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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 12

hearing in person or by his counsel for that purpose; and a

APPLICA.TION FOR A LICENCE FOR A WATER-RACE

I, PATRICK FRANCIS O'NEILL, of Patearoa, in the
Provincial District of Otago, Farmer, hereby give notice
that I have applied for a water-race Licence for two heads of
water for irrigation out of the Sowburn Creek at a point of
intake commencing in the Sowburn Creek at a point in Section
44, Block VII, Upper Taieri District, 35 yards south of the
intersection of the main Patearoa-Styx road with the Sowburn
Creek; thence continuing in a north-westerly direction by a
pipe line 335 yards through Crown lands held by E. L. Carr
under miscellaneous licence; thence a further 250 yards by
means of a water-race in the same direction, thence across the
Patearoa-Styx road into Section 39, Block VII, for a distance
of 50 yards in a westerly direction and thence in a northerly
direction through part Section 39 for 250 yards; thence across
the Patearoa-Puketoi road into Section 53, Block I, Upper
Taieri District, for 100 yards in a northerly direction; thence
1 mile in a westerly direction in a race parallel to the said road
for a distance of 1 mile to the point of termination, and that
all requirements as to pegging and marking out have been com-
plied with, the mark on the pegs being ‘V’ and the time of
marking 4 October 1954, and that such application was filed
in the Wardens Court, Cromwell, on 27 October 1954, and my
address for service is P. F. O'Neiill, Patearoa, Central Otago.

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AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act
1948, the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the Physical
Welfare and Recreation Act 1937, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act
1926, the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act 1951, the Local
Government Loans Board Act 1926 and regulations thereunder,
and of all other powers thereunto enabling it, the Auckland
City Council resolves as follows:

‘That, for the purpose of providing interest and other
charges on a loan of one hundred and thirty thousand six
hundred pounds (£130,600) to be known as the Avondale
(Block 76) Housing and Reserve Loan 1954, which amount is
proposed to be raised by the Auckland City Council under the
above-mentioned Acts for the purpose of carrying out improve-
ments to and the purchase of properties in Block 76, Avondale,
the formation of a reserve, and the cost of raising the loan,
the said Auckland City Council hereby makes and levies a
special rate of one-third of one penny (fd.) in the pound (£)
upon the rateable value (on the basis of the annual value)
of all rateable property in the City of Auckland; and that the
said special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the
currency of such loan and shall be payable yearly on the 1st
day of June in each and every year during the currency of the
said loan or until the loan is fully paid off.’

J. H. LUXFORD, Mayor.
T. W. M. ASHBY, Town Clerk.

Certified copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the
Auckland City Council held on the 3rd day of February 1955.

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CHANGE OF SURNAME

KNOW all men by these presents which are intended to be
enrolled in the Registry of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, at Wellington, that I, ALEXANDER TAYLOR of the City
of Lower Hutt, French Polisher, now lately called ALEXANDER
LINDSAY, do hereby for and on behalf of myself and my wife
and my children and remoter issue absolutely renounce and
abandon the use of my former surname of LINDSAY and in
lieu thereof do assume and adopt the surname of TAYLOR so
that I and my wife and my children and remoter issue may
henceforth be called and known not by my former surname of
LINDSAY but my assumed surname of TAYLOR and for the
purpose of evidencing such change I hereby declare that I
shall at all times henceforth in all actions and proceedings,
dealings, and transactions, and upon all occasions use and
subscribe the surname of TAYLOR in lieu of my former sur-
name of LINDSAY: and I hereby expressly authorize and
request all persons at all times henceforth to designate and
address me and my wife and my children and remoter issue
by my assumed surname of TAYLOR accordingly.

In witness whereof these present have been executed this
7th day of February 1955.

A. TAYLOR.

Signed by the said Alexander Taylor in the presence of
N. N. Liebezeit, Company Manager, Lower Hutt.

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COPY of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or
contributory of the said company requiring the same by the
undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

C. A. L. TREADWELL, Solicitor for Petitioner.
Address for Service.—Messrs Treadwells, 4 Panama Street,
Wellington.

NOTE.--Any person who intends to appear on the hearing
of the said petition must serve on or send by post to the
above named, notice in writing of his intention so to do. The
notice must state the name, address, and description of the
person or, if a firm, the name, address, and description of the
firm and an address for service within three miles of the
office of the Supreme Court at Wellington, and must be
signed by the person or firm or his or their solicitor (if any),
and must be served or, if posted, must be sent by post in
sufficient time to reach the above-named petitioner’s address
for service not later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the
lst day of March 1955.

NEW CARLTON HOTEL LTD.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION

Notice of General Meeting Under Provisions of Section 232

NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of the
members of the above company will be held in the office
of the liquidator, Alliance Assurance Buildings, 20 Crawford
Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 1st day of March 1955, at
2 o'clock p.m.

Business—

1. To receive the liquidator's statements of account showing
   how the winding-up has been conducted and the property of
   the company disposed of.

2. To direct the liquidator by extraordinary resolution as
   to the disposal of the books and papers of the company.

Dated at Dunedin this 8th day of February 1955.

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J. J. HALL, Liquidator.

THE SYNETRIC COMPANY LIMITED

IN RECEIVERSHIP

Notice of Meeting of Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Synetric
Company Limited will be held on the 23rd day of February
1955 at which a resolution for voluntary winding-up is to be
proposed: and that a meeting of the creditors of the said
company will be held, pursuant to section 234 of the Companies
Act 1933, at the Chamber of Commerce Boardroom, Courthouse
Lane C. 1, on Thursday, the 24th day of February 1955, at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, at which meeting a full statement
of the position of the company's affairs together with a list
of the creditors and the estimated amount of their claims will
be laid before the meeting, and at which meeting the creditors,
in pursuance of section 235 of the said Act, may nominate a
person to be the liquidator of the company, and, in pursuance
of section 236 of the said Act, may appoint a committee of
inspection.

Dated this 7th day of February 1955.

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G. C. BROWNE, Secretary.

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

RESOLUTION LEVYING SECURITY RATE

Petone Overbridge Loan 1954, £18,000

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act 1926, the Petone
Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:

'That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of eighteen thousand pounds (£18,000),
authorized to be raised by the Petone Borough Council under
the above-mentioned Act for the Petone Overbridge, the said
Petone Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate
of sixty-two four hundredths of a penny (62/400d.) in the
pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of
Petone Borough, comprising the whole of the Borough of
Petone, and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring
rate during the currency of such loan and be payable half-
yearly on the 20th day of May and the 20th day of November
in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being
a period of twenty-five years, or until the loan is fully paid
off.'

Dated at Petone this 9th day of February 1955.

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H. LANG, Town Clerk.

P. F. O'NEILL.