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.This Prospectus has been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The First Allotment will take place at Noon on the 30th day of JULY, 1915 Tie ClrMclircl ill Go. ' 11l (INCORPORATED UNDER "THE COMPANIES ACT, 1882"), AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL ? £300,000 IN : 20,000 SHARES OF £10 each 25,000 SHARES OF £4 each ,' - , Capital Subscribed £237,200 Capital Paid Up * £169,226 Reserve Account , £120,000 ISSUE OF, £150,000 First Mortgage Debentures of £100 Each, Bearing Interest at 6 per cent, per annum, payable on the first day of February and the first day of August in each year. Tho issue is made under Clauses 3 (m) and 108 to 111 of "Tho Company's Memorandum and Articles o£ Association" respectively and in pursuance of a Resolution passed oil the 12th day of July. 1915. DIRECTORS: H, A', KNIGHT, 'Esq., Chairman. H. J. BESWICK, Esq. THOMAS JESCHEMAKER, Esq., JOHN ROBERTS, Esq., C.JIXi, GENERAL MANAGERWILLIAM MURRAY, SECRETARY;—W, O.CAMPBELL. j : LONDON MANAGER.:—E. T, BOYS, BANKERS: THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, SOLICITORS: MESSRS.. GEORGE HARPER, SON, and PASCOE, Hereford St., Christchurch. AUDITORS: JR. HILL PIS HER and SON, P.P.A.N.Z., Christchurch. R, H. MODLIN and CO., F.P.A.N.Z., Christchurch, REGISTERED OFFICE: 159 HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. TRUSTEES FOR THE DEBENTURE HOLDERS: .GEORGE HARPER, ERIC .TRISTRAM HARPER, GUY. DOBREE PASCOE, PROSPECTUS. The Directors of tho. Christchurch Meat Company, Limited, are prepared to receive subscribtions at par for .£150,000 First Mortgage Debentures of .£IOO cach, bearing interest at 6 per centum per annum. The extraordinary conditions under which the Export Trado is now being conducted render a'very material increase in the Company's storage capacity neccssary. Largo extensions have therefore been authorised and are being proTided at Islington, Smithfield, and Burnside, ivhich will make provision for, approximately, an extra 280,000 carcasses over and above the storage space nowexisting. ... In addition the Directors have decided that an extension of tho Company's business to the North Island is essential to consolidate and protect the existingbusiness of the Company. The amount of the Debentures will be payable as follows:—viz., 10 per cent, on application aid tho balance on allotment. The interest at tho rate of £6 per centum per annum will accrue from the date of allotment, ■ and will bo payable half-yearly on tho Ist day of February and the Ist day of August to each year. Tho mortgage tax which the Company is liable to pay as agent for. each debenture holder will be deducted from the interest payable. Tho Debentures will be further secured by a Trust Deed executed in favour of the Trustees for the Debenture holders and comprising:— (1) A specific First Mortgage of the Company's land, buildings, fixtures, fixed plant, and fixed , machinery, included in the Balance-Sheet for the year ended 31st October, 1014, which, with movable plant, then stood at a .valuation of ,£253,898 19s. Id. (2) A floating charge upon the general undertaking, and assets of the Company, inoluding its uncalled capital. The amount of the uncalled capital (excluding .£4028 calls paid in advance) is ,£63,946. ~ . ..... The land which the Company has recently acquired at Wanganui and the -•i ; works which will be erected thereon are-not included in the specific mortgage above referred to, but will be covered by the floating charge. The Trust Deed and the form of Debenture, together with' the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, may be inspected at the Office of the '. Company's Solicitors at any time during office hours. The Debentures will be payablo to the registered holder, and will be transferable by duly registered transfer in the'form prescribed. The Debentures will be for ten years, but after the expiry of five years, i.e., on the Ist August, 1920, the Company may redeem Debentures up to tho value of JE30.000 at par, and in each following year a similar amount may also be redeemed. Tho particular Debentures to be redeemed will be determined by ballot, which wfll be held in each of tho years above mentioned. three months prior to the Ist August, and holders of the Debentures to be paid off-will be duly notified of the results of such ballot immediately it has taken place. Applications will be considered at par only, and must be made on the enclosed form, duly filled in and signed, and accompanied by a cheque for ten per cent, of tho amount applied for. If no allotment is made the deposit will bo returned in full. In the event of the issue being over-subscribed on the 30th July, 1915, the Board will allot pro rata. Debentures will be issued to each subscriber on allotment. Dated this fifteenth day of July, 1915, IL A. KNIGHT, Chairman, . THOS. TESCHEMAEER, ->. H. J. BESWICK, [ Directors, JOHN ROBERTS, J N.B.