directed to be heard before the Court sitting at Auckland on Friday, the 28th day of February 1964, at 10 a.m.; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to support or oppose the making of an order on the said petition may appear at the time of hearing in person or by his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished by the undersigned to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring a copy on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

NICHOLSON, GRIBBIN, ROGERSON, and NICHOLSON,
Solicitors, Auckland, Solicitors for the Petitioner.

Address for Service: Messrs Nicholson, Gribbin, Rogerson, and Nicholson, Solicitors, Power Board Building, Queen Street, Auckland.

Any person who intends to appear on the hearing of the said petition must serve on or send by post, to the above named, notice in writing of his intention so to do. The notice must state the name, address, and description of the person or, if a firm, the name, address, and description of the firm and an address for service within 3 miles of the office of the Supreme Court at Auckland, and must be signed by the person or firm or his or their solicitor (if any), and must be served or, if posted, must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the above-named petitioner's address for service not later than 4 p.m. on the 27th day of February 1964.

1617

THE CENTRAL AGENCY LTD.

NOTICE OF CEASING TO HAVE A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND

IN the matter of the Companies Act 1955 and in the matter of The Central Agency Ltd., a company incorporated in Scotland having its registered office at 89 Wellington Street, Glasgow C.2., Scotland, and having a place of business in New Zealand, the company hereby gives notice of its intention, at the expiration of three months from the first publication of this notice, to cease to have a place of business in New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington the 10th day of December 1963.

THE CENTRAL AGENCY LTD.

By its Solicitors:

CHAPMAN, TRIPP, AND CO.

Note--All business hitherto carried on in New Zealand by the above company will, as from the 1st day of January 1964, be carried on by Coats Patons (New Zealand) Ltd., under the same management. This notice was first published on the 19th day of December 1963.

1539

A.C.I. FIBRE PACKAGES PTY. LTD.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CEASE TO HAVE A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND

NOTICE is hereby given that A.C.I. Fibre Packages Pty. Ltd. intends, on the 31st day of March 1964, to cease to have a place of business in New Zealand.

Dated this 11th day of December 1963.

A.C.I. FIBRE PACKAGES.

By its Solicitors:

RUSSELL, McVEAGH AND Co.

J. W. SMITH.

1557

PATONS AND BALDWINS LTD.

NOTICE OF CEASING TO HAVE A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND

PATONS & BALDWINS LTD., a company incorporated in Great Britain having its registered office at Darlington, County Durham, England, and having a place of business in New Zealand, hereby gives notice of its intention, at the expiration of three months from the first publication of this notice to cease to have a place of business in New Zealand.

PATONS AND BALDWINS LTD.

By its Solicitors:

BUDDLE, ANDERSON, KENT, AND CO.

Note--All business hitherto carried on in New Zealand by the above company will, as from the 1st day of January 1964, be carried on by Coats Patons (New Zealand) Ltd. under the same management.

1638

PATONS AND BALDWINS (NEW ZEALAND) LTD.

Notice is hereby given that the following is a copy of the special resolution of the members of the company passed by way of entry in the minute book on the 22nd day of November 1963, pursuant to section 362 of the Companies Act 1955:

Resolved:

"That the name of the company be changed from Patons and Baldwins (New Zealand) Limited to Coats Patons (New Zealand) Limited".

Buddle, Anderson, Kent, and co.

Solicitors for the Company.

1639

BIRCH HILL INVESTMENTS LTD.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand No. M. 294/63 Wellington District (Wellington Registry)

In the matter of the Companies Act 1955 and in the matter of Birch Hill Investments Ltd., a duly incorporated company having its registered office at Wellington and carrying on business as an investment company, notice is hereby given that an order of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, dated the 16th day of December 1963, confirming the reduction of capital of the above-mentioned company from £472,000 to £400 and the minute approved by the Court showing, with respect to the capital of the company as altered, the several particulars required by the above-mentioned Act was registered by the Registrar of Companies on the 23rd day of December 1963. The said minute is in the words and figures following:

"The capital of Birch Hill Investments Ltd. henceforth is £400 divided into 400 fully paid ordinary shares of £1 each having been reduced from £472,000 divided into 472,000 fully paid ordinary shares of £1 each."

Dated this 23rd day of December 1963.

CHAPMAN, TRIPP, AND CO.

Solicitors for the Company.

1640

METROPOLITAN MILK (CHRISTCHURCH) LTD.

IN the matter of the Companies Act 1955, and in the matter of Metropolitan Milk (Christchurch) Ltd., a duly incorporated company having its registered office at Woolston, Christchurch, notice is hereby given that an order of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, dated the 16th day of December 1963, confirming the reduction of the share capital of the above-named company from 470 unissued ordinary shares, 8,530 issued ordinary shares, 1,848 unissued preference shares, and 4,152 issued preference shares, by cancelling the 1,848 unissued preference shares and by repaying the 4,152 issued preference shares, and the minute approved by the Court showing, with respect to the capital of the company as altered, the several particulars required by the above-mentioned Act was registered by the Registrar of Companies on the 23rd day of December 1963. The said minute is in the words and figures following:

"The amount of share capital of Metropolitan Milk (Christchurch) Ltd., as altered by the order of the Supreme Court confirming the reduction of the share capital of the company and by special resolution cancelling certain unissued share capital, is £9,000 divided into 470 unissued ordinary shares of £1 each and 8,530 issued ordinary shares of £1 each, and at the date of registration of this minute the amount of £1 is paid up on the aforesaid 8,530 issued ordinary shares."

Dated the 23rd day of December 1963.

W. A. ANDERSON, Solicitor for the Company.

1648

PALMERSTON NORTH CITY COUNCIL

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE

City Development Loan 1961, £142,000-Final Issue of £60,000

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 and its amendments, and all other powers in that behalf thereunto enabling it, the Palmerston North City Council doth hereby resolve as follows:

"That, for the purpose of providing the annual charges on a loan of sixty thousand pounds (£60,000) authorised to be raised by the Palmerston North City Council under the above-mentioned Act for the purpose of continuing works commenced under the 1959 City Development Loan consisting