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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1561, 3 October 1912, Page 3

M_E_ETINCS. THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary Genera] .Meeting of Ihc Shareholders of the above Company v.-ill bo held at: the Head Office «f,lh» Company, Queen Street, Ai.tfkissd. on THURSDAY, the tenth day of October, 1912, at eleven o'clock in the loreiiodii. BUSINESS: 'To Receive the Report and Balancesheet for the year ended August 31, 1912. To Elect. Two Directors in the place of W. C. AY. M'Dowell and W. R. Wilson, who retire in accordance with the Articles of Association, but aro eligible, and ofl'ev tlieniselvcs for I'o-eleetion. To Elect Two Auditors in placo of G. S. Kis-sliiig and \V. B. A. Morrison, who offer themselves for re-clectioi:. As soon as siich business is concluded, the Meeting will 'resolve itself into an Extraordinary General Meeting for Iho purpose of considering, anil it approved of ]«is>ing, the following six rei-olntUms which are intended to be pni|xis«l to the. Meeting as separate and distinct resolutions. RESOLUTION NO. 1. ' That: the uTiJoel? of (hi- Company be exleiKied ;o as to include power to ,icti'iire and holil .-hares in any C'oinpniiy or Corporation enryving <m in.siinineo liiisincs of miy kind, and thai for such purpura tile provisions of tho Memorandum of Association of the. Company be. and they aro hercby nltered by deleting from v-uii-claiiso (0) of clause :I the words "other Ihan I a Company or Corporation carryinß on insurance biisiiif.-.s of any l;i!id," and adding Can won!" "association nr society." si) that ihe said sub-clause. (0) ihall-rend as follows.—To invest and deal with ihe moneys of the Company not immediately required in suth manner as muy from time to tinio be determined, and in particular in purchasing or otherwise , acquiring and holding shaves in any limited company or corporation, association or society. And that th'o Directors bo authorised to apply to tho Court to confirm this Resolution. RESOI/UTION.NO. 2. That^ Articles 79 and 82 of the Articles of Association of ihe Company be altered by substituting tho word's "six hundred" for the words "ono thousand." RESOLUTION NO. 3. That Article 102 of the Articles of Association of tho Company be altered by .striking out and cancelling the words in brackets in sub-clauso (4) of tho said Articles ("other than coinpanics carrying on insurance business of any kind"), and by adding tho words "associations or societies" after tho words, "limited companies." RESOLUTION NO. i. That Article 103 of tho Articles of Association of the Company be cancelled and the following Article substituted, lo bo numbered 103:— "The Directors may with the sanction of tho Company in General Meeting declare a dividend to bo paid to tho „ members upon tho amount paid up or duly credited as paid up on each share, and they may with tho like sanction declare and pay a bonus to the members. The Directors may also from time to time pav to tho members such interim dividends upon tho amount paid up or duly credited as paid up on each share as appear to tho Directors to be justified by tho profits and position of the Company." RESOLUTION NO. 5 That: Articlo 108 of tho Articles of Association of 1 he Company bo altered by inserting the words "or bonus" after the word "dividend" in the first line and the words "or bonuses" after (ho word "dividends" in the second line. RESOLUTION NO. G. That' Article 131 of llio Articles of Association of the Company he. cancelled am! the following Article substituted, to bo numbered 131: Any notice <eiil by post shall be deeined'lo havi- Incii served on tho day following Iho diiy on which the envelope, or wrapper cniilaining tho same shall luivi* liecn posted, and in proving such sorvioo it shall be sufficient lo provo Ihal. the envelope or wrapper conliiininir the notico was properly mldre<snl itml put into tho post office. Should tho abovo Resolutions, or any of them, bft passed by the iei|iiireil ninjnrilv, each Resolution so pawed will lu> submitted for conlirmntinn us a Spwiiil Resolution to n second Extraordiimrv Meeting which will be subsequently ninvencd. The Transfer Hooks of tln< almve Company will be elowd from I lie 271 h day of September, 11)12, lo Ihe lentil diiy iif'Oitober, I!M2, inclusive. Dated at Auckland Ihi-i I'ilh da.v of September, 11112. By Order of Die Iliuml of niii'Hon, If. lllSl.nl', (i.'iiernl AliiiiHHiT. WELLINGTON IIItIVKISS , I'SltiN. ASPECIAI/ MKKTIMi of the ~luivi. Union will l<i> h-lcl itt Tnule, 11-ill, <:uho. Sli-fot, TO-MOIMiOW (VIIIDAY), •lih iii't.. at X p.m. Bii-in»ss: To Xomiiwl" nml i:i.>.'l i. Sue cpjifor lo tlui reliriiij.' Sn-rclnn , D, IJUCKIE,