Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2779

NEW ZEALAND.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1909.

Advertisement of cancelling.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 70 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, by writing under his hand dated this eighth day of November, 1933, cancelled the registry of Pride of the West Lodge, No. 55, of The Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society (Register No. 296/72), held at Kumara, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

542 R. WITHEFORD, Registrar.

WANGANUI-RANGITIKEI ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by Part II of the Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Act, 1932–33, and the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board Loans Conversion Order, 1933 (No. 3), the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows :—

“ That for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on the new securities authorized to be issued by the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act and order in conversion of existing securities to which the said order applies issued in respect of the following loans—

Loan of £26,000 (part of £40,000), issued in 1927, to mature 1st October, 1937 ;

Loan of £50,000 issued in 1931, to mature 1st November, 1936 ;

Loan of £14,000 issued in 1931, to mature 1st December, 1936 ;

Loan of £20,000 issued in 1931, to mature 1st March, 1941 ;

except such securities in these loans as are held at this date by the Wanganui City Council Sinking Fund Commissioners, and also the interest and other charges on the unconverted securities issued in respect of such loans, the said Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-fifteenth part of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power district, and that such rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such securities, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of March and the first day of September in each and every year until the last maturity date of such securities, being the first day of March, 1941, or until all such securities are fully paid off.”

Dated this 9th day of November, 1933.

FRED PURNELL,
Chairman.

544

WAIUKU TOWN BOARD.

CONVERSION under the Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Act, 1932–33, and the Waiuku Town Board Loans Conversion Order, 1933, of debentures issued in respect of the following Loans : Road Loan, £17,000 ; Water Loan, £10,338 ; Supplementary Water Loan, £400.

Notice is hereby given to the holders of debentures issued by the Waiuku Town Board in respect of the above-mentioned loans that it is intended to convert all such debentures (except those in respect of which dissent is duly signified) into new debentures having new maturity dates and bearing interest at 4½ per cent. per annum.

The conversion will take effect from 2nd December, 1933. Application for conversion must be made in writing and be accompanied by the securities to which it relates.

Dissent from the conversion of any existing debentures may be signified by the holder by notice in writing delivered to the Clerk of the Waiuku Town Board on or before 16th December, 1933.

If notice of dissent from the conversion of any debenture is not received by that date the debentures will be converted. The rate of interest on any debentures in respect of which dissent is signified as aforesaid will, by virtue of section 18 of the above-mentioned Act, be reduced to two-thirds of the original rate.

Further particulars as to the new debentures and the conversion generally may be obtained from the Clerk of the Waiuku Town Board, Waiuku.

Dated the 10th November, 1933.

JOHN McQUIRE,
Chairman.

545 G

WILLIAM HILL AND SON, AND NORMAN AND BEARD, LIMITED.

In the matter of Part IX of the Companies Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HILL AND SON AND NORMAN AND BEARD, LIMITED, intends to cease carrying on business in New Zealand upon the expiration of three calendar months from the date hereof.

Dated at Christchurch, this 16th day of November, 1933.

Wm. HILL AND SON AND NORMAN AND BEARD, LIMITED.

By its Attorney—
W. H. NICHOLLS.

546

WITH reference to the above announcement, the business heretofore carried on by Wm. HILL AND SON AND NORMAN AND BEARD, LIMITED, will in future be carried on by HILL, NORMAN, AND BEARD (AUSTRALIA) PROPRIETARY, LIMITED ; and notice is hereby given that Hill, Norman, and Beard (Australia) Proprietary, Limited, a company duly incorporated in the State of Victoria, in the Commonwealth of Australia, under the Companies Act, 1928, intends to commence and carry on business in Christchurch and Dunedin, in the Dominion of New Zealand, and that the office of the company where legal process of any kind may be served upon the company and notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered is at the offices of its attorney, William Henry Nicholls, of Messrs. Nicholls, North, and Nicholls, Public Accountants, A.M.P. Buildings, Christchurch.

Dated this 16th day of November, 1933.

W. H. NICHOLLS,
Attorney for the Company.

547

WHAKAKI DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.

PURSUANT to section 32 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, I hereby give notice that at an election of seven trustees for the Whakaki Drainage District, held on Monday, the 6th day of November, 1933, the number of votes received by each candidate for the office of trustee was as follows :—

Connell, Thomas Michael .. .. .. 23
Crarer, Stewart .. .. .. 39
Hill, Walter James .. .. .. 34
Jardine, Godfrey Fergusson .. .. .. 24
Joblin, Russell Jeffries .. .. .. 33
McCracken, Samuel Young .. .. .. 35
Pryde, David Dickie .. .. .. 39
Watson, Peter Galloway .. .. .. 36

And I hereby declare the said Stewart Crarer, David Dickie Pryde, Peter Galloway Watson, Samuel Young McCracken, Walter James Hill, Russell Jeffries Joblin, and Godfrey Fergusson Jardine duly elected trustees for the Whakaki Drainage District.

B. G. SIGNALL,
Returning Officer.

Wairoa, 11th November, 1933.

548

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned is hereby dissolved as from the 31st day of July, 1933. The business of Mantle and Millinery Specialists previously carried on in Russell Street, Hastings, under the name of “Lyons and Frizzell” will be carried on in the premises of the late firm by the undersigned Mary Frizzell under her own name. All accounts owing to the late firm should be paid to and all accounts owing by the late firm will be paid by the undersigned Mary Frizzell.

Dated this 13th day of November, 1933.

EVELYN LYONS.
MARY FRIZZELL.

549

RESOLUTION.

THE following regulations were laid before the members of the committee of the Dannevirke Racing Club at a meeting held on the 4th day of November, 1933, at Dannevirke, with a recommendation by the Chairman of such club, Mr. Francis Armstrong, that the same be passed at once with a view to their approval by His Excellency the Governor-General in pursuance of the Gaming Act, 1908, section 33.