Customs Decisions and Public Trust Notices




JULY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2173

MINISTER’S DECISIONS UNDER CUSTOMS ACTS—continued.

Record. Goods. Classification under Tariff, and Item No. Rate of Duty.
British Preferential Tariff.
8/78 Rubber hot water bags, viz.:
Covers for rubber hot water bags or bottles .. As hot water bags and bottles of rubber (205 (1)) Free .. 20 per cent.
14/16/9 Stoppers for bottles, &c., viz.:
“ Amerseals ” (metal caps for use with screw-top jars) As plain unornamental stoppers for bottles, &c., n.e.i. (427 (2)) Free .. 10 per cent.
8/3/24 Textile piece-goods, cotton, &c. (except wool or hair), whether plain, hemmed, or similarly worked, and plain tablecloths, &c., and similar articles made therefrom, viz.:

The following articles made of a single piece of such textile (whether plain or stencilled with designs for embroidering) and having plain, hemmed, scalloped, serrated, indented, or fringed edges, formed merely by cutting, whipping, hemming, or plain hemstitching (i.e., hemmed by only one row of hemstitching), but not having any fringe frill loop or similar trimming or device sewn or attached thereto and not being embroidered or otherwise worked, viz.,—
Tablecloths, tablenapkins, towels, sweatrags, pillow shams (but not pillow cases), quilts (not including wadded or similar quilts), sheets, doyleys, table-centres, tea-cloths, and traycloths | As textile piece-goods of cotton, &c. (180) | Free .. | 15 per cent. |
| 8/3/24 | Textile piece-goods, articles n.e.i., made of, viz.:
Traycloths and similar articles with unhemmed edges and having a row or rows of “ spoke-stitching ” (or “ hemstitching ”) or similar ornamentation thereon | As articles n.e.i. made of textile piece-goods (184) | 20 per cent. | 40 per cent. |
| †3/4/25 | Tinware n.e.i., viz.:
Stamped tin rings, bungs, and bottoms, for the manufacture of cans, &c.
(Revises decision in M.O. No. 3) | As tinware n.e.i. (373) | .. 25 per cent. | 45 per cent. |
| 2/107/11 | Traction engines and tractors, viz.:
Rubber-tired wheels specially suited for converting a farm tractor into a tractor suited for use on pavements, viz.,—rear wheels, or rear and front wheels imported in complete sets | As parts of tractors (348) .. | Free .. | 10 per cent. |
| 11/14/7 | Vehicles, motor, and parts of, viz.:
Brake or transmission liners, drilled or punched or otherwise worked | As parts of motor - vehicles n.e.i. (389) | 10 per cent. | 35 per cent. |

Minister’s Order No. 6.] GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

No. Name. Residence. Occupation. Date of Death. Date Election filed. Testate or Intestate. Stamp Office concerned.
1 Adamson, Robert .. Master mariner .. Auckland .. 2/6/28 26/6/28 Intestate Auckland.
2 Askenbeck, Minnie .. Married woman .. Ahaura .. 24/9/26 26/6/28 Hokitika.
3 Bell, Florence Emma .. Westport .. 30/5/28 30/6/28 Testate
4 Brooking, John Henry .. Fisherman .. Whitianga .. 28/4/28 30/6/28 Intestate Auckland.
5 Burgess, Henry .. Blacksmith .. Takapau .. 26/5/28 25/6/28 Napier.
6 Burnet, Morris .. Turner .. Christchurch .. 26/5/28 25/6/28 Testate Christchurch.
7 Halcrow, Malcolm John .. Farmer .. Myross Bush .. 14/12/26 25/6/28 Invercargill.
8 Hills, Stanley James .. „ .. Wairamarama .. 6/1/28 26/6/28 Auckland.
9 Hobbs, Arthur Francis .. Plumber .. Christchurch .. 12/5/28 26/6/28 Intestate Christchurch.
10 Holmes, Martha.. Widow .. Millerton .. 9/5/28 26/6/28 Testate Hokitika.
11 Lishman, Arthur .. Ironmonger .. Auckland .. 1/6/28 30/6/28 Auckland.
12 Lomas, Annie .. Married woman .. Onehunga .. 3/3/28 25/6/28 Intestate
13 Monro, William Burgess .. Civil servant .. Wellington .. 4/5/28 25/6/28 Testate Wellington.
14 Murray, Alexander Smith Harbour Board employee „ .. 17/5/28 25/6/28
15 Parnell, Charles Bernard .. Minor .. Hawera .. 24/5/28 26/6/28 Intestate N Plymouth.
16 Smith, John William .. Veteran .. Auckland .. 2/3/28 26/6/28 Testate Auckland.
17 Tebbutt, William Robert .. Farmer .. Russell .. 6/5/28 25/6/28 Intestate
18 Vanes, Thomas .. Sexton .. Cambridge .. 1/5/28 25/6/28 Testate
19 White, Margaret Catherine Spinster .. Brunner .. 24/5/28 30/6/28 Intestate Hokitika.
20 Ward, Florence Mary .. Married woman .. Gate Pa, Tauranga .. 3/6/28 26/6/28 Testate Auckland.
21 Watson or McKone, James Builder .. Ruatorea .. 17/1/28 30/6/28 Intestate Gisborne.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 2nd July, 1928. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.



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🏭 Minister’s Decisions under Customs Acts (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
3 July 1928
Customs, Tariff, Classification, Duty Rates, Imported Goods, Rubber, Stoppers, Textile, Tinware, Traction Engines, Vehicles
  • GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs

🏥 Public Trust Office Elections to Administer Estates

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
2 July 1928
Public Trust, Estates, Deceased, Administration, Intestate, Testate
21 names identified
  • Robert Adamson, Deceased estate administered
  • Minnie Askenbeck, Deceased estate administered
  • Florence Emma Bell, Deceased estate administered
  • John Henry Brooking, Deceased estate administered
  • Henry Burgess, Deceased estate administered
  • Morris Burnet, Deceased estate administered
  • Malcolm John Halcrow, Deceased estate administered
  • Stanley James Hills, Deceased estate administered
  • Arthur Francis Hobbs, Deceased estate administered
  • Martha Holmes, Deceased estate administered
  • Arthur Lishman, Deceased estate administered
  • Annie Lomas, Deceased estate administered
  • William Burgess Monro, Deceased estate administered
  • Alexander Smith Murray, Deceased estate administered
  • Charles Bernard Parnell, Deceased estate administered
  • John William Smith, Deceased estate administered
  • William Robert Tebbutt, Deceased estate administered
  • Thomas Vanes, Deceased estate administered
  • Margaret Catherine White, Deceased estate administered
  • Florence Mary Ward, Deceased estate administered
  • James Watson or McKone, Deceased estate administered

  • J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee