New Zealand Gazette – 1968 – No. 1

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✨ Weather Report and Banking Notices

Six days of strong westerlies followed. During the 9th and 10th
a depression crossed the North Island and moved to the east of
the South Island; and a cold front moved over the country behind
the depression. Rain was fairly general. The westerly to south-
westerly airstream behind the front continued for two more days,
with rain on the West Coast, in the Alps, and in parts of Southland,
and showers in western districts of the North Island. Somewhat
similar conditions still persisted during the 13th and 14th as a
depression passed close to Campbell Island and the associated
cold front moved on to the South Island. The rain on the West
Coast and in the Alps became much heavier.

The cold front was stationary over the northern half of the
South Island on the 15th and 16th, owing to the formation of a
wave depression on it over the Tasman Sea. Heavy rain persisted
over Westland while many parts of inland Canterbury and North
Otago were blanketed with heavy snow. Coastal Canterbury
also received considerable rain, and lighter falls were reported
over the remainder of the South Island and northern districts
of the North Island. During the 17th and 18th the cold front
crossed most of the North Island and the depression developed
a second centre to the east of Cook Strait. Rain became general,
with heavy falls in some western and northern districts of the
North Island; while some lighter falls of snow were still being
reported in Canterbury. By now the front was losing intensity.
It became stationary again over Northland from the 19th to the
21st, with some further rain over most of the North Island, while
the weather cleared in the south.

From the 22nd to the 24th pressures were high to the north and
very low to the far south; and westerly conditions again prevailed,
with three troughs crossing the country in succession. Rain covered
the South Island except for the Canterbury Plains and coast,
and it extended also to the North Island except for most eastern
districts. Further very heavy falls were reported in the Alps. A
weak ridge of high pressure brought a clearance in some areas
on the 25th, but the rain persisted on the West Coast, and it was
also reported in Bay of Plenty.

On the 26th a deep depression was centred over the South
Tasman Sea, and on the following day it moved just to the south
of Southland. Once again very heavy rain was reported in the
Alps, with fairly heavy falls also on the West Coast and in parts
of Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds. Some rain extended
to remaining areas of the South Island, apart from the Canterbury
Coast and most of Otago and Southland. Somewhat similar
conditions persisted during the 28th with the formation of a small
depression off the Westland coast, but the rain in the Alps was
lighter. During the last two days of the month a trough associated
with this depression crossed the North Island. The rain cleared
over the southern half of the South Island and also over North
Canterbury and most of Marlborough; and it now affected also
districts north of a line from Wanganui to Wairoa, with some
very heavy falls in Bay of Plenty.

J. F. GABITES, Director.
(N.Z. Met. S. Misc. Pub. 107)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington

PURSUANT to section 33 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Act 1964, the Reserve Bank, acting with the approval of the
Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that as at the close
of business on 20th December 1967, and until further notice,
balances to be maintained in the Reserve Bank by each
trading bank shall be equal to an amount which, when added
to that Bank's holdings of Reserve Bank notes as disclosed
in that bank's latest available weekly return of Banking
Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955, will be not less than
the aggregate of: 18 percent of that bank's demand deposits
in New Zealand, plus 3 percent of that bank's time deposits
in New Zealand, as shown in the last preceding monthly
return furnished by that bank, in accordance with section 31
of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964.

A. R. LOW, Governor.
18th December 1967.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

PURSUANT to section 33 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Act 1964, the Reserve Bank, acting with the approval of
the Minister of Finance, hereby gives notice that, as at
the close of business on 5 January 1968, and until
further notice, balances to be maintained in the Reserve
Bank by each trading bank shall be equal to an amount
which, when added to that bank's holdings of Reserve Bank
notes as disclosed in that bank's latest available weekly
return of Banking Statistics under the Statistics Act 1955,
will be not less than the aggregate of: 21 percent of that
bank's demand deposits in New Zealand, plus 3 percent of that
bank's time deposits in New Zealand as shown in the last
preceding monthly return furnished by that bank in accordance
with section 31 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964.

A. R. LOW, Governor.
Wellington 3 January 1968.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy-Supreme Court

JOHN OLIVER NORTHCOTT, of 17 Manuroa Road, Takanini,
farm hand, was adjudged bankrupt on 21 December 1967.
Creditors' meeting will be held at my office, on Thursday,
4 January 1968, at 10.30 a.m.