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INSURANCE NOTES. 



THE 



111 tilt' Li';;i.«Iative A-sseniihly on the 19tb inst. a poti- 

 li<iii, rclatiiiLj; to the affairs of the Ooloiiiil Mutual 

 I/it't' .Assuraiii'e Society Limit<^d, sii^ned by \V. R. 

 Tate, nt' A niiadaU' ; 0. (Jill, Biitslitoii ; D. .1. D'Aroy. 

 Williani.stow II ; C. R. Arc-hei-, Briijlitoii ; and E. H . 

 (iili.soii, S<uitll Yarra ; was iirewiited, ivhereiii Hci'e 

 made certain allegations of incapacity, or mismanage- 

 luont or fraud of the directors and inan.itser of the 

 .-■•ocietv. KtdUnviiig tihe pnlijication in the daily press 

 of the details of the petition, Mes.srs. Moule, Hamilton 

 and Kiddle, the Colonial Mutual Society's solicitors, 

 forwarded to the Melbourne dail.v press the foUowin^i; 

 cop.v of a letter, whioli they had .sen.! to the Attorncv- 

 (Jeneral under in.structioii.s from the director.s ot the 

 Societ.v : — 

 "The Iloiiouralih' the .Vttoriiey-(ieneral, Melb<inriie. 



" Sir. — The Colonial Mutual Life A.ssurance Society 

 Mmited have consulted us with reference to the peti- 

 tion ))resented to Parliament yesterday, according to 

 the reports in to-day's dail.v papers. 



" The directors have read ,.iiich reports, and instruct 

 us to .sa.v that the society has a full and coni))lete ans- 

 wer to every statement made, and court the fullest 

 inquiry into the allegations contained in the petition, 

 and are prepared to render .vou ever.v assi.stanee in 

 whatever iuqtiiry you may think proper to institute 

 ill the matter. 



"With this object, and in order to expedite matters, 

 tlio.v arc perfectiv willing and anxious that the select 

 coin.mitte<. now .sitting 1h> empowered, if the Govern- 

 ment or Parliament .so desires, to extend the .scope of 

 its inquiry Ut cover all the matters referred to in the 

 lietition, and to admit any evidence or any person or 

 persons desiring to give evidence ujion the allegation^ 

 made in such petition. 



" We have the honour to he, sir, 

 " Yours obedicntlv, 

 "(Sgd,) MOULK, HAMILTOiN,' and KIDDLK. 



" 2(lth S<'ptemlier, 1912." 



The follow iii,g table shows the details of husiiie.sft 

 (bine b.v the savings de|)ai.\^;\ent of the Conimoinvealth 



.Mr. R. (', Kincham,lthe Molhournc manager of the 

 -N'ational Hank, was, oiii 20tb Soptember, at the annual 

 meetiiiL; of i he HankciYs' Institute, elected president 

 I'or the <'iisuiiig .voar. 'I'he retiring president is Mr. 

 P. C. (Ic Cresipignv. u'lio.se jMirtrait will Iw hung in 

 the club-rooms in niennifry of his past services. 



1. 



_ The report of the trufitees of the Australian Widows' 

 FiMid for till' year ending Do<-<'mber 31st, 1911, .shows 

 tli<> share <ir siirplu.s of the Mutual Life aiul Citizens' 

 .\.ssuran<'e Co. Lt<l.. alhuted to the .\iistralian Widow^' 

 Fund section is i:49.1ll 2. which provides for 1911 :i 

 compound reversionary bonus of 30s. per cent. The 



COLONIAL MUTUAL 

 FIRE 



INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. 



INSURANCE 



FIRE 



ACCIUENT- 



EMPI OYER'S LIABILITY- 



FIDELITY GUARANTEE - 



PLATE-GLASS BREAKAGE 



MARINE - 



BURGLARY 



LIVE STOCK 



OFFICES : 



MELBOURNE— 60 Market Stre«>t 

 SYDNEY— 74 Pitt Street. 

 ADELAIDE— 71 King William Strw>t 

 BRISBANE— Creek Street. 

 PERTH— Barrack Stre<"t. 

 HOBART— Collins Street. 

 LONDON- 77 Cornhill, E.G. 



WALTER TUCKER, 



Qeneral Manager. 



THE tQllTY IRlSTttS. IXtCUTORS. ANU 

 AOfNCY r.0MP4%Y LIMITtD. 



RESERVE IIABIIITY. £100.000; GIARANTEE FU«ID, £10,000. 



BO-Uil) (IF IHKKCIX1K8 Kdwaril Faiiiuilg, Ksc|., Chairman; 

 W. H. Irvine, Esii , K.C. iI,P.; Donald iMackiiinon, 

 Ksci , M.I,.A.: K. (i. MCutcheon, Esq., M,I,.A.; Stewart 

 M<',\rtliur, Esq. 

 Registered Office: No. 85 Queen Street, Melbouine. 



This L'onipiiM.v rs fnip<iwerc<i hy .siie<'ial .\i-t of P.irliarneiit 

 to perf Till all classes of trustee hiiainees. 



C. T 



JOEl, POX. Manager. 

 M.VKTIN. .\88i8taiit Manager. 



CLEMENT H. DAVIS. 



Incorporated Accountant, Specialist (or Installing 

 Latest American Oftica Bookkeeping Systems, viz.— 

 Looseleal or Perpetual Ledgers and Card-Ledgeri 

 Correspondence, Filing, Adding and Posting Machines, 



&c., &c. 



ROYAL BANK CHAMBERS. (MELBOURNE. 



actuar.v lia» at tbi.s valuation (strengthened tjie polir.v 

 reserves of the section to the extent of £19,000 o\-cr 

 that leqiiired b.v a '.ii percent, valuation. 



The .Metr(>|)olitan Fire Brigade hold it.s annual ball 

 in aid of the fund for widows and orphans of former 

 iiuMiiber.s at the Cathedral Hall. Bruu'iwick-street, 

 Kitzro.v on 19th inut The tiatherinfi was a great su<- 

 ceis. anrl gave enjoyment to alwut 600 dancers. 



The box factory of Mcssr.s. .J. Derby.sliire and Co. in 

 (irant-strect, .South Melbourne, was .saved from a de- 

 .structiv^^ lire last moiitih bv the prompt action of the 

 l'"ire Brit;a(l<'. The factor.v contain.s two floors, and 

 with lts(">ntents is insured'for UIO.OOO in the Norwich 

 I'll inn Insurance Society. The damage done was 

 slight. 



