Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1611

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; and in the matter of the Humphreys Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited), a company incorporated in England under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business in the Colony of New Zealand of the above company where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given is situated at the office of the said company, at the corner of Bridge and Shell Streets, in the Town of Reefton.

Dated the 21st day of September, 1898.

PHILIP LAWRENCE FOSTER,
GEORGE HENRY BOYD,
Attorneys for the Company.

820

NEW ZEALAND AND GENERAL MINING SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the New Zealand and General Mining Syndicate (Limited) intends to cease carrying on business in the Colony of New Zealand at the expiration of three months from the first publication of this notice.

Dated at Thames, this 17th day of September, 1898.

SAMUEL HETHERINGTON,
Attorney.

818

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and of the Onehunga Ironworks Company (Limited), a company incorporated under the provisions of such Act.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a general meeting of the shareholders of the above company, duly convened, and held at the office of Mr. A. Hanna, Queen Street, Auckland, on the 29th day of August, 1898, the following special resolutions within the meaning of subsection (2) of section 189 of the above-mentioned Act were duly passed, and, at a subsequent general meeting of the shareholders of the said company, also duly convened, and held at the same place on the 19th day of September, 1898, such special resolutions were duly confirmed:—

1. “That the Onehunga Ironworks Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of ‘The Companies Act, 1882.’”

2. “That Mr. Peter Virtue, of Wellington, be appointed Liquidator of the said company for the purposes of such winding-up.”

ARTHUR BULL,
Chairman.

843

THE PALMERSTON NORTH OPERA HOUSE COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 202 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that a General Meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at the office of the company, at Palmerston North, on Friday, the 13th day of January, 1899, at 4 o’clock, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.

F. W. CONNELL,
Liquidator.

844

THE PAHIATUA TOWN HALL COMPANY (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that a General Meeting of the above company will be held on the 15th day of December, 1898, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, at the office of William Tosswill, of Pahiatua, Solicitor.

Business: For the purpose of receiving and considering accounts in connection with the winding-up of the above company, and hearing any explanation thereof that may be required.

Dated this 28th September, 1898.

HENRY SEDCOLE,
WILLIAM TOSSWILL,
} Liquidators.

45
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THE WAIRARAPA SALE-YARDS COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

A GENERAL Meeting of the shareholders of the above company will be held at the Council Chambers, Carterton, on Friday, the 16th day of December, 1898, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up of the company has been conducted and its property disposed of, and to hear any explanation that may be given by me as Liquidator with reference thereto.

Carterton, 28th September, 1898.

H. H. WOLTERS,
Liquidator, Wairarapa Sale-yards Company.

842

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the South Makirikiri Steam Threshing Company (Limited).

I, CHARLES CARGILL KETTLE, Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wanganui for the District of Wellington, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by REGINALD EDWARD BECKETT, the Secretary of the South Makirikiri Steam Threshing Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court at Marton, and forwarded to me, and that unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this date, I shall proceed to declare the said company to be dissolved, in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”

Signed this 24th day of September, 1898.

CHAS. C. KETTLE,
Registrar.

831

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the South Makirikiri Steam Threshing Company (Limited).

I, REGINALD EDWARD BECKETT, of Marton, in the County of Rangitikei and Provincial District of Wellington, in New Zealand, Auctioneer, the Secretary of the South Makirikiri Steam Threshing Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath and say,—

1. That the nominal value of the said company is five hundred pounds (£500), in twenty shares of twenty-five pounds (£25) each.

2. That the shares have been fully paid up.

3. That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations.

And I, the said Reginald Edward Beckett, do hereby apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.

R. E. BECKETT.

Sworn at Marton aforesaid, this 23rd day of September, 1898, before me—Alfred Greenfield, Stipendiary Magistrate.

832

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