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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 153, 2 July 1904, Page 4

Dated and filed with the Registrar of Joint Slock Companies on tlic n3i'a day ol June, 190'±. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OF "The Empire, Bellevue, & Mansions CONSOLIDATION LIMITED." To be incorporated under "The Companies' Act, 1908." CAPITAL, £lso,ooo—divided into 30,000 shares of £5 each, of which 4000 shares, fully paid upj are to be allotted to the Vendor; 4000 are reserved for subsequent issue for extensions of business and building purposes, and the remaining 22,000 shares are now offered to the publio for subscription, payable as follows :-£i per share on application, £1 per share on allotment, and the balanoe in oalls of not more than £1 per share as may be required, and at Intervals ef not less than two months. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORSI CHARLES F. GREENSLADE, Esq., Dunedin (Managing Director Speight & Co., Ltd.) ARTHUR E. V. LODDER, Esq., Wellington (Proprietor City Buffet Hotel). CHARLES H. IZARD, Esq., Wellington, Solicitor (Direotor Wellington-Manawatu Railway Coy., Ltd.) ALBERT MARTIN, Esq., M.D., Wellington (Director Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.) EDMUND ALLO, Esq., Wellington, Electrical Engineer and Hydraulio Expert HERRMAN LEWIS, Esq., Wellington, Investor CHARLES TUIN6HAM, Esq., Wairarapa, Sheepfarmer (Direotor Wellington Trust, Loan <6 Inrefltment Coy., Ltd.) Who hold office until the first meeting of shareholders wkioh will be held not less than one month nor more than three months from the time the Company is entitled to commence business, at whioh meeting permanent Directors of the Company will be appointed by the Shareholders. BANKERS i The National Bank of New Zealand, Limited. SOLICITOR) J. J. Define, 16, Brandon Street, Wellington. BROKERS ■ Barr, Leary & Co., Wellington ; William H. Turnbull & Co., Wellington ; Harcourt & Co., Wellington ; Fenwick Bros, Dunedin, R. 0. Duncan, Christchureh; V. J. Larner, Auokland; Richard Gooch, Waihi; Mark Sprot & Co,, Qroymouth & Ilokitika; H. Chadwick & Co., Hawkes Bay ; C. H. Lewis, Poverty Bay ; J. F. Clark, Nelson ; Bewley & Griffiths, New Plymouth ; R. Brett, South Canterbury ; C. L. Duigan & Co., Wanganui. SECRETARY (pro tern) i J. S. Scawartz, Colonial Mutual Buildings, Custom House Quay, Wellington.

Tire Company is being formed for the purpose of acquiring, as going concerns, the fashionable and well-known "Empire Hotel," in Willis and Victoria Streets, Wellington; the picturesque and far-famed "Bellevue Gardens and Hotel," situate at Lower Hutt, and the fine public residence or private hotel known as " The Mansions," recently erected in Ghuznee Street, Wellington; and of carrying on, consolidating, and extending their trade or business, and generally of carrying out the objects mentioned in the Memorandum of Association of the Company. The value of the assets to be acquired by the Company has been fully reported upon by well-known, experienced, and reliable experts, and the following is a fair summary of their reports " The Eupnm Hotkl " Land, Buildings, Furnishings and Goodwill £111,200 Stock of Wines, Spirits, &c 1,000 " Toe Bellevue Hotel and Gabdimb" and Furnishings 21,233 Stock of Wines, Spirits, <Vc 250 "Tax Missioss," Buildings, Furnishings, &o. 10,516 Total .. .. £144,229 These figures, based on thoroughly reliable estimates, show a surplus of £14,229 over and above the purchase price to be paid by the company. "The Empire Hotel." This palatial hotel, recently Built and re-constructed, may now be classed as equal to any establishment of its kind which the Southern Hemisphere can boast of. The position of this building may be said to be the most valuable in point of situation »nd convenience which could be selected for private or publio enterprise out of the whole of the Capital City of New Zealand. The "Empire" has frontages to two of the most important business streets of Wellington City—"Willis Street on the one side and Victoria Street on the other—and to each of those streets it presents a handsome and imposing front. The area covered by the hotel represents a length from street to street of 190 feet, and the frontages to Willis and Victoria Streets are 75 feet and 71 feet respectively. By no possible fluctuation can such a site as that on which the Empire Hotel stands be otherwise than materially enhanced in value in years to come. '"The Bellevue Hotel and Gardens." At the present time, a journey of thirty minutes by train and ten minutes' walk from the Lower Hutt railway station brings the visitor to the gates of this Hotel and Gardens—a truly magnificent property of some sixteen aores, with a frontage of about 1500 feet to the main Waiwetn Road, which is one of the principal ihoroughfares of the Hutt Valley. The Bellevue Gardens are unique in New Zealand, being as they arc, the only private botanical gard.ens on a large scale in the Colony. A carriage drive, shaded on either side by fine old trees, and fringed with graceful ferns, leads to the hotel—a veritable old English manor house—standing ip the midst of emerald green lawns, flower beds resplendent with gorgeous blooms of every shade and hue; shady arbors and quaint summer-houses over which trail sweet-scented roses, interesting avenues of rare trees and shrubs brought from every clime. There are nearly all varieties of New Zealand trees in these grounds. The straightening of the Hutt Railway has been agreed to by Parliament, and this important public work has already begun. The improvement of the Hntt Boad is a work also to be put in hand immediately. It is needless to say that the Bellevue Hotel and Gardens will immensely profit by these improvements. "The Hansiona." One of the finest establishments of its kind south of the line is the handsome new boarding-house k: own as " The Mansions," situated in Ghuznee Street. The fine proportions of this building, as it towers in its garb of white above those buildings which surround it, immediately arrests the attention in the panorama of Wellington City. The building, which is thiee storeys high, of briok and stucco, has a frontage of 47 feet 8 inches to Ghuznee Street, by a depth of 66 feet 8 inches. The furnishing is of the most palatial character, as may be seen from the faet that it has cost nearly £4,000. Finanolal lispect. THE EMPIRE HOTEL. The fullest investigation df the books and accounts of the Empire Hotel has been made by Messrs. Badham & Biss, professional accountants and auditors, Wellington. Their report shows that from June, 1899, to October, 1903, the receipts totalled £83,206, against disbursements, £51,371, leaving a net profit of £31,835. The following is a copy. of a supplementary report from Messrs. Badham & Biss, showing the receipts for the four months from the Ist November, 1903, to the 29th February, 1904:

