16
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 1

Board of Trade Notice No. 117—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Carpet Sweepers and Floor Polishers, etc.

1. (a) The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on goods covered by Tariff Item 419 (1).
   (b) The Board will also inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on any materials used in the manufacture of the above goods.
   (c) Persons interested may obtain from the office of any Collector of Customs details of the goods admitted under this tariff item, 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 imposed in respect of any of them.
3. For the purpose of taking evidence on the review of this tariff item, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 10 April 1956, 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 Tuesday, 27 March 1956. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 1955.
E. P. DOOGUE, Secretary, Board of Trade.
C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C.1.

Board of Trade Notice No. 118—Public Inquiry into Import Duties on Switchboards, Fuseboards, etc.

1. (a) The Board of Trade proposes to inquire into and report upon the question of what rates of import duty should be imposed on goods (excluding condensers) covered by Tariff Item 338 (2) (a) and (b).
   (b) The Board will also inquire into and report upon what rates of import duty should be imposed on any materials used in the manufacture of the above goods.
   (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 imposed in respect of any of them.
3. For the purpose of taking evidence on review of these tariff items, the Board will hold a public inquiry commencing on Tuesday, 17 April 1956, 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 Tuesday, 3 April 1956. Each statement will in general need to be presented under oath at the public inquiry by the person tendering it.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 1955.
E. P. DOOGUE, Secretary, Board of Trade.
C.P.O. Box 2424, Wellington C.1.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

PURSUANT to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the following notice received by the Minister of Finance from the Mayor, Borough of Hastings, is hereby published.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of January 1956.

E. L. GREENSMITH, Secretary to the Treasury.

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL

Notice of Result of Poll

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, I hereby given notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hastings, taken on the 1st day of December 1955, on the proposal of the Hastings Borough Council to borrow the sum of £60,000 for the purpose of completing the purchase of a site for the erection of the Hastings and District War Memorial, the voting was as follows:

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 1,000
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1,581
I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

W. E. BATE, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

PURSUANT to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the following notice received by the Minister of Finance from the Chairman, Rotorua County Council, is hereby published.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of December 1955.

E. L. GREENSMITH, Secretary to the Treasury.

COUNTY OF ROTORUA

Reporoa Riding War Memorial Hall £7,000 Loan Proposal—Result of Poll

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, I hereby given notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Reporoa Riding of the County of Rotorua, taken on the 10th day of December 1955, on the proposal of the Rotorua County Council to borrow the sum of £7,000 for the purpose of erecting a War Memorial Hall at Reporoa:

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was ..... 242
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 76
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Rotorua this 12th day of December 1955.

N. B. HUNT, County Chairman.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend of 20s. in the pound is now payable at my office on all proved claims in the estate of Percival Raymond Thorburn, of Whangarei, Labourer.

T. P. PAIN, Official Assignee.

Whangarei, 23 December 1955.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

BERTRAND STANLEY GOODE, of 31 Eleventh Avenue, Tauranga, Caterer, was adjudged bankrupt on 22 December 1955. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Thursday, 5 January 1956, at 10.30 a.m.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C.1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

DESMOND EDMUND WADE, of Manurewa, Wood and Coal Merchant, was adjudged bankrupt on 20 December 1955. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 4 January 1956, at 10.30 a.m.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C.1.

In Liquidation

NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend is now payable in the undermentioned estate on all proved claims:

Austyn Neels Limited, New Plymouth. First and final dividend of 1s. 0½d. in the pound.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.

Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C.1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

JOSEPH WILLIAM JENSEN, of Hicks Bay, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 21 December 1955. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, 4 January 1956, at 10.30 a.m.

E. G. TYLER, Official Assignee.

Courthouse, Gisborne.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

BASIL GEORGE O’CONNELL, of Tawa Flat, Driver, was adjudged bankrupt on 21 December 1955. Creditors’ meeting will be held at 57 Ballance Street, Wellington, on Wednesday, 4 January 1956, at 2.15 p.m.

M. R. NELSON, Official Assignee.

Wellington, 21 December 1955.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

JAMES GRAY WATSON, of 52 Berry Street, St. Albans, Christchurch, Motor Driver, was adjudged bankrupt on 4 January 1956. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office, Malings Building, 184 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, on Wednesday, 18 January 1956, at 2.15 p.m.

G. W. BROWN, Official Assignee.