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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5555, 17 January 1879, Page 3

Meetings, &c. rg'lHE NEW ZEALAND TITANIC JL STKEL AND IRON COMPANY (LIMITED.) EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at the Exchange Land Mart, corner of Grey and Featherston streets, on MONDAY EVENING, the 20th INSTANT, at half-past seven o’clock, for the purpose of considering the following special resolutions ; Ist. That the following clause be added to the regulations of the Company, under the heading “ Shares,” and numbered “1a”: “There shall be two classes of shares, called ‘ Special Shares’ and ‘ Ordinary Shares.’ The special shares shall be paid up in full on application, and the ordinary shares shall be paid up by calls, from time to time, as provided by Regulation No. 2. The Directors shall have • power, from time to time, to issue either of these classes of shares to the public, and the nominal capital of the Company (£50,000) shall, for the purposes of this regulation, be deemed to consist of 2000 special shares and 3000 ordinary shares.” 2nd. That Clauses Nos. 23 and 24 of the Regulations of the Company, under the heading “ Disposal of Surplus Share” be struck out, and the following clauses as numbered, be added to the regulations of the Company in lieu thereof:— Special Shares. 23. All special shares shall be entitled, until the declaration of a dividend by the Company, to interest upon the amount paid in to the Company upon them, from the date of such payment, at the rate of nine pounds per centum per annum. 24. The Directors shall have the power at any time to cancel the whole or any portion of the said special shares by paying the holder thereof the amount paid by him to the Company, together with interest thereon, as provided by Regulation No. 23. By order of the Board of Directors. D. ANDERSON, Chairman. Exchange Chambers, Wellington, 7th January, 1879. rjIHE WELLINGTON TRUST, LOAN, AND INVESTMENT COMPANY (limited). The Sixth Annual General Meeting of this Company will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on MONDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY proximo, at half-past Seven o’clock in the evening. BUSINESS : To receive Directors’ report and balance sheet. Declaration of dividends. Election of three directors. Election of Auditor General. Proxy papers can be obtained at the Offices of the Company, Lambton-quay, and no others will be accepted. L. LEVY, Managing Director. Wellingloo, 16th January, 1879. ELLINGTON TRUST, LOAN, AND INVESTMENT CO. (Limited.) NOTICE. SHAREHOLDERS are requested to take notice that at the Annual Meeting (as above) only two of the retiring Directors will offer themselves for re-election. As, therefore, at least one new Director will have to be elected, attention is called to the following rule, vis.:— Rule 61a.— No Shareholder other than a retiring Director shall be eligible for election as a Director, unless notice in writing of the intention to propose such Shareholder as a Director, under the hand of a Shareholder, shall have been left at the registered office of the Company seven days at least previous to the Meeting at which such election is to take place. L. LEVY, Managing Director. Wellington, January 16, 1879. Education Board of the education district OF WELLINGTON. It is hereby notified that the reopening of the City Board Sohools is POSTPONED until THURSDAY, the 23rd INSTANT. ROBERT LEE, Secretary/' COLLEGE The FIRST TERM, 1879, will commence on MONDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY NEXT. Evening Classes are held in connection with the College, in Classics, Mathematics, and Modern Languages. The following Scholarships are obtainable : —Two Turnbull Scholarships (each of the value, of £25) ; one Moore Scholarship, one Rhodes Scholarsnip (each of the value of about £4O). Also, four Primary Scholarships—two for Wellington City and two for the remainder of the Wellington and the Wanganui Education District—affording a free education at the College ; open to ’ boys attending Primary Schools. For terms and particulars, apply to the undersigned. CHAS. P. POWLES, Secretary. Huntor-stree I ’, January 7, 1879. ~pi ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL,. The Avenue, Abel Smith-street, Wellington—Established 1873. Principal : REV. T. PORRITT, St. Cuthberfs Training College, Durham, : Assisted by a Competent Staff of RESIDENT AND VISITING MASTERS. The First Quarter, 1879, will commence ‘ ‘ ON 20th JANUARY. Pupils, attending the English High School are carefully and thoroughly instructed in all subjects necessary for the Desk and Counting House, and prepared for the Civil Service and other competitive examinations. Vacancies fob Thebe Boarders. Prospectus on application. R. ROBERT MORTON (of Aberdeen University, Scotland), who has been for the past four years Second Master in the “English High School” (formerly Mr. Bowden’s) will open his PRIVATE ACADEMY on January 20th. As the number of pupils will be limited, early application will be necessary. Vacancies for two boarders. Prospectus on application. Terrace, December 23, 1878. w ELLINGTON MERCIAL SCHOOL, TERRACE COM-. . AND GRAMMAR BOULCOTT-STKEET. Mr. J. H. BRANN will re-open the above school on MONDAY, JAN. 20th, 1879. Auckland college and grammar school. rd of Governors invite applications SGLISH MASTERSHIP of the College and Grammar School. JO per annum. ions will be received until 7th Feb- . by JOHN JAMES, Secretary..