APRIL 12] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 513

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land Forfeited in Southland Land District

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 11th April, 1951.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Land Settlement Board, with the approval of the Minister of Lands, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1948.

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT

This notice supersedes that of the 8th March, 1951, page 309.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 22/2053.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

ROBERT BASIL McMILLAN, of Marton, Baker, was adjudged bankrupt on the 10th day of April, 1951. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Marton, on Monday, 23rd April, 1951, at 10 a.m.

C. P. SIMMONDS, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Wanganui.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

EDWIN RONALD ARCHER, of Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu, Saddler, was adjudged bankrupt on 2nd April, 1951. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Monday, 16th April, 1951, at 10.30 a.m.

A. J. BENNETTS, Official Assignee.

Supreme Court, Hamilton.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

MAURICE BERTRAM SIMS and WILLIAM NOEL ABBOTT, both of Napier, Drapers and Outfitters, were adjudged bankrupt on 6th April, 1951. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 18th April, 1951, at 10.30 a.m.

P. MARTIN, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Napier.

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that a second and final dividend of 3½d. in the pound has been declared on all proved and accepted claims in the partnership estate of LYALL HENRY IRVINE and BIRNIE RONALD TRAINOR, formerly trading as MARNE MOTORS, of Dunedin, Car-dealers.

C. MASON, Official Assignee.

Supreme Court Building, Dunedin.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a transmission No. 49770 to GEORGE FINDLAY, of Wellington, Public Servant, as executor of DAVID MURGATROYD, of Petone, Poultry-farmer, deceased, the mortgagee under mortgage No. 207698, affecting 20·6 perches, being part Section 54, Hutt District, and being also Lot 87 on Deposited Plan 2177, and being all the land in Certificate of Title, Volume 417, folio 270 (Wellington Registry), and a transfer, No. 337963, GEORGE FINDLAY to WILLIAM HENRY MURGATROYD, of Auckland, Grocer, of the said mortgage No. 207698, and a transfer, No. 337964, WILLIAM HENRY MURGATROYD to ROBERT WILLIAM JONES, of the land in Certificate of Title, Volume 417, folio 270 (Wellington Registry), in exercise of the power of sale contained in the said mortgage No. 207698, and evidence having been furnished of the loss of the outstanding duplicate of the said mortgage No. 207698, I hereby give notice of my intention to dispense with the production of the said outstanding duplicate under section 40 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, and register the transmission and transfer in exercise of the power of sale contained in the said mortgage on the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 6th day of April, 1951, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE having been furnished of the loss of outstanding duplicate of Certificate of Title, Volume 268, folio 30 (Wellington Registry), in the name of JAMES HILL-MOTION, of Palmerston North, Veterinary Surgeon, for 1 rood 22·4 perches, being part of Section 242, Town of Palmerston North, and being also part of Lot 3 on Deposited Plan 445, and application (K. 29986) having been made for a new certificate of title in lieu thereof, I hereby give notice of my intention to issue such new certificate of title on the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 6th day of April, 1951, at the Land Registry Office, Wellington.

E. C. ADAMS, District Land Registrar.

EVIDENCE of the loss of Certificate of Title, Volume 187, folio 173 (Otago Registry), for Section 39, Block IV, Greenvale District, containing 1 acre 3 roods 18 perches, in the name of ROBERT JOHN THOMAS FINLAYSON, of Roxburgh, Contractor, 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 27th April, 1951.

Dated this 9th day of April, 1951, at the Land Registry Office, Dunedin.

E. B. C. MURRAY, District Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282

NOTICE is hereby given that at the expiration of three months from this date the names of the undermentioned companies will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register and the companies dissolved:—

Mayfair Stores, Limited. 1949/79.

Opotiki Taxi Service, Limited. 1950/13.

Dated at Gisborne, this 6th day of April, 1951.

E. L. ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1933, SECTION 282 (6)

TAKE notice that the names of the undermentioned companies have been struck off the Register and that the companies have been dissolved:—

R. H. Appelby and Sons, Limited. 1928/3.

Clutha Finance Company, Limited. 1932/19.

Jago Biggs, Limited. 1920/27.

South Island Bottle Co., Ltd. 1937/23.

Dated at Dunedin, this 9th day of April, 1951.

E. B. C. MURRAY, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

PRIVATE BILL

In the matter of a Private Bill intituled “The Roman Catholic Bishops Empowering Act, 1951.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Archbishop and Bishops of the Catholic Church in New Zealand intend to present a petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand at the next session thereof for the passing of the above-mentioned Bill. The Bill deals with the exercise of powers in regard to lands in any diocese and the objects are—

(a) To enable a Co-Adjutor Bishop on behalf of the Bishop to exercise all the said powers including the power granted by the Roman Catholic Lands Act, 1876: Provided that the said Bishop may exercise the said powers in person.