Page 1 Advertisements Column 8

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6500, 15 February 1882, Page 1

N Meetings o T E A Social Meeting will bo held in the Tinakori Church Room on Thursday Evening, the 16:h February, at 8 o’clock, to welcome the Ven. Archdeacon Thorpe. All parishioners of St. Paul s, Thorndon, are cordially invited, D. AMipRSON, Jun. ) , , C. D. BAKKAUI) ( Churchwardens. KORANUI COAL-MINING COMPANY (Limited.) NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Anuual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will he held at the Company’s Office, on MONDAY, 20th FEBKUaBY, ISS2, at 8 p.m. (postponed from 6th inst).'' . Business : To receive Directors’ Report : , To elect Three Directors To elect Auditor An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held after the conclusion of the above to consider the special resolutions below. J. BEES GEORGE, Chairman. Wellington, 7th February, 1882. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS. ■That the capital of the Koranui OoalMining Company (Limited) be increased to £50,000 by the issue of 5000 shares of £5 each. That the Directors shall be at liberty, if they think fit, to offer to the present members of the Company the whole or any part of the 5000 new shares authorised to be issued, and such of tha said 'shares as shall be accepted and taken up and .a deposit paid of £1 per share, shall be deemed to be shares on which the sum of three pounds per share, or such other sain per share as the Directors may determine, shall have been paid up. EEGULATIONS. In Lieu of Clause 3.—No person, except persons to whom allotment shall have been made in pursuance of application for shares, shall be deemed to have accepted any share unless he has testified his acceptance in writing in such form as the Directors may from time to time require. In Lieu of Clause 4,—The Directors may from time to time make calls upon the shares of the Company ; but no call after the payment of three pounds per share shall exceed five shillings per share, or be made at lesser intervals than one mouth. Twenty days’■ notice, by advertisement or otherwise, shall be given of each call so made, and Shareholders shall be liable to pay the amount to the persons, and at the time and places appointed by the Directors. Clause 4a.—lf before or on the day appointed for payment any Shareholder does not pay the amount of any call to which he is liable, then such Shareholder shall be liable to pay interest for the same at the rate of fifteen pounds per cent, per annum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of the actual payment. . Clause 6.—Strike out word “ Company,” and insert “Directors” on the last line.’ In Lieu of Clause B.—No Shareholder shall transfer his shares without the consent of the Directors, who may decline to register any transfer of shares unless fully paid up, or when m>de by a Shareholder who is indebted to them. If any Shareholder feels aggrieved with the refusal of the Directors to allow him to transfer his shares, the matter shall be settled by arbitration. -In Lieu of Clause 13.—Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy, or insolvency of any Shareholder, or in consequence of the marriage of any. female Shareholder, or in any other way than by transfer, may be registered as a Shareholder upon such evidence being produced as , may from time to time be required by the Directors, and upon payment of all costs in connection therewith. Clauses IS, 20,and 21.—Strikeout. In Lieu of Clause 23.—A fee of 5s shall be paid ou every transfer of ordinary shares iu the Company. In Lieu of Clause 24.—-If any Shareholder fails to pay any call due on the appointed day the Directors"may at any time thereafter, during such time as the call remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring him to pay such call, together with any interest that may have accrued by reason of such non-payment. Clause 27.—Insert “ Directors ” in place of “ Company,” second line. Clauses 28and31.—Strikeout. In Lieu of Clause 32.—General meetings of the Company shall be held at each time and place as may be prescribed by the Company in general meetings, and, if no other time or place is prescribed, a general meeting shall be held during the month of February in every year, at such place as may be determined by the Directors.' In Lieu of Clausa 37.—Seven days’ notice, at the least, specifying the place, the time and hour of meeting, and the purpose for which any general meeting is to be held, shall be given by advertisement, by notice forwarded through the post to each Shareholder, or by leaving the same at the last known place of abode. ... In Lieu ot Clause 40.—N0 business shall bo transacted at any meeting except the declaration of a dividend,.unkss a quorum of shareholders is present at the commencement of such business; and .uch quorum shall be ascertained as follows :—that is to say—if the Shareholders belonging to the Company at the time of the meeting do not exceed ten in number, the quorum shall be five ; if they exceed ten there shall be added to the above quorum one for every ten additional Shareholders up to fifty ; and one for every twenty additional Shareholders after fifty ; with this limitation, that twenty Shareholders-shall be sufficient to form a quorum at any meeting. In Lieu of Clause 53.—N0 person shall be appointed a proxy who is not a Shareholder, and the instrument appointing him shall be deposited at the registered office of the Company not less than forty-eight hours before the time ot holding the meeting at which he proposes to vote, and every instrument appointing a proxy shall remain in force until the death of the Shareholder giving the same, or'by the revocation thereof by notice in writing or lodging a proxy of a later date. Clauses 54 and 55.—Strike out. In Lieu of Clause 56.—The number of Directors shall be eeven. Clause 57.—Strike out. Clause 62.—Insert in sub-section 1, “excepting that of Managing Director.” In Lien of Clause 65.—N0 Shareholder other than a retiring Director shall be eligible for election as a Director unless notice of the intention to propose such Shareholder snail have been left at the Company’s office seven days, at least, previous to the meeting. Clause 71.—Insert the words, “ and deterj mine the. quorum necessary to constitute a meeting.” Clause 80.—Add, “ and to declare and pay an interim dividend without calling a meeting of the Shareholders.” Clause 82.—Strike out “with the sanction of the Company.” Clause 84.—Insert the words after shall, “be advertised in one paper or ” 8860 THE NORTHERN LAND, LOAN, AND BUILDING COMPANY OF WELLINGTON (LIMITED!. The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Company’s office on Thursday, 16. h instant, at 3 o'clock p.m. Business : To receive the Directors’ Report and Balance-sheet. Declaration of Dividend. Election of Directors. Election of Auditors. General. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from this date till Friday, the 17th instant. By order of the Directors. CHAS. P. POWLES, Secretary. Willis-street, Is February, 1882.- 8710