Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3457

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SURNAME.

I, DAVID KEITH FORBES, of Raukokore, in the County of Opotiki, Shepherd, heretofore called and known by the name of “David Keith Bramley,” hereby give notice that on the 12th day of September, 1927, I renounced and abandoned the use of my said surname of “Bramley” and assumed in lieu thereof the surname of “Forbes.” And, further, that such change of name is evidenced by a deed dated the 12th day of September, 1927, duly executed by me, and attested and enrolled in the Supreme Court Office at Auckland, on the 19th day of October, 1927.

Dated the 21st day of October, 1927.

DAVID KEITH FORBES,
Late DAVID KEITH BRAMLEY.

893

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and of GREEN’S GROCERY STORES, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court was, on the 22nd day of October, 1927, presented to the Honourable Mr. Justice Herdman, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by Bond and Bond, Limited, a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908, and having its registered office at Auckland, Merchant, a creditor of the said company: And the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 25th day of November, 1927, 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.

STANTON, JOHNSTONE, AND SPENCE,
O’Connell Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.

895

HOBSON COUNTY.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the Hobson County Council proposes, under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts, to execute a certain public work—namely, the making of a road—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 land so required to be taken is deposited in the Hobson County Office, Dargaville, and is open for inspection, without fee, by all persons during office hours.

All persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by 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 County Clerk at the Council Chambers, Dargaville.

SCHEDULE.

All in the County of Hobson, and as shown on Plan No. 23917.

Dated the 27th day of October, 1927.

J. HOGG, County Clerk.

897

E

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and in the matter of TAXI-METERS PROPRIETARY, LIMITED, a company incorporated outside New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that the TAXI-METERS PROPRIETARY, LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1915, of the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, and having its registered office in that State at 59 William Street, Melbourne, intends to carry on business in New Zealand, and that the office or place of business for the carrying on of such business as aforesaid and where legal process may be served and notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered is situated at 36–38 National Bank Buildings, Fort Street, Auckland.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of October, 1927.

TAXI-METERS PROPRIETARY, LIMITED,

By its attorney in New Zealand—
F. W. McCORMICK.

Stanton, Johnstone, and Spence, Solicitors to the company, Auckland.

896

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned MARGARET ALLPRESS, Wife of John Julian Allpress, of Dunedin, Insurance Agent, and WILLIAM JULIAN ALLPRESS, of Dunedin, Outfitter, carrying on business as Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Outfitters, Clothiers, and Drapers, at Dunedin, under the style or firm of “W. J. Allpress,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 12th day of August, 1927.

All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said William Julian Allpress, who will continue to carry on the said business under the old style or firm.

Dated this 12th day of August, 1927.

W. J. ALLPRESS.
M. ALLPRESS.

898

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, 1926, and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Hutt County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Hutt County Unemployment Relief Loan of £500, 1927, authorized to be raised by the Hutt County Council under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of improving the Wainuiomata Hill Road, the said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of nine one-hundredths (9/100ths) of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the No. 23 Special-rating District in the County of Hutt, being more particularly described in the Schedule at the foot hereof, and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 31st day of March in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of fifteen (15) years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

SCHEDULE.

• Commencing at the north-western corner of Section 8, Block 15, Belmont Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Section 2, Block 15, Belmont Survey District, to its southernmost corner; thence along the southern boundary of the said Section 2 to the north-western corner of Section 33 of the same block; thence southerly along the western boundary of the said Section 33 to its southern boundary; thence along the southern and north-western boundary of Section 1 of the same block to its intersection with Lot 2, deposit plan 4581, Section 21, Block 14, Belmont Survey District; thence generally along the southern boundary of the said deposit plan 4581 to the extreme south-western corner of Lot 1, deposit plan 4581; thence in a direct line to the north-eastern corner of Lot 3, deposit plan 7866, Block 14, Belmont Survey District; thence generally along the eastern and southern boundaries of the said deposit plan 7866 to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Borough of Lower Hutt (Section 238); thence generally along the eastern and southern boundary of the said borough; thence to the north-eastern corner of Section 21, Block 16, Belmont Survey District; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Section 21 to the northern boundary of Section 23 of the same block; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern boundary of the said Section 23 to the