New Zealand Gazette – 1956 – No. 12

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 12

The Public Trust Office (Investment Agencies in Common
Fund) Notice 1956

PURSUANT to section 48 of the Finance Act 1932, the
Minister of Finance hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE

  1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Public Trust Office
    (Investment Agencies in Common Fund) Notice 1956.
    (2) This notice shall come into force on the 20th day of
    February 1956.
  2. The rate of interest that may be paid by the Public
    Trustee on moneys invested by the Public Trustee as agent of
    any principal in the Common Fund of the Public Trust Office
    pursuant to section 16 of the Public Trust Office Amendment
    Act 1913, shall be three and a quarter per cent per annum.
  3. Nothing in this notice shall be deemed to affect the rate
    of interest that may be paid on any moneys so invested before
    the date of the coming into force of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 1956.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Finance.

Notice by the Public Trustee Under the Public Trust Office
Act 1908 (Part III) and its Amendments

WHEREAS the owner of a certain parcel of 88 stock
units of £1 each (fully paid) in Pacific Forests Limited
is not known, and whereas the value of such parcel of 88
stock units does not exceed one thousand pounds (£1,000),
and whereas Part III of the Public Trust Office Act 1908, and
its amendments provides (inter alia) that when it is not
known who the owner of any real or personal property is
and the value of such real or personal property does not
exceed one thousand pounds (£1,000) and that the exercise
of the powers set out in section 87 of the said Act is advisable
in the interests of such owner or of any other person, the
Public Trustee may by notice in the Gazette declare his
intention to take possession of such property and to exercise
the powers conferred upon him by the said section 87 of the
Public Trust Office Act 1908, and may thereafter exercise
such powers without application to the Supreme Court.
Now the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that pursuant
to Part III of the said Act he intends to take possession of
the property above mentioned and to exercise in respect
thereof the powers conferred upon him under and by virtue
of the provisions of the said section 87 of the Public Trust
Office Act 1908, as amended by section 21 of the Finance
Act (No. 2) 1936.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 1956.

G. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

Unclaimed Lands—Notice by the Public Trustee Under the
Public Trust Office Act 1908 and its Amendments

To the owner of the following land, that is to say: All that
parcel of land containing two roods (2r.), more or less,
situate in the District of Malvern, being part of Lot 1 on
Deposited Plan No. 244, and part of Rural Section
11129, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate
of title, Volume 77, folio 55, Canterbury Registry, in
the name of William Reid Bell, of Formby, Tasmania,
Civil Engineer.

WHEREAS, after due inquiry, the owner of the above-
described land cannot be found, and whereas the said
owner has no known agent in New Zealand, now the Public
Trustee hereby calls upon such owner, within six months of
the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, to
establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to
the said land, and if he fails or neglects so to do the Public
Trustee will exercise as regards the said land the powers and
authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office
Act 1908 (Part II) and its amendments.

Dated this 21st day of February 1956.

G. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

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 Barbour, Andrew Retired painter Christchurch 18/1/56 22/2/56 Testate Christchurch
2 Blair, Cuthbert Cecil Edward Surfaceman Waitahuna 13/12/55 16/2/56 Intestate Dunedin
3 Calder, Margaret Anderson Married woman Ravensbourne 13/10/55 16/2/56 Testate ""
4 Chambers, Henrietta Kitto "" Napier 14/1/56 15/2/56 Intestate Napier
5 Cummings, James (also known as James Howard Cummings) Bushman Rangitaiki 17/8/55 20/2/56 "" Tauranga
6 Dundass, Elizabeth Widow Moa Creek 18/1/56 16/2/56 Testate Dunedin
7 Eccleton, Joseph Thomas Retired postmaster Formerly Tauranga, late Auckland 12/12/55 14/2/56 "" Tauranga
8 Harney, Catherine Agnes Married woman Oamaru 15/1/56 21/1/56 "" Dunedin
9 Henderson, Robert George Retired labourer Formerly Kaituna, late Blenheim 13/12/55 15/2/56 "" Blenheim
10 Humphrey, Thomas Retired labourer Lawrence 9/11/55 16/2/56 Intestate Dunedin
11 Lamb, Agnes Lilian Widow Alexandra 15/1/56 16/2/56 "" ""
12 Le Messurier, Frederick William Labourer Christchurch 10/1/56 22/2/56 Testate Christchurch
13 Marshall, Sarah Brown Widow Stanway, near Halcombe 22/1/56 16/2/56 "" Palmerston N.
14 McLean, Margaret Parker Spinster Company Bay 24/10/55 16/2/56 Intestate Dunedin
15 Murray, Alexander Colin Retired life-insurance superintendent Christchurch 13/1/56 22/2/56 "" Christchurch
16 Neilson, Norman Retired goldminer Waiorongomai 4/11/55 2/12/55 "" Auckland
17 O'Keefe, Kathleen Spinster Dunedin 4/12/55 16/2/56 "" Dunedin
18 Oliver, Ellison Married woman "" 31/12/55 16/2/56 Testate ""
19 Pennefather, Oliver Raymond Labourer Dargaville 26/12/55 21/2/56 Intestate Whangarei
20 Russek, Charles Labourer "" 26/11/55 16/2/56 "" ""
21 Tanner, Albert William Linotype operator Nelson 17/1/56 15/2/56 Testate Nelson
22 Welnoski, Lucy Mary Married woman Lower Hutt 17/11/55 23/2/56 Intestate Wellington
23 Westrupp, Daisy Evelyn "" Nelson 14/7/44 20/2/56 "" Masterton
24 Wynne, Desmond Labourer Rotorua 1/10/55 20/2/56 "" Tauranga

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 27 February 1956.

Decision of the Bureau of Industry Under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act 1936

PURSUANT to Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act 1936, the Bureau of Industry has made the following decision in respect
of an application for a licence.

Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 2492, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

Applicant and Location Nature of Application Decision Date
P. A. Worth, 32 Seaside Avenue, Avondale, Auckland For a licence to manufacture paua shell for sale Declined 21 February 1956
H. J. W. Fisher, Box 267, Timaru Licence in respect of manufacture of paua shell for sale Revoked 21 February 1956


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💰 Public Trust Office (Common Fund) interest rate notice 1956

💰 Finance & Revenue
20 February 1956
Finance Act 1932, Public Trust Office, interest rate, Common Fund
  • Jack T. Watts, Minister of Finance

💰 Public Trustee notice taking possession of Pacific Forests Limited shares

💰 Finance & Revenue
28 February 1956
Public Trustee, Part III, unknown owner, shares, Pacific Forests Limited
  • G. E. Turney, Public Trustee

🗺️ Unclaimed land notice for William Reid Bell

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
21 February 1956
Unclaimed land, William Bell, Tasmania, title search
  • William Reid Bell (Civil Engineer), Owner of unclaimed land

  • G. E. Turney, Public Trustee

⚖️ Election to administer estates of deceased persons

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 February 1956
Estate administration, deceased estates, public trustee election, probate, Supreme Court
24 names identified
  • Andrew Barbour, Estate administration
  • Cuthbert Cecil Edward Blair, Estate administration
  • Margaret Anderson Calder, Estate administration
  • Henrietta Kitto Chambers, Estate administration
  • James Cummings, Estate administration
  • Elizabeth Dundass, Estate administration
  • Joseph Thomas Eccleton, Estate administration
  • Catherine Agnes Harney, Estate administration
  • Robert George Henderson, Estate administration
  • Thomas Humphrey, Estate administration
  • Agnes Lilian Lamb, Estate administration
  • Frederick William Le Messurier, Estate administration
  • Sarah Brown Marshall, Estate administration
  • Margaret Parker McLean, Estate administration
  • Alexander Colin Murray, Estate administration
  • Norman Neilson, Estate administration
  • Kathleen O'Keefe, Estate administration
  • Ellison Oliver, Estate administration
  • Oliver Raymond Pennefather, Estate administration
  • Charles Russek, Estate administration
  • Albert William Tanner, Estate administration
  • Lucy Mary Welnoski, Estate administration
  • Daisy Evelyn Westrupp, Estate administration
  • Desmond Wynne, Estate administration

🌾 Bureau of Industry decision on paua shell licences

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Bureau of Industry, paua shell licence, decision, industrial efficiency, Part III
  • P. A. Worth, Licence applicant
  • H. J. W. Fisher, Licence applicant

  • J. D. Kerr, Secretary