✨ Legal and Administrative Notices
In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District.
Between Joseph Stock and John Blacklock, Plaintiffs.
And
James Shirley and Henry Thomas Cullen, Defendants.
Amount Recovered, £107 10s. 4d.
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that by a writ of fieri facias issued out of the above Court, and to me directed, I have caused my Bailiff to enter upon Section number 8, Upper Mungaroa Block, Hutt District, containing fifty acres, in the Province of Wellington in the said Colony, the property of the above named defendant, James Shirley, such land having been taken in execution at the suit of the above plaintiffs, the execution creditors, and that it is my intention to sell or cause to be sold the equity of redemption of land in the said parcel of land, (the same land being alleged to be subject to a certain deed of mortgage, dated the seventeenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, made between the above named defendant, James Shirley, of the one part, and Thomas Ross and John Martin, of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, Merchants, of the other part, to secure the sum of Eighty-five pounds and interest, but which mortgage is disputed by the plaintiffs), by public auction, at the Court House, City of Wellington, on the Seventeenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, at twelve o’clock noon, unless satisfaction be sooner made of the judgment debt and all costs and expenses connected therewith or incidental thereto; and I further give notice that the plaintiffs’ Solicitor is Frederick Wentworth Wade, of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, whose agents are Messieurs Hart and Buckley, Solicitors, Lambton Quay, City of Wellington.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th of February, 1871.
James C. Crawford,
Sheriff, District of Wellington.
Wanganui General Cemetery
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, Jan. 31, 1871.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to appoint Messrs. David Stark Durie, Thomas Harper, Wm. H. Watt, William Hutchison, Francis Williamson to be Trustees for the management of the General Cemetery at Wanganui.
A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.
Resignation of Members of the Executive.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
1st March, 1871.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to accept the resignation by JOE DRANSFIELD, Esq., and EDWARD PEARCE, Esq., of their seats in the Executive of the Province of Wellington.
By His Honor’s command,
A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.
West Masterton School District
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, March 4, 1871.
NOTICE has been given to this office that at a meeting of the settlers of the above named district, held at the Schoolhouse, on Saturday, the 25th February, a Committee was elected consisting of the following persons, viz —
Mr. Day
„ Dagg
„ Evans
„ McKenzie
„ Crayne
„ Chamberlain
„ Kibblewhite
„ Walton
„ Prentice
„ Compton, Collector and Treasurer
„ R. Hare, Chairman
A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.
Sheep Inspector’s Report
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, Feb. 23, 1871.
NOTICE has been given to this office by the Inspector of Sheep for the Wellington District, that he has granted Clean Certificates to the following flock owners, viz —
Mr. Frank Smith, Paikakariki, for the whole flock. Dated 10th February, 1871.
Messrs. Anthony and James Wall, Pukurua, for the whole flock. Dated 17th February, 1871.
Mr. James Wall, Porirua Ferry, for the whole flock. Dated 18th February, 1871.
He also reports that he has cancelled the Clean Certificate of Mr. Anthony Wall, sen., Porirua Bay.
A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas McKenzie, Printer for the time being to such Government.
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⚖️ Supreme Court Writ of Fieri Facias
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement16 February 1871
Supreme Court, Writ of Fieri Facias, Land Sale, Execution, Otago, Southland, Wellington
7 names identified
- Joseph Stock, Plaintiff in Supreme Court case
- John Blacklock, Plaintiff in Supreme Court case
- James Shirley, Defendant in Supreme Court case
- Henry Thomas Cullen, Defendant in Supreme Court case
- Thomas Ross, Mortgagee in disputed mortgage
- John Martin, Mortgagee in disputed mortgage
- Frederick Wentworth Wade, Solicitor for plaintiffs
- James C. Crawford, Sheriff, District of Wellington
🏘️ Appointment of Wanganui Cemetery Trustees
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government31 January 1871
Cemetery, Trustees, Appointment, Wanganui
- David Stark Durie, Appointed Trustee of Wanganui General Cemetery
- Thomas Harper, Appointed Trustee of Wanganui General Cemetery
- Wm. H. Watt, Appointed Trustee of Wanganui General Cemetery
- William Hutchison, Appointed Trustee of Wanganui General Cemetery
- Francis Williamson, Appointed Trustee of Wanganui General Cemetery
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
🏘️ Resignation from Provincial Executive
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government1 March 1871
Resignation, Executive, Wellington Province
- Joe Dransfield (Esquire), Resigned from Provincial Executive
- Edward Pearce (Esquire), Resigned from Provincial Executive
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
🎓 West Masterton School District Committee
🎓 Education, Culture & Science4 March 1871
School Committee, Election, West Masterton
11 names identified
- Day, Elected to School Committee
- Dagg, Elected to School Committee
- Evans, Elected to School Committee
- McKenzie, Elected to School Committee
- Crayne, Elected to School Committee
- Chamberlain, Elected to School Committee
- Kibblewhite, Elected to School Committee
- Walton, Elected to School Committee
- Prentice, Elected to School Committee
- Compton, Elected Collector and Treasurer
- R. Hare, Elected Chairman
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
🌾 Sheep Inspector’s Report
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources23 February 1871
Sheep, Clean Certificates, Flock Owners, Wellington District
- Frank Smith, Granted Clean Certificate for flock
- Anthony Wall, Granted Clean Certificate for flock
- James Wall, Granted Clean Certificate for flock
- James Wall, Granted Clean Certificate for flock
- Anthony Wall (sen.), Clean Certificate cancelled
- A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1871, No 7