JAN. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 135

I, Alfred Edward Dyson, clerk to the South Invercargill Borough Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly confirmed as a special order at a special meeting held by Council for that purpose on the 11th day of December, 1914.

ALFRED E. DYSON,
Town Clerk.

South Invercargill Borough Council, 17th December, 1914.

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VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

Re WALKER-MARUIA SLUICING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above company duly convened and held at the City of Nelson on Monday, the 14th day of December, 1914, the following resolution was passed, namely :—

“That this company is satisfied that it cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business, and that it is advisable to, and the company do, wind up ; and that MALCOLM MUIR WEBSTER be appointed Liquidator.”

W. ROUT,
Chairman.

Nelson, 24th December, 1914.

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THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 266, subsection (5), of the above Act, that the undermentioned company has been by order of the Supreme Court at Dunedin restored to the Register for the District of Otago :—

1904/22. MANUKA MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

Dated at the office of the Assistant Registrar of Companies at Dunedin this twenty-second day of December, 1914.

J. P. MURPHY,
Assistant Registrar of Companies.

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WHANGAREI COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING COUNTY BY-LAW.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in them under the Counties Act, 1908, the Public Works Act, 1908, and the amendments of the same respectively, and in pursuance of any other powers enabling the Council to make the same, the Council of the Whangarei County ordain as follows, that is to say :—

1. This by-law shall be called and may for all purposes be cited as By-law No. 4 of the Whangarei County, and shall apply to the whole county, and shall come into force within and throughout the whole county on the 16th day of January, 1915.

2. Sections 4 and 22 of By-law No. 1 and section 7 of By-law No. 3 of the Whangarei County Council are hereby repealed.

3. No person shall drive or cause to be driven upon, across, or along any road any dray, wagon, or cortland wagon for hire unless the width of the tires on the wheels of such dray, wagon, or cortland wagon shall be in proportion to the number of horses drawing any such vehicle according to the following scale :—

For drays, wagons, or cortland wagons, whether on springs or not, namely :—

Drays with Two Wheels.

Width of Tire.
Drawn by one horse . . . . 2½ inches.
,, two horses . . . . 3 ,,
,, three horses . . . . 4 ,,
,, four or more horses . . . . 4½ ,,

Wagons with Four Wheels.

Drawn by three horses . . . . 2½ inches.
,, four or five horses . . . . 4 ,,
,, six horses . . . . 5 ,,
,, seven or more horses . . . . 6 ,,

Cortland Wagons with Four Wheels.

Drawn by two horses . . . . 1¾ inches.
,, three or four horses . . . . 2 ,,

4. It shall be lawful for any Inspector or any member of the Whangarei County Council, or for any person acting under the authority of the Council, to examine any vehicle and measure the width of the tire of any wheel of any dray, wagon, or cortland wagon ; and every owner or driver of any such vehicle, after such measuring or examination shall have been lawfully required, refusing to permit such examination or measuring, or in any way hindering or obstructing the same, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

5. The sums to be paid to the County Fund for licenses of vehicles under the provisions of this by-law shall be as follows :—

(a.) For every wagon if drawn by five or more £ s. d.
horses . . . . . . 4 0 0
For every wagon if drawn by four horses . . 3 0 0
For every wagon if drawn by three horses . . 2 0 0
(b.) For every cortland wagon if drawn by two
horses . . . . . . 1 10 0
For every cortland wagon if drawn by three or
four horses . . . . . . 2 0 0
(c.) For every dray if drawn by two or more
horses . . . . . . 1 0 0
For every dray if drawn by one horse only . . 0 10 0
(d.) For every coach or bus running regularly
from any one point to any other within the
county and drawn by two or more horses 3 0 0
(e.) For every spring cart or other spring vehicle
drawn by one horse only . . . . 0 10 0
(f.) For every buggy or sulky . . . . 0 10 0
(g.) For every motor-car . . . . 2 10 0
(h.) For every motor-bus, lorry, or van . . 5 0 0

In subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section relating to the license fee on wagons, cortland wagons, and drays, there shall be no license fee payable or license issued in respect to any vehicle engaging in heavy traffic.

Dated at Whangarei this 18th day of December, 1914.

JOHN R. McINNES,
County Chairman.

H. A. MOREY,
J. A. FINLAYSON,
Councillors.

H. C. HEMPHILL,
County Clerk.

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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908 ; and in the matter of Fergusson & Mitchell (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the above-named company duly convened and held at Dunedin on the second day of December, 1914, the following special resolutions were duly passed, and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the said company also duly convened and held at the same place on the eighteenth day of December, 1914, the following special resolutions were duly confirmed :—

“1. That the company be wound up voluntarily under the Companies Act, 1908 ; and

“2. That the Directors, Messrs. Francis William Mitchell, Cecil Fenwick Mitchell, and Miss Grace Lillian Mitchell, be appointed Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up.”

Dated this 18th day of December, 1914.

F. W. MITCHELL,
Chairman.

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THE Chemical Union (Limited) hereby gives three months’ notice that it intends to cease to carry on business in New Zealand.

Dated at Dunedin this 23rd day of December, 1914.

ARTHUR JOHNSON,
Attorney to the said Company.

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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto existing between us the undersigned, CHARLES MILLS and HERMAN COPPEN, in the businesses of Farmers and Graziers and Contractors carried on by us at Glenore and Manuka, has been dissolved by mutual consent as from this date ; and that all accounts owing to the said firm are to be paid to the said CHARLES MILLS, and all debts and liabilities of the firm will be paid and discharged by him.

Dated the 22nd day of December, 1914.

CHARLES MILLS.

Witness to the signature of the said Charles Mills—
P. Lemon, Solicitor, Dunedin.

HERMAN COPPEN.

Witness to the signature of the said Herman Coppen—
James Thomson, Labourer, Dunedin Hospital.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership which has for some time past been carried on by us, under the style or firm of “Smith Bros.,” at Owaka, in the trade or business of General Storekeepers, was dissolved by mutual consent as from the 28th day of February, 1912.

Dated this 28th day of November, 1914.

W. SMITH.
W. H. SMITH.

Witness to signatures—H. W. Bundle, Solicitor, Dunedin.

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