PRELIMINARY PROSPECTIJS OF THK , . WELLINGTON! %' :MA> t aWATU . lUT LWrfY GO MFM Y (Limited). Capital. .£o'V\(V.r): 4)i,tided- tjtto ; 10M):X' rKr.vßEs^jFjEo Rica. - =' PrtOVl^triN.l.L DIKKCrORS. Mess r !« K. Bnimj. M.tLlCi ;' ... < Jame-» Bttll '*- „ damuel Br^wn ,-„. .? Joh . Chew tT c " „ Henry Diver. J.P. . Si-Wm. Fox, M.H.l£^>! \, *\ '■ Messrs K,ob.;rt (irwtMi'fi M * A ' Jjunes Gear „ Wm. Hutchison. M.11.R. „ C. B^l.xar^J^arrjster , v ?. ■ „ Jnmes Li m feu' ; \ '- , • ;, W. M. Levin' -^ l "■* „ Jaroes Lop Ire „ H. F. Locan i j /i : .. „ Jnhn M'Kenxie „ W. S. Mooi-Mouse, M.H.B. „ A. K. Newman „ J. E. Nathan '■ 'T . „ Joh n .Plimmer tL*i v V V. » i, Gr. M. Snelson .„ G. V. Shannon. J.P. „ Benjamin Smith „ W. T - L Tracers, OJarnsTer „'• • J. S. M. Thompson- „ Wm. Whittem , -,.,, „ H. d: Wils6n;- '-"i^ <'•*'■ M Jas Wallace .; v.. r , „ J. Wbc*d ward, J.P. | • > » J.Jft.^Wallace, IP. 1 - J• - J „ A. Yonng Co-operatinor Local Committees throughout the Provincial^Diisfcrifct. ' Sbcbbtaby, pro tem. •' " J. H. WallaoV,' •" J.P. Tebasttbeb, ruo tem.< .% J. Woodward, JtPr" • Bank M^e^ Zealand:" SOLICITOBS.'' .^ ( r : ■ Messrs Travers & ; Son,\ ' • This Company is fo^xned'for^e purpose of. completing th^eV construction of % Railway from Wgllington ?to the .Manawatu, to join thJ^Fpxtbn andSNew Plymouth Kail way. c^ \>..y.:' Ttte SrOTernmeri*' have agreed to 'recommend to Parliameiitl Hih'afr certain Tvorks constructed v>y them between Wellington .and- Johnspu vi^lp, a^ng; t bp;. course of thie.:. ; prop6sed 'line, with tbe land which they had acquired for the purposej.ityf >h^,lijie;<<tihie materikls for a bridg^'ovtfr th^Horirua 'Harbor, and a quantity o£ .rpllin^stpik appropriated to this Railway, witVwe^fcain' other., ;concession.'lhcWdmg lfltna'that may ; be, re?,. claimed from the Wellington Harbor in the prqgr v e|f?>cbf ?4the. rJJailw¥y " ! : wbrlrs, should be granted to the Company; upon their giving a proper, Guarantee,, f or « the complelffob^fjt^ rk '- The ? l*?** also unJSrfalcen tcTs^ji^tythe Company with the necessary surveys and estimates of costatJ'ejTJiif feTiarfce.. 1 ; From ajpVelju^ina^y Hxamination of ,the country 'uirou^h. which the linj.* v._i_ii j pass, iferhas-beelff "6s ti inared"**ni a l the max. mum cost of conßfcr.uc I rion / fand of the requisite rolling^stoc^ %llf /not exceed £6000 per m)le>"(*h^ therefore, taking into consideration^ ithe val.xie of the one 'Scions proiiiised" by the GoTemment, the ProuioWr^- believe that not more than £35'V000 of "Capital t^U). be requisrad tah'e oaW«d "ftp'r'^'J'; ' ! It is propose'd least of the capitaH^;thius)thecoloriy, payable as 'foiio^ x— r^.^'ddy^fP, share .on applicatitfh^s 6d" per sha^e on ailqt-. Tnent, awd tHe'reVidue^ 'by calls 'hot* exceeding x erj<lj hiare? ''at 3 intervals of ' not less than three months. .-.