Widnes Examiner. — 1888-02-25 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

BRUNNER, 3I9ND, AND CO., IJMTTED.  The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of Messrs. Brunner, Mond, and Co., Limited, alkali manufacturers, Winnington, Northwich, was held at the Law Association R,oems, Liverpool. on Monday. Mr. John Crosfield presided, and amongst others present were—Mr. J. T. Brunner, M.P., Dr. Hewitt, Messrs. R Milner, C. S. Galloway, H. Coghill, J. P. Brunner. H. Brunner, C. M. Holland, James Handley, T. H. Forgan (secretary), &c, The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, and the report of the directors was taken as read. It was at follows :—The balance sheet and profit and loss account, certified by the auditor, and now presented, show a balance to the credit of profit and loss account on the working of the half-year ended on the 31st December, 1887, of £89,111 19s 10d' which; with the amount of £35,544 Ds 9d, brought forward from the previous halfyear, makes a total of £124,656 us 7d. The directors ' propose to deal, with the above balance as follows ;1 Dividend on the preference capital, at 7 per cent. per I annum, £11,043 4s 7d; dividend on the ordinary capital, 'at 25 per cent, per annum, £70,5; amount to be written off patent's account, £7,500; balance to be carried forward, £35,488 7s; total, £124,858 us 7d. The directors who retire by rotation are Mr. Charles J. Galloway and Dr. David Basil Hewitt, both of whom are eligible for re-election. The auditor retires, but is eligible for re-election.—Jomi CROSFIELD, chairman. The Chairman said the directors had much pleasure in presenting the balance sheet for the last half year, which they considered to be satisfactory, and he thought the sharehOlders would think the same. They had every i confidence that the success of the company n the future would be equal to what it had been in the past. (Applause.) He moved the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, and that a dividend be paid to holders of preference shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and that a dividend at the rate of 25 per cent, per annum be paid to the holders of ordinary shares free of income tax.  Mr. H. Coghill seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. H. Brunner, Mr. C. J. Galloway, of Thomey Holme, Knutsford, was re-elected a director of the company. The Chairman moved, and Mr. Holland seconded, that Dr. D. B. Hevkitt, of Winnington, be re-elected a director of the company.—Carried. Mr. Isherwood moved that Mr. T. W. Read, chartered accountant, Liverpool, be re-appointed auditor for the ensuing half year. Mr. Chalmers seconded the resolution, which was adopted. With a vote of thanks to Mr. Crosfield for presiding, the meeting ended.  At Newmarket, county Cork, on Thursday, the Rev. Father Kennedy, of Mediu, and eight others, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment for taking part in a proclaimed meeting. Hard labour was ordered in the case of all the defendants except Mr. Kennedy. An appeal is to be taken.  A Mao MunnEnan.—At Stratford, on Tuesday, a single woman named E. E. Ashton was remanded on the charge of having murdered her two children, aged respectively one and two years. The woman was in want, and she appears to have killed the children whilst in a state of temporary insanity.