Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 2

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✨ Missing Persons Inquiry

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. VIII.] THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1861. [No. 2.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1861.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has directed the publication of the following letter with an extract from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 39, of the 14th December last.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 15th December, 1860.

SIR,—I have the honor to enclose a printed extract from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 39, of the 14th inst.; and I should feel obliged if your Honor would be good enough to cause enquiry to be made in the Province of Wellington for Gommaire Van Weutswinkel, and furnish me with any information respecting him you may be able to obtain.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
E. W. STAFFORD.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1860.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting the person named below, anyone who can give any information concerning such a person is requested to communicate the same to this office.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Christian and Surname — Gommaire Van Weutswinkel, known in the Colony by the name of the “Belgian,” or “Belgian Peter.”

Age — Between 39 and 40.

Residence before going to the Colony — Anvers, Belgium.

Married; wife and four children in Belgium.

Left Europe in September, 1854, as an Officer of the Belgian Vessel “Petronille,” Van Hornborstel, Master. Date of arrival in the Colony unknown.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1861, No 2

The Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were shared with Parliament after 1865

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Inquiry for Missing Person Gommaire Van Weutswinkel

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated15 December 1860
KeywordsMissing person, Inquiry, Belgian, Wellington Province
👱🏽 Names

Gommaire Van Weutswinkel, Subject of missing person inquiry

👩‍💼 Officials

E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary
William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary

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