Company Shareholder Lists




Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1971

  1. The value of the company's property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is one thousand pounds.
  2. The number of shares in the company is one hundred thousand, of sixpence each.
  3. The number of shares subscribed for is eighty-one thousand eight hundred.
  4. The name of the Manager is John Hollinge Griffiths.
  5. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of Shares.
Crawford, Samuel, Te Puke, Farmer .. 1,468
Crawford, Samuel, Te Puke, Farmer (in trust) .. 5,007
Simson, Thomas Cameron, Dunedin, Miner .. 2,500
Goss, Stephen Weston, Te Puke, Cattle-dealer .. 1,937
Bennett, George D., Te Puke, Farmer .. 5,375
Goss, Florence E., Te Puke, Domestic Duties .. 3,125
Seddon, Robert, Tauranga, Auctioneer .. 5,062
McCauley, William H., Te Puke, Farmer .. 512
Hughes, Edwin C., Te Puke, Settler .. 2,328
Henwood, Frederick, Te Puke, Farmer .. 1,250
Bassett, Richard S., Te Puke, Farmer .. 1,450
Spooner, George F., Te Puke, Coachbuilder .. 1,250
Tanner, John, Te Puke, Farmer .. 312
Jackson, George P., Te Puke, Farmer .. 156
Galbraith, John C., Te Puke, Storekeeper .. 906
Vercoe, Charles, Te Puke, Farmer .. 156
Butcher, Anna, Te Puke, Domestic Duties .. 312
Bird, John, Te Puke, Farmer .. 312
Tanner, Thomas, Te Puke, Farmer .. 812
Pilling, Edmund H., Te Puke, Hotelkeeper .. 1,078
Keeble, Charles, Te Puke, Butcher .. 656
Wrigley, Ellis, Tauranga, Cattle-dealer .. 156
Diprose, Thomas N., Pongakawa, Farmer .. 2,250
Burton, Alfred F., Te Puke, Teacher .. 156
Finley, Thomas C., Auckland, Settler .. 312
Vercoe, Henry A., Te Puke, Farmer .. 1,312
Sheath, James H., jun., Tauranga, Farmer .. 1,000
Winbush, Joseph S., Tauranga, Farmer .. 500
Vogan, James, Tauranga, Settler .. 1,000
Potter, Esther E., Tauranga, Domestic Duties .. 500
Clark, Charles A., Tauranga, Cordial-manufacturer .. 1,000
Stewart, Robert O., Tauranga, Settler .. 1,000
Rhodes, Richard, Tauranga, Journalist .. 500
Wallace, Thomas and Gavin, Pongakawa, Farmers .. 1,000
Gilman, John, Tauranga, Storekeeper .. 500
Sharp, Henry A., Tauranga, Solicitor .. 500
McCaw, John Harris, Tauranga, Town Clerk .. 500
Griffiths, John Hollinge, Tauranga, County Clerk .. 500
Simpkins, George, Whakatane, Settler .. 1,000
Creeks, George, Whakatane, Storekeeper .. 1,000
Baber, James, jun., Tauranga, District Surveyor .. 1,000
Salt, Joseph, Tauranga, Blacksmith .. 250
Badger, Robert, Tauranga, Storekeeper .. 1,000
Ward, Gerard A., Tauranga, Architect .. 500
Meddins, Howard G., Tauranga, Tobacconist .. 250
King, James, Tauranga, Hairdresser .. 500
Maxwell, John, Tauranga, Storekeeper .. 250
Potter, Charles F., Tauranga, Clerk .. 1,000
Northcroft, Ernest, Tauranga, Postmaster .. 1,000
McKenzie, James A., Tauranga, Lineman .. 250
McDonald, James, Waihi, Miner .. 250
Williams, William, Tauranga, Master Mariner .. 1,000
Boucher, Ernest W., Te Puke, Farmer .. 1,000
Harris, William P., Te Puke, Farmer .. 500
Harris, John L. P., Te Puke, Farmer .. 250
Raymond, William T., Tauranga, Settler .. 1,000
Tanner, Thomas B., Tauranga, Teacher .. 1,000
Kerr, Howard, Tauranga, Settler .. 500
Kerr, William F., Tauranga, Imperial Officer .. 500
Ronald, John, Te Puke, Farmer .. 125
Brady, William, Te Puke, Settler .. 125
Wilson, Peter J., Te Puke, Farmer .. 500
Henwood, Caroline, Te Puke, Domestic Duties .. 200
Baillie, Robert H., Te Puke, Station-manager .. 500
Walker, John, Te Puke, Settler .. 1,000
Butcher, Percy F., Te Puke, Farmer .. 250
James, Jane, Te Puke, Domestic Duties .. 100
Doyle, Charles, Te Puke, Settler .. 500
Roberts, John Cramer, Tauranga, Settler .. 1,000
Duncanson, Thomas S., Tauranga, Stationer .. 500
Wrigley, George, Tauranga, Brewer .. 1,000
Clarkson, William, Tauranga, Accountant .. 500
Daines, Edward, Tauranga, Wheelwright .. 250
Spence, Moses, Tauranga, Grain Merchant .. 500
Wright, Joshua, Tauranga, Draper .. 1,000
Tanner, Henry, Tauranga, Butcher .. 500
Commons, William M., Tauranga, Shipping Agent .. 1,000
Barker, Richard, Te Puke, Farmer .. 250
Watts, Thomas W., Tauranga, Billiard-marker .. 250
Shadwell, Lancelot A., Tauranga, Settler .. 500
Gilman, Arthur C., Tauranga, Coach-proprietor .. 500
Mark, Archibald, Te Puke, Drover .. 500
Dunnage, Walter H., Aongatete, Surveyor .. 500
Bull, Leonard, Te Puke, Wagoner .. 1,000
Ronald, Robert, Te Puke, Farmer .. 250
Bird, Alexander, Te Puke, Storekeeper .. 1,000
Price, Thomas E., Tauranga, Photographer .. 500
Coutts, John, Tauranga, Clerk .. 250
Morrison, George, Te Puke, Blacksmith .. 250
Morrison, Samuel, Te Puke, Blacksmith .. 250
Sargent, William, Te Puke, Settler .. 500
Vercoe, Amelia, Te Puke, Domestic Duties .. 100
Nicholas, Thomas George, Te Puke, Farmer (in trust) .. 500
Bern, William, Tauranga, Settler .. 250
Tunks, Elizabeth, Tauranga, Domestic Duties .. 250
Northcroft, Olivia E. P., Tauranga, Domestic Duties .. 500
Ransom, James, Auckland, Commercial Traveller .. 1,000
Whitcombe, John B., Tauranga, Hotel-manager .. 500
Griffiths, J. H., Tauranga, Legal Manager (in trust for company) .. 18,200
Total .. 100,000

