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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 27

Tariff and Development Board Notice No. 218—Public Inquiry Concerning Protection for Sacks and Bags of Textile

1. Following receipt by the Minister of Customs of a report from the Emergency Protection Authority, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Authority that pending inquiry and report by the Tariff and Development Board, a temporary duty of 20 percent ad valorem be applied on imports from all sources of certain sacks and bags of textile. In this connection the tariff provisions in respect of the goods in question, which prior to acceptance of the E.P.A. recommendation were as set out in Schedule A to this notice, have been temporarily amended in the manner indicated in Schedule B. At the same time the goods which prior to acceptance of the E.P.A. recommendation were provided for in Tariff items 62.03.02 and 62.03.09, were exempted from import licensing.

2. In accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and Development Board Act, the Minister of Customs has requested the Board to inquire into and report on what form of permanent protection, if any, is necessary in respect of all goods at present classified in Tariff items 62.03.11, 62.03.12, and 62.03.19.

3. The Board will, in accordance with its normal procedures, conduct a public inquiry in the Boardroom, First Floor, Law Society Building, 26 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington, on Tuesday, 6 July 1971, commencing at 10.30 a.m.

4. Any person who intends to tender evidence should lodge 12 copies of a typewritten statement of the evidence, to be presented under oath at the public inquiry, at the Board’s office no later than Friday, 18 June 1971. In preparing this evidence the “Notes for Guidance of Witnesses” prepared by the Board may be of assistance. Copies of these notes may be obtained from the Board’s office.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1971.

O. A. BLACK, Secretary, Tariff and Development Board.

P.O. Box 5070, Wellington.

SCHEDULE A

Rates of Duty
Number Description BP MFN Gen
62.03 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods:
Other kinds:
62.03.02 Of jute, hemp or Phormium tenax .. .. .. .. Free .. Free
62.03.09 Other .. .. .. .. .. .. 20% .. 40%

SCHEDULE B

Rates of Duty
Number Description BP MFN Gen
62.03 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods:
Other:
Of jute, hemp or Phormium tenax:
62.03.11 As may be approved by the Minister and under such conditions as he may prescribe .. .. .. .. Free .. Free
62.03.12 Other .. .. .. .. .. 20% .. 20%
62.03.19 Other kinds .. .. .. .. 20% .. 40%

Note—The following approvals under Tariff item 62.03.11 are effective from 19 March 1971:

Corn sacks of the following descriptions:

(a) A twill, 48" x 26½"
(b) New Zealand Standard, 46" x 23"
(c) Australian Chapman, 41" x 23"

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that Brenda Veronica Cunningham, formerly of 63 Ennis Avenue, Pakuranga, now of 85 Beeston Crescent, Manurewa, company director, was on 5 April 1971, adjudged bankrupt. Notice of the first meeting of creditors will be advised at a later date.

Dated this 5th day of April 1971.

P. R. LOMAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that Brian Rigden Cunningham, formerly of 63 Ennis Avenue, Pakuranga, now of 85 Beeston Crescent, Manurewa, butcher, was on 5 April 1971, adjudged bankrupt. Notice of the first meeting of creditors will be advised at a later date.

Dated this 5th day of April 1971.

P. R. LOMAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that—
LIONEL NEALE CURD, of Sandspit Road, Warkworth, motor mechanic, was on 26 March 1971, adjudged bankrupt; and

I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on the 13th day of April 1971, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

WILLIAM EWART RUDDELL, of 97 Cliff View Road, Green Bay, circulation distributor, was on 26 March 1971, adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on the 14th day of April 1971, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

LEX SZCZEKAREWICZ and MARIONNINA LILIAN SZCZEKARE-WICZ, formerly of 549 Karangahape Road, Auckland, now of 158 King Edward Avenue, Bayswater, chefs, were on 30 March 1971, adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on the 13th day of April 1971, at 2.15 o'clock in the afternoon.

All proofs of debt must be filed with me as soon as possible and preferably before the first meeting of creditors.

Dated this 6th day of April 1971.

P. R. LOMAS, Official Assignee.
Fourth Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland 1.

In Bankruptcy—Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that:

RICHARD GEORGE FREDERICK BOWLES, formerly of 313 Glenfield Road, Glenfield, now of 14 Sunnyfield Crescent, Glenfield, commercial cleaner, was on 26 March 1971, adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be held at my office on the 15th day of April 1971, at 2.15 o'clock in the afternoon.