—Forms of Application may be obtained at the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington,

MEETINGS. i THE WELLINGTON MEAT EXPORT COMPANY, LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, mHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ) A of SHAREHOLDRS in tho Compauy > will bo lipid, in the Chamber of Com- • merce, Wellington, on TUESDAY, 10th AUGUST, at 12.15 p.m. Proxies must be lodged at the Company's Office, not later than Forty-eight Hours beforo the time of meeting. The Transfer Books of tho Company will be closed from 24th July to 10th August inclusive. F. D. SLADDEN, t Secretary. s Wellington, 24th July, 1915. L~:' " ' ' S 1 WELLINGTON GAS COMPANY, LTD. IMPORTANT NOTICE. GAS Consumers and others are notified that the Company's Telephone connections have been rearranged, and that ? there is now only one number to ring up ■ by ~ N°v 4010. 1 There are four wires from the Central l Exchange on this number, so that clients wishing to ring up the Company will be » connected at tho Central Exchange by 1 any one of the four connections available. The number 4010 connects with the Office and all other Departments of tho Company, ' J. H.-HELLIWELL, Secretary. 1 > , ! CONVEYANCES. JTY Y 0 U N G, Royal Mail Contractors, and i General Carriers,- Masterton. All Trains met. Commercial Travellers" : , Samples promptly attended to. New and • : .up-to-date Sample Rooms. Agents for : tho N.Z. EXPRESS CO. Storage and : Stabling. Corner Dixon and Bannister Streets. St. John Ambulance available ; day or night. 'Phone No. 126. Private 127. P.O. Box 50. _• - STABLES, BULLS, i V V Forwarding Agent, Carrier, and | General Contractor. Coaches: Greatford i to Bulls. Vehicles, Horses, and. Motor- 1 ( cato OS Hire, toed Sample Rooms. i \ . -J, S, .WALKER, Proprietor, j

PUBLIC NOTICES. T7ICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE V. STUDENTS' CHRISTIAN UNION. , REV. A. M. JOHNSON, M.A., will deliver an Address at Victoria College on Saturday, 24th. July. Subject: "Linking up the Old and ,tho New Testaments." All Students and those interested are urged to\liea-r IMs important subject. - ' PR. PL'ATTS-MILLS'S CITIZENS! .COMMITTEE. A LL ACCOUNTS outstanding' against above Committee should be in. the hands o£ the Secretary not later than. TUESDAY, JULY 27th, 1915, as tie Committee is desirous of squaring .up Accounts as Quickly as possible, C. A. BALLARD, Hon. Secretary. GENERAL BOTHA, DOMINION FUND. HIS WORSHIP THE MAY;OR OF WELLINGTON, in.conjunction with the Mayors of tho other Chief Centres, has arranged to open a Shilling Subscription Fund for the purpose of suitably recognising General Botha/s Distinguished Services to tlie Empiro in tko k.outii African Campaign. Subscriptions will bo received at the Town Hall, and lists are being circulated in various parts of tho City. JNO. R. PALMER, Town Cierk. 23rd July, 1915. In the Estato of John Roderick M'Donald, lato of Levin, Shoepfarmer, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Creditors and other persons having filnima or demands against the Estate of JOHN RODERICK M'DONALD, late of Levin, in the Provincial District of Wellington, ARE HEREBY REQUIRED to send particulars in writing of their claims or demands to tho undersigned, the Executors of the Estato of the 1 said deceased, on or beforo tho 21th day of JULY 1915, at the UNDERMENTIONED ADDRESS. Dated at .Wellington this 22nd day of June, 1915. JAMES MACINTOSH. JAMES M'LEAVEY. Address: C/o W. G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., Customhouse Quay, Wellington. ADVERTISING your wares will greatly increase the sales by enlarging the field 'of prospective putchaatn, J'Domlfliofl- fMCjj on jjjA