MAR. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 819

DIRECT MOTORS, LIMITED.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and its amendments, and in the matter of DIRECT MOTORS, LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of shareholders of the above company held on the 14th March, 1930, the following resolution was duly passed and signed:

"That the company be wound up voluntarily, and that Mr. G. GREY CAMPBELL, Public Accountant, Auckland, be and is hereby appointed Liquidator."

Dated this 14th day of March, 1930.

G. GREY CAMPBELL, Liquidator.

7-8 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland. 1466

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

EXCHANGE BUILDING, LIMITED, a private company incorporated under the above-mentioned Act, and having its registered office at 189 Featherston Street, Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on the 22nd day of February, 1930, a special resolution was passed by the above-named company that it be wound up voluntarily, and that ROBERT CRAIB ROSS, Public Accountant, 102 Featherston Street, Wellington, be appointed Liquidator.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of March, 1930.

PERRY AND PERRY,
Solicitors to the Company.

D.I.C. Building, Brandon Street, Wellington. 1468

SOUTH TARANAKI ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

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 South Taranaki Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows:-

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £187,500, authorized to be raised by the South Taranaki Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of supplying and distributing electric energy for the benefit of the South Taranaki Electric-power District, and for such purpose to do all or any of such matters and things as the Board is empowered to do by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and its amendments, and by the Local Legislation Act, 1926, section 45; and in particular (but without limiting in any way any of the aforesaid powers) of purchasing the assets and undertaking of the Hawera County Electric Company, Limited, and of providing, erecting, and constructing a system of electric distribution and reticulation in such parts of the South Taranaki Electric-power District as are not at present reticulated, and of improving, adding to, and extending the present system of electric distribution and reticulation, and of making provision for financial assistance to consumers, and for trading purposes, as provided by the said Electric-power Boards Act, the South Taranaki Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 588/1,000ths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value, on the basis of the capital value, of all rateable property in the South Taranaki Electric-power District, and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of the said loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of the month of April in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

1470 R. P. BARGENT, Secretary.

PRIVATE BILL.

In the matter of a Private Bill intended to be brought into the General Assembly of New Zealand, the Short Title of which is "The Kirkpatrick Masonic Institute Empowering Act, 1930."

PURSUANT to section 277 of the Legislature Act, 1908, notice is hereby given that Jesse Steer, Charles Milner, Charles Melville Collins, George Manson, Herbert Hereward Edwards, Frederick Joseph Williams, and George Malcolm Simpson, being the members of the Board of Governors of the Kirkpatrick Masonic Institute for Girls, at Nelson, intend to present a petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand at the next session of the said General Assembly to be held after the date of this notice, praying and applying for leave to bring in a Private Estate Bill to be called "The Kirkpatrick Masonic Institute Empowering Act, 1930."

The objects of the said petition, application, and proposed Bill are-

(1) To authorize the enlargement of the Kirkpatrick Masonic Institute for orphan girls at Nelson to enable it to accommodate and maintain more inmates.

(2) To authorize the Public Trustee to expend moneys from the estate of the late Samuel Kirkpatrick for the above purpose.

(3) To empower the Board of Governors of the said Institute to accept donations and contributions from any source, and to apply and use the same for the purposes of the said Institute.

(4) To provide for such donations and contributions to be vested in the Public Trustee to be held, together with the residuary estate of the said Samuel Kirkpatrick, for the purposes of the said Institute.

(5) To empower the said Board and the Public Trustee to purchase, take on lease, or in exchange, or hire, or otherwise acquire real or personal property in connection with the said Institute or to grant a lease or sublease of any such property, or to rescind or vary any contract of sale or exchange in respect of the same.

(6) To authorize the said Board to distribute among the inmates of the said Institute such annual sums of money by way of athletic prizes, pocket-money, and scholastic prizes as the said Board thinks fit, in lieu of the sums provided by the will of the said Samuel Kirkpatrick for these purposes.

(7) To provide for the removal of the restrictions as to residence and domicile imposed by the said will in respect of the representative on the said Board of the District Grand Lodge of Westland and Nelson, English Constitution.

(8) To provide for the payment of the costs of and incidental to the obtaining and passing of the proposed Bill out of the residuary estate of the said Samuel Kirkpatrick.

Dated at Nelson, this 18th day of March, 1930.

GEORGE MALCOLM SIMPSON.
CHARLES MILNER.
HERBERT HEREWARD EDWARDS.

Three of the intending Petitioners.

SOUTHBRIDGE TOWN BOARD.

RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, and all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the Southbridge Town Board hereby resolves as follows:

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of three thousand six hundred pounds (£3,600), authorized to be raised by the said Board under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of erecting a Town Hall and Board Offices, the said Southbridge Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and one-fourth of a penny in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the capital value) of all rateable property in the Southbridge Town Board District, as defined in the New Zealand Gazette dated the 5th day of March, 1885, at pages 291-292, 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 August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-three years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

C. D. THOMPSON,

Clerk of the Town Board.

CHRISTCHURCH SPEEDWAYS, LIMITED.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and in the matter of CHRISTCHURCH SPEEDWAYS, LIMITED, a private company incorporated under the Act.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following resolution was passed on the 25th day of January, 1930, by the above-named company, that is to say,

"It is resolved that CHRISTCHURCH SPEEDWAYS, LIMITED, be wound up voluntarily, and that Messrs. R. E. RUSSELL and O. G. MOODY be appointed joint Liquidators at a fee of fifty pounds (£50) and disbursements."

Dated this 28th day of January, 1930.

R. E. RUSSELL
O. G. MOODY } Joint Liquidators.