*-" The country which will at once'-be ■''■■ brought into dkeptjcpipmunication with the city and 'harbor' "dif "Wellington by this" line oFrailvfaf"keeeds 4.500,01)0 acres in extent, j?amjjmiug-the--PoFiyua - and Horokiwi Distrk-t, the '^arge and. ▼aluabJe. I gf^.eW.o£ tafld batwm/n JPailca^" kariki and the Manawatu (including th* settlements of Olalri-and" Fitzht-:-berrt;, the Manawatu. Feilding, Ji,an^. . iikei, Wanganni/aHdi-iPatea-idmni'trs, ' and the rioh and exte^sjye lands^within the Provincial District of Taranaki; arid looking) 'id. ItherfaVtsVt'h'at'* a' verylarge extent of the abu.yejraentioned ronntry is already cultivated, and that it possesses iminenc>"Tre!sburc'e"B'''wliich rai only be Batißfactorly__developed •w eu brouglifc,i,n,to direct, rompuicatiqn ■TTII h . Wellington , . -ariai 1 moreover, tha t the proposed rail^ay^musttfoTm part of the main trunk line from W.^ilington to Auckland, the promoters feet confident that the traffic ttturns will, from the firnt, yield reasonable-dividends upon thf e -pital expended, and that the line must ultimatelybecOm'e~a very valuable one. ,QC i) 'i'! '• < : - ■'• J : ; , ' The company p/joposes. to ■ask'for pnwer to acquire we, native J^nds bettrefn Otaka : 'and' ''the'"', Manawatu, through which tl>e linp to.ll pass, and nhould this power be^aiited'tiO-them, the promoters 1 haV« 5 to J believe that the land, when acquired, would, speedily be dio6Se.d>'.df •■ for se'tilement at a profitable rat^jj jtJEif ;pejr :of ■ this, the promoters are Bb/>iiJfrjp^opeTi ne^o« tiatiohs with the * jS^tire. proprietors with respect ti> ft*ScsgliftTf J6ff . ' " " ' ' A » tbft-cMwtPueHon-of" this — railtvay^ has long been conßidered^tpybefof the highest importance to 'the Cify'of Wellington and the districts which wilLbe broughttiritV. feonTieictioij^ wiPh ; ( it, tiii' prnmoteis = trast that <n©- ? sifficu4ry'wtir be experienced in obtaining the £50,000 proposed to be raised in ' the;- colony. Should their^xEectajtipjijr b f e reali'st-d in this respect, the' company, will at ooce be establis-he r d*,'irtd ai app(ication made to Parliament for-the-requisite'a-atbrofity'to carry out-the uodertAking. "; ■ Applic%tions''for sliarjes. in the form annexed, accompanied -'bjr'a dep6sit as above, may be addressed -to -the Secretary projte/n cjfjthe company ,'and forms of" application .inay; also.-; -be 'pb'tained f at any of tfee.branchesin th^colony of the Bankof'New'ZeaCland. " - • - All deposits. onrshares will be-lodged with thefiank'o^^lw Zealand at'tVellington, to the credit of a special account inthenameo&tfi&.l'reaisuferv'^ 2 ' APPLICAOMOmJB'GR SHADES. To the ProTi«ibuaP Directors: of : the pro. ppa^dt^Wellington -and Manawatu 1 Kailwax.jßpmpany (Limited). v : | I liereby, appl|^r (il!r : .--. .. v ,. - ; ......... Shares of* five Vounas, each in this proposed Compa'ttylanS'l deposit herewith. the B»m<O|fiwoi%hillingis'and sixpence' p^r »hare, and>l"nndert4kei (subject to
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 118, 19 February 1881, Page 4
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777Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 118, 19 February 1881, Page 4
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