Sept. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2169

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of UNITED GROWERS LIMITED.

AT an extraordinary general meeting of members of the above-named company, duly convened and held at the registered office of the company, Blair Street, Wellington, on Friday, 22nd day of August, 1924, the following extraordinary resolutions were duly passed :—

(1.) “That the company be wound up voluntarily.”

(2.) “That PERCIVAL ERNEST PATRICK, of Wellington, Public Accountant, be and is hereby appointed Liquidator.”

897 ARCUS AND PATRICK.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of THE TE TUA DAIRY FACTORY COMPANY (LIMITED).

BY an order made by the Court in the above matter dated the 26th day of August, 1924, on the petition of THE NEW ZEALAND PRODUCERS CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION (LIMITED), a creditor of the above-named company, it was ordered that THE TE TUA DAIRY FACTORY COMPANY (LIMITED) be wound up by the Court under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908.

LUKE AND KENNEDY.
Royal Insurance Buildings,
Featherston Street, Wellington,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

898

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and in the matter of THE WAIPU FARMERS’ COMPANY (LIMITED).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named company duly convened and held at Waipu on the 16th day of August, 1924, the following resolution was passed, viz. :—

“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 same; and that accordingly same be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908”; and at the same meeting Mr. GORDON McLEAN, of Waipu, Farmer, was appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated this 16th day of August, 1924.

899 ROBERT R. McKAY, Chairman.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of THE WAIPU FARMERS’ COMPANY (LIMITED), in liquidation.

NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors of the above-mentioned company are required on or before the 20th day of September, 1924, to send their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims, and the names of their solicitors (if any) to GORDON McLEAN, of Waipu, Farmer, the Liquidator of the said company; and, if so required by notice in writing from the said Liquidator, are personally or by their solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims, at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or, in default thereof, they shall be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts or claims are proved.

Dated this 1st day of September, 1924.

900 GORDON McLEAN,
Liquidator.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED) proposes to commence to carry on business at No. 6, Wellesley Street, in the City of Auckland.

Dated this 9th day of September, 1924.

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED).
By its Attorney,
E. P. YALDWYN.
Witness—P. B. Cooke, Solicitor, Wellington.

901

MAKARA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Makara County Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Makara County Makara Riding Loan of £1,250, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Makara County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of road-improvement, removing corners, regrading, and metalling, and reconstructing bridges and culverts in the Makara Riding of the County of Makara, the said Makara County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five thirty-seconds (5/32nds) of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Makara Riding of the County of Makara; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 16th day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty (20) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

902 ERNEST WINDLEY, Chairman.
WILFRED L. BEECH, Clerk.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of THERKLESON LIMITED, a private company incorporated under the said Act.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following resolution has been duly signed in accordance with section 168, subsection (b), of the said Act, and is dated the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

Resolved, “That the company sell and dispose of all its assets to a new company being formed and incorporated for that purpose, and to be called THERKLESON LIMITED, in consideration of the new company assuming and taking over all the liabilities (other than liabilities to shareholders in respect of their shares); that the company be wound up voluntarily; and that WILLIAM FRANK THERKLESON, of Wanganui, Furnisher, be appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up.”

Dated at Wanganui this 8th day of September, 1924.

CECIL T. COX,
Secretary.

Witness—E. MacDougall, Clerk, Wanganui.

903

BOROUGH OF WAITARA.

PURSUANT to section 39 of the Rating Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waitara, taken on the 3rd day of September, 1924, on the proposal that the system of rating in the said borough be on the unimproved value,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 170; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 279.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 4th day of September, 1924.

A. W. OGLE,
Deputy Mayor.

904

THE THAMES VALLEY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loan Act, 1913, the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, and all other Acts and powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Thames Valley Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Thames Valley Electric-power Board’s Loan of £150,000, 1924, authorized to be raised by the Board under the above-mentioned Acts for the purpose of purchasing and constructing electric works within the meaning of and pursuant to the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, the said Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-fourth of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Thames Valley Electric-power Board’s District as defined in the Proclamation proclaiming the said district appearing in the New Zealand Gazette on the 8th January, 1920; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

905 R. SPRAGUE, Manager.