JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1601

Officiating Ministers for 1921.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1921.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Percy Gladstone Hughes.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Land in the Wellington Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 29th August, 1921.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for sixty-six years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 31st August, 1921, at 10.30 a.m. The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.—MAKOTUKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 18 and 30, Block III: Area, 190 acres 2 roods 20 perches; capital value, £1,330; annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £66 10s.; half-yearly rent on lease, £29 18s. 6d.

The sections are situated about five miles from Raetihi Railway-station by metalled dray-road (Makotuku Valley Road). Land comprises light sandy formation, about 2,000 ft. above sea-level. The area has been milled, and partly cleared and grassed. The land is well watered by permanent springs.

Sale posters and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR WILLIAM SANDS, of Horotiu, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 21st day of June, 1921, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

15th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that OSWALD EDWARD HARFIELD ROWE, of Taotaoroa (near Cambridge), Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hamilton, on Friday, the 24th day of June, 1921, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

V. H. SANSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

15th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Wanganui.

NOTICE is hereby given that PERCIVAL NOEL WANSBROUGH and LESLIE ROY VINCENT, of Raetihi, Motor and Electrical Engineers, trading in partnership under the style of “Wansbrough and Co.,” were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Raetihi, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of June, 1921, at 2 o’clock p.m.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

15th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that WALTER JOHN LADD, of Dannevirke, Milk Vendor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Tuesday, the 28th day of June, 1921, at 9.30 o’clock.

CHARLES E. DEMPSEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

16th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of CHARLES AYLMEER POWNALL, of Masterton, Solicitor (deceased).

NOTICE is hereby given that a final dividend of 6d. in the pound is now payable at my office, Church Street, Masterton, on all proved and accepted claims.

ARTHUR D. LOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

17th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that ARTHUR HAYWARD BISHOP, of Eketahuna, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Eketahuna, on Tuesday, the 28th day of June, 1921, at 11.30 o’clock.

ARTHUR D. LOW,
Deputy Official Assignee.

16th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN GOODWILLE MOFFETT, of Shannon, Hairdresser, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1921, at 11 o’clock a.m.

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

17th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend in the undermentioned estate is now payable at my office, 190 Lambton Quay, Wellington, on all proved and accepted claims and upon production of promissory notes (if any) for endorsement.

Menzies, R. S.: Second and final of 1s. 3½d. in the pound (making 5s. 3½d. in the pound).

S. TANSLEY,
Official Assignee.

18th June, 1921.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Westport.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Friday, the 24th day of June, 1921, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 17th day of June, 1922.

Black, Sidney Arthur Buxton, of Westport, Dentist.
Syron, Martin, of Westport, Bushman.
Whyte, William, of Westport, Baker.
Dunn, John, of Millerton, Miner.
Ward, Ernest, of Denniston, Coal-miner.
McDonagh, Elizabeth, of Westport, Storekeeper.

W. T. SLEE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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