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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 150

Missing Person—Douglas John Kear

Notice of Appointment of Manager of Real and Personal Property

Take notice that by a certain order dated the 10th day of August 2000 granted out of the District Court at Hamilton, the Public Trustee has been appointed manager of the real and personal property of a person known to be missing, namely Douglas John Kear, of Hamilton, pursuant to section 79 (1) of the Public Trust Office Act 1957.

Notice of this appointment is required to be published pursuant to section 80 (1) of the Public Trust Office Act 1957.

MICHAEL TAYLOR, Area Solicitor.

Address for Service: Northern Service Centre, Public Trust, 323 Great South Road, Greenlane, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 526 2454. Email: Michael.Taylor@PublicTrust.co.nz

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Vice Regal

Cabinet Office

Resignation of Minister

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable Ruth Suzanne Dyson

from the Office of Minister of State.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 2000.

By command:

MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Resignation of Executive Councillor

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation from the Executive Council of

The Honourable Ruth Suzanne Dyson.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of October 2000.

By command:

MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Parliamentary Notices

Office of the Clerk

Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993

Notice of Proposal to Promote an Indicative Referendum Petition

Pursuant to section 7 of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, I give notice that I have received from Dennis Crisp a proposal to promote an indicative referendum petition.

The wording of the question proposed to be put to voters in an indicative referendum is:

"Do you believe that New Zealand should hold a binding referendum on whether we should replace MMP by a return to first-past-the-post elections?"

Comment is invited on this wording.

Anyone wishing to comment must send 3 written copies to:

The Clerk of the House of Representatives
Parliament House
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

by 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 8 December 2000.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of October 2000.

D. G. McGEE, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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Private Bills

Bell Gully Buddle Weir

New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act 1982

Notice of Intention to Promote a Private Bill—New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Amendment Bill

The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited (NZGT) intends to promote the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Amendment Bill (“the Bill”) by petitioning the House of Representatives to introduce the Bill during the present session of Parliament or during the adjournment as the circumstances require.

The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act 1982 (“the principal Act”) allows NZGT to transact business with its parent company and that parent company’s subsidiaries and associated companies. The authorisation is limited in relation to NZGT’s parent company at the time the principal Act was passed.

The objects of the Bill are:

1. To allow NZGT to transact business with its current, and any future, parent company and that parent company’s subsidiaries and associated companies;