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Kumara Times, Issue 216, 13 June 1877, Page 4

Prospectus OP THE ! KUMARA GAS AND COAL COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, £6,000, m 1,200 Shaebs op ,£5 Each. A deposit of 5s per Share pa appli- ; cation f 5s per Shafe oA'anStiii'6h% ! a'nd subsequent calls not to exceed 10s per month. 1 * '. . - - f‘' . DIRECTORS; Mr W. Barron, Mr W. Si Hanna, Mr F. Keenan, Mr James Rugg. BANKERS; Mr J. Kerr, Mr 6, A. Munyard: Mr-J. S. Pearn, Union Bank of Australia, SOLICITOR: Mr.W. M. Purkiss. ’SECRETARY; j Mr’ James Wylde, | ■" Applicationsfor Shares toheaddreesed to the Secretary, at the Company’s "egistered'pfjSce, Kumara. , The rapid growth of the Town of Kumara, and the certainty that, situated as it is on the most extensive goldfield ever opened in New’ Zealand,; it' must still further extend; and maintain ita position as the largest /and most important jnlandjtowu pn; the west of- the ranged, renders it imperative that it' 1 should, wxthbut ; delay, bfe supplied' with coal 'gaej/both for and cooking purposes. ” : ’/ \ The r advantages of gas are too well Ipowh tB- ieqhire' 1 comment; and' it is "'only necessary ri to point out that ’eepecialiy for the ! economical establishment, and maintenance/of/gas works. ' Its .vicinity to the Grey, Coalfields, ; ppmbined , with the facilities which will he afforded by, the tramway;-now being constructed, will enable coal to be delivered at the works at a Ipwer rate than in any other town | in New: Zealand, Greymouth excepted; Whilst the site chosen - for the works, j and the position of the plapes of buai- I ness in the town, will enable the riming to be laid with great ease an,d economy,. The consumption will, without doubtj ! be large, there being amongst other, houses and buildings, no - less than ‘ forty-eight hoteks, the proprietors of - which ■ have l ' expressed their intention to use gas a$ soon as it can be supplied.. Carefully prepared estimates shqw that, taking the selling price of tip? gas, af 20s. per 1000’ feet, the profit' would be ,38 ppr cent, on the-capital to.' be expended. | . • The Promoters have secured a site for the works,* had plana and estimates prepared, and procured tenders for the whole of the material they > have also registered the company and paid all fees and’'costs, for' which they have accepted 90h«id-up shares. Gasworks have always proved highly remunerative, as instances of which may be quoted those established in ’ Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Greymouth, and Hokitika; and the present undertaking has been commenced' under such favorable "circumstances, that tfie directors can con-, fidently recommend,-"it as a.’safe andprofitable investment.

“Ta there no hope 1 the Hickman said j The aUentjdjpptof shoofe hia hb%d,’V yr “ VV|hile there is life .there's hope, he ’> ■ “uEgrotOj ium anima est,‘ spes eat.” DR. L. L. SMITH, ■fThe onlyilegally^^alified 1 medical maii , - advertising.) ■ C O ft : S (j L T ! S ■ On all Affections of the Nervous System (no matter from what cause ; arising) , t On all broken-down constitutions.On all diseases arising from early indiscretions. ./ i. • On Qont. On Rheumatism. IN. these colonies, those excesses’which we have, indulged iry; ‘‘jhot youth”, tell upon ms with fearfuli interest; . • '* Our regpora are useless, purrepininga , futile. The sole idea should, be the chances we possess of. remedying the ills We aheady have, or combating the effects likely to result, Hide. it as he ma y» Pftt on,, as good, an exterior,as he can, still is the victim conscious that.he is a living lb, and that sponer or later his vices will discpver him to the, world. Our Fait!), our obligations to society at large, the welfare of.pur future offspring, aud tlje duty, we owe to ourselves forbid procrastination, and point .out to us, not te wait ( till.,the ravages break put. ! h our constitutions. r i\ Belore negotiating with a merchant, beforeeugaguig with a confidential clerk,, before employing a banister, a careful loan makes enquiries as to their standing, their length of occupancy or residence ; and,.in the case of a, legal adviser, both as to his legal qualifications and as to his capabilities of transacting the individual business he consults him upoiv ■ Strange to say, however, in the selection of a medical man, • the sufferer