8818
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

NOTICE is hereby given that on the thirteenth day of November, 1913, at the registered office of Cullens (Limited), in Hereford Street, in the City of Christchurch, the following resolution was duly passed by the members of the above-named company by an entry in the minute-book of the said company signed by all the members of the said company, namely :—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same; and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily; and that Messrs. WILLIAM SAMUEL NEWBURGH and WILLIAM ERNEST BEST, of Christchurch, Public Accountants, be and they are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purpose of such winding-up.”

Dated this thirteenth day of November, 1913.

FRANK MATTHEWS, Chairman.
A. BICKNELL, Secretary.

1042

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, and all other Acts in that behalf enabling it, the Featherston County Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest and sinking fund and other charges on the loan of one thousand pounds (£1,000), authorized to be raised by the said Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the following purpose—for constructing water-races in the Featherston-Longwood Special-rating District — the said Featherston County Council makes and levies a special rate of one-third of a penny on the pound on the ratable value (on basis of capital value) of all those pieces or parcels of land, containing in the aggregate 2,464 acres, be the same a little more or less, being parts of the Rural Sections numbered 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 28, 43, 49, 32, 33, 34, and 505, Featherston, and the whole of Rural Sections 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 390 to 423 inclusive, 425, 427, 429, 289, 293, 297, 301, 305, 309, 313, 316, 317, 320, 321, 324, 325, 328, 329, 332, 333, 336, 337, 340, 341, 345, 349, 352 to 359 inclusive, and 466 to 472 inclusive, Featherston ; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and payable half-yearly on the first days of June and December during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half (36½) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Featherston County Council was hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Featherston County Council in the presence of —

ALEX. D. McLEOD,
Chairman.

GEO. W. COBB,
County Clerk.

Martinborough, 19th December, 1913.

1043

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

MOTOR REGULATION ACT, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the EketaHuna County Council has decided, by resolution, to bring into operation Part II of the above-mentioned Act, empowering the said Council to become a registering authority.

F. COWLAM,
County Clerk.

16th December, 1913.

1044

WHANGAMARINO ROAD BOARD.

VALIDATING PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH A LOAN OF £2,000 TO FORM AND OPEN UP ROADS IN WAERENGA SUBDIVISION SPECIAL-RATING DISTRICT.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 22nd day of December, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangamarino Road Board lately proposed to raise, under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, a loan of £2,000 for the purpose of constructing, metalling, and improving roads in the Waerenga Subdivision Special-rating District: And whereas the provisions of the said Acts were not strictly complied with, inasmuch as the poll of the ratepayers of the said Waerenga Subdivision Special-rating District was taken seven days after the time limited for the taking of such poll by paragraph (a) of section 11 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, as amended by subsection (2) of section 3 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910: And whereas it appears that the said ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the aforesaid proceedings :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 121 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and section 7 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the poll of the ratepayers hereinbefore recited shall be taken to be valid as though it had been taken within the time limited by the above-mentioned Acts, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

1045

FRANKLIN COUNTY COUNCIL.

VALIDATING PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH A LOAN OF £1,500 FOR FORMING AND METALLING CERTAIN ROADS IN HUNUA RIDING.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 22nd day of December, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Franklin County Council lately proposed to raise, under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, a loan of £1,500 for the purpose of forming, metalling, and otherwise improving certain roads within the rating area of the Hunua Riding: And whereas the provisions of the said Acts were not strictly complied with, inasmuch as the currency of the loan was stated in the public notifications and in the voting-paper to be 36 years: And whereas the regulations made under the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and its amendment, require the currency to be 36½ years: And whereas the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section 121 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and section 7 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the public notifications and the voting-paper hereinbefore-recited shall be deemed to be as valid as if the currency of the loan had been stated therein as a period of 36½ years, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

1046

WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

VALIDATING PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH A LOAN OF £500 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBUILDING A BRIDGE OVER THE MANGAOTUKU STREAM PROPOSED TO BE RAISED BY THE WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 22nd day of December, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangamomona County Council did on the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, advertise the last notice of intention to make a bridge rate and to take a poll of the ratepayers of the Strathmore Riding on the proposal to borrow the sum of five hundred.