New Zealand Gazette – 1955 – No. 33

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✨ Estate elections, Adoption notices

12 MAY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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Election to Administer Estates Under Public Trust Office Act 1908, and Amendments

PURSUANT to the Public Trust Office Act 1908, and amendments, 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 set out hereunder:

No.	Name	Occupation	Residence	Date of Death	Date Election Filed	Testate or Intestate	Stamp Office Concerned
1	Anderson, Mabel Alexis	Married woman	Dunedin ..	5/3/55	30/3/55	Intestate	Dunedin.
2	Bartle, Sarah Louisa	Widow	Te Kopuru	4/3/55	27/4/55	Testate	Auckland.
3	Burn, James Roy	Storeman	Wellington	31/12/54	5/5/55	Intestate	Wellington.
4	Currie, George	Retired engineer	Ravensbourne	28/3/55	4/5/55	"	Dunedin.
5	Emanuel, Jack	Retired labourer	Rotherham	26/3/55	28/4/55	Testate	Christchurch.
6	Eriksen, Kathleen	Widow	Lower Hutt	8/4/55	29/4/55	"	Wellington.
7	Ferguson, John Aird	Labourer	Dunedin ..	10/3/55	22/4/55	"	Dunedin.
8	Garlick, James Henry	Fireman	Christchurch	13/3/55	28/4/55	"	Christchurch.
9	Gee, Constance Irene	Married woman	Formerly Wairoa, late Alexandra	29/3/55	4/5/55	"	Dunedin.
10	Hamerton, Helen Mary	Spinster	Hawthorn, in the State of Victoria, Australia	13/9/32	5/5/55	Intestate	Wellington.
11	Hitchcock, Elizabeth Annie	Married woman	Christchurch	26/3/55	28/4/55	Testate	Christchurch.
12	Hodgson, Mabel Teresa	Widow	Blenheim	22/3/55	27/4/55	"	Blenheim.
13	Jackson, Clara Mary Ethel	Spinster	Rangitoto Island	16/3/55	22/4/55	"	Auckland.
14	Jones, Jane McNeil	Widow	Porangahau	20/2/55	2/5/55	"	Napier.
15	Kingsford, Charlotte Eliza	"	Otahuhu	15/2/55	22/4/55	Intestate	Auckland.
16	Laraman, Nellie	"	Christchurch	10/3/55	28/4/55	Testate	Christchurch.
17	Milns, William Robert	Clerk	Sunnybrae, Walkerburn, Peebles-shire, Scotland	12/8/54	22/4/55	"	Dunedin.
18	Newson, Frances Mary	Married woman	Formerly Oamaru, late Christchurch	7/2/55	28/4/55	"	Christchurch.
19	Silcock, Edgar Lewis	Formerly carpenter, late retired Civil Servant	Formerly Wellington, late Onerahi	24/3/55	27/4/55	"	Auckland.
20	Smith, David Alfred	Masseur	Formerly Dunedin, late Kaikohe	28/2/55	27/4/55	"	"
21	Skinner, Herbert Henry	Retired	Wellington	6/4/55	5/5/55	"	Wellington.
22	Woods, Donella	Married woman	Oamaru ..	6/3/55	4/5/55	"	Dunedin.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 9 May 1955.

G. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.

Notice of Adoptions Under Part IX of the Maori Affairs Act 1953

PURSUANT to the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Maori Land Court has made the Orders of Adoption set out in the Schedule hereto.

Dated at Auckland this 28th day of April 1955.

B. E. SOUTER,
Registrar of the Maori Land Court, Tokerau District.

Whakaatu Tangohanga Tamariki Whangai i Raro i Wahi IX o te Ture Mo Nga Mea Maori 1953

I RARO i nga tikanga o te Ture Mo Nga Mea Maori 1953, kua whakataua e Te Kooti Whenua Maori nga ota tango tamariki whangai e mau ake nei i te Kupu Apiti.

I tuhia i Akarana i tenei te 28 o nga ra o Aperira 1955.

B. E. SOUTER,
Ko te Kairehita o Te Kooti Whenua Maori mo te Rohe o Tokerau.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

No. (Nama.)	Date of Order (Te Ra i Hangai a o te Ota)	Adopted Child (Tamaiti Whangai)	Sex (Tane, Wahine ranei)	Date of Birth (Te Ra Whanau)	Adopting Parents (Nga Matua Whangai)
509/A	18/11/54	Mary Mercia Waimirirangi Tukariri, hereafter to be called (a muri ake nei ko) Freda Mercia Henare.	Female (wahine)	23/3/53	Hare Tohu Henare and (raua ko) Maki Hare Tohu Henare.
910/M	23/11/54	Joan Mary Maber, hereafter to be called (a muri ake nei ko) Joan Tahitahi	Female (wahine)	24/6/49	Hone (John) Tahitahi and (raua ko) Akiniki Tahitahi.
910/M	23/11/54	Peter, alias Robert Conrad, hereafter to be called (a muri ake nei ko) Robert Tahitahi	Male (tane)	2/8/51	Hone (John) Tahitahi and (raua ko) Akiniki Tahitahi.

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⚖️ Election to administer estates under Public Trust Office Act 1908

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated9 May 1955
KeywordsPublic Trust Office, estate election, deceased, table, name, occupation, residence, nomination, appointment, legislation
👱🏽 Names

22 names identified

Mabel Alexis Anderson, deceased subject of estate election
Sarah Louisa Bartle, deceased subject of estate election
James Roy Burn, deceased subject of estate election
George Currie, deceased subject of estate election
Jack Emanuel, deceased subject of estate election
Kathleen Eriksen, deceased subject of estate election
John Aird Ferguson, deceased subject of estate election
James Henry Garlick, deceased subject of estate election
Constance Irene Gee, deceased subject of estate election
Helen Mary Hamerton, deceased subject of estate election
Elizabeth Annie Hitchcock, deceased subject of estate election
Mabel Teresa Hodgson, deceased subject of estate election
Clara Mary Ethel Jackson, deceased subject of estate election
Jane McNeil Jones, deceased subject of estate election
Charlotte Eliza Kingsford, deceased subject of estate election
Nellie Laraman, deceased subject of estate election
William Robert Milns, deceased subject of estate election
Frances Mary Newson, deceased subject of estate election
Edgar Lewis Silcock, deceased subject of estate election
David Alfred Smith, deceased subject of estate election
Herbert Henry Skinner, deceased subject of estate election
Donella Woods, deceased subject of estate election

👩‍💼 Officials

G. E. Turney, Public Trustee

🪶 Notice of adoptions under Part IX of the Maori Affairs Act 1953

Domain🪶 Māori Affairs
Dated28 April 1955
KeywordsMāori adoption, Part IX, Maori Affairs Act 1953, adopted child, adopting parents, Maori Land Court, adoption order
👱🏽 Names

7 names identified

Mary Mercia Waimirirangi Tukariri, adopted child
Hare Tohu Henare, adopting parent
Maki Hare Tohu Henare, adopting parent
Joan Mary Maber, adopted child
John Tahitahi, adopting parent
Akiniki Tahitahi, adopting parent
Peter Robert Conrad Tahitahi, adopted child

👩‍💼 Officials

B. E. Souter, Registrar of the Maori Land Court, Tokerau District

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