Divine Services. SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1904. CHUKOH OF ENGLAND. St. Mary's—B, H.C. ; 11, H.C., Rev. F. G. Evans; 7, Rev, A. M. Bradbury, Henui—>B, H.C. ; 13, Rev. A. M. Bradbury ; 7, Rev. A. F. Smith. OM People's Home—lo, 'Rev, F. (2. Evans. Befl Block—lo, H.C,, Rev. F, A. Bennett ; 7, Rev. A. F. Bennett. Omata—2.3o, Rev. A. M. Bradbury. Koru—ll, Rev. A. F. Smith. Hurford Roaid—2.3o, Rev. A. F. Smith. Moturoa—7, Mr Morshead. Westown—7, Rev. F. G. Evans. Waitara—B, H.C., Vicar ; 11, Lay Reader ; 7, Vicar. Tikorangi—lo, Children's Service ;

11, H.C., Vicar ; 7, Lay Header. Lepperton—7, Lay Reader. Urenui —11, Lay Header ; 2.30, Vicar Okato—ll, Holy Baptism, and 7. Oakura—ll. Tataraiimika—2.3o. Tungarehu—2.3o. Warea—7. ROMAN CATHOLIC. New Plymouth—Mass, 7.M0 and 11 : Vespers, 7, Dean McKcnna. Waitara;—Mass, 9, Rev. F. McM'anus. Inglewood—Mass, 11, Rev. F. McManus. PRESBYTERIAN CIIURCH, St. Andrew's—ll and 7. METHODIST CHURCH. Whiteley Memorial—ll, Mr Williams; 7, Rev. J. N. Buttle. Old People's Home—o, Mi- E. Cliatterton. King and Upland Road—ll, Rev. .7, N. Buttle. Lower Egmont Road—2.llo, Rev, J. N. Buttle. Carrington Road—2.3o and 7, Mr Williams. Okato—7, Mr J. R. Chatlerton. Puniho—2, Mr .J. R. Chatterton. Rahotu—ll and 7, Rev. Turnlmll. Warea—2, Rev. Turnbnll.

PRIMITIVE METHOIHSI\ Queen Street—ll and 7, Rev. .John Nixon'; Sunday-school, 12.tf0, Mr C. K. BellriTiger. HoJl 810ck—2.30, Supply. Fitzroy—7, Hev. Woolloxall. T T ppcr Kent Road —11, Mr White. Lower Kent Road—7, Mr White. Upper Mangorei—l3, Rev. Woolloxall. Lower Mangorei-—2.80, Rev. Woolloxull. Omata Sunday School—2.tfO, Mrs Swanwick : 7, Mr Asher. Inglewood —11, Sister Amy ; 7, Miss Cresswell. Egmont Village—2.Bo, Miss Cresswell. Norfolk Road —2, Sister Amy. Durham Road—7, Sister Amy. Stratford —11 ami 7, liev. (Mover. Eltham—ll and 7, Rev. Mairs. Midhiret—2.3o, Rev. Clover. CHURCH OF CHRIST. Mr G. A. Green's Residence, Devonstreet Central—ll, Fellowship ami Wreaking of Broad. 13APTIST CHURCH. Gill Street —11, Rev. W. R. Woolley ; 7, Mr Bicheno.