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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5679, 12 June 1879, Page 3

In Bankruptcy I IN THE SUPREME COURT OP NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. IN THE MATTER OP THE DEBTORS : AND CREDITORS ACT, 1876, ■ And Of a certain Deed o£ Arrangement executed • by ALEXANDER DIMANT, of Wel--1 , iiugton, Auctioneer and Commission Agent, for the benefit of his creditors, and .filed in the Supreme Court, at Wellington, on the Bth day of May, 1879. TVTOTIOE is hereby given that it is the injLV tention of Robert Holliday, of Wellington, Stationer, the Trustee acting under the abovememioned Deed of Arrangement, to apply to this honorable Court, sitting in Bankruptcy, on TUESDAY, the seventeenth day of June, 1879, for a declaration of the complete execution of the said deed. iDated this eleventh day of June, 1879. W. H. QUICK, ' Solicitor for the Trustee. U-, ft, jsp S , -'/ Ilk THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, | WELLINGTON DISTRICT. IN THE’ MATTER OF • THE DEBTORS ■ AND CREDITORS ACT, 1876, ' ( . ' And ‘ . Of the Bankruptcy* of THOMAS HENRY SMITH, of the City of Wellington, in the : Provincial District of Wellington, General Dealer, a Debtor. ' • ’ THIS is to notify that Thomas Henry Smith, of the City of Wellington, in the Provincial District of ' Wellington, General Dealer, did this day file in'the Supreme Court at Wellington a declaration 1 of his inability to meet his engagements with his creditors. The first meeting'of creditors to be held at the Supreme Court House, Lambtori-qnay, Wellington, on MONDAY,' the 23rd day of June, one thousand eight'* hundred and seveutyuifie, at 12 o’clock noon. . s ’ Dated this 10th day of June,*lß79.: * i (Sigucd) H. 0. WILMBR, j Deputy-Registrar,-J. G. Allan, Solicitor for the Debtor. Tenders TO CONTRAC TOR S. Public Works Office, ~ , , Wellington, 7th June, 1879. TENDERS will be received at this office up to Noon on WEDNESDAY, the eighteenth day of JUNE, 1879, for Kerbiug, Formation,and Gravelling Footpaths of portions of Whitmore and Featheraton streets and Waterlooquay, and the whole of Ballance, Stout, and Maginnity streets, on Thorndou reclamation, Wellington. Plans and specifications may .be,, seen at this office, and at the officq ; of the ;City Surveyor, Wellington. J. D. BAIRD, Engineer-in-charge. -^EST WANGANUI . GOAL COMPANY (Limited)., NOTICE. , - TENDERS will be received at the Company’s Offices, up to noon on, SATURDAY, the 14th instant, for the purchase, in lots of fivp tons and upwards, of the cargo of Coals (about 50 tons more or less), shortly expected per Aspasia, from West Wanganui. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By order,. ’ ' R. S. LEDGER, Secretary. 10th June, 1879. w ELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. TO CONTRACTORS. Tenders will be-received up to 4 o’clock p.m. on THURSDAY, the 12th day of JUNE, current, addressed- to the Town Clerk, Wellington, for the undermentioned works ; . Formation and metalling in Ellioe-street ■: Drainage of new Recieatlon Ground, ; Newtown. Plans and specifications may be seen at the City Surveyor’s office. OHAS. C. GRAHAM, ' ■ Town Clerk. June 6, 1879. ' ;

Prospectus PROSPE C T u s ■ '■ OF Tim VICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Incorporated tinder the Companies Statute, ;c ' v ' 1864. ’' ' ■ ' Capital:. | £1,000,000, of 100,000 Shares of £lO each. ■ Head Office : Melbourne. Dibeotobs : , The Honorable Henry Miller ■(Chairman) ; The Honorable U. J. YVrixun : William Hoffman, Esq. George Kirk, Esq., iT , ’ Henry Darlot, Esq; " , . •; • Edward Miller, Esq. This company will take over thef large business of the present .Victoria Eire and Marine Insurance Company; so well known as a highly successful institution for the last thirty years, during which period it has never failed to pay substantial dividends to the shareholders. Branches and Agencies have been established for many years all over Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland,- South Australia, Tasmania, and, at London and the public are now offered;.-participation in this already formed and flourishing concern, as hereunder. The present Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Company ceases operations on 30th day of June next. ' ' : The shareholders of the present company, in consideration for their goodwill of the business, will be allowed to take up 40,000 Shares at par., ■: i ' The balance of the Shares, via., 60,000, are offered to the public of Victoria, New South Wales,.. Queensland, South Australia, .New Zealand", and! Tasmania, at a premium of £1 per Share, .which premium will go to the credit of the new company., A Call of 10s. per share will be made upon allotment, and in three months another Call of similar amount may. he. made., Applications for Shares in New Zealand will be received until Monday, the 23rd day of June next, at the various Branches and Agencies of the National Bank of New. Zealand (Limited). Every application must be accompanied by a cash deposit of £1 per Share for the premium, which premium will be returned in full on each Share not allotted, should the demand for shares exceed the number for distribution. The company will commence to: do business on the Ist July. JOSEPH COLLIE, ' ‘ ' 1 ‘ Secretary.’ ' Melbourne, 6th May, 1879. ; “ MESSRS.‘LEVIN AND CO., ’ Wellington. .... JloneT m' 0 E YWANTED TO BORROW, on first-class Freehold Securities, with large margin, for a term of years, at full current rates of interest, sums from £loo-.to £20,‘600. . CHAS. . PO.WNALL & CO., . . Scriveners, Grey-street. . Missing Friends ; TOM MKDLAND ' RIDGE, Your father, John Ridge, upholsterer, of 60 North End, Croydon, England, died on 4th March; 1879.' " Please communicate with your friends at above address., , , IE this should meet the Cye of THOMAS PENROSE, or any of his friends, please write to his brother,' CHARLES PENROSE; Waitara,