New Zealand Gazette – 1945 – No. 17

Page 267

✨ Railway Financial Report and Public Notices



MAR. 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 267

Abstract of Railways Working Account

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 3RD FEBRUARY, 1945

Section. Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue.
North Island main line and branches £ 591,912 £ 486,029 £ 105,883
South Island main line and branches 315,418 292,347 23,131
Nelson 1,141 3,031 —1,890
Picton 6,458 7,913 —1,455
Total railway operation 914,989 789,320 125,669
Miscellaneous and subsidiary services 160,718 117,159 43,559
Total 1,075,707 903,479 169,228

1ST APRIL, 1944, TO 3RD FEBRUARY, 1945

Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue.
£ 6,752,880 £ 5,730,032 £ 1,022,848
3,479,418 3,403,316 76,102
12,164 27,830 —15,666
69,565 77,780 — 8,215
10,314,027 9,238,958 1,075,069
1,633,754 1,246,040 387.714
11,947,781 10,484,998 1,462.783

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC

Four-weekly Period. Year to Date.
Passenger £ 316,030 £ 2,951,193
Parcels, luggage, and mails 30,682 343,946
Goods 552,749 6,789,643
Labour and demurrage 15,528 229,245
Total railway operating revenue 914,989 10,314,027
Passengers No. 2,504,113 27,377,197
Live-stock Tons 86,518 544,871
Timber " 29,457 510,853
Other goods " 472,157 6,319,970
Total goods " 588,132 7,375,694
Road Motor Services—
Passengers No. 1,181,259 11,358,682
Revenue £ 70,178 663,464

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE

Four-weekly Period. Year to Date.
Maintenance—
Way and works £ 150,108 £ 1,773,659
Signals and electrical appliances 23,456 264,824
Rolling-stock 180,850 2,296,276
Transportation—
Locomotive 176,016 1,974,277
Traffic 231,462 2,644,430
General charges 9,488 94,144
Superannuation subsidy 17,940 191,348
Total operating expenditure 789,320 9,238,958
Net operating revenue 125,669 1,075,069
Total railway operating revenue 914,989 10,314,027

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1944 £ 70,999,125

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Election 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. Occupation. Residence. Date of Death. Date Election filed. Testate or Intestate. Stamp Office concerned.
1 Adkins, Winifred Grace Spinster Redcliffs 20/1/45 23/2/45 Testate Christchurch.
2 Batchelor, Felix Butcher Nelson 25/10/44 23/2/45 Intestate Nelson.
3 Botting, Annie Married woman Inchclutha 18/3/33 23/2/45 " Dunedin.
4 Flaherty, Morgan Daniel Retired school-teacher Wellington (formerly Oamaru) 7/1/45 23/2/45 Testate Wellington.
5 Gunn, Charles Pensioner Amberley 21/12/44 23/2/45 " Christchurch.
6 Hopkins, Edward William Cook Murchison 4/1/45 23/2/45 " Nelson.
7 Kennedy, George Mervyn Clerk (airman) Auckland 6/6/44 or 7/6/44 23/2/45 " Auckland.
8 McAlister, Alexander Farmer Albany 1/12/44 23/2/45 Intestate "
9 McLaren, John Retired plumber Upper Hutt (formerly Wellington) 12/1/45 23/2/45 Testate Wellington.
10 Pockson, Norman Clifford Warehouseman (airman) Christchurch 1/4/44 23/2/45 " Christchurch.
11 Rapley, Mary Jane Widow Leeston (formerly Ashburton) 2/1/45 23/2/45 " "
12 Routley, Ruby Frances Spinster Wellington 20/9/44 23/2/45 Intestate Wellington.
13 Smith, Ethel Amie Widow Christchurch 9/12/44 23/2/45 " Christchurch.
14 Swan, Andrew Watson Salesman Levin 29/1/45 23/2/45 " Wellington.
15 Thorpe, Isabella Widow Wellington 13/1/45 23/2/45 Testate "
16 Todd, Jane Clark Hattrick " Beechworth, Victoria 14/8/44 23/2/45 Intestate "
17 Tooley, Francis Albert Clerk in Holy Orders. Wellington (formerly Christchurch) 14/8/42 23/2/45 Testate "
18 Ward, John James Marine engineer Wellington 17/1/45 23/2/45 Intestate "

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 26th February, 1945. W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

Triennial Election of Members of Teachers’ Superannuation Board

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

IN pursuance of regulations made under the Public Service Superannuation Act, 1927, I hereby certify that for the triennial election of members of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board constituted by the said Act the following nominations were received :—

For the North Island: John Barnett and Jack Heaton Menzies.
For the South Island: James Walter Armstrong and William John Cartwright.

As the number of persons nominated does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, I hereby declare that John Barnett, Jack Heaton Menzies, James Walter Armstrong, and William John Cartwright are duly elected members of the Superannuation Board.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of February, 1945.

J. A. CLEMENTS,
Secretary, Teachers’ Superannuation Board,
and Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1945

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th February, 1945.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR

Obstruction and Lighted Buoy removed

Previous Notice: No. 25 of 1942 hereby cancelled.

Position: Wharf, Motukorea (Browns Island). Lat., 36° 49′·6 S.; long., 174° 53′·8 E. (approx.).

Details: The obstruction which extended across Motukorea Channel from the above position and the lighted black buoy which marked the northern end of the obstruction have been removed.

Charts affected: Nos. 1970 and 1896.

Authority: Auckland Harbour Board, 21/2/45.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

(ONS. M. 96.)



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🚂 Abstract of Railways Working Account

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Financial report, Revenue, Expenditure, Net revenue

🏢 Public Trust Office Election to Administer Estates

🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
26 February 1945
Public Trustee, Estates, Deceased persons, Administration
18 names identified
  • Winifred Grace Adkins, Deceased estate
  • Felix Batchelor, Deceased estate
  • Annie Botting, Deceased estate
  • Morgan Daniel Flaherty, Deceased estate
  • Charles Gunn, Deceased estate
  • Edward William Hopkins, Deceased estate
  • George Mervyn Kennedy, Deceased estate
  • Alexander McAlister, Deceased estate
  • John McLaren, Deceased estate
  • Norman Clifford Pockson, Deceased estate
  • Mary Jane Rapley, Deceased estate
  • Ruby Frances Routley, Deceased estate
  • Ethel Amie Smith, Deceased estate
  • Andrew Watson Swan, Deceased estate
  • Isabella Thorpe, Deceased estate
  • Jane Clark Hattrick Todd, Deceased estate
  • Francis Albert Tooley (Clerk in Holy Orders), Deceased estate
  • John James Ward, Deceased estate

  • W. G. Baird, Public Trustee

🎓 Triennial Election of Members of Teachers’ Superannuation Board

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
26 February 1945
Teachers, Superannuation Board, Election, Nominations
  • John Barnett, Elected member of Superannuation Board
  • Jack Heaton Menzies, Elected member of Superannuation Board
  • James Walter Armstrong, Elected member of Superannuation Board
  • William John Cartwright, Elected member of Superannuation Board

  • J. A. Clements, Secretary, Teachers’ Superannuation Board, and Returning Officer

🚂 Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1945

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 February 1945
Marine, Obstruction, Lighted Buoy, Auckland Harbour
  • B. W. Millier, Acting-Secretary