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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 469, 19 August 1909, Page 4

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OP THE WEST COAST STEAMSHIP & TRADING COMPANY LTD. CAPITAL £20,000, DIVIDED INTO 20,000 SHARES OF £1 EACH. Op'/'WN FULLV paid-up Shares are to be allotted to the Vendor hereinailer named for its interest in the Properties being purchased by the Company, and also for the present business of the Vendor, and 16,500 are now open for subscription, payable as follows: —2s 6d per Share on application ;2s 6d per Share on allotment ; and the balance in calls of 2s fid per Share at intervals of not less than two months. It is anticipated that not more than 12s fid per Share will lie required. Diiectors ; —Robert McMurray, Gentleman, Wanganui; H. Crabb, Settler, Feilding ; Robert McMurray, Junior, Merchant, Palmerston North ; Herbert Boagey, Merchant, Patea ; F. H. Crabb, Settler, Kimbolton ; David Huick, M.P., Palmerston North ; who will hold office until the statutory meeting of the Company, to be held not less than one month, not more than three months, from the time the Company becomes entitled to commence business, at which meeting permanent Directors will be appointed. Bankers: —Bayk of Australasia. Solicitors: Bell, Gully and Cooper. Interim Secretary : R. F. Cuthbertson. Brokers: Sim and Sim. Auditors : (not yet appointed)/ The Company is being formed for the purpose of acquiring from McMurray and Co., Limited, of Palmerston North, itsbusiness, properties, plant, etc., as from the Ist July, 1909, and for the further development of the same, and for carrying on as a going concern the business connected therewith, and for the purpose of purchasing a Steamer to carry Coal, Merchandise, and Produce to and from the port of Foxton and other ports, arrd for the general carriage of Merchandise by sea. The purchase price of the properties has been fixed by the Vendor at ,£ll,500. At present there are mortgages on the property for ,£BOOO, and the Vendor will aercept ,£3500 in fully-paid-up Shares for its equity, handing over the properties to the Company. The stock and plant will be taken over at valuation and paid for in cash. No goodwill whatever is being asked for the business, although some of the agencies handed over are most desirable. The Vendor will retain all book debts and pay all liabilities, etc , and the present members of the Vendor Company will gnuraiiUe dividends at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum for the first two years. The pr perries (freehold) areas follows ; —x. A new up-to-date brick building of two Dorics, known as “Britannia Buildings,’’ 50ft by fi2ft, facing Main Street, Palmerston North, and one-storied portion, 70ft by 48ft, lacing George Street, erected on part section 332 (lots 12 and 13), 50ft to Man Street by 132 ft to George Street. The rents now received from the portion of the buildings not occupied by the Vendor are ,£445 per annum. 2. Also leasehold of section 55, Main Street East, with frontage 132 b and depth 2*g chains, together with grain store, engine shed, stables, and coal Lins erected thereon. Rental £ 1 per week ; purchasing clause, ~{,903 rjs, on or before 7th October, 1909. ALo xailvvay siding connected therewith ; rent £,'26 per annum. It is estimated by independent valuators that this property is now worth ,£llsO. 3. Also she for wharf at Foxton. This is the only available site at Foxton which can be utilised for a wharf and bins without a large expenditure of money, and the goodwill of the lease can be safely estimated as worth at least £SOO- The Vendor Has been carrying on business as Coal, Pioduce, and General Merchants in Palmerston North for the last ten years, and in order to cope with the rapid increase in business it has become necessary to extend facilities to meet same. It is proposed ; —x. To erect a wharf and storage at Foxton, and at other polls wheie thought advisable. 2. To purchase a suitable steamer or steamers. Estimates. —Steamer (if possible, to carry 300 tons on an Sit draught), £6500 ; wharf and coal bins at Foxton, say ,£SOO ; plant, about £snu ; stock, about ,£1700; development, contingencies, and preliminary expenses, ,£IOOO ; erecting wharves and appliances at other purls where necessary, ,£1300; total, ,£11,500. This will give sufficient uncalled capital to purchase another steamer when necessary, and it is almost certain that an additional boat will be required before the end ul the first year. McMurray and Co., Limited, having acquired the sole agency for the Palmerston North, Foxton, and Patea districts for a coal of exceptional quality trom the nearest possible point in the South Island, hold a practically unassailable position as regards the coal market of the district. It now only remains that arrangements be completed for a quick and reliable means of transport, such as would result from their running steamers of their own. AGIiNCIFS. —In addition to Puponga Coal, the Company has some first-class agencies, which will be handed over to the pioposed Company, viz.—Paraffine Paint Company, Wilson’s Portland Cement Company, Limited, Greymouth Coal Company, Brunner Nuts, and Steam Coal, Norwich and London Accident Insurant e Company, Austialian Alliance Assurance Company. The minimum subscription on which the Directors will proceed to allotment is 6500 contributing shares, The Directors reserve the right to reject any applications for shares. Shares will be allotted only accoiding to priority of applications. If the Company does not proceed to allotment ail application money will be returned to subscribers without deduction. Copies of the‘full Prospectus and any further information may be ob tained from the Brokers.

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WOlft ESI l&fje Jamily «nMnnMnnM«i Stimulant. * JJT imparts lasting exhilaration, and need only be taken in small quantities night and morning. THE DOCTOR’S DONATION. From Stratford Evening - Post, 24th July, 1909. “The announcement that Dr W‘ 11. liosking had withdrawn his offer of 1500 for a ladies’ bath at Masterton, caused one unsophisticated lady resident to remark to her better half, on reading of the doctor’s intention to purchase Radium with the money, ‘Fancy, Dr liosking, instead of giving that £SOO to the ladies’ bath, in-, tends to buy £SOO worth of Radium 1 and give tins of it to ti e poor !’ The j innocent person had only heard ot , Radium in the form of a well-known * boot polish.” RADJIJM ROOT POLISH. That Shiniest of Shoe Shines ! NIHIL LIXIT,

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