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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

In the matter of A. E. SYKES AND SONS (LIMITED); and
in the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the order of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, Taranaki District, dated the
19th day of May, 1926, confirming the reduction of the capital
of the above-named company from £20,000 to £10,000, and
the minute (approved by the Court) showing, with respect to
the capital of the company as altered, the several particulars
required by the above statute were registered by the Assistant
Registrar of Companies at New Plymouth on the 22nd day
of May, 1926; and further take notice that the said minute is
in the words and figures following:—

“The capital of A. E. SYKES AND SONS, LIMITED (AND
REDUCED) henceforth is £10,000, divided into 4,000 shares
of £2 10s. each, instead of the original capital of £20,000
divided into 4,000 shares of £5 each. At the time of the
registration of this minute the full amount of £2 10s. is to be
deemed paid up on each of the said shares.”

Dated the 22nd day of May, 1926.

WILSON AND FREEMAN,
Solicitors for the Company,
New Plymouth.

521

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the
matter of A. W. SMITH AND CO. (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of sections 230
and 252 of the Companies Act, 1908, that a general
meeting of the members of the above-named company will
be held at the office of the Liquidator, Queen Street, Hastings,
on Wednesday, 16th June, 1926, at 2.30 p.m., for the purpose
of having an account laid before them, showing the manner
in which the winding-up has been conducted, and the property
of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation
that may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining
by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books,
accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator
thereof shall be disposed of.

Dated at Hastings this 19th day of May, 1926.

A. E. PALMER,
Liquidator.

522

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. JAMES HECTOR McKAY
has retired from business as an Architect, and that
the Partnership heretofore subsisting between Messrs. WILLIAM
CRICHTON and JAMES HECTOR McKAY, under the style of
“Crichton, McKay, and Haughton,” at 324 Lambton Quay,
Wellington, has been dissolved as from the 20th day of
February, 1926. Messrs. WILLIAM CRICHTON and VIVIAN
PALMER HAUGHTON will carry on the business at the same
premises as heretofore under the style of “Crichton, McKay,
and Haughton.” Debts owing from or to the said firm will
be discharged or received by Mr. William Crichton.

Dated this 21st day of May, 1926.

WM. CRICHTON.

Witness to the signature of William Crichton—E. M.
Sladden, Solicitor, Wellington.

JAMES HECTOR McKAY.

Witness to the signature of James Hector McKay—P. S. K.
Macassey, Solicitor, Wellington.

523

WEST’S GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named company
intends to commence business at Wellington, in the
Dominion of New Zealand, and that the situation of the office
or place of business of the said company is at Number 39,
Taranaki Street, Wellington.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-six.

EDWARD RABBRIDGE,
Attorney for West’s Gas Improvement Company
(Limited).

Witness to signature—C. G. White, Solicitor, Wellington.

524

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership at present
subsisting between DAVID WALKER STEWART and
JOHN ISBISTER, carrying on business at 28 Dowling Street,
Dunedin, as Electrical Engineers and Contractors, under
the style or firm of the “Stewart Isbister Electrical Company,”
has been dissolved as from the 12th day of May, 1926. All
debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received
and paid respectively by the above-named JOHN ISBISTER,
who will continue to carry on the said business on his own
account under the style of “Isbister Electrical Company.”

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1926.

JOHN ISBISTER.
DAVID WALKER STEWART.

525

GREY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in
that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the
Grey Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest, sinking fund,
and other charges on a loan of £8,000, authorized to be raised
by the Grey Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned
Act, for the development of electric power within the district,
the said Grey Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies
a special rate of one-ninth of a penny in the pound upon the
rateable value of all rateable property (on the basis of the
capital value) of the Grey Electric-power District; and that
such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the
currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st
days of June and December in each and every year during
the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-three
years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

531

J. W. GREENSLADE, Chairman.

WAIOTAHI DRAINAGE BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund,
and other charges on a loan of £1,050, authorized to be raised
by the Waiotahi Drainage Board under the above-mentioned
Act, for the purpose of providing a flood-gate and necessary
drainage-works, the said Waiotahi Drainage Board hereby
makes and levies a special rate of twopence in the one pound
upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Waiotahi Drainage District, comprising the whole of the lands
classed A in the said district; and that such special rate shall
be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan,
and be payable annually on the 31st 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.

ROBERT IRWIN, Chairman.
M. ANDERSON, Member.
T. H. PEARSON, Clerk.

532

NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

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

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of one hundred pounds (£100), authorized
to be raised by the New Brighton Borough Council for the
purpose of constructing drainage in the Jubilee Avenue
Special-rating Area in the Borough of New Brighton, the said
New Brighton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a
special rate of fourpence (4d.) three-farthings (¾d.) in the £1
upon the rateable value (being the unimproved value) of
all rateable property comprised within the Jubilee Avenue
Special-rating Area; 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 April in each and every
year during the currency of such loan, being a period of
thirty-six and a half (36½) years, or until the said loan is fully
paid off.

533

J. GAMBLE, Mayor.

HUTT 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, and
of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Hutt
County Council hereby resolves as follows:—