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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, has recommended the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land, containing fifty-nine acres three roods twenty perches, being part of the land known as Rangiwaea No. 4r No. 11:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing fifty-nine acres three roods twenty perches, being part of the Rangiwaea No. 4r No. 11 Block, and being part of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Merania Tahana and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Additional Regulations under “The Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby revoke Regulation No. 7 of the regulations made under that Act on the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one (hereinafter termed “the said regulations”), and doth hereby, for the purposes of that Act, make the amended and additional regulations hereinafter set forth.

SERVING TRANSLATED NOTICE OR SUMMONS ON MAORI RESPONDENT.

In every case where the respondent is a Maori, the application and particulars, and any summons intended to be served on him, shall be accompanied by a translation thereof into the Maori language. This shall not be necessary where it is shown that such Maori has employed a solicitor who has received the application or summons and has undertaken to act for him. The expression “Maori” shall include half-castes and the descendants of half-castes living as Maoris.

FIXING DATE OF HEARING.

7. (1.) On the filing of an application for arbitration the Clerk shall, in manner hereafter mentioned, serve a copy of the same on each respondent.

(2.) In lieu of the time mentioned in No. 11 of the said regulations the respondent or respondents shall file his or their answer within the following times: When the respondent resides within 20 miles of the office of the Clerk of Awards in which the same is to be filed, 7 days; when the respondent resides more than 20 but less than 100 miles from the said office, 10 days; when the respondent resides more than 100 miles from the said office, 14 days. When a respondent is a Maori seven days’ additional time shall be allowed.

(3.) In case of failure by the respondent to file an answer, the Clerk of Awards shall inform the President that the application is ready for hearing.

(4.) The matter shall thereupon proceed as nearly as may be in manner fixed by the said regulations.

TAKING EVIDENCE OUTSIDE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OR COLONY.

13A. The Court, or when the Court is not sitting the President, may, in any application or matter pending before it, where it appears necessary for or conducive to the purposes of justice, make an order for the examination, upon oath or otherwise, before any Judge, or any Magistrate, or any officer of any Court, or any other person or persons, and at any place, either within or beyond the limits of the colony, of any witness or person, and may empower any party to any such application or matter to give the deposition taken on such examination in evidence therein, on such terms (if any) as the Court may direct.

13B. The person to whom such order is directed shall have the same power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses as is possessed by the Court or the President.

13C. The order may be made on written application lodged with the Clerk of Awards for the district in which the matter is pending, and such application may be dealt with by the Court or President in any part of the colony.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Name of Old-age Pension District altered.

PLUNKET, Governor.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon him by “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby alter the name of the old-age pension district formerly known as the Greytown Old-age Pension District to the Carterton Old-age Pension District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.