✨ Military Appointment and Bankruptcy Notice
Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointment, viz.—
In the Taranaki Militia.
Matthew Jenkins Jones to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 28th December, 1865.
T. M. Haultain.
NOTICE.
In the Assigned Estate of Obadiah Silcock, of New Plymouth, Furnishing Ironmonger.
NOTICE is hereby given that by deed bearing date the 22nd day of January, 1866, made between Obadiah Silcock, of New Plymouth, in the Province of Taranaki and Colony of New Zealand, Furnishing Ironmonger, of the first part; James Cruickshank, of the firm of Cruickshank, Smart, and Company, of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, General Merchants, Alfred Wharrie Shave, also of Auckland, Gentleman, and James Brown Lawson of New Plymouth, aforesaid, Gentleman, Creditors of the said Obadiah Silcock, named and appointed for the benefit of the Creditors of the said Obadiah Silcock, of the second part; and the several other persons, Creditors of the said Obadiah Silcock, whose names are thereto subscribed, of the third part: the said Obadiah Silcock did assign all his Stock-in-Trade, Goods, Chattels, Debts, Furniture, and Effects (subject as in the said deed of assignment is mentioned) unto the said James Cruickshank, Alfred Wharrie Shave, and James Brown Lawson, in trust for themselves and the other Creditors of the said Obadiah Silcock.
Notice is further given that the above deed lies at the Office of the undersigned, in New Plymouth, for signature, and that it is provided by the said deed that such of the Creditors of the said Obadiah Silcock as shall not execute the same within three months from the date thereof, will be excluded from all benefit under the assignment.
Dated at New Plymouth, the 25th day of January, 1866.
W. Halse,
Solicitor to the Trustees.
Native Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Robert Parris, Esq.,
to be a person to ascertain the assent of the Natives to their Reserves being brought under the operation of “The Native Reserves Act, 1856.”
A. H. Russell.
Printed and published, under the authority of the Provincial Government, by Messrs. Woon and AtkinSON, of the Town of New Plymouth, Government Printers for the time being.
Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1866, No 4
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🛡️ Appointment in the Taranaki Militia
🛡️ Defence & Military18 January 1866
Appointment, Lieutenant, Taranaki Militia
- Matthew Jenkins Jones, Appointed Lieutenant
- T. M. Haultain
💰 Notice of Assigned Estate of Obadiah Silcock
💰 Finance & Revenue25 January 1866
Bankruptcy, Assignment of Estate, Furnishing Ironmonger, New Plymouth
- Obadiah Silcock, Assigned estate
- James Cruickshank, Trustee
- Alfred Wharrie Shave (Gentleman), Trustee
- James Brown Lawson (Gentleman), Trustee
- W. Halse, Solicitor to the Trustees
🪶 Appointment to Ascertain Native Assent to Reserves Act
🪶 Māori Affairs15 January 1866
Appointment, Native Reserves Act, Assent
- Robert Parris (Esquire), Appointed to ascertain Native assent
- A. H. Russell