New Zealand Gazette – 1955 – No. 55

Page 1358

✨ Public Trustee Estates and Maori Adoptions



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 Astle, Alfred William Retired timber worker Feilding .. .. 30/7/55 16/8/55 Testate Palmerston N.
2 Best, Lily Jamieson Married woman Te Horo 8/8/47 12/8/55 Intestate Wellington.
3 Betts, Herbert Llewellyn Retired clerk Stratford.. .. 17/6/55 10/8/55 Testate N. Plymouth.
4 Biggs, Hazel Daphne Married woman Takaka .. .. 29/11/53 12/8/55 Intestate Nelson.
5 Booth, Frederick Hornby Spencer Clerk Wellington .. .. 17/4/55 12/8/55 ,, Wellington.
6 Brown, Ellen Lithgow Widow Formerly Temuka, late Geraldine 25/6/55 11/8/55 Testate Christchurch.
7 Butt, Sherwood Stanley Formerly farmer, late labourer Formerly Uruti, late Wellington 10/6/55 12/8/55 ,, Wellington.
8 Byers, Elizabeth Ellen Married woman Renown .. .. 1/7/55 15/8/55 Intestate Auckland.
9 Comerford, Thomas Retired road surface-man Westport .. .. 1/7/55 9/8/55 Testate Greymouth.
10 Downie, Ellen Amelia Spinster Howardville .. .. 8/6/55 12/8/55 Intestate Christchurch.
11 Dunstan, George Retired rabbiter Formerly Te Kawa, late Auckland 8/7/55 9/8/55 Testate Auckland.
12 East, Alice Mary Widow .. .. .. Wellington .. .. 29/7/55 18/8/55 ,, Wellington.
13 Gibson, Kathleen Spinster .. .. .. Christchurch .. .. 14/3/55 15/8/55 Intestate Christchurch.
14 Giles, Arthur Oliver Labourer .. .. .. Formerly Bulls, late Petone 18/7/55 12/8/55 Testate Wellington.
15 Hankers, Eric George Civil Servant New Plymouth .. 1/7/55 12/8/55 ,, N. Plymouth.
16 Hood, Tom Shop assistant Christchurch .. 15/8/54 15/8/55 Intestate Christchurch.
17 Hopfenbeck, Edna Mabel Married woman Salt Lake City, in the State of Utah, in the United States of America 2/4/54 16/8/55 ,, Palmerston N.
18 Hume, Margaret Widow .. .. .. Pukemako .. 2/6/55 9/8/55 Testate Auckland.
19 Jaggar, Albert Nathan Retired railway employee Otahuhu .. 15/4/55 15/8/55 Intestate ,,
20 Kay, Zillah Belgium Married woman Wellington .. 21/7/55 18/8/55 Testate Wellington.
21 Knight, Margaret Widow .. .. .. Ruakura .. 11/7/55 12/8/55 ,, Auckland.
22 Luscombe, Florence Helena Married woman Formerly Ashburton, late Christchurch 10/7/55 15/8/55 ,, Christchurch.
23 McCabe, Owen Frederick Railway employee Christchurch .. 4/7/55 15/8/55 Intestate Wellington.
24 McNabb, Angus Seaman .. .. .. Wellington .. 10/4/54 12/8/55 Testate Wellington.
25 Morse, Arthur Edwin Company manager ,, 8/7/55 12/8/55 ,,
26 Parker, Edith Widow .. .. .. Formerly Eltham, late Wellington 29/6/55 12/8/55 ,,
27 Parkes, Eliza Spinster .. .. .. Wanganui .. 14/7/55 12/8/55 Intestate Wanganui.
28 Perkins, Stanley Wilson Newspaper agent Invercargill .. 3/7/55 16/8/55 Testate Invercargill.
29 Peters, Stewart Retired hotelkeeper Formerly Auckland, late Napier 5/5/55 12/8/55 ,, Napier.
30 Queree, Amy Margaret Widow .. .. .. Wellington .. 15/7/55 12/8/55 ,, Wellington.
31 Rundle, Sarah Elizabeth ,, Auckland .. 25/7/55 9/8/55 ,, Auckland.
32 Ryder, Alfred Bertrand Tom Retired railway employee Puketutu .. 19/5/55 12/8/55 ,,
33 Salter, Alfred Retired painter Formerly Hamilton, late Rotorua 22/6/55 17/8/55 ,, Tauranga.
34 Stark, James Matmaker .. .. Auckland .. 30/6/55 9/8/55 ,, Auckland.
35 Thomsen, Kate Shearer Widow .. .. .. Waikaka .. 17/7/55 16/8/55 ,, Invercargill.
36 Vendore, Alice Cordelia ,, .. .. Formerly Wairua Bar, late Nelson 22/7/55 12/8/55 ,, Nelson.
37 Watson, Lewis Shop assistant .. Wellington .. 14/7/55 12/8/55 ,, Wellington.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 23 August 1955.

