July 10.] • THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1491

BOROUGH OF WOOLSTON.
RESULT OF POLL UNDER “THE RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE ACT, 1896,” AND OTHER ACTS REFERRING TO SAME.

I HEREBY give notice that the proposal that rating on unimproved value be adopted was submitted to a poll of the ratepayers in the Borough of Woolston on Tuesday, 24th June, 1902, when the following votes were recorded:—

Polling-booth. For. Against. Informal
Woolston Council Chambers .. 144 119 5
Heathcote Road Board Office .. 108 71 2
—— —— —
Total .. 252 190 7

Total votes recorded, 449; majority for, 62.
I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.
JOHN RICHARDSON, Mayor.
Woolston, 26th June, 1902.
822

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES POLL.—FRIDAY, 20TH JUNE, 1902.

THE following is the result of the polling:—

For the proposal .. .. .. 53
Against the proposal .. .. .. 98
Informal .. .. .. 4
——
Total votes .. .. .. 155

The voting being against the proposal, I hereby declare the proposal lost.
P. J. HENNESSY,
Mayor.
818

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and its amendments; and in the matter of the Canterbury Auctioneering and Real Estate, Fruit, and Produce Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the abovenamed company by the Supreme Court was, on the first day of July instant, presented to Mr. Justice Denniston, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by the said company, and one George King, therein described a creditor of the said company; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of July instant, at the Supreme Court, Christchurch, at half-past ten o’clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as the said petition can be heard; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the said Acts should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.
Dated this first day of July, 1902.
STRINGER AND CRESSWELL,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.
817

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership formerly subsisting between JOHN DOVE DUNN, JAMES ARMOUR JOHNSTONE, JOHN WRIGHT, and WILLIAM DUFFUS HUNT, under the style or firm of “Wright, Stephenson, and Co.,” in the business of Stock, Station, and Commission Agents and Auctioneers, at Dunedin, Invercargill, and Gore, was dissolved by the death of the said John Wright on the 18th day of November, 1901, and the said business was thereafter conducted by the survivors—viz., the said James Armour Johnstone, John Dove Dunn, and William Duffus Hunt—under the same style or firm of “Wright, Stephenson, and Co.”: And notice is hereby further given that the new partnership so constituted between the survivors has since been dissolved by the retirement therefrom of the said John Dove Dunn, as on the 31st day of March, 1902; and that the said business will henceforth be carried on, under the same style of “Wright, Stephenson, and Co.,” by the said James Armour Johnstone and William Duffus Hunt alone.
Dated this 26th day of May, 1902.
J. A. JOHNSTONE.
J. DOVE DUNN.
W. D. HUNT.
Witness—P. Hercus, Accountant, Dunedin.
827

THE CANTERBURY MARBLE QUARRY COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that an extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the abovenamed company will be held on Friday, the 19th day of September, 1902, at the office of the Liquidator, No. 146, Hereford Street, Christchurch, at 3 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of having the Liquidator’s accounts of the liquidation of the company laid before them, and for the further purpose of passing, as an extraordinary resolution, a resolution directing in what manner the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.
Dated at Christchurch, this 8th day of July, 1902.
J. L. SCARVELL,
Liquidator.
838

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and in the matter of “The Companies Act, 1901”; and in the matter of the Canterbury Auctioneering and Real Estate, Fruit, and Produce Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the abovenamed company by the Supreme Court was, on the 30th day of June, 1902, presented to Mr. Justice Denniston, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by Richard Sharpe, of the City of Christchurch, Accountant; Edwin Fox, of the same place, Hotelkeeper; Henry William Granville Beauchamp, of Christchurch, Estate Agent; Walter Thomas Parsons, of Christchurch, Estate Agent; and Herbert Arthur Beauchamp, of Christchurch, Auctioneer, shareholders and contributors of the said company; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 15th day of July, 1902, and any creditor or contributor of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Acts should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributor of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.
Dated this 30th day of June, 1902.
FRANCIS HENRY BRUGES,
Solicitor for the said Petitioners,
No. 222, Hereford Street, in the City of Christchurch.
819

In the matter of the Masterton Farmers’ Auction and Stock Agency Company (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the abovenamed company, duly convened, and held in Perry’s Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton, on the 11th day of June, 1902, the following special resolution was duly passed, and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the members of the said company, also duly convened, and held at the same place on the 28th June, 1902, the following resolution was duly confirmed, viz., “That the company be voluntarily wound up.” And at such last-mentioned meeting WILLIAM BOYCE CHENNELLS, of Perry Street, Masterton, was appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.
W. WARDELL, Chairman.
Dated at Masterton, this 2nd day of July, 1902.
Witness to signature—C. A. Pownall, Solicitor, Masterton.
823

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned ARTHUR WIFFEN and WILLIAM BROWN VIGERS, as Maltsters, under the style of “The Otago Malting Company,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts due to and owing by the late partnership will be received and paid by the undersigned ARTHUR WIFFEN, by whom the business will in future be carried on, under the same style as before.
Dated at Dunedin, this 1st day of July, 1902.
ARTHUR WIFFEN.
WM. B. VIGERS.
Witness—J. F. Woodhouse, Solicitor, Dunedin.
828

“THE COMPANIES ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1900.”

NOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION 4 OF SECTION 10.

IN pursuance of the provisions contained in subsection 4 of section 10 of “The Companies Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the Midhirst Sawmilling Company (Limited), No. 3 of 1894, is now struck off the Register, and the said company is dissolved.
R. BAYLEY,
pro Assistant Registrar.
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