Bank Directors Declare 10 Percent Dividend Amid Strong Half Year
At the shareholders meeting the bank reports £ 4,000 reserved, £ 2,042 dividend for the half year, and £ 714 remaining. No bad debts in the crisis. Board adds Mr. Hardwick to the direction and discusses a local audit and new Dunedin firm involvement.
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Suareholper
McKenzie
Dunedin
New Zealand
London
Harpwick
Hankey
Hardwick
Harpwitckk
Crystal Palace Company reports strong revenue and planned dividend
Directors report shows a revenue balance of £52,550 9s 4d with £20,812 53 3d in general revenue available for dividend of 2 per cent. A year of rising visitors totals 1,661,083, a gain of 173,972, led by paid admissions and season tickets. New lease tenders chosen. South London line work advancing toward a 1865 opening. Handel Festival planned with Sacred Harmonic Society and Costa conducting. Eyes imported into the country reach 291,597,240 in ten months.
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Strange
Messrs
Bertram and Roberts
South London
Chatham and Dover Railway Company
London
Ludgate-hill
Charing-cross
Sacred Harmonic Society
Costa
Railway Chronicle Special Meeting Approves New Capital and Purchase
A special shareholder meeting at Euston approved creating new capital up to £365,000 under the Companies Act 1864 to support the West London Extension and Bedford and Cambridge Railway. It also authorized raising £300,000 to acquire the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway with a perpetual 4 per cent preference dividend in exchange for existing capital.
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Euston
Shrewsbury and Welchpool
R. Moor
West London
Bedford and
Cambridge
Shrewsbury and
Welchpool
London and North-Western
North-Western Board
Shrewsbury
Burglary at Baum Firm in Lombard Street Stuns City
A bold Sunday robbery at Baum & Co in Lombard Street netted bullion bank notes and securities. Police seek clues as to entry, with few leads after days of investigation. Baum family may raise reward from £500 to £700 as detectives probe a hole in a wall and locked strong room.
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Messrs. Baum
Lombard-street
Baum
George-yard
Cornhill
Forgeries Probe Reveals Large Scale Bank Fraud Network
A New York Times report cites a police court case on forgery with a $25,000 figure and ten suspects. Observers estimate total fraud may reach $300,000 to $500,000 across multiple banks, signaling vast organized theft. The piece warns of widespread gang activity threatening the community.
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New York Times
Committee of
Committee of Management. the Worshipful Company of
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Crystal Palace Company
Railway Chronicle
London and North-Western Railway
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