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

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

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of August 1955.

J. A. MILLS,
Registrar of the Maori Land Court, Ikaroa District.

Whakaatu Tangohanga Tamaiti 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 te ota tango tamaiti whangai e mau ake nei i te Kupu Apiti.

I tuhia i Poneke i tenei te 9 o nga ra o Akuhata 1955.

TE MIRA,
Ko te Kairehita o te Kooti Whenua Maori mo te Rohe o Ikaroa.

SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)

No. (Name) Date of Order (Te Rai Hangaia ai te Ota) Adopted Child (Tamaiti Whangai) Sex (Tane, Wahine ranei) Date of Birth (Te Ra Whanau) Adopting Parents (Nga Matua Whangai)
3/1/842 8/2/55 Michael MacDonald, hereafter to be called (a muri ake nei ko) Te Pou Whakarewarewa Manihera Maihi Hemi Male (tane).. 31/5/52 Eruera Ngatau Pou Hemi and (raua ko) Peti Eruini Parakiri Hemi.


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏢 Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates

🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
23 August 1955
Public Trust Office, Administration of Estates, Deceased Persons, Supreme Court, Testate, Intestate
37 names identified
  • Alfred William Astle, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Lily Jamieson Best, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Herbert Llewellyn Betts, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Hazel Daphne Biggs, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Frederick Hornby Spencer Booth, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Ellen Lithgow Brown, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Sherwood Stanley Butt, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Elizabeth Ellen Byers, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Thomas Comerford, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Ellen Amelia Downie, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • George Dunstan, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Alice Mary East, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Kathleen Gibson, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Arthur Oliver Giles, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Eric George Hankers, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Tom Hood, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Edna Mabel Hopfenbeck, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Margaret Hume, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Albert Nathan Jaggar, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Zillah Belgium Kay, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Margaret Knight, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Florence Helena Luscombe, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Owen Frederick McCabe, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Angus McNabb, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Arthur Edwin Morse, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Edith Parker, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Eliza Parkes, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Stanley Wilson Perkins, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Stewart Peters, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Amy Margaret Queree, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Sarah Elizabeth Rundle, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Alfred Bertrand Tom Ryder, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Alfred Salter, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • James Stark, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Kate Shearer Thomsen, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Alice Cordelia Vendore, Estate administered by Public Trustee
  • Lewis Watson, Estate administered by Public Trustee

  • Public Trustee

🪶 Maori Land Court Order of Adoption

🪶 Māori Affairs
9 August 1955
Maori Affairs Act 1953, Maori Land Court, Adoption Order, Schedule
  • Michael MacDonald, Adopted child
  • Te Pou Whakarewarewa Manihera Maihi Hemi, Adopting parent
  • Peti Eruini Parakiri Hemi, Adopting parent

  • J. A. Mills, Registrar of the Maori Land Court, Ikaroa District