Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3233

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 307; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 121; informal, 3.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 3rd day of November, 1926.

L. G. ARMSTRONG,
Mayor.

1032

H. E. PARTRIDGE AND CO. (N.Z.), LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908, that a general meeting of the above-named company will be held at the office of W. D. and H. O. Wills (New Zealand), Limited, 5 and 7 Willston Street, Wellington, on the 26th day of November, 1926, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the assets of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also determining by resolution entered in the minute-book of the company and signed in pursuance of section 168 (6) of the Companies Act, 1908, the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator thereof shall be disposed of under section 252 of the said Act.

Dated the 5th day of November, 1926.

G. W. GRUNDY,
Liquidator.

1033

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and its amendments; and in the matter of the ASHMORE CONFECTIONERY COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the ASHMORE CONFECTIONERY COMPANY (LIMITED), a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1908, and having its registered office at Willis Street, Dunedin, and carrying on business there as Wholesale Confectioners, by the Supreme Court was on the 3rd day of November, 1926, presented to the Honourable Sir William Alexander Sim, Kt., a Judge of the Supreme Court, by the said company, and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 30th day of November, 1926; 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-mentioned 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.

ASLIN AND BROWN,
9 Bond Street, Dunedin,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

1034

WAIRARAPA 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 Wairarapa Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £750, authorized to be raised by the Wairarapa Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of providing additional funds for works, buildings, land, and equipment necessary in connection with the generation, distribution, and utilization of electric energy within the Electric-power District, the said Wairarapa Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one halfpenny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Ahiaruhe Special-rating Area, comprising all the land in the Wairarapa South County bounded by a line commencing at a point on the eastern bank of the Ruamahanga River at the south-west corner of Lot 6 of D.P. 4578 of Section 52, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, and following in an easterly direction the southern boundary of this section and the southern boundaries of Lots 7, 8, and 9 of D.P. 4578 of Section 52, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, the southern boundary of Lot 10 of D.P. 4578 of Section 12, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, the south-western and southern boundaries of Lot 14 of D.P. 4578 of Sections 12 and 19, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, to the south-east corner of the last-named section; thence following in a northerly direction generally the eastern boundaries of the above-named Lot 14 and of Lots 13 and 12 of D.P. 4578 of Sections 12, 16, and 19, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, to the Ruamahanga River; thence following the Ruamahanga River in a westerly direction to the starting-point; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 30th day of September, in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of not more than 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

1036

GEO. BROWN, Secretary-Manager.

WAIRARAPA 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 Wairarapa Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £3,500, authorized to be raised by the Wairarapa Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of providing additional funds for works, buildings, land, and equipment necessary in connection with the generation, distribution, and utilization of electric energy within the Wairarapa Electric-power District, the said Wairarapa Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one farthing in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Longbush Special-rating Area, comprising the following sections: Sections 1 and 5, Block XII, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Lot 2 of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block VIII, Huaranga Survey District; Lots 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, Lot 1 of 4A, Ngawaka a Kupe Block, Lot 9, Rangataua Block, Lot 8, Rangatawa and Ngawaka a Kupe Blocks, Sections 1 and 2 of D.P. 1724, being subdivisions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 24, 28, Block IV, Huaranga Survey District; Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Block IV, Huaranga Survey District; Section 11, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District; that portion of D.P. 235 being a subdivision of Sections 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 27, part Sections 19, 20, 21, 26, 12, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Sections 29, 34, 37, 35, 36, part Sections 32, 30, 33, 38, 39, 40, Blocks III, IV, VII, Huaranga, and Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District, and shown more particularly in the Government valuation roll under assessments 3/50/284, 3/50/285, 3/50/313, 3/50/317, and 3/50/320; Sections 90, 91, 14, 15, and Lots 40, 41, 43, 42, 53, 54 of Section 12, Block XVI, Tiffin Survey District; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 1 and 2 of 5, Uwhiroa Block; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and to be payable yearly on the 30th day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of not more than 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

1037

GEO. BROWN, Secretary-Manager.

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT LOAN 1926, £3,500.—RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £3,500 authorized to be raised by the Lower Hutt Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for relief of unemployment, the said Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of twenty-seven four-hundredths of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Lower Hutt; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of the said loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

W. T. STRAND, Mayor.

B. S. KNOX, Town Clerk.

1035

PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Piako County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £500 authorized to be raised by the Piako County Council under the above-mentioned Act for metalling the eastern end of Whakahoro Road for a distance of about 77 chains from No. 1 Road, the said Piako County