Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 779

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof; and in the matter of BRABNERS LIMITED, a private company duly incorporated in New Zealand, having its registered office at Christchurch, and carrying on business there as Motor-body Builders.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Christchurch was on the 3rd day of March, 1925, presented to Mr. Justice Adams, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by George Mylton Julius of the City Hotel, Christchurch, Commercial Traveller, a contributory of the said company; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 1st day of April, 1925; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

Dated this 10th day of March, 1924.

HARPER, PASCOE, BUCHANAN, AND UPHAM,
Solicitors to the Petitioner,
282 157 Hereford Street, Christchurch.

OTANOMOMO RIVER AND DRAINAGE BOARD.

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 Otanomomo River and Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Otanomomo River and Drainage Board Flood Loan of £1,100 (1924), authorized to be raised by the Otanomomo River and Drainage Board under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of repairing damage recently caused in the district by reason of floods, subject to the conditions that the works necessary to repair this damage are carried out by the Public Works Department, and such conditions as are prescribed by that Department for the payment of the cost of carrying out the works are complied with, the said Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one halfpenny (½d.) in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the whole of the Otanomomo River and Drainage District; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of November in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six (36) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

We hereby certify that the above is a true copy of and a current extract from the minutes of proceedings of the Otanomomo River and Drainage Board.

THOMAS MARSHALL, Chairman.
W. PRENTICE, Secretary.
283

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Piako County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect of the principal, interest, and other charges on a loan of £2,100, authorized to be raised by the Piako County Council under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of metalling for the first time the Waiorongomai-Maungakawa Road from the present end of metalled road, being adjacent to Section 3, Block 1, Wairere Survey District, to the north-west corner of Section 4, Orongomairoa, also Mikkelsen’s Road from the corner of the Waiorongomai-Maungakawa Road to the southern boundary of Lot 1, Section 17, Block XI, Aroha, the said Piako County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twopence and three-eights of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable properties in the Waiorongomai-Maungakawa Special-rating Area, being bounded as follows:—

Commencing at a point being the westernmost corner of part Waihekau No. 3, Block I, Wairere Survey District, thence in a north-easterly direction following the north-west boundary of the said Section part Waihekau No. 3 to the north-east corner of Lot 3, Southern portion, Te Kapara, Block XI, Aroha Survey District; thence in a south-easterly direction following the north-east boundary of the said Lot 3 southern portion Te Kapara, to the north-west corner of Lot 2 southern portion Te Kapara; thence in a north-easterly direction along the north-west boundary of the said Lot 2 to its north-east corner; thence crossing a public road, and following the northern boundary of Lot 3 and 4, Section 17, Block XI, Aroha Survey District, to the north-east corner of Lot 4; thence due south following the eastern boundary of the said Lot 4 to its south-east corner; thence due east to the north-east corner of Lot 2, Block I, Wairere Survey District; thence due south following the eastern boundary of the said Section 2 to its south-east corner; thence due west following the southern boundary of Lots 2 and 1, Block I, Wairere Survey District, to the south-west corner of Lot 1; thence in a north-westerly direction following the south-west boundary of the said Lot 1 to the south-east corner of Lot 4, Orongomairoa Block; thence in a south-westerly direction following the south-east boundary of the said Lot 4 to its south-western corner; thence in a north-westerly direction following the north-west boundary of the said Lot 4, Orongomairoa, and part Waihekau No. 3 to the point of commencement.

And that such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of April 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.

284 NEVILL J. RAY, County Clerk.

RODNEY COUNTY COUNCIL.

AMENDING RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

WHEREAS in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Council of the County of Rodney made and levied a special rate of thirteen-sixteenths of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Big Omaha Wharf Special-rating District of the County of Rodney, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £700 authorized to be raised by the Council for rebuilding the Big Omaha Wharf in permanent material:

And whereas the said rate of thirteen-sixteenths of a penny is insufficient to provide for the payment of the interest and sinking fund in respect of the said loan, the Council of the County of Rodney, by way of amendment and in pursuance of section 22 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £700 authorized to be raised by the Council of the County of Rodney under the above-mentioned Act, for rebuilding the Big Omaha Wharf in permanent material, the said Council of the County of Rodney hereby makes and levies a special rate of fifteen-sixteenths of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Big Omaha Wharf Special-rating District of the County of Rodney, comprising the whole of the said special-rating district; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of July 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.

F. HODGSON, Chairman.
H. F. GOODMAN, County Clerk.
285

COUNTY OF THAMES.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND FOR RECREATION-GROUNDS.

In the matter of the Counties Act, 1920, the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Public Works Amendment Act, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Thames (a body corporate and by virtue of the Counties Act, 1920) proposes, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the above-mentioned Acts, to execute a certain public work—namely, to acquire and establish recreation grounds at Tapu; and for the purpose 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 Clerk to the Thames County Council, in the County Chambers,