Dated this 9th day of October, 1897.
JNO. H. GRIFFITHS, Manager.

Witness to signature—Jno. H. McCaw, Town Clerk, Tauranga.

I, John Hollinge Griffiths, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

  1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.
  2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular.
    And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,"
    JNO. H. GRIFFITHS.

Taken before me, this 9th day of October, 1897—G. Arnold Ward, J.P. 1229


I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Sunrise Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company, under the provisions of "The Mining Companies Act, 1894."

  1. The name of the company is to be the Sunrise Gold-mining Company.
  2. The place of intended operations is at Preservation Inlet, in New Zealand.
  3. The registered office of the company will be situated at the office of C. W. Brown, in Esk Street, Invercargill.
  4. The value of the company's property, including claims and holdings, is ten thousand pounds, more or less.
  5. The number of shares in the company is thirty thousand, of ten shillings each.
  6. The number of shares subscribed for is seventeen thousand and thirty-five—viz., ten thousand fully paid, and seven thousand and thirty-five contributing shares.
  7. The name of the Manager is Charles William Brown, of Invercargill, Accountant and Commission Agent.
  8. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of Shares.
Awdry, West Marcon, Redcliff, Runholder .. 100
Anderson, James, Invercargill, Gardener .. 200
Andrews, Lancelot Williams, Otautau, Farmer .. 100
Brodrick, Thomas Noel, Timaru, Surveyor .. 200
Brodrick, Frank H., Wellington, Agent .. 50
Brodrick, Radford Henry, Invercargill, Estate Agent (fully paid up) .. 5,000
Brodrick, Radford Henry, Invercargill, Estate Agent (contributing) .. 800
Brodrick, Mrs. Alice, Wellington, wife of F. H. Brodrick .. 50
Burnes, Ernest Loughman, Wellington, Clerk .. 100
Blakie, Mrs. Helen, Branxholm, Married Woman .. 50
Blakie, Mrs. P., Branxholm, Married Woman .. 50
Bush, Janet Mackie, Esk Street, Invercargill .. 200
Belworthy, Charles, Makarewa Junction, Stationmaster .. 25
Brown, Charles William, Invercargill, Estate Agent .. 200
Cleave, Robert, Invercargill, Seedsman (2,500 fully paid up and 1,000 contributing) .. 3,500
Cleave, Margaret, Invercargill, wife of Robert Cleave (all fully paid up) .. 2,500
Cochrane, Emma, Waianiwa, Married Woman .. 200
Ellison, Thomas, Wellington .. 50
Ellison, Thomas, Rangiwahia, Wellington, Solicitor .. 100
Grieve, John, Waianiwa, Labourer .. 10
Hawks, Leah Lucy, Invercargill, Married Woman .. 100
Hawks, Archibald Fotheringham, Invercargill, Manager .. 200
Hare, Alfred Richard, Blackmount, Farmer .. 100



