Hope Bros Limited Public Notice of Appointment of Receiver and Manager Pursuant to Section 8 of the Receiverships Act 1993 Take notice that on the 2nd day of July 1997, Louise Alison Living and Ian Derek Douglas Living, the holders of a debenture dated the 10th day of August 1984 and registered at the Companies Office at Wellington on the 28th day of August 1984, granted by Hope Bros Limited (``the company'') appointed Anthony John McCullagh as receiver and manager of the property of the company under the powers contained in the said debenture, which property consists of all freehold and leasehold land, fixed plant and machinery, patents, trade names, unpaid and uncalled capital and goodwill and all other assets. The Office of the Receiver is at: A. J. McCullagh, Chartered Accountants, Level Fourteen, Tower Two, the Shortland Centre, 5565 Shortland Street, Auckland. A. J. McCULLAGH, Receiver.