JULY 6]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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 :-

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 4th July, 1950.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1950.—Notice No. 24

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1950.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of the 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 Frederick William Benjamin Perkins.

The Salvation Army
Colonel Charles James Duncan.
Churches of Christ
Mr. Roy Gladstone Barnard.
The Ratana Established Church of New Zealand
Mita Kiwi.
Henare Luke.
P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in the Wellington Land District for Sale
District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1950.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale under the Land Act, 1948, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, the 31st July, 1950.
Applicants may be required by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, acting on behalf of the Land Settlement Board, to appear personally, at a time and place to be arranged, in support of their applications.
The ballot will be held on Thursday, the 3rd August, 1950, at the Lands and Survey Office, Wanganui, at 2 o'clock p.m., and any persons who so wish may attend.
The successful applicant is required to pay immediately on notification of result, the full purchase price, and title fee, or a deposit of £500 and licence fee.

SCHEDULE
WANGANUI CITY.—URBAN LAND
Lot 1, D.P. 14836, being part Lot 3, D.P. 4256, and being part Section 64, left bank, Wanganui River : Area, 34·75 perches. Purchase price £3,000. Deposit on deferred payments, £500 : Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (25 year term), £84 17s. 1ld. Dwelling situated in Wanganui on new street off Nixon Street, about 10 chains to the east of intersection of Nixon and Symons Street. The dwelling was completed in September, 1946, and contains 1,427 sq. ft. It comprises 3 bedrooms, sunroom, large lounge, dining-room, kitchen, bathroom, and wash-house all under the one roof. In addition there is a concrete water tank and tool shed. Main supply water and electricity are installed and stove and hot water are electric. Vacant possession can be given immediately. Inspection can be arranged by contacting Lands and Survey, District Office, Old Post-office Building, corner of Ridgeway Street and Victoria Avenue, Wanganui.
Priority will be given to applications from ex-servicemen of World War II or the wives or widows of such ex-servicemen requiring a home.
Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.
D. A. PATERSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 22/4812/6 ; D.O. 30/62.)
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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
NGAN YEW WAH, of 235 Hobson Street, Auckland, formerly of Te Awamutu, Fruiterer, was adjudged bankrupt on the 29th June, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, the 13th July, 1950, at 10.30 a.m.
V. R. CROWHURST, Official Assignee.
4th Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 20s. in the pound, together with part interest, is now payable on all proved and accepted claims in the estate of WILLIAM ALBERT MANSON, of Napier, Sawmiller—adjudication of 3rd April, 1925.
P. MARTIN, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Napier, 27th June, 1950.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
HENRY ARTHUR WILHELM PETERS, of Dannevirke, Upholsterer, was adjudged bankrupt on 29th June, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office, Courthouse, Dannevirke, on Tuesday, 11th July, 1950, at 10.30 a.m.
W. R. RIGG, Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
ERNEST HERBERT SMITH, of Alfredton, Eketahuna, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on the 30th June, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, 13th July, 1950, at 2 p.m.
G. C. GORDON, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Masterton.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
WILLIAM HOBART WAGSTAFF, of 38 Cemetery Road, Nae Nae, Truck-driver, was adjudged bankrupt on 26th June, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held in my office on Thursday, 6th July, 1950, at 2.15 p.m.
M. R. NELSON, Official Assignee.
57 Ballance Street, Wellington.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

EVIDENCE of the loss of memorandum of mortgage 198506 affecting the land in certificate of title, Volume 331, folio 117 (Auckland Registry), whereof MARGARET DONOVAN, of Auckland, Spinster, is the mortgagor, and JOHN MASEFIELD, of Auckland, Builder (now deceased), is the mortgagee, having been lodged with me together with an application for the issue of a provisional mortgage in lieu thereof, notice is hereby given of my intention to issue such provisional mortgage on the 21st July, 1950.
Dated at the Land Registry Office, Auckland, this 30th day of June, 1950.
G. H. SEDDON, District Land Registrar.