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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 156, 6 July 1904, Page 4

Dated and filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Con ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OF Empire, Bellevue, & Mansions CONSOLIDATION LIMITED." To be incorporated under "The Companies 1 lot, 1903.' CAPITAL, £150,000-divided into 30,000 shares of £5 each,of whioh4ooo aharss, folly paid op, v*?ij? 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 public for subscription, payable as follows :-£i po r share on application, £1 per share on allotment, and the balanoe in calls of not more than £1 per share as may be required, and at internals of not less than two months. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS i CHARLES F. GREENSLADE, Esq., Dunedin (Managing Director Speight <6 Co., ltd.) ARTHUR B. V. LODDER, Esq., Wellington (Proprietor City Buffet Hotel). CHARLES H. IZARD, Esq., Wellington, Solicitor (Director Wellington-Man&watu 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 HERBMAN LEWIS, Esq., Wellington, Investor CHARLES TRINGHAM, Esq., Wairarapa, Sheepfarmer (Director Wellington Trust, Loan & Investment Coy., Ltd.) o_.l u •-'----folders which will be held not less than one month nor more than three months from the j, at which meeting permanent Directors of the Company will be appointed by the Shareholders. BANKERS: The National Bank of New Zealand, Limited. SOLICITOR i J. J. Devine, 16, Brandon Street, Wellington. BROKERS: , Leary & Co., Wellington ; William H. Turnbull & Co., Wellington ; Harcourt A Co., Wellington j Fonwick Bros., Dunedin, R. 0. Duncan, Christehurch; V. J. Lamer, Auckland; Richard Gooch, Wnihi; Murk Sprot & Co., Greymouth ,fc Hokitika; H. Chadwiek & 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 Um)i J. S. Schwartz, Colonial Mutual Buildings, Custom House Quay, Wellington.

lpany 13 being formed for the purpose of acquiring, „—.„■ eouceras, the fashionable and well-known "Bmp Hotel," in Willis and Victoria Streets, Wellington; the 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 Empire Hotel"— Land, Buildings, Furnishings and Goodwill £111,200 Stock of Wines, Spirits, Ac 1,000 " The Bellevot Hotel and Gabbins" and Furnishings 21,288 Stock of Wines, Spirits, &o 250 "The Mansions," Buildings, Furnishings, &c. 10,546 These figures, based on thoroughly reliable estimates, show a onmlna nf £l4 090 „„„,. ,„j „„„„„ ♦£„ u„„ :„„ t~ 1 :j 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 and convenience which could be selected for private or publio enterprise out of the whole of the Capital City of New Zealand. Tho "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 these 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 suoh a site as that on which the lpire Hotel stands be otherwise than materially enhanced in viuue hi years to come. *"The Bellevua Hotel and Gardens." At the present time, a journey of thirty minutes by train and 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 Waiwetu Koad, which is one of the principal thoroughfares of the Hutt Valley. The Bellevue Gardens are unique in New Zealand, being as they are, the only private botanical gardens on a large scale in the Colony. A fiftrriaop rlritra nn aill*** eiA* 1™ fin.. «U 4~~ nn ««J fringed with graceful ferns, leads to the hotel—a veritable old English manor house—standing in the midst of emerald green lawns, flower beds resplendent with gorgeous blooms of every shs.de and hue; shady arbors and quaint summer-houses over which trail sweet-scented roses, interesting av 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 ent of the Hutt Boad is a work also to be put in hand immediately. It is needless to say that tho Bellevue "The Mansions." One of the finest establishments of its kind south of the line is the handsome new boarding-house known as " The Mansions," situated in Ghuznce Street. The fine proportions of this buildir" as it towers in its garb of white above those buildings which s round it, immedi"^ l " •■■—•»* «<» .u™«™ ;« »u . Wellington City. The bnilding, whit has a frontage of 4.7 feet 6 inches to Ghuznee Street, by a depth of 66 feet 3 inohes. The furnishing is of the most palatial character, as may be seen from the fact that it has cost nearly £4,000. Financial Aspect. THE EMPIBE HOTEL. The fullest investigation of the books and aoeounts of the Empire Hotel has been made by Messrs. Badhun & Bias, profesolnnol „„nA„„»„„to „„„ „,„1U„„ tir„!i: t Their report shows that from June, 1899, to October, 1903, tho receipts totalled £83,206, against disbursements, £51,871, leaving a net profit of £31,835. The following is a copy of a supplementary report from isrs. Badham & Diss, showing the receipts for the four months from the Ist November, 1903, to the 29th February, 1904;

Consumption still olaims I many victims each year. Physioians and medicines | do their beat. Many cases ™ they cure, many they do not. Nearly all, if not all, could || be cured, positively cured. 1 The trouble is mostly with the patients. They let a cold go on, and on, and on. When it has done a lot of » damage, when it is really E very bad they begin lo think | about a euro. Easier, quick- § er, better to cuie a cold in I the first stage. Take lots of pure, fresh air, sunshine, sleep, good plaiufood. Jlavc I'i'guhir habits, right clothing. To ea>« the cough, [ and heal the lungs take Don't forget any of these. They are all helps to a cure. Lane's Emulsion is one of ij each day, and keep the lungs well-filled with good, pure, J fresh air. Take these helps I J for a cold, and consumption il won't trouble you. Lane's Emulsion at Chemists and 1 Stores 2/G and 4/6 per bottle. J Take none but Lane's, I S5 ~