The New Zealand Fruit Tea Company Limited (in liquidation) Notice of Appointment of Liquidators and Notice to Creditors to Prove Debts or Claims Notice is hereby given that in accordance with section 241 (2) (c) of the Companies Act 1993, the High Court of Auckland on the 23rd day of October 1997, appointed John Lawrence Vague and Graeme George McDonald, chartered accountants of Auckland, jointly and severally as liquidators of the above-named company. The undersigned does hereby fix the 22nd day of December 1997, as the day on or before which the creditors of the company are to prove their debts or claims, and to establish any title they may have to priority, under section 312 of the Companies Act 1993, or to be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before the debts are proved or, as the case may be, from objecting to the distribution. JOHN L. VAGUE, Liquidator. Officer for Inquiries: Peter Hohepa. Date of Liquidation: 23 October 1997. Address for Service: John Vague & Associates, P.O. Box 6092, Wellesley Street Post Office, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 303 0506. Facsimile: (09) 303 0508.