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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 968, 7 May 1872, Page 3

SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT. MASONIC HALL, Empire Hotel. TUESDAY 7th MAT, 1872. PBOGBAMME. Address (in explanation) The Chairman Song ' Rocked in the cradle of the deep' Mr Munro Eeading • The Four Sisters ' Mr R. Whyle Song 'The Bridge' ... Mr G. "Weston Song ' Take back that heart' Mr Mann Reading ' My first and last play ' Mr Alexander Song Mr Fagg Duet' What are the wild waves saying' Mrs Brown and Mr G-. Weston Song ' The skipper and his hoy ' Mr Hamilton Recitation ' Macheth's Soliloquy ' Mr Strachan Song ' The cork leg ' ... Mr Fisher Song ' The Woodpecker ' Mr Lloyd Doors open at 7.30, commence at 8 o'clock sharp. Admission One Shilling; Children half price. On hehalf of the Provisional Committee. JNO. MUNRO. ,-ROSPECTUS SOUTH PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (limited). Capital—£2oo,ooo, In 20,000 Shares of £lO each • £6 of which will be at once called up, viz., £1 on application and £5 on allotment. For the convenience of investors, one-haif of the called amount may be paid by bills at three and six months, bearing 8 per cent, interest. If no allotment is made, the deposit money will be returned in full. Provisional Directors : Hon. Edward Cohen, M.P. Charles Croaker, Esq. (Messrs Croaker, Scott, and Co. Chas. Ibbotson, Esq. (Messrs Dalgety, Ibbotson, and Co., Geelong). Hon. C. J. Jenner, M.L.C. Captain Hugh Macmeikan R. Twentyman, Esq. Bankers Union Bank of Australia. Solicitous : Messrs Macgregcr, Ramsay, & Brahe. Bbokeb: Mr John Watson. Secretary, pro. tern. -. Mr Edward Langton, M.P. Temporary office : GB, Temple Court, Melbourne. The object of the Company is to procure and maintain a fleet of firstclass steamers, to be employed in the trade between the several Australian Colonies and New Zealand, and in such other branches of trade as may be considered advisable. In the first instance, it is proposed to purchase the undermentioned wellknown vessels, now the property of Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood, who are retiring from business, their partnership expiring, by effluxion of time, at the end of June next:— Omeo—B2o tons, 120-horse power. Albion —806 tons, 160 horse power. Alhambba—76s tons, 140 horse power. Tababtta—692 tons, 155 horse power. Gothenbubg, 674 tons, 120 horse power. Claud Hamilton—66l tons. 100 horse power. Rangitoto—s74 tons, 140 horse power. Aldinga—447 tons, 140 horse power. Coobong—39o tons, 70 horse power These vessels are all registered at Melbourne. They have all been recently surveyed by Mr William Duthie, late surveyor to the Southern Insurance Company ; Captain M'Callum, surveyor to Lloyds'; and Mr Alexander Kirkwood, formerly foreman to Messrs Scott, Russell, and Co., of London, and for years past superintending Engineer for the above steamships. The reports of these gentlemen show that the vessels have been kept in excellent condition, and are now in first-class order. They can be delivered to the Company, free from any incumbrance, as they arrive in the port of Melbourne, after the 10th of June next, without interruption to the several trades in which they are engaged. In addition to the steamships, Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood will sell to the Company the. land situated at the corner of Flinders and King streets, Melbourne, having a frontage of 59ft to Flinders street by a depth of 113 ft, upon which stands the offices and stores where the business has hitherto been conducted, and other buildings let to tenants. • The price at which the steamships, premises, and goodwill of the business are offered to the Company is £165,000, which includes all the spare gear, sails, yards, shafts, propellers, machinery, &c, whether on board or on shore, and all the stores and coal on board when * ,% arrive ; and also includes the cost«. -applying boilers, condencers, and pumps to the Claud Hamilton, which have been already