Share Scrip

Lot 1941    Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday)    Share Scrip

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120

QUEENSLAND MINING, Balmer's United North Gold Mining, Reedy Creek, certificate for one hundred shares, 21 November 1906, to H.H.Skinner, South Melbourne; The Chillago Railway and Mines Limited, debenture for one hundred pounds, 1 September 1900, with attached interest coupons 29-37; Hydraulic Gold Recovery Company, certificate for one hundred shares, 31 October 1894; Queensland Copper Company, certificate for five preference shares, 10 December 1906 and ten ordinary shares, 10 November 1906, the first with attached interest coupons 8-20, the second with interest coupons 5-20 but detached from certificate. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)

H.H.Skinner, a member of the Legislative Council and successful caterer was also President of the South Melbourne Football Club (1904-11) and South Melbourne Cricket Club (1906-12). There is a statue erected in his memory in the park at Clarendon and Albert Streets, South Melbourne. It was erected by the Citizens of the Sporting Clubs of South Melbourne and unveiled by the Mayor of South Melbourne on 27 July 1913.