Dec. 9] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1483

Notice of Adoptions under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931

Native Land Court Office,
Wanganui, 6th December, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that the orders of adoption as set out in the Schedule hereunder have been made by the Native Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.

L. J. BROOKER, Registrar.

Whakaatu tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931

Tari Kooti Whenua Maori,
Wanganui, 6 o nga ra o Tihema, 1943.

HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hangaia e te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture Whenua Maori, 1931, etahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga o etahi tamariki whangai, e whakaaturia e te Kupu Apiti i raro iho nei.

TE PURUKA, Kai-rehita.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

Friendly Society registered

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 30th November, 1943.

THE I.O.O.F. Credit and Investment Society, with registered office at Dunedin, is registered as a specially authorized society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 30th day of November, 1943.

G. E. BRADLEY,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Manufacture for Sale of Footwear

Buchanan and Edwards Branch of Felt and Textiles of N.Z., Ltd., has applied for an extension of its license to permit it to manufacture cosy sole slippers at its factory, Ridgway Street, Wanganui.

Persons considering themselves materially affected by the decision of the Bureau of Industry on this application should make any desired representations in writing not later than the 23rd December, 1943, to G. L. O’Halloran, Secretary, Bureau of Industry, G.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

Taking of Fish for Sale

F. W. Mitchell, Salisbury Street, Westport, has applied for a license to permit him to operate the 30 ft. 12 h.p. engined launch “Margaret,” using hand-lines, catches to be landed at Westport.

A. Osborne, Waihi, has applied for a license to permit him to operate the launch “Cappy” (to be registered), using set-nets, drag-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Whangamata.

Persons considering themselves materially affected by the decisions of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should make any desired representations in writing not later than the 23rd December, 1943, to G. L. O’Halloran, Secretary, Bureau of Industry, G.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

G. L. O’HALLORAN, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1943.—Notice No. 28

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1943.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England

The Reverend John Frederick William Hewitt, M.A.
The Reverend William Lea.
The Reverend Terrence Marshall Loten.
The Reverend Ngarangi Te Hau.

The Roman Catholic Church

The Reverend Francis Herlihy.

Evangelistic Church of Christ

Pastor George Douglas Green.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 7th December, 1943.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeit by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE

(L. and S. 22/4618.)

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

VALENTINE GEORGE WOOD, of 5 Douglas Street, Wellington, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on the 1st December, 1943. Creditors’ meeting: Thursday, 9th December, 1943, at 10.30 a.m. S. TANSLEY, Official Assignee, Wellington.

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends in the undermentioned estates are now payable at my office, Law Courts, Don Street, Invercargill, on all proved and accepted claims:—

Edge, Albert Henry, Gore, Coal-merchant—Third and final dividend of 3d. in the pound.

Hansen, William John and Jean, Wyndham, Confectioners—First and final dividend of 1s. 3·36d. in the pound.

McGavock, Rachel Matilda, Invercargill, Widow (deceased)—Third and final dividend of 2s. 4d. in the pound.

Taylor, Lindsay, and Wolfe, Arthur, trading as Leet Motor Co., Invercargill, Motor Salesmen—Third and final dividend of 10·35d. in the pound.

Dated at Invercargill, this 2nd day of December, 1943.

A. E. DOBBIE, Official Assignee.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of occupation license, Vol. 605, folio 21 (Auckland Registry), for Section 12, Tautari Village, in favour of DAVID JOHNSTON, of Pukeatua, Surfaceman, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional license in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional license after fourteen days from the 9th December, 1943.

Dated this 3rd day of December, 1943, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

R. F. BAIRD, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of renewable lease, Vol. 23, folio 47 (Westland Registry), for Section 3357, Block III, Hohonu Survey District, containing 344 acres, more or less, in the name of PATRICK SHANNON, of Kokiri, Gold-miner, having been lodged with me together with an application for a provisional lease in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional lease after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1943, at the Land Registry Office, Hokitika.

D. A. YOUNG, District Land Registrar.