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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 76

MAORI LAND NOTICE

Tenders for Leases in the Karewa Township

Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland, 28th November, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of the Maori Townships Act, 1910, and the regulations thereunder that written tenders are invited and will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 24th day of January, 1950, for lease of the undermentioned sections for a term of twenty-one years with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE

SECTION 90, Block II, Karewa Maori Township, Kawhia. Area, 29 perches. Upset rental, £10.

Section 91, Block II, Karewa Maori Township, Kawhia. Area, 26 perches. Upset rental, £10.

Abstract of Terms and Conditions of Lease

(1) The terms of the lease shall be twenty-one years from the 1st February, 1950, with right of renewal of the lease for further term of twenty-one years at fair annual ground rents to be fixed in accordance with the terms of the lease.

(2) The lessee will pay all rates, taxes, &c.

(3) The lessee will keep the land free from noxious weeds.

(4) The lessee will keep all buildings, drains, and fences in good order and repair.

(5) The lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

(6) The lessee will not assign or sublet without the previous consent, in writing, of the lessor.

(7) The lease will be in the form hereinafter referred to.

General Instructions to Tenderers

(1) Each section will be leased to the successful tenderer at the rental tendered by him which in no case will be less than the upset rental above.

(2) Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows:—

“Tender for lease of Section.... Block.... Karewa Maori Township.”

(3) Tenders must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee £2 2s., stamp duty 6s. 6d., and registration fee 10s. If any person desires to tender for more than one section, a separate tender for each section to be made. In the event of the two sections being included in the one lease, the excess fees will be refunded.

(4) The Board reserves the right to decline to accept any tender submitted without giving any reason therefor. Subject thereto the highest tenderer shall be declared the lessee of the section tendered for.

(5) Tenderers may tender either a higher rental than the upset rental for each lot or a lump sum for a lease at the upset rental.

Plans of the sections and forms of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Maori Affairs, Wellington, or at the office of the Board, Auckland.

E. M. BEECHEY, President,
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board,
Auckland.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

SYDNEY FREDERICK MEURANT, of Dargaville, Taxi-proprietor, was adjudged bankrupt on the 6th December, 1949. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Dargaville, on Tuesday, the 20th December, 1949, at 10.30 a.m.

V. R. CROWHURST, Official Assignee.

4th Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

GODFREY RONALD JEFFRIES, of Cambridge, Share-milker, was adjudged bankrupt on 12th December, 1949. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Cambridge, on Tuesday, 20th December, 1949, at 9.30 a.m.

A. J. BENNETTS, Official Assignee, Hamilton.

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are now payable in the undermentioned estates on all proved and accepted claims:—

ASLIN, EDWARD, of Dunedin, Solicitor, deceased. Fifth and final dividend of 1¾d. in the pound.

COPLAND, ARTHUR THOMSON, of Balclutha, Labourer. Second and final dividend of 4½d. in the pound.

COUGHLAN, ARTHUR GEORGE, of Dunedin, Welder. First and final dividend of 1s. 11½d. in the pound.

MACKELLAR, DUNCAN, of Cromwell, Storekeeper. Second and final dividend of 2d. in the pound.

C. MASON, Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 5th December, 1949.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

AN application having been lodged with me on behalf of the registered proprietor, His Majesty the King, to register the extinguishment of the right to use the water of the Owera River, reserved by Transfer 37990, affecting 217 acres 2 roods and 16 perches, being part Te Wairoa No. 1 Block, and being the residue of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 130, folio 274 (Auckland Registry), the grantee of the water-rights being (now) SAMUEL WALTER PERRY PEDDLE (deceased), of Whangapoua, Farmer, notice is hereby given of my intention to exercise my powers under section 3 of the Land Transfer Amendment Act, 1939, and register the extinguishment of the water-rights on 23rd January, 1950, unless good cause to the contrary be shown.

Dated this 7th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 27th January, 1950.

8149. JOHN REGINALD HERRING, of Auckland, Cartage Contractor. Part Allotment 53, Parish of Waikomiti, containing 19 acres 2 roods 24 perches. Occupied by applicant. Plan 32001.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 866, folio 240 (Auckland Registry), for 3 acres 1 rood 12·6 perches, being Lots 6, 7, and 8, D.P. 32526 (Town of Tauranga Extension No. 48), and being part Tongaparaoa No. 2c Block, in the name of JAMES GEORGE INNES, of Tauranga, Carpenter, 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 on the 23rd January, 1950.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 726, folio 83 (Auckland Registry), for 1 rood 7·5 perches, being Section 11, Town of Orakei, in the name of WALTER EDGAR FORD, of Auckland, Theatre-manager, 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 on 23rd January, 1950.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 142, folio 217 (Auckland Registry), for 1 acre, being Section 11, Block I, Village of Mapau, in the name of SARAH EMILY GOULD, of Auckland, Widow (now deceased), the correct name being SARAH EMILIE GOULD, 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 on 23rd January, 1950.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of memorandum of mortgage, 172733, affecting the land in certificate of title, Vol. 433, folio 274 (Auckland Registry), whereof FRANK PICKERING, of Devonport, Painter, is the mortgagor, and HENRY WILLIAM LEWIS, of Auckland, Builder, is the mortgagee, having been lodged with me together with an application to register a transfer and a discharge of the said mortgage without production of the outstanding copy thereof in terms of section 40, Land Transfer Act, 1915, notice is hereby given of my intention to register such transfer and discharge on 23rd January, 1950.

Dated this 8th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Auckland.

G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of certificates of title in the name of WILLIAM THOMAS SIMPSON, of Waikaka, Farmer, for, firstly, Section 3, Block XIV, Chatton District, being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 46, folio 239, Southland Registry, and, secondly, Lot 2, Plan No. 1725, being part of Section 3, Block XIV, Chatton District, being all the land comprised in Vol. 105, folio 150, Southland Registry, and evidence having been lodged of the loss of the said certificates of title, I hereby give notice that I will issue new certificates of title as requested after fourteen days from the 15th December, 1949.

Dated this 9th day of December, 1949, at the Land Registry Office, Invercargill.

J. LAURIE, District Land Registrar.