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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 15

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908
(Part III), and Amendments

WHEREAS it has been reported to the Public Trustee that William Storey, of Christchurch, Yardman, is the owner of the following property, the gross value of which is less than £1,000, namely—compensation moneys for land taken for railway purposes, £10:

And whereas it is not known where the said William Storey is or whether he is alive or dead: And whereas it is provided by Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed property), as amended by section 41 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, that where the value of unclaimed real or personal property does not exceed £1,000 the Public Trustee (with the consent of the Public Trust Office Board) may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention to take possession of such property and exercise the powers conferred upon him by section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, without application to the Court: And whereas the said consent of the Public Trust Office Board has been duly given: Now, the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that he intends to take possession of the property above mentioned and all other property of the said William Storey, and to exercise in respect thereof the powers conferred upon him in and by the provisions of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of March, 1947.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II (Unclaimed Lands)

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiry with respect to the lands described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent thereto: And whereas the owner has not established his title to the said lands as required by that Act, I hereby give notice that the said lands are under and by virtue of that Act vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, the value of the lands for the purposes of section 67 (d) of that Act being less than five hundred pounds (£500).

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, being Town Allotment 260 of Block 22, Township of Normanby, and being the whole of the land comprised in Vol. 2, folio 199, of the Register-book at New Plymouth, the registered proprietor whereof is Elizabeth Allen, wife of Charles Allen, of Normanby, Hotelkeeper.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1947.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

Declaring Land to be subject to Part I of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936

PURSUANT to section 4 of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1936, the Board of Native Affairs hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be subject to Part I of the said Act and to be included in the Homewood Development Scheme.

SCHEDULE

THE following land situate in the Ikaroa Native Land Court District:

Land.
Block and Area.
Survey District.
A. R P.
Te Maipi 9A (C/T. 482/233) .. II, Kaiwhata .. 743 1 22
Ngapuketurua 1B 1 (C/T. 482/232) II, V, Kaiwhata .. 228 1 12

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of March, 1947.

For and on behalf of the Board of Native Affairs—

G. P. SHEPHERD,
Under-Secretary of the Native Department.

(N.D. 1/6/15.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Extension of Time for Receipt of Tenders

State Forest Service,
Invercargill, 14th March, 1947.

NOTICE is hereby given that the time for receipt of tenders for the purchase of milling-logs to be delivered at a mill-site at Conical Hill, Otago, specified in a notice dated 14th January, 1947, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 2 of 16th January, 1947, at page 44, is hereby extended to 17th April, 1947.

J. F. FIELD, Conservator of Forests.

(F.S. 35/7.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend of 11d. in the pound is now payable on all proved claims in the estate of MARY ELIZABETH READ, of Whangarei, Restaurant-proprietor.

T. P. PAIN, Official Assignee.

Whangarei, 17th March, 1947.

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable on all proved and accepted claims in the undermentioned estates:— Blakeborough, Francis, late of Napier, Labourer—First and final dividend of 5s. 1⅜d. in the pound. Culshaw, Frederick James, late of Taradale, Labourer—First dividend of 3s. 5½d. in the pound.

A. J. BENNETTS, Official Assignee.

Napier, 12th March, 1947.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of Outstanding Deed of Mortgage 406981, in the name of PETER FERNANDEZ, of Auckland, Plumber, affecting 11-6 perches, more or less, being part Lot 25, Deeds Plan S. 4, and being part Allotments 3 and 4, Section 6, Suburbs of Auckland, and being the whole of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 585, folio 216, limited as to parcels (Auckland Registry), and application having been made to me to register a transmission and discharge of the said mortgage without requiring production of the said mortgage, notice is hereby given of my intention to dispense with such production pursuant to section 40, Land Transfer Act, 1915, and to register the transmission and discharge on 8th April, 1947.

Dated this 14th day of March, 1947, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE having been furnished of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 85, folio 210 (Gisborne Registry), affecting 4 acres 3 roods 10-3 perches, situated in Block XV, Tokomaru Survey District, being Tauwhareparae 1A 6B Block, whereof ARTHUR GEORGE LINCOLN, of Tolaga Bay, Sheep-farmer, is the registered proprietor, together with an application for the issue of a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title upon the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 14th day of March, 1947, at the Land Registry Office, Gisborne.

E. L. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 107, folio 162, for Lots 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, and 140, on Deposited Plan No. 1792, Township of Whiteley, whereof CHRISTOPHER CARTER, WILLIAM FRANCIS SHORT, CHARLIE EMANUEL BELLRINGER, WILLIAM PERCY GRIFFITH, MAGNUS SINCLAIR HUGHSON, MARK HESLOP BARNITT, JACOB LESLIE MANDER, ROBERT LAWRENCE COOPER, and LEWIS LANCELOT BELLRINGER, all of New Plymouth, as trustees under the provisions of the Methodist Model Deed of New Zealand, 1887, are the registered proprietors, having been lodged with me together with an application for a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such new certificate of title after fourteen days from the 20th March, 1947.

Dated this 13th day of March, 1947, at the Land Registry Office, New Plymouth.

E. W. WORTHINGTON, District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a new certificate of title in the name of HAROLD EDMUND COLLIE, of Wellington, Company Representative, as registered proprietor of an estate in fee-simple in all that parcel of land containing 3 roods and 3-8 perches, more or less, situate in the City of Wellington, being part of Section 2 of the Harbour District, and being also Lot 26 on Deposited Plan 2644, and being the whole of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 438, folio 294 (Wellington Registry), and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue the new certificate of title as requested after fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 19th day of March, 1947, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.