NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-

after described will be brought under the provisions
of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged
forbidding the same on or before lst September, 1924.

1557. JOHN JOSEPH KEATING.—23.2 perches, Lot l,
      on deposited plan 4335, being part Section 462, Town of
      Napier, fronting Hardinge Road and Outram Street. Occupied
      by applicant.
      Diagram may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 24th day of July, 1924, at the Land Registry
      Office, Napier.
      W. JOHSTON, District Land Registrar.
      A PPLICATION having been made to me to register a
      re-entry by WILLIAM WILSON, of Wellington,
      Carpenter, as lessor under memoranda of lease Nos. 5573
      and 7084, of all that parcel of land containing 12.9 perches,
      more or less, being part of Town Section 238, City of Wellington,
      and being Lot 2 on deposited plan No. 4689, and being
      all of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 272, folio 196, and in
      the said leases of which JOHN MORRIS, of Wellington,
      Picture-frame Manufacturer, is the registered lessee, I hereby
      give notice that I will register such re-entry as requested at
      the expiration of one month from the date of the Gazette
      containing this notice.
      Dated at the Land Registry Office at Wellington, this 30th
      day of July, 1924.
      C. E. NALDER, District Land Registrar.
      A PPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a
      provisional certificate of title in the name of ISABELLA
      FITT (now deceased), Wife of JACOB FITT, of Palmerston
      North, Butcher; for 2 roods, more or less, being Section 754,
      Town of Palmerston North, and being all the land in certificate
      of title Vol. 66, folio 228, and evidence having been lodged
      of the loss of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice
      that I will issue the provisional certificate of title as requested
      after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing
      this notice.
      Dated this 30th day of July, 1924, at the Land Registry
      Office, Wellington.
      C. E. NALDER, District Land Registrar.
      NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
      after described will be brought under the provisions
      of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged
      forbidding the same within one calendar month from the
      date of publication of the New Zealand Gazette containing
      this notice.
1558. ALBERT FREDERICK PETERS.—274 acres, parts
      Sections 275, 277, 278, 279, and 280, Taratahi Plain Block.
      Occupied by applicant. Plan 6794.
      Diagram may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 30th day of July, 1924, at the Land Registry
      Office, Wellington.
      C. E. NALDER, District Land Registrar.
      A PPLICATION having been made to me to register a
      re-entry by BARNET GLASS RUBBER COMPANY
      (LIMITED) as lessor under memorandum of lease No. 7422
      over part Lot 2, deposit plan No. 2197, part of Town Reserve
      No. 856, City of Christchurch, being part of the land comprised
      in certificate of title, Vol. 233, folio 113, of which
      ALFRED CLAPHAM and LIONEL CLAPHAM are the
      registered lessees, I hereby give notice that I will register
      such re-entry, as requested, after the expiration of one month
      from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.
      Dated at the Land Registry Office at Christchurch this
      29th day of July, 1924.
      F. W. BROUGHTON, District Land Registrar.
      NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
      after described will be brought under the provisions
      of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged
      forbidding the same within one calendar month of the issue
      of the New Zealand Gazette containing this notice.
1559. JAMES CRAIGIE.—Town Section 54, Lot 1,
      deposit plan No. 6830, Borough of Timaru. Occupied by
      Mrs. Stamp.
      Diagram may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 29th day of July, 1924, at the Land Registry
      Office, Christchurch.
      F. W. BROUGHTON, District Land Registrar.
      ADVERTISEMENTS.
      In the matter of Part IX of the Companies Act, 1908; and
      in the matter of THE TEXAS COMPANY (AUSTRALASIA)
      LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act of the State of New South Wales, in the Commonwealth of Australia.
      NOTICE is hereby given that THE TEXAS COMPANY
      (AUSTRALASIA) LIMITED (whose head office in New
      Zealand is situated in Fletcher's Buildings, Customhouse
      Quay, in the City of Wellington) proposes to carry on business
      in the undermentioned centres—namely, Greymouth, Blenheim,
      and Masterton. The offices or places of business of the said
      company in such centres for service of legal process or delivery
      of notices will be at the offices of the undermentioned firms:
1560. Greymouth : Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited), 17
      Mackay Street.
1561. Blenheim : Messrs W. E. Clouston and Co. (Limited),
      Wynden Street.
1562. Masterton : The M.-V. Machinery Company, Queen
      Street.
      Dated this 10th day of July, 1924.
      THE TEXAS COMPANY (AUSTRALASIA), LIMITED,
      By its Attorney,
      694
      E. C. BATTERSBY.
      THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA
      (LIMITED).
      NOTICE is hereby given that the Commercial Bank of
      Australia (Limited), proposes opening a receiving
      office at Taradale, Hawke’s Bay, at such times weekly as
      may be decided upon, for the conduct of general banking
      business.
      THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED).
      By its Attorney,
      711
      E. P. YALDWYN.
      CLUTHA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED.
      (Incorporated in the State of New South Wales, and having
      its registered office in Sydney.)
      NOTICE UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.
      NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named company,
      being a foreign company within the meaning of section 302 of the Companies Act, 1908, intends to commence
      business at Christchurch, in the Dominion of New Zealand,
      and that the situation of the office or place of business of
      the said company is at the office of FRED G. DUNN, No. 150
      Hereford Street, Christchurch, the local secretary of the said
      company.
      Dated this 18th day of July, 1924.
      CHARLES N. TAYLOR,
      Attorney for Clutha Development Limited.
      A. C. Cottrell, Solicitor, 143 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
      DEVONPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.
      NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.
      In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920,
      and the Public Works Act, 1908.
      NOTICE is hereby given that the Devonport Borough
      Council proposes, under the provisions of the above-
      mentioned Acts, to execute a certain public work—namely,
      the formation of a road in the Borough of Devonport—and
      for the purposes of such public work the lands described in
      the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is
      hereby further given that a plan of the lands so required to
      be taken is deposited in the public office of the Devonport
      Borough Council, situate at Devonport, and is open for inspection, without fee, by all persons during ordinary office
      hours.
      All persons affected by the execution of the said public
      work or by the taking of such lands, who have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work
      or to the taking of the said lands, must state their objections
      in writing, and send the same within forty days from the first
      publication of this notice to the Town Clerk, Devonport, at
      the said office.