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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Auction.

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 25th February, 1935.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned timber will be disposed of by public auction at the office of the State Forest Service, Invercargill, at 2 o’clock p.m. on Friday, the 15th day of March, 1935.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL the milling-timber on Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block XV, Waikawa Survey District Sawmill Area No. 37, in Provisional State Forest No. 37, containing 390 acres, about fourteen miles and a half from Tokanui Railway-station.

The total estimated quantity of timber in cubic feet is 256,030, or in board feet 1,632,600, made up as follows:—

Species. Cubic Feet. Board Feet.
Rimu .. .. .. 242,538 1,552,400
Miro .. .. .. 13,492 80,200
—————— ——————
Total .. .. .. 256,030 1,632,600

Upset price: £1,284.
Time for removal: Three years.

Terms of Payment.

A marked cheque for one twenty-fourth of the purchase-money, together with £1 1s. license fee, must be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance paid in twenty-three monthly payments, the first to be made six months after date of sale and the others at monthly intervals thereafter.

Terms and Conditions.

1. All instalment payments shall be secured by “on demand” promissory notes made and endorsed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of State Forests, and interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum in excess of current bank overdraft rates will be charged on all notes overdue from the date of maturity to the date of payment.

2. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Forests Act, 1921–22, the regulations in force thereunder, and these conditions.

3. The aforementioned quality, quantity, and kind as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purposes of this sale, and no contract for the purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the purchaser be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, or kind as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber.

4. A return giving the number of logs cut of each species and their contents must be made quarterly by the licensee on the last days of March, June, September, and December, respectively, in each year. A return must also be made on the same dates showing the output of sawn timber of each species. These returns may be ascertained and verified by inspection of the books of the mill, or by such other means as the Conservator may require, and for this purpose the accounts and books shall be open to the inspection of the Conservator, a Forest Ranger, or other duly authorized officer.

5. The attention of buyers is drawn to the fact that the local controlling body may require the successful bidder to pay any claims or charges which may be made by that body for the maintenance of the road over which the timber may be transported, and before a sawmill license is issued a letter indicating that satisfactory arrangements have been made in this connection must be produced to the undersigned.

6. Intending buyers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relative to the sale.

7. The timber described is submitted for sale subject to the final acceptance of the highest bid by the Commissioner of State Forests.

8. The right is reserved to the Commissioner of State Forests to withdraw from sale any or all of the said timber before the date of sale.

9. If no bid is accepted for the timber herein mentioned it will remain open for application at the upset price until further notice.

The conditions, which will be inserted in the license to be issued to the purchaser, and further particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned or to the Director of Forestry, Wellington.

N. J. DOLAMORE, Conservator of Forests.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that HAROLD SELWYN STONE, of Glen Innes, West Tamaki, Dairy-farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office, Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1935, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Auckland, this 22nd day of February, 1935.

A. W. WATTERS,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that MARION BLENNERHASSETT, of Hastings, Fine Art Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Friday, the 1st day of March, 1935, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

Dated at Napier, this 21st day of February, 1935.

G. G. CHISHOLM,
Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that RAVLA NAJI HARRY, Fruiterer, of Raetihi, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at Mr. F. L. Lee’s office, Raetihi, on Monday, the 25th day of February, 1935, at 10 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Taihape, this 20th day of February, 1935.

C. MASTERS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD BRUCE CHISHOLM, of Raetihi, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on Friday, the 1st day of March, 1935, at 10.30 o’clock a.m.

Dated at Wanganui, this 21st day of February, 1935.

E. M. SILK,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends to the amounts and in the estates as set out hereunder are now payable at my office on all proved accepted claims:—

McCann, John, of Timaru, Salesman (deceased)—First and final dividend of 1s. 10d. in the pound.

Paterson, Christian Cecil, of Timaru, Dentist—First dividend of 2s. in the pound.

Prattley, Mary Elizabeth, of Hunter, Widow (deceased)—First dividend of 11s. in the pound.

Thoreau, Aubyn Lerrier, of Pleasant Point, Builder—First dividend of 2s. 3d. in the pound.

Washer, Harold James, of Timaru, Mercer—Third and final dividend of 2d. in the pound, making in all 5s. 8d. in the pound.

T. KANE,
Acting Official Assignee.

Timaru, 19th February, 1935.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court held at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that GUSTAVE HENRY GEORGE HAMMER, of Oamaru, Fruiterer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at the Courthouse, Oamaru, on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1935, at 2.30 o’clock p.m.

A. W. WOODWARD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

21st February, 1935.