acts of Parliament no amendments so far as thi3 extension of business is concerned are required. Tho Board has therefore decided to convene a Special Meeting of the members for the purpose of making the necessary amendments in the Byawg, and it strongly and unanimously recommends '-ou to sanction these amendments 'or tho following among othir reasons, which can only be stated, briefly in an announce-

meat of this nature :—■'/-. 1. The practically stationary condition of the population in the Commonwealth, . and the absence of a healthy stream i of immigration and the decline in the birth-rate, all tend to restrict tho area of the Society's operations, and to render the acquisition of new business more difficult and costly. 2. The constant reduction in the average sum assured under new policies shows ■ •'■•- that the business now obtainable is of a less stable character than has been the case in the pas*. 3. Tho practical annihilation of time and space brought about by improved means of communication has tended to equalise the rate of interest yielded, by first-class investments all over the world. 4. The mortality experience among the class of lives assured for large sums in the United Kingdom is more favourable than that among the class now accessible to the Society in the Commonwealth. 6. The cost of procuring new business in the United Kingdom is less than in the Commonwealth. 6. The cost of conducting the Society's existing: agency in London exceeds .£2OOO per annum, a sum sufficient to nay the rent of an office and the salaries of a branch staff. 7. The British South African colonies are being developed, by people of our own race and traditions, under circumstances similar to those under which the Commonwealth has grown. They consequently offer a field for the pursuit of life assurance business promising equal success to that which has attended our operations here. S. The moment Is now in every way a favourable one for this so pre-eminent-ly an Australian Institution, second to none as a Life Office of the Empire, to extend its benefits to and receive reciprocal advantages from the peoples of our own, race beyond the seas. Ton will bo duly furnished with a form of proxy to enable yon to give expression to your views, and the Board hopes that you will state such views, whether you are In favour of the proposal or opposed tc it. so that it oan have before it as fall an expression of the opinion of members as possible. The matter is oik for the member.--, to decide, though the Board is fully alive to its own responsibility in strongly recommending this extension, and which from its intimate knowledge of the position and prospects it has no hesitation in ! doing. It feels that it is in the best and lasting interests :>( toa Society. THOMAS LITTLEJOHN, Chairman. ' Sydney. November 27. 1905. "P A K N E I. L. ' 1 A MEETING OF MR. LAWRY'S SUI-'J'ORTERS Will be held in the Football Hall, near Knox Church, THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 6. • All Cordially Invited. J (