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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2526, 12 June 1909, Page 3

Ton thousand pounds in -wages will be paid within the next six months to forty New Zealanders who' will be discharged from H:M.S. Pioneer, now in Port at Wellington. These men joined the Pioneer five years ago, under the Imperial Naval agreement of 1903. During the time they have been on the Pioneer they have received “Home rate” of pay as pocket money and for incidental expenses, while the additional money which is paid to them to make up the colonial rate lias been banked to each man’s credit by the Admiralty. Each of the men has the sum of £250 in the bank, which he can draw the moment his five years’ service has been completed. They are all young men, and Commander Blunt remarked to a “Wellington Times” representative: —“They are grand material and 1 it is a- pity that under the agreement they cannot ro-enlist. At Home they do not count a bluejacket a man till he has served his five years.” There are forty million pounds’ worth of gold m the vaults of the Bank of England. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. AN Invitation to Men.—Visitors to the town will bo> cordially welcomed to the STRANGERS’ TEA, to be held in the Rooms, TO-MORROW AFTERNOON, at 5.30. Meeting for Men 8.30. SALVATION ARMY CITADEL. GLADSTONE ROAD. OFFICERS IN CHARGE: ADJUTANT and MRS. MELKSHAM. are cordially invited to jL of the following meetings:— SUNDAY: 7 a.m., Kneedrill; 11 a.in Holiness Meeting; 3 p.m. Praise and Testimony Meeting; 7 p.m., Salvation Meeting. Also — TUESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY NIGHTS. Young People’s Meetings: SUNDAY, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. A Seat, a Book, and a Welcome to all. The above gatherings will be held for the Glory of God and the Salvation and Sanctification of Men, Women, and Children. A GOOD BRASS BAND will dispense harmony. Congregational Singing a Special Feature of each Service. MARRIAGES SOLEMNISED. Private Weddings conducted. GOD BLESS YOU. F. E. MELKSHAM, Adjutant.

ASSETS. £ s (1 Coin, Bullion, and Cash Balances Queensland Government Notes ... ... Notes of other Banks Money at > short call in London Investments— British and Colonial Government Securities Municipal and other Securities ... Due by other Banks Bills Receivable in London and Remittances in transit. ... Bills Discounted and Loans and Advances to Customers Bank Premises 7,185,266 13 10 191,293 0 0 29,983 0 0 945,000 0 0 2,392,997 17 0 •154,074 2 11 85,792 10 2 3,843,560 15 o 20,918,149 14 6 685,000 0 0 £36,431,117 19 10 Liabilities of Customers and others on j -Letters of Credit as per Contra ...’ ... 708,272 17 9 . . £37,139,390 17 7 31st MARCH, 1909. 7 Or. £ s d By Amount from last Account 36,916 0. 3 By Balance of Halfyear’s Profits after deductingi Rebate, on Current Bills, Interest oh Deposits, paying Note and other Taxes, reducing valuation of Bank Premises, providing for Bad and Doubtful/ Debts, - arid -fluctuations in the value of Investment Securities, and includiug. Recoveries .from Debts previously, written off as bad 186,426 2 11 £223,342 3 2 31st MARCH, 1909: L tir. £ s <1 By Balance ....v ... 1,600,000 0 0 By Amount from Profit and Loss- 50,000 0 0 £1,650,000 O’ 0 By Balance' . ■ ■ £1,650,000 0 0