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RHYMNEY IRON COMPANY, LIMITED. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Rhymney Iron Com- pany, Limited, was held on Friday at the Cnunon-street Hotel, London, Mr John Yarley, chairman, presiding. The meeting bad been convened to lay before the share- hdders certain resolutions revelant to the pr p :sod re-arrangement of the company's cr. '«ital. The scbemo was fully outlined in a A issue of this paper. The main resolutions put before the meeting were:(I) That each of the exist- ing 200,000 shares of the company of d65 each be sub-divided into five shares of £1 each. (2) That the capital of the company r: salting from such sub-division be re- organised. Mr Varley (chairman), said the share- holders were there for the purpose of con- sidering proposals which had been in the air for a long time, but the appropriate momeut for the consideration of them had not arrived until the present time, when the affairs of the company were in a more hopeful condi- tion than they had been for some years past. The question of the sub-division of the shares had been before the board in a more or less indefinate way on several pre- vious occasions, but there were difficultly in the way which were singular to the company, of which old shareholders would be well aware, though they might not be apparent to the minds of those who had acquired holdings in more recent years, and who were not familiar with the discussions before the company's private Act of Parliament 1900 settled for all time the question of the dis- couut shares. The Board appointed a Com- mittee of their number to go into the matter, a.nd the present proposals were the result. A sub-division or splitting of the shares would not affect the future of the company, as a whole, one way or the other; it was merely a question of convenience to the shareholders themselves and of facilities for dealing with their holdings in the under- taking when occasion arrived for changes in their investments. The board had received proxies and expressions of opinion in favour of the resolutions from more than half the total number of shareholders who held i-early two-thirds of the total capital. The proxies came from both large and small proprietors and from holders of both old n:id new shares. The Chairman (pro- eceding) said that the scheme before the s Lcoliolders was one which, if carried out, oil Id be acceptable to the great majority of shareholders. He then moved that the resolution be agreed to. Mr Ennis (a shareholder) asked that the meeting should be adjourned for a month, it,s although he agreed to the principle of 'aub-dividiug the shares, the present was hardly the time to do it. Mr Ennis said that where they had those £5 shares with a liability they could not sub-divide them. Mr A. H. Ramsden-Tagore (a director) said that at first sight, the committee thought they could not do so, but they had taken counsel's opinion, which was to the effect that there was nothing in the private Act of the Company which would prevent the proposals being carried into effect. The present scheme, in his mind, seemed the only way of grappling with the question, having regard to the position of everyone concerned. It was the best scheme they could devise, and he seconded the motion of Ae chairman. There was no seconder to the motion for an adjournment, and the resolutions were agreed to, only two share- holders dissenting. The resolutions will be submitted to a subsequent extraordinary general meeting for confirmation.

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REMOVAL OF A MARK. CAERPHILLY COLLIER FINED. Thomas Asbford (24), collier, Caerphilly, was summoned at Blackwootl on Friday, for obtaining 10s. 2d. by false pretences from the Bedwas Navigation Colliery Company. Mr C. Reginald Harrison prosecuted. It was stated that the man was paid not only for the coal he filled, but was also paid for the amount of top he ripped. The officials measured up on the Thursday, and the amount was paid on the Saturday week following. Mr George Yorath, the under manager at the colliery, said he found that the inter- mediary mark for ripping had been moved two yards backwards in order that the defendant should be credited with an extra two yards. After some argument defendant admitted that he removed the mark. John D. Hill, timekeeper at the colliery, and Theophilus Thomas, who was with the under-manager measuring, also gave evi- dence. Thomas Henry Powell, pay clerk, said the defendant received payment for three yards, and of that 10s. 2d. had not been earned at all. Defendant, against whom there was no previous offence, offered no defence. The Bench considered ohis a very serious offence. Defendant had said he did it for mischief, but it was really a deliberate theft. They were determined to put down this sort of thing, and the fine would be 910, out of which £5 5s. would be allowed the prosecution towards the costs.

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WEST MONMOUTH PARLIAMEN. TARY SEAT. COUNCILLOR ALBBUT THOMAS RETIRES. At a meeting of the Wesf Mon. Labour Representation Committee, held at Newport on Saturday evening, at which there was a strong representation of delegates from the various Labour organisations in the division, it was reported that County Councillor Albert Thomas, Now Tredegar, had with- drawn his nomination as a candidate in the forthcoming ballot for the selection of a Labour candidate to contest the division at the next General Election. Four candidates now remain in the ballot, viz., Messrs. W. Brace, M.P. (Presi- dent of the South Wales Miners' Federa- tion) Alfred Onions, J.P., Tredegar, (General Treasurer of the Federation) Evan Davies, Ebbw Vale (Secretary of the Monmouthshire Association of Friendly Societies, and late Sub-agent to the Ebbw Vale District of Miners), and E. Gill, Aber- tillery.

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BURNING FATALITY AT BARGOED. Mr R. J. Rhys held an inquest on Monday on Mr Ellen Parfitt, who died on Saturday from burns received in Christmas week. James Parfitt, hairdresser, 10, Hanbury Road, said his wife, who was 50 years of age, was burnt on December 22nd. She was in the kitchen at the bafeement of the house, and witness was in the shop. He had not seen her after 4.30 p.m., when she was in a dazed condition. Some time later his son smelt something burning and going to the kitchen saw the clothes, which was on a clothes horse, all on fire. The deceased's clothing was also burning. She had got to the water tap and drawn off some water with the intention of putting out the fire on the clothes horse. Witness thought her clothing must have caught fire in doing this. J. Parfitt, a son, stated that he was home for the holidays. He rushed to his mother's assistance. She did not give him any ex- planation how the accident happened. The sofa was several feet from the fire. Nurse Wallace described the burns about the chest and legs. In summing up the Coroner said there was nothing to indicate how the burning originated, whether it was the clothing of the deceased that caught fire, or the clothes on the clothes horse. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental burning."

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