Advertisement of Application for Order Under Section 174 of the Companies Act 1993 Take notice that on the 9th day of October 1998, an application for an order under section 174 of the Companies Act 1993, in respect of Gopher Directional Boring Systems Limited and Murray Durie Ferguson was filed in the High Court at Auckland. The orders sought are orders: A. Against the defendant company: (i) That the defendant company be put into liquidation. B. Against the second defendant: (i) An inquiry as to the loss suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the actions of the second defendant; (ii) An order that the second defendant acquire the plaintiff's shares in the defendant company; (iii) An order that the second defendant pay compensation for the full amount of loss suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the second defendant's management of the affairs of the defendant company; and (iv) Costs. The application is to be heard before the High Court at Auckland on the 11th day of February 1999 at 10.00 a.m. Any person, other than the defendant company, or Murray Durie Ferguson, who wishes to appear on the hearing of the application must file an appearance not later than the second working day before that day. The applicant is Tom Ralph Ihaka, whose address for service is Walters Williams & Co (P.O. Box 37-661 or C.P. 31-534, Parnell, Auckland), Level One, Windsor Court, 128136 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 377 7774. Facsimile: (09) 307 4301. Further particulars may be obtained from the office of the Court or from the applicant or the applicant's solicitor. L. G. POWELL, Solicitor for the Applicant.