BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8006, 27 October 1887, Page 2

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING. m-XIS TDA.TT. The half-yearly meeting of tho shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand was held in Auckland at noon to-day, Dr. Campbell, Chairman of Directors, presiding. The Directors' report showed that the nett profits for the half-. ear amounted to £26,511 16s lid, which, with the balance from last half-year, gave £41,106 7s 2d available for distribution. It was proposed to carry £45,000 (? £25,000) to the contingency account, and the remainder to profit and loss new account.

Mr. Balph H. Thompson, who sooio ten yearß ago carried on business here in the " Cash Palace" drapery establishment, and who afterward a went U) England where .he started as hotelkeeperat Wfiwcastle-on-Tyne, has returned to .New Zealand and is now in Wellington. The gross receipts at the Hospital Entertainment from the opening to the closing on Wednesday night, totalled -almost £50, being within a few shillings •of that amount. The Grand Jury received rather a bitter 'disappointment just as they had concluded their labors on Thursday. Aa they started out of their den below His Honor had .gust adjourned the Court for lunch, and as the jurymen oame trooping up the stairs, His Honor had just gone in to diurobe. The jury had therefore to return after the Tesumption to be discharged. James Scott McKellar was excused us a grand juror on Dr. O'Carroll's certificate. Mr. P. Snell, who waa called, .asked Hia Honor if he could retire as lie was a •witness for tho prosecution in a criminal case* His Worship excused him on that ground- Mr, Matthews, of Waitara, who Was on tfc© common jury panel, mated that he was ako a witness for the prosecution in a criminal case. His Honor told him to wait as perhaps he would not be called on to serve. Mr. Matthews •was subsequently challenged. Richard White Foreman, who was also called on the common jury pane), asked that his name might bo struck off tho jury list, as he was over sixty years of age. On this being certified to His Honor gave •directions to have hie name struck off, James Mitchinson was also excused on a •doctor's certificate from serving on the 'common jury, as he waa indisposed. The Hospital fete was continued yesterday afternoon and in the evening there were other amusements, Oar report bus

qeen crowded out. The programme for the remainder of the week will be found in another column.