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🏭 Shareholder List for an Unnamed Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
9 October 1897
Shareholders, Company, Te Puke, Tauranga
98 names identified
  • Samuel Crawford, Shareholder
  • Thomas Cameron Simson, Shareholder
  • Stephen Weston Goss, Shareholder
  • George D. Bennett, Shareholder
  • Florence E. Goss, Shareholder
  • Robert Seddon, Shareholder
  • William H. McCauley, Shareholder
  • Edwin C. Hughes, Shareholder
  • Frederick Henwood, Shareholder
  • Richard S. Bassett, Shareholder
  • George F. Spooner, Shareholder
  • John Tanner, Shareholder
  • George P. Jackson, Shareholder
  • John C. Galbraith, Shareholder
  • Charles Vercoe, Shareholder
  • Anna Butcher, Shareholder
  • John Bird, Shareholder
  • Thomas Tanner, Shareholder
  • Edmund H. Pilling, Shareholder
  • Charles Keeble, Shareholder
  • Ellis Wrigley, Shareholder
  • Thomas N. Diprose, Shareholder
  • Alfred F. Burton, Shareholder
  • Thomas C. Finley, Shareholder
  • Henry A. Vercoe, Shareholder
  • James H. Sheath, Shareholder
  • Joseph S. Winbush, Shareholder
  • James Vogan, Shareholder
  • Esther E. Potter, Shareholder
  • Charles A. Clark, Shareholder
  • Robert O. Stewart, Shareholder
  • Richard Rhodes, Shareholder
  • Thomas and Gavin Wallace, Shareholder
  • John Gilman, Shareholder
  • Henry A. Sharp, Shareholder
  • John Harris McCaw, Shareholder
  • John Hollinge Griffiths, Shareholder
  • George Simpkins, Shareholder
  • George Creeks, Shareholder
  • James Baber, Shareholder
  • Joseph Salt, Shareholder
  • Robert Badger, Shareholder
  • Gerard A. Ward, Shareholder
  • Howard G. Meddins, Shareholder
  • James King, Shareholder
  • John Maxwell, Shareholder
  • Charles F. Potter, Shareholder
  • Ernest Northcroft, Shareholder
  • James A. McKenzie, Shareholder
  • James McDonald, Shareholder
  • William Williams, Shareholder
  • Ernest W. Boucher, Shareholder
  • William P. Harris, Shareholder
  • John L. P. Harris, Shareholder
  • William T. Raymond, Shareholder
  • Thomas B. Tanner, Shareholder
  • Howard Kerr, Shareholder
  • William F. Kerr, Shareholder
  • John Ronald, Shareholder
  • William Brady, Shareholder
  • Peter J. Wilson, Shareholder
  • Caroline Henwood, Shareholder
  • Robert H. Baillie, Shareholder
  • John Walker, Shareholder
  • Percy F. Butcher, Shareholder
  • Jane James, Shareholder
  • Charles Doyle, Shareholder
  • John Cramer Roberts, Shareholder
  • Thomas S. Duncanson, Shareholder
  • George Wrigley, Shareholder
  • William Clarkson, Shareholder
  • Edward Daines, Shareholder
  • Moses Spence, Shareholder
  • Joshua Wright, Shareholder
  • Henry Tanner, Shareholder
  • William M. Commons, Shareholder
  • Richard Barker, Shareholder
  • Thomas W. Watts, Shareholder
  • Lancelot A. Shadwell, Shareholder
  • Arthur C. Gilman, Shareholder
  • Archibald Mark, Shareholder
  • Walter H. Dunnage, Shareholder
  • Leonard Bull, Shareholder
  • Robert Ronald, Shareholder
  • Alexander Bird, Shareholder
  • Thomas E. Price, Shareholder
  • John Coutts, Shareholder
  • George Morrison, Shareholder
  • Samuel Morrison, Shareholder
  • William Sargent, Shareholder
  • Amelia Vercoe, Shareholder
  • Thomas George Nicholas, Shareholder
  • William Bern, Shareholder
  • Elizabeth Tunks, Shareholder
  • Olivia E. P. Northcroft, Shareholder
  • James Ransom, Shareholder
  • John B. Whitcombe, Shareholder
  • J. H. Griffiths, Shareholder

  • Jno. H. Griffiths, Manager
  • Jno. H. McCaw, Town Clerk, Tauranga
  • G. Arnold Ward, J.P.

🌾 Application to Register Sunrise Gold-mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Gold-mining, Company Registration, Preservation Inlet
22 names identified
  • Charles William Brown, Manager
  • West Marcon Awdry, Shareholder
  • James Anderson, Shareholder
  • Lancelot Williams Andrews, Shareholder
  • Thomas Noel Brodrick, Shareholder
  • Frank H. Brodrick, Shareholder
  • Radford Henry Brodrick, Shareholder
  • Alice Brodrick (Mrs.), Shareholder
  • Ernest Loughman Burnes, Shareholder
  • Helen Blakie (Mrs.), Shareholder
  • P. Blakie (Mrs.), Shareholder
  • Janet Mackie Bush, Shareholder
  • Charles Belworthy, Shareholder
  • Charles William Brown, Shareholder
  • Robert Cleave, Shareholder
  • Margaret Cleave, Shareholder
  • Emma Cochrane, Shareholder
  • Thomas Ellison, Shareholder
  • John Grieve, Shareholder
  • Leah Lucy Hawks, Shareholder
  • Archibald Fotheringham Hawks, Shareholder
  • Alfred Richard Hare, Shareholder