New Zealand Gazette – 1957 – No. 61

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✨ Public Trustee Notices, Financial Statement, Maori Affairs

22 AUGUST

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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	Election Filed	Testate or Intestate	Stamp Office Concerned
1	Biddle, Jennifer Marie	Spinster	Ararua	27/3/57	12/8/57	Intestate	Whangarei
	Loretta
2	Birt, John	Labourer	Mandeville	16/7/57	12/8/57	Testate	Invercargill
3	Bristow, Ada	Widow	Napier	11/7/57	12/8/57	""	Napier
4	Cambie, George Herbert	Retired butcher	Formerly Weymouth, late Auckland	27/6/57	6/8/57	""	Auckland
5	Christian, Jessie Rita	Married woman	Auckland	5/7/57	6/8/57	""	""
6	Cole, Fred	Retired painter	Formerly Hunterville, late Mangaweka	21/7/57	9/8/57	""	Palmerston N.
7	Creighton, Alfred John	Farm labourer	Mossburn	16/6/57	13/8/57	Intestate	Invercargill
8	Fulton, Robert Hall	Joiner	Rotorua	25/6/57	8/8/57	Testate	Tauranga
9	Harridge, Thomas Clark	Waterside worker	Wellington	13/7/57	15/8/57	""	Wellington
10	Hoy, Richard	Retired watersider	Auckland	25/6/57	12/8/57	""	Auckland
11	McMullen, Joseph Patrick	Retired boot repairer	Greymouth	2/7/57	9/8/57	Intestate	Greymouth
12	Owen, William Henry	Fire cleaner	Wellington	7/7/57	15/8/57	Testate	Wellington
13	Priest, Morgan Whitaker	Retired stock agent	New Plymouth	26/6/57	12/8/57	""	New Plymouth
14	Rider, Alfred Harrowby	Retired farmer	Masterton	12/7/57	12/8/57	Intestate	Masterton
15	Robertshaw, Thomas	Retired dairy farmer	Auckland	28/6/57	12/8/57	""	Auckland
	Edward
16	Scott, William Benedict	Journalist	Wellington	9/6/57	15/8/57	""	Wellington
17	Stewart, Alice Carol	Divorced woman	Auckland	18/6/57	6/8/57	""	Auckland
18	Wood, Mary Alice	Widow		8/7/57	12/8/57	""	""

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 19 August 1957.

GEO. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND AS AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY, 7 AUGUST 1957

Liabilities	£ s. d.	Assets	£ s. d.
2. General Reserve Fund	1,500,000 0 0	8. Reserve—
		(a) Gold	6,162,183 19 10
3. Bank notes	72,069,778 0 0	(b) Sterling exchange	58,686,527 3 10
4. Demand liabilities—		(c) Gold exchange
(a) State—		(d) Other exchange	523,345 18 0
(i) Government marketing		9. Subsidiary coin	599,253 6 4
accounts	477,774 11 6	10. Discounts—
(ii) Other	13,139,818 17 5	(a) Commercial and agricultural bills
(b) Banks	62,724,418 11 2	(b) Treasury and local body bills
(c) Other—		11. Advances—
(i) Marketing organisations	826,697 7 9	(a) To the State or State undertakings—
(ii) Other demand liabilities	629,731 6 5	(i) Government marketing	295,378 14 10
		accounts
5. Time deposits		(ii) For other purposes	26,055,799 12 11
6. Liabilities in currencies other than New		(b) To other public authorities
Zealand currency	157,667 9 2	7. Other liabilities
7. Other liabilities	7,488,701 8 6	(c) Other—
		(i) Marketing organisations	25,190,362 9 8
		(ii) Other advances	2,509,374 18 11
		12. Investments—
		(a) Sterling	27,735,974 9 3
		(b) Other	10,388,127 5 6
		13. Bank buildings
		14. Other assets	868,259 12 10
	£159,014,587 11 11		£159,014,587 11 11

H. M. IBELL, Acting Chief Accountant.

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Ruatahuna Development Scheme)

Pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 24 March 1931, and published in the Gazette, 2 April 1931, Volume I, page 843.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

Land | Block and Survey District | Area A. R. P.
Araiwhehua A

IX, Ruatahuna

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August 1957.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs.

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 63/55, 30/2/6867; D.O. M.H. 2743)

Declaring Land to be Subject to the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Hokianga Development Scheme)

Pursuant to section 330 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that, on and from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Land | Block and Survey District | Area A. R. P.
Utakura 2D 9B 2B

XII, Mangamuka

56 2 10

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of August 1957.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 61/3; 61/3/A, 15/1/294; D.O. 19/C/23)

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⚖️ Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated19 August 1957
KeywordsPublic Trust Office Act 1908, Election to administer, Deceased estates, Supreme Court
👱🏽 Names

18 names identified

Jennifer Marie Biddle, Deceased estate administration
John Birt, Deceased estate administration
Ada Bristow, Deceased estate administration
George Herbert Cambie, Deceased estate administration
Jessie Rita Christian, Deceased estate administration
Fred Cole, Deceased estate administration
Alfred John Creighton, Deceased estate administration
Robert Hall Fulton, Deceased estate administration
Thomas Clark Harridge, Deceased estate administration
Richard Hoy, Deceased estate administration
Joseph Patrick McMullen, Deceased estate administration
William Henry Owen, Deceased estate administration
Morgan Whitaker Priest, Deceased estate administration
Alfred Harrowby Rider, Deceased estate administration
Thomas Edward Robertshaw, Deceased estate administration
William Benedict Scott, Deceased estate administration
Alice Carol Stewart, Deceased estate administration
Mary Alice Wood, Deceased estate administration

👩‍💼 Officials

GEO. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee

💰 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated7 August 1957
KeywordsReserve Bank of New Zealand, Assets, Liabilities, Financial statement, Banking
👩‍💼 Officials

H. M. IBELL, Acting Chief Accountant

Land Released from Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Ruatahuna Development Scheme)

Domain Maori Affairs
Dated19 August 1957
KeywordsMaori Affairs Act 1953, Ruatahuna Development Scheme, Land release, Board of Maori Affairs
👩‍💼 Officials

M. SULLIVAN, Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs

Land Subject to Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Hokianga Development Scheme)

Domain Maori Affairs
Dated9 August 1957
KeywordsMaori Affairs Act 1953, Hokianga Development Scheme, Land subject, Board of Maori Affairs
👩‍💼 Officials

M. SULLIVAN, Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs

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