3 SEPTEMBER

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 001127 of 1970

In the High Court of Justice (England)
Chancery Division
Group A

IN THE MATTER OF GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, and

IN THE MATTER OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE, and

IN THE MATTER OF ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, and

IN THE MATTER OF CALEDONIAN INSURANCE COMPANY, and

IN THE MATTER OF THE LICENSES AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, and

IN THE MATTER of the Insurance Companies Acts 1958 to 1967:

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition was on 29 June 1970, presented to Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice by the directors of the above-named Guardian Assurance Company Limited, to obtain the sanction of the Court as required by section 11 of the Insurance Companies Act 1958 (as amended by the Companies Act 1967), to a scheme for the transfer to the said Guardian Assurance Company Limited of: (a) part of the life assurance and annuity business of the above-named The Royal Exchange Assurance and Caledonian Insurance Company; (b) the life assurance and annuity businesses of the above-named Atlas Assurance Company Limited and The Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited; and (c) the capital redemption insurance businesses of the said The Royal Exchange Assurance, the said Caledonian Insurance Company, and the said The Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited.

Copies of the conditional agreements for carrying the said scheme into effect all dated 24 June 1970, and copies of the actuarial reports upon which the agreements are founded including a report by an independent actuary as required by the Insurance Companies Act 1958, may be inspected during usual business hours on any weekday previous to the hearing of the petition at the under-mentioned addresses:

Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Limited: Royal Exchange, London, E.C. 3, England.

Caledonian Insurance Company: 13 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YL, Scotland.

The said documents may also be inspected at any branch office established by the companies referred to above in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or in the Republic of Ireland, and the offices of companies in the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group at the following addresses:

AUSTRALIA

ADELAIDE: Guardian Assurance Building, 50 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia.

BRISBANE: Guardian Assurance Building, 380–386 Queen Street, Brisbane 4000, Queensland.

CANBERRA: 36 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601.

HOBART (TASMANIA): 82 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania.

MELBOURNE: 604 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, 3004.

PERTH: Guardian Assurance Building, St. George’s Court, St. George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.

SYDNEY: Guardian Assurance Building, 34 Hunter Street, Sydney 2000, New South Wales.

CANADA

MONTREAL: 240 St. James Street, Montreal 126, Quebec.

TORONTO: 25 Adelaide Street West, Toronto 105, Ontario.

VANCOUVER: 525 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.

CYPRUS

NICOSIA: Chartered Bank Building, Evagoras Avenue, Nicosia.

GHANA

ACCRA: Corner of Selwyn Market Street and Kadiri Lane, Accra.

KUMASI: Wesleyan Road, Kejetia, Kumasi.

TAKORADI: 28 Amanful Road, Takoradi.

HONG KONG

VICTORIA: Union House, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.

KENYA

NAIROBI: Agip House, Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi.

MALAWI

BLANTYRE: Development House, Henderson Street, Blantyre.

NEW ZEALAND

AUCKLAND: 229–231 Queen Street, Auckland, C. 1.

CHRISTCHURCH: Redpaths Building, 181–183 Cashel Street, Christchurch.

DUNEDIN: 7 Liverpool Street, Dunedin.

WELLINGTON: 111–115 Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

RHODESIA

BULAWAYO: Grindlays Building, Eighth Avenue, Bulawayo.

SALISBURY: Founder’s House, Gordon Avenue, Salisbury.

SIERRA LEONE

FREETOWN: Delco House, Oxford Street, Freetown.

SOUTH AFRICA

BLOEMFONTEIN: Panmar House, 43 Maitland Street, Bloemfontein.

CAPE TOWN: Guardian Building, 31–35 Adderley Street, Capetown, Cape Province.

DURBAN: Eagle Building, Murchie’s Passage (off West Street), Durban.

JOHANNESBURG: Allied Building, Corner Bree and Rissik Streets, Johannesburg.

ZAMBIA

LUSAKA: Third Floor, Chester House, Cairo Road, Lusaka.

NDOLA: Philcor House, Buteko Avenue, Ndola.

And notice is further given that the said petition is directed to be heard before the Honourable Mr Justice Megarry, at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, England, on Monday, the 12th day of October 1970, and any person interested in the said companies whether as a policyholder or otherwise desirous of opposing the making of an order for the sanction of the said scheme, may appear at the time of hearing in person or by counsel for the purpose, in which case he is required to give 2 clear days’ previous notice in writing of his intention so to appear with the grounds of his objection to the under-mentioned solicitors. Any policyholder of the said companies who dissents from the proposed scheme but who does not desire to appear either in person or by counsel on the hearing of the said petition, should give 2 clear days’ previous notice in writing of such dissent with the grounds thereof to the under-mentioned solicitors.

A copy of the said petition will be furnished to any person requiring the same by the under-mentioned solicitors on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

Dated the 14th day of July 1970.

[L.S.]

SLAUGHTER and MAY,
35, Basinghall Street, London, E.C. 2, England.

Solicitors for the Petitioners.

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