The Rushden Working Men's Club and College Company (Limited)

Incorporated under the "Companies Acts, 1862 to 1886," whereby the liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of their respective shares.

CAPITAL £2,000,

In 2,000 Shares of £1 each. Payable 2s. 6d. per share on or before allotment; and the remaining 17s. 6d. per share as the Directors may think fit, provided that 21 days' notice at least is given of each call, and that no call shall exceed 2s. 6d. per share.

PROSPECTUS
This Company has been formed for the objects stated in the Memorandum of Association, of which a copy appears below, but it may be pointed out that the main and primary object of the Company is the establishment of a Working Men's Club and College, which will supply a long-felt want in the town and neighbourhood of Rushden, where its members may have those opportunities and advantages of benefiting themselves, mentally, morally, and physically.

After considerable difficulty a site has been secured in the centre of the town, situate in Griffiths'-street, for the sum of £114.

It is confidently believed that this undertaking, meeting as it undoubtedly does a recognised want in the town and neighbourhood, will prove a success, and the Directors have every reason to believe that a prosperous career is before the Company, and the Directors are strengthened in this belief by the marked success of a similar institution at Kettering.

A Form of Application for Shares can be obtained of the Secretary, and all supporters of the cause in the Town and District are cordially invited to co-operate in supporting the undertaking. The Directors would specially urge that applications for shares should be made with as little delay as possible, as the amount of shares applied for will necessarily largely guide them in deciding upon the extent of the undertaking.

Any further information will be readily supplied by the Directors, the Solicitors, or the Secretary to the Company. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association may be seen at the offices of the Solicitors, or may be purchased on payment of One Shilling per copy.

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

1. The name of the Company is "The Rushden Working Men's Club and College Company, Limited"

2. The Registered Office of the Company will be situate in England.

3. The objects for which the Company is established are:To acquire in the name of the Company a site or sites situate and being in the parish of Rushden, in the county of Northampton, and the erecting thereon a building or buildings to be used as a Club House, for News Rooms and a Library, and also for Billiards, Cards, Chess, and other popular scientific games (in which gambling will be strictly prohibited) for Subscribers to the Club and their friends from a distance visiting the town, and also to provide refreshments for the said Subscribers, also to purchase such Books, Furniture, Fixtures, Fittings, articles and things as the Directors may from time to time approve. And also from time to time add to or diminish the said Club House and Premises, and to let the whole or any part thereof, and to raise money thereon by sale or mortgage thereof as from time to time may be determined upon and deal in any way with such Club and Premises; and to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the retainment of the above objects or any of them.

4. The Club is to be strictly Non-Political.

5. The Liability of the Members is Limited.

6. The Capital of the Company is Two Thousand Pounds, divided into Two Thousand Shares of One Pound each, with power on issuing the same or on issuing any increased Capital, to issue Preference and Guaranteed Shares, or Preference or Guaranteed Shares as part of the said original Capital of ,£2,000, or as part or as the whole of the increased Capital, and of such amounts as may from time to time be determined by Special Resolution.