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BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
WILLIAM HERBERT DUNCAN, formerly of Wanganui but now of Taonui, Aorangi, Rural Delivery, Feilding, Driver, was adjudged bankrupt on the 12th December, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 20th December, 1950, at 2.15 p.m.
C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee. Courthouse, Wanganui.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court
RONALD GEORGE SIMPSON, of Tinwald, Sawmiller, was adjudged bankrupt on 11th December, 1950. Creditors' meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on Tuesday, 19th December, 1950, at 10.30 a.m.
D. C. E. WEBSTER, Official Assignee.

ADVERTISEMENTS

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (6)
NOTICE is hereby given that the name of the undermentioned company has been struck off the register and the company dissolved :—
Farmers Stock Food Company, Limited. 1948/19.
Given under my hand at Christchurch, this 15th day of December, 1950.
Wm. McBRIDE, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

GORDON AND GOTCH (AUSTRALASIA), LIMITED
NOTICE OF CEASING TO CARRY ON BUSINESS
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 338 of the Companies Act, 1933, that it is the intention of the company to cease to carry on business in New Zealand as from the 28th day of February, 1951.
Notices or other papers may be served on the company at its registered office, 32 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington, or on its solicitors, Messrs. Salek, Turner, and Brown, 142 Featherston Street, Wellington.
SALEK, TURNER, AND BROWN, Solicitors.
APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE FOR A WATER-RACE
NOTICE is hereby given that William Mann, James Griffiths, and Victor Thomas Griffiths have made application to the Warden of the Karamea Mining District, at Westport, for a licence for a water-race traversing Sections 47, 52, and 53, Block II, Kawatiri Survey District.
A. A. CRAIG.

CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, LINCOLN
ANNUAL ELECTION OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
I HEREBY give public notice of the result of the annual election held on Monday, the 4th day of December, 1950, to fill two vacancies on the Board of Governors of Canterbury Agricultural College, as follows :—
One member to be elected by such of the members of the Legislative Council as are for the time being resident in the Provincial District of Canterbury, together with such of the members of the House of Representatives as for the time being represent electoral districts wholly or partly within the said Provincial District.
Votes.
Carr, Clyde Leonard .. .. .. 7
Gerard, Richard Geoffrey .. .. .. 12
Total valid votes .. .. .. .. 19
Invalid votes .. .. .. .. Nil.
I hereby declare Richard Geoffrey Gerard to be duly elected to hold office for a period of three years from the 1st January, 1951.
One member to be elected by the Graduates of the University of New Zealand whose names are on the books of the College and the holders of Diplomas granted by the College.
Votes.
Fincham, Leicester Carl .. .. .. 19
White, Reginald Francis .. .. .. 62
Wright, Arthur Crichton .. .. .. 70
Total valid votes .. .. .. .. 151
Invalid votes .. .. .. .. 7
I hereby declare Arthur Crichton Wright to be duly elected to hold office for a period of three years commencing on the 1st January, 1951.
Dated at Lincoln this 11th day of December, 1950.
H. G. HUNT, Returning Officer.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2207

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE FOR A WATER-RACE
TAKE notice that Egbert Sainsbury, of Skippers, Miner, has made application for a licence for a water-race commencing in the Two Mile Creek, Queenstown, 300 yards upstream from the traffic bridge across the Two Mile Creek, and thence 100 feet across unalienated Crown lands, and thence across applicant's freehold property, across the Two Mile Road, and thence across applicant's freehold property terminating at applicant's house, for half a head of water for the purposes of irrigation, domestic, and driving machinery. The term of the proposed licence is 21 years.
EGBERT SAINSBURY
By his Solicitor, B. P. SHEEHAN.
The time and place appointed for hearing of the application and objections thereto is the 6th day of February, 1951, at 10.30 a.m. at the Warden's Court, Cromwell. Objections must be filed in the Registrar's office and notified to the applicant at least three days before time so appointed.
F. A. FOOTE, Mining Registrar.

NEW ZEALAND
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1909
Advertisement of Dissolution by Instrument
NOTICE is hereby given that Court City of Auckland, No. 3978 of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Friendly Society, Register No. 340, held at Auckland, is dissolved by instrument, registered at this office, the 12th day of December, 1950, unless, within three months from the date of the Gazette in which this advertisement appears, proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having a claim on the funds of the Society to set aside such dissolution, and the same be set aside accordingly.
S. BECKINGSALE, Registrar.

BOROUGH OF TAURANGA
RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE
Streets Improvement Loan, £55,934, 1949
THAT in pursuance of the powers vested in it by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, and for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £55,934, authorized to be raised by the Tauranga Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming, metalling, and sealing streets, constructing footpaths, undertaking stormwater drainage works, and purchasing plant and machinery, the said Tauranga Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 6/4ths pence in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the Borough of Tauranga; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
K. H. ARMSTRONG, Town Clerk.

MATAURA BOROUGH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND
In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, and in the matter of the Public Works Act, 1928.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Mataura Borough Council proposes, under the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts, to execute a certain public work—namely, the provision and protection of a drain to River Street in the Borough of Mataura from parts of Sections 4 and 5, Block I, Town of Mataura—and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is hereby given that a plan of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Town Clerk to the said Council, situate in McQueen Avenue, and is open for inspection without fee by all persons during ordinary office hours.
All persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of such lands who have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of the said lands must state their objections in writing, and send the same, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Town Clerk at the Council Chambers, McQueen Avenue.
SCHEDULE

1. APPROXIMATE area of parcel of land required to be taken : 3-6 perches. Being part of Sections four (4) and five (5), Block one (I), Town of Mataura, coloured blue on the said plan.
2. Approximate area of parcel of land required to be taken : 1-2 perches. Being part of Lot one (I) on Plan No. 180, being also part of Section four (4) Block one (I), Town of Mataura, coloured sepia on the said plan.
   Dated this 26th day of October, 1950.
   L. McCHESNEY, Town Clerk.