Customs Decisions and Deceased Estates




MAY 9. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1595

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 8th May, 1912.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the Dominion” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

Record. Goods. Classification under Tariff, and Item No. Rate of Duty.
General Tariff.
†12/838 Adding and calculating machines As scientific apparatus (280) or typewriters (478), according to kind Free.
12/637 Disinfectants, viz.:—
“Fumoth Fumigators” (paper impregnated with formalin or paraform) As disinfectants (270) Free.
12/787 Field-glasses of foreign manufacture imported in British cases: Not to be separately classified unless separately imported.
12/603 Fire escape, “Davy Automatic Safety” As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) 20 per cent.
12/611 Ginger, whole, green, in brine, imported in bulk As spice, unground (259) Free.
12/788 Heels, rubber, metal or leather centres for As parts of rubber heels (310) Free.
12/593 Indiarubber tubing, in short lengths, for handles of tennis-racquets, cricket-bats, &c. As indiarubber tubing (449) Free
12/656 Iron pipes, plugs and flanges for As fittings for iron pipes, according to size (179) and (389)
12/758 Lead, rolled in strips As manufactured articles of metal n.o.e. (183) 20 per cent.
12/629 Machinery, flour-milling, viz.:—
Wheat-grader specially suited for use in flour-mill As flour-milling machinery (165) 5 per cent.
12/750 Motor-car tires, leather gaiters (metal studded) for repair of As parts of tires (433) Free.
12/643 Perambulators, complete collapsible metal frames for As parts of perambulators (197) 20 per cent.
12/601 “Polish ol” As furniture polish (110) 20 per cent.
12/784 Scientific apparatus, viz.:—
“Advance crusher,” in laboratory sizes, used for crushing ore-samples As scientific apparatus (280) Free.
12/731 Screws, coach, without heads As hardware n.o.e. (178) 20 per cent.
12/778 Stair-pads of felt, unbound, printed or unprinted As felt sheathing (457) Free
12/776 Stencil buffer tape of cardboard, used with machine when cutting paper stencils As n.o.e. (483) Free.
12/667 Tin stamped bucket bodies, with edges knocked over after stamping As tinware n.o.e. (187) 25 per cent.
12/652 Tubing, ebonite, not cut to short lengths As electric insulating materials (375) Free.

W. B. MONTGOMERY.
Secretary of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 1002.]

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington, an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased, whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case:—

Ward, William, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, marine fireman. Filed on 23rd March, 1912.

Anderson, Agnes Catherine, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, widow. Filed on 23rd March, 1912.

Hoy, Henry Thomas, late of Pohangina, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Labourer. Filed on 23rd March, 1912.

Marshall, John, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gasfitter. Filed on 23rd March, 1912.

Shields (or Shiels), Michael, late of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, cook. Filed on 23rd March, 1912.

Bloomfield, Mark Edward, late of Orari, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farm labourer. Filed on 25th March, 1912.

Hall, Alfred, late of Wainui, Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gardener. Filed on 1st April, 1912.

Stanley, Frederick, late of Port Ahuriri, Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, accountant. Filed on 3rd April, 1912.

Grandsen, William Ronald, late of Hokitika, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on 3rd April, 1912.

Bourke, Ellen, late of Chaney’s, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on 13th April, 1912.

Fosberg, Arthur, late of Epsom, in the Provincial District of Auckland, painter. Filed on 13th April, 1912.

Cock, John, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, engine-driver. Filed on 13th April, 1912.

Graham, Thomas, late of Omakau, in the Provincial District of Otago, stonemason. Filed on 13th April, 1912.

Kennedy, James, late of Rakauroa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Labourer. Filed on 13th April, 1912.

Green, Horace William, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, clerk. Filed on 13th April, 1912.



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🏭 Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
8 May 1912
Customs Duties, Tariff Classification, Interpretations, Goods, Rates of Duty
  • W. B. Montgomery, Secretary of Customs

🏢 Public Trustee's Election to Administer Intestate Estates

🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
8 May 1912
Public Trustee, Administration, Intestate Estates, Supreme Court, Deceased Persons
16 names identified
  • William Ward, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Agnes Catherine Anderson, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Henry Thomas Hoy, Intestate estate to be administered
  • John Marshall, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Michael Shields, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Michael Shiels, Intestate estate to be administered (alternative spelling)
  • Mark Edward Bloomfield, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Alfred Hall, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Frederick Stanley, Intestate estate to be administered
  • William Ronald Grandsen, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Ellen Bourke, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Arthur Fosberg, Intestate estate to be administered
  • John Cock, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Thomas Graham, Intestate estate to be administered
  • James Kennedy, Intestate estate to be administered
  • Horace William Green, Intestate estate to be administered