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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 33

Licensing Control Commission—Awarding Compensation to Owners and Licensees (Part of Buller Licensing District—Westport and Reefton Hotels)

TAKE notice that, pursuant to the provisions of the Licensing Amendment Act 1948, the Commission has awarded the following amounts of compensation to the under-mentioned owners and licensees consequent upon cancellation of the publicans’ licences in respect of the premises shown below:

“Buck’s Head” Hotel at Reefton:

Hector Harris Leonard Poulton, care of Pringle and Gilkison, Solicitors, 22 Brandon Street, Wellington, as owner, the sum of £1,225.

James Hastie, care of Guinness and Kitchingham, Solicitors, Greymouth, as licensee/tenant, the sum of £825.

“Exchange” Hotel at Reefton:

Albert Edward Seymour, care of J. K. Patterson, Esquire, Solicitor, Reefton, as owner/licensee, the sum of £3,153.

“Gladstone” Hotel at Reefton:

Percival James Gallagher, care of Cottrell, Lovell, and Maitland, Solicitors, Westport, as owner/licensee, the sum of £3,530.

“Southern Cross” Hotel at Reefton:

Jacob Dundonald Mafeking Campbell, care of Hannan and Seddon, Solicitors, Greymouth, as owner, the sum of £3,985.

William Barrow, care of Hannan and Seddon, Solicitors, Greymouth, as licensee/tenant, the sum of £1,062.

“City” Hotel at Westport:

Richard Knight, care of D. J. Sullivan, Esquire, Solicitor, Westport, as owner/licensee, the sum of £3,635.

“Post Office” Hotel at Westport:

Edgar Howard Clarke, care of D. J. Sullivan, Esquire, Solicitor, Westport, as owner/licensee, the sum of £5,978.

“Union” Hotel at Westport:

The Official Assignee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Hubert Charles Robinson, Magistrates’ Court, Westport, the sum of £8,091.

And further, take notice that no person (other than the above-named persons and other than a person claiming a lien as mortgagee) shall be entitled to receive the compensation or make any claim in respect of the compensation awarded unless notice in writing of such claim, stating whether compensation is claimed by him as owner or as licensee, is lodged with the Commission within six weeks of 12 May 1955, being the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette; and further, take notice that any mortgagee from an owner or licensee shall, upon giving written notice to the Commission within one month after 12 May aforesaid, have a lien on the amount of compensation payable to the mortgagor for the amount of the mortgage debt and any interest or other charges owing to the mortgagee under or in respect of the mortgage.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of May 1955.

E. R. GRAHAM, Secretary.

Licensing Control Commission, Government Buildings Annexe, Whitmore Street, P.O. Box 5012 (Telephone 43-418), Wellington C.1.

Levy on Main Crop Potatoes

PURSUANT to section 15 of the Potato Growing Industry Act 1950 and the regulations made thereunder, the Potato Board hereby resolves and determines that—

1. From and including the 13th day of May 1955 a levy at the rate of 30s. per ton, and payable in accordance with this resolution, be made upon growers of main crop potatoes.

2. The levy shall be payable in respect of all main crop potatoes delivered after the said date in New Zealand in districts other than the North Auckland, South Auckland, Taranaki, or Gisborne Land Districts, or in the Waimarino County of the Wellington Land District.

3. The levy shall be payable by the growers of all main crop potatoes grown in the area specified in clause 2 above upon sale by the grower, whether as table potatoes or as seed potatoes, excepting only:

(a) Potatoes sold by the grower as “certified seed”, i.e., packed in containers labelled with the official certification tag of the Department of Agriculture, provided that the maximum certification grading size of such potatoes does not exceed 6·5 oz.

(b) Potatoes (other than “certified seed potatoes” as in (a) above) which are sold by the grower as seed, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.

(c) Potatoes sold by the grower for shipment to the Pacific Islands and known as “Island Smalls”, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.

4. Potatoes to qualify for exemption from the levy in accordance with any one of the exceptions set out in clause 3 shall be graded by or on behalf of the grower prior to the sale thereof and any potatoes not so graded prior to sale shall be subject as to 70 per cent of the quantity sold to the full levy notwithstanding any subsequent grading thereof by or on behalf of the purchaser.

5. For the purposes of this resolution, “grower” shall not include any person, firm, or company which has contracted in any manner whatsoever with the occupier of any land for the right to grow potatoes thereon or for the acquisition of any potatoes grown thereon.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of May 1955.

N. J. McHUGH, Secretary.

Board of Trade Notice No. 108—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Paint and Related Products and Materials Therefor

1. (a) The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed under the tariff items listed hereunder:

Item No. Inquiry Relates To
105 Ex (1) Acetone; amyl alcohol; butyl alcohol; wood-naptha, commercial.
118 Whole item.
124 Whole of sub-items (2) and (8) only.
391 Whole item.
394 Whole of sub-items (1), (3), (5), (8), (9), (10), (11) (a), only.
395 Whole of sub-items (1), (3), and (4).
397 Whole item except sub-item (7) (b).
449 (2) Ex (c) Gum copal, rosin, and synthetic resins.

(b) The Board will also inquire into and report upon what rates of import duty should be imposed on—

(i) Materials for the manufacture of paint and related products which are for the time being admitted by decision of the Minister of Customs under Tariff Item 448 (3);

(ii) Manufactured paints and related products which are for the time being similarly admitted under Tariff Item 448 (3); and

(iii) Manufactured paints and related products and materials therefor which are admitted under any tariff item or portion of a tariff item other than those listed above.

(c) Persons interested may obtain from the office of any Collector of Customs details of the goods admitted under these tariff items, and of the rates of import duty applicable thereto.

2. During the course of this inquiry the Board will consider the desirability of reclassifying the goods in question for the purposes of the Customs Tariff. In addition, the Board will consider whether such of the goods in question as are now subject to import licensing should be exempted from the requirements of import licensing, and in respect of such of the goods in question as are already exempt whether import licensing should be reimposed in respect of any of them.

3. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of these tariff items the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on 6 September 1955, at 10.30 a.m., in the Board Room, First Floor, Departmental Building, Stout Street, Wellington.

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence may obtain from the office of any Collector of Customs or from the undernamed the notes for the guidance of witnesses (2nd Edition) which have been approved by the Board.

5. A typewritten statement of the evidence to be tendered should be lodged with the undernamed on or before 23 August 1955. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of May 1955.

E. P. DOOGUE, Secretary, Board of Trade.

C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C.1.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

INGVALD PAUL HENRY RASMUSSEN, of 3 Newhaven Street, Ellerslie, Electrician, was adjudged bankrupt on 6 May 1955. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Friday, 20 May 1955, at 10.30 a.m.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland.