 on board the Ganges at Lat 43° 11’S Long 135° 19’E (south of Australia) (32) of "Gastritus, Dysentry & Dental Irritation", buried at 11am on 20 January 1865 (33).
(6) Auckland Cemetery Records - On line database.
(11) perhaps the Rev. James Dawson Crawford of 104 University Street, Belfast, Presbyterian Minister died 5 October 1902 - Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
(12) Joseph Dawson Crawford of 40 Rodney Street, Liverpool, physician and F.R.C.S. died 7 February 1911 to John Dawson Crawford (barrister-at-law) estate valued at £52,762 17s 5d.
(14) Corporal R J. Hanna. who left with the Fourth Reinforcements Infantry) and was reported on August 9 to have been wounded, writes to his mother, Mrs J. R Hanna. of Wilson Street. Ellerslie that his injury is slight. "Last Sunday (July 11), he says. "I volunteered to go down to the beach to carry up the mail, and had the misfortune to get a piece of shrapnel in the right arm. There was a good few of us wounded that morning, and the authorities put us all off to the hospital ship right away. It was grand to be lying out in the bay and to see the ships putting their big shells on the Turkish positions. One sees the flash, then hears the report. and then the earth and smoke fly up in the air for hundreds of feet. We left the bay last Wednesday, bound for Malta. I only hope I am not kept there long, for I think it is better in the firing line than loafing about." Corporal Hanna goes on to say that the shrapnel pellet missing the bone, and did not trouble him mush. Before the war Corporal Hanna was farming near Gisborne.
(31) Mr. Samuel Dawson Hanna who passed away at Auckland on Sunday last at the age of 65, was one of the best-known engineers in the north. Also as genial, a fellow as you could meet on a long day's march. His mother, with a large young family, arrived from the North of Ireland in the year 1865. Her husband's brother was an eminent Belfast divine, the Rev. Hugh Hanna.
As they grey up the Hanna boys showed that they possessed their full share of the family brains, push, and grit. The eldest, John R., became a leading Auckland photographer (he subsequently removed to New Plymouth where he died a few years ago). Samuel D., the second son, graduated as a marine engineer. James C. entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand after being a telegraph operator, rose to be a bank inspector, and is now retired in London. Thomas H. became one of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co.'s managers. Joseph Hanna, the fifth son, joined the press in San Francisco, and died there many years ago. Andrew, the youngest son, is now one of Auckland's leading and most influential solicitors. There were three daughters. One became Mrs. Madill, the second was married to Mr. Thomas Cotter, a foremost Auckland barrister, who died a few years ago, and the youngest daughter is Mrs. Black.
Mr. S. D. Hanna's death will be widely deplored in his profession. In the early days of the frozen meat industry he was manager and chief engineer of the Auckland Freezing Works. He then established his own engineering business, and in 1893 became Auckland Manager of the Institute of Marine Engineers. He was a prominent Freemason and a kind-hearted, amiable citizen.
He married Miss Home, a niece of Mr. Robert Graham, one-time Superintendent of the Province of Auckland. Two of the late Mr. Hanna's sons are serving their country in the present war.
(34) Miss Buchanan, who has for some years presided at the harmonium of the Whau Presbyterian Church, received the gift of a handeome timepiece from the members of the congregation, and a polyglot Bible and hymn-book from the children of the Sunday school, on the occasion of her marriage, on Monday last, to Mr. J. Hanna. Tho presentations were made in the church after the marriage service, and both gifts bore suitable inscriptions. The Rev. R. Sommerville presented the timepiece, and one of the scholars, Miss Eliza Tait, read an address and presented the Bible and hymn-book. Mr. Buchanan, on behalf of his daughter made suitable replies to the donors, thanking them for their expressions of esteem and respect. The church was beautifully decorated on the occasion by Mr. Johnston, a member of the church committee. Several pieces of suitable music were played on the harmonium by Miss Fisher. A large number of friends were congregated in the church who, at the close of the ceremony, tendered their congratulations to the bride.
Southern Company (SO ) is a utilities company that currently distributes electricity and natural gas to 9 million customers in nine different states. The company has a generating capacity of 46,000 MW and 1.500 billion cubic feet of combined natural gas consumption. Southern Company has over 200,000 miles of electric transmission lines and over 80,000 miles of natural gas pipeline.
Southern is broken into eight different segments. Its electric utilities consist of four traditional providers: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power. The four companies combined currently serve more than 4.5 million retail customers in the Southeastern part of the United States. Another segment is Southern Power, which is the leading U.S. wholesale energy provider consisting of 46 natural gas, wind, solar and biomass generating assets capable of delivering more than 12,600 MW of energy.
Southern Power currently serves Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas. Southern Company Gas is the segment that distributes natural gas to 4.5 million customers through utilities in seven states. PowerSecure is Southern Company’s provider of utility and energy technologies to electric utilities and industrial, institutional and commercial customers. Finally, the rest of the parent company is made up of smaller subsidiaries like Southern Nuclear, Southern Linc, Southern Telecom, Sequent Energy Management and Pivotal Home Solutions.
On a year-to-date basis, Southern Company has significantly underperformed the S&P 500 with a return of 3.19% versus the S&P 500’s 17.84%. When compared to its peers, Southern Company has also underperformed when compared to the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), which is the largest utilities ETF by assets under management. XLU is up 14.14% on a year-to-date basis, outperforming SO by 10.95%. Over the long term, Southern Company has seen little growth, with a 15.94% return over the trailing five years. This is significantly less than the S&P 500’s 86.07% and XLU’s 56.42% for the same time period.
Like its stock price, Southern Company’s revenues have been stagnant over the last five years, with an average revenue growth of 2.4%. Although it saw a decline of 5.3% in revenue in 2015, the company seems to have bounced back with a 13.8% increase in 2016. Analysts expect 2017 to be a double-digit-growth year as well, with estimates at $23.02 billion. This would be a 14.56% increase from the 2016 revenue of $19.90 billion. However, analysts do not expect the same dramatic increase the following year, with 2018’s estimate at $23.99 billion, a 4.13% change.
On an earnings-per-share basis, Southern Company has been completely flat for the last five years, with a 0.00% average growth rate in earnings. However, this number is mostly tainted by a 30% drop off in 2013, where net income was significantly off from the year prior. In 2016, Southern saw a 1.5% slight decline in its EPS from 2015, but analysts expect it to rebound like its revenues in 2017. Estimates for 2017 are $2.95 per share, 14.54% higher than 2016’s EPS. In 2018, analysts are seeing SO’s EPS growth level out to $3.03 per share, only a 2.67% increase.
Like most utility companies, Southern Company is looking to the future and innovation when thinking about its long-term outlook on energy distribution. In 2000, Southern Company had nearly 80% of its electricity generated from coal. By 2030, the company hopes to whittle it down to 20%, with the remaining coming from nuclear, natural gas and other renewable energy sources. Southern Company is so dedicated to innovation that it actually developed an Atlanta-based Energy Innovation Center. It is the home of SO’s most inventive ideas and programs that work to bring better, more reliable and more efficient energy to customers across the country. It has, and will continue, to invest in innovation, as it spent over $2 billion on innovation since 1970.
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