15 MARCH THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 361

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the County of Stratford
(Notice No. Ag. 6058)

Pursuant to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act, the Director-General of Agriculture hereby publishes the following Special Order made by the Stratford County Council on the 17th day of February 1956.

SPECIAL ORDER

That, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 (1) and also section 4 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Stratford County Council resolves, by way of Special Order, that the noxious weeds as per Schedule below shall be deemed to be noxious weeds within the whole County of Stratford.

SCHEDULE

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
Bathurst bur (Xanthium spinosum)
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus)
Burdock (Arctium, any species)
Common Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Gorse (Ulex, any species)
Hakea (Hakea saligna, Hakea suaveolens, Hakea pubescens, and Hakea acicularis)
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyantha and Crataegus monogyna)
Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Lupin (Lupinus arboreus)
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Silver poplar (Populus alba var. nivea)
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa)
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)
Thistles—
Califorian thistle, Canadian thistle, or creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Malta thistle (Centaurea melitensis)
Milk thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum)
Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
Saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)
Scotch thistle or plume thistle (Cirsium lanceolatum)
Star thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
Winged thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus and Carduus pycnocephalus)
Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 1956.

E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in the County of Raglan
(Notice No. Ag. 6060)

Pursuant to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, and acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act, the Director-General of Agriculture hereby publishes the following Special Order made by the Raglan County Council on the 27th day of February 1956.

SPECIAL ORDER

That, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Raglan County Council resolves by way of Special Order that the following plant be declared a noxious weed within the County of Raglan as from the 1st day of March 1956.

Saffron thistle (*Carthamus lanatus*).

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1956.

E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.

Specification Declared to be a Standard Specification

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 1 March 1956, declared the undermentioned specification to be a standard specification:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 362: School paper stationery. Second revision, superseding edition of April 1949.

Price of Copy (post free): 2s. 6d.

Application for copies should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of March 1956.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Amendment of Standard Specification

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 10 February 1956, amended the undermentioned standard specification by the incorporation of the amendment shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 19, Part 1: Steel eyebolts, being B.S. 529 : Part 1 : 1944.

Amendment: No. 2 (Ref. No. PD 1793) 14 January 1954.

Price of Copy (post free): 4s.

Application for copies of the standard specification so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendment will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of February 1956.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Amendment of Standard Specification

Pursuant to the Standards Act 1941 and the regulations made thereunder, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, on 1 March 1956, amended the undermentioned standard specification by the incorporation of the amendment shown hereunder:

Number and Title of Specification: N.Z.S.S. 872: Asphalt tiles for paving and flooring (mineral aggregate with no inherent bitumen), being B.S. 1325 : 1946.

Amendment: No. 3 (Ref. No. PD 1567) 3 February 1953.

Price of Copy (post free): 2s.

Application for copies of the standard specification so amended should be made to the N.Z. Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1. Copies of the amendment will be supplied, free of charge, upon request.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of March 1956.

L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

Charleston Stephenson Thompson, of Taneatua, Labourer, was adjudged bankrupt on 5 March 1956. Creditors’ meeting will be held at the Courthouse, Whakatane, on Monday, 19 March 1956, at 11 a.m.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy

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

Arthur Edward Roberts, of Mount Eden, Carpenter. Second dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound.

R. D. Currie, of Queen Street, Thames, Contractor. First and final dividend of 1s. 4½d. in the pound.

Donald Lockwood Goldfinch, of 5 Laurieston Avenue, Auckland, Merchant. First dividend of 1s. 6d. in the pound.

Clement John Callagher, of Herald (or Pine) Island, Storekeeper. Third and final dividend of 1¾d. in the pound.

T. C. DOUGLAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland C. 1.

In Bankruptcy

Notice is hereby given that a first dividend of 3s. in the pound is now payable on all proved claims in the estate of Albert Arthur Coles and Thelma Coles, trading as The Friendly Restaurant, of Marton, Restaurateurs.

G. C. GORDON, Official Assignee.
Wanganui, 12 March 1956.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

Stanley Herbert Morrison, of Dannevirke, Fruiterer, was adjudged bankrupt on 8 March 1956. Creditors’ meeting will be held at Dannevirke Courthouse on Wednesday, 21 March 1956, at 10.15 a.m.

A. R. C. CLARIDGE, Official Assignee.
Courthouse, Palmerston North.