APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th March, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

GEORGE OCTAVIUS STEPHENSON

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opotiki, as from the 1st day of April, 1915, vice the Reverend Taimona Hapimana.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
HENRY EDSER .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Otatau.
ARTHUR WILLIAM MULLIGAN .. .. .. .. Riverton.
FRANCIS JOSEPH RUDOLPH GIBENS .. .. Granity.
RALPH CRAWSHAW .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Waitara.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Special Order made by the Te Aroha Borough Council increasing the Number of Councillors.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th March, 1915.

THE following special order, made by the Te Aroha Borough Council, is published in accordance with the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

TE AROHA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Order increasing Number of Councillors.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Te Aroha Borough Council held on the 24th day of February, 1915, the following resolution was passed, and was confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on Thursday, the 25th day of March, 1915.

RESOLUTION.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 125 (c) of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, the Te Aroha Borough Council resolves by way of special order as follows: That the total number of members of the Council, exclusive of the Mayor, be altered from six to eight. The alteration hereby made in the number of the members of the said Council shall take effect on and after the 7th day of April, 1915, and the Councillors to be elected in the month of April, 1915, shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this special order.

Dated this 26th day of March, 1915.

F. W. WILD,
Town Clerk.

Notification of Deposit and Approval of Amended Rules of the Whangarei Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th March, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that a copy of the amended rules of the Whangarei Acclimatization Society, duly signed, has been deposited in this office, and has been approved by His Excellency the Governor in Council, under the Animals Protection Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Plants declared by the Eastbourne Borough Council to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 1778.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 24th March, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Eastbourne Borough Council has, by special order, declared the following plants to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction: Broom, gorse, fennel, milk-thistle, tutsan, St. John’s wort, and pennyroyal.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Varied Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Borough of Pahiatua under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Pahiatua, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of Thursday, the 1st of April, 1915, at 9 o’clock p.m. :

And whereas the Pahiatua Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Borough of Pahiatua :

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on Thursday, 1st April, 1915, all shops in the Borough of Pahiatua shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 22nd day of June, 1905, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the borough is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Members of Workers’ Dwellings District Boards.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by subsection (2) of section 6 of the Workers’ Dwellings Amendment Act, 1914, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint the persons for the time being holding the offices hereinafter referred to to be members respectively of the Workers’ Dwellings Boards for the workers’ dwellings districts specified :—

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Auckland Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Officer in Charge of the Department of Labour in the City of Auckland, and

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Auckland Land District.

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Gisborne Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of Gisborne, and

The Inspecting Surveyor for the Gisborne Land District.

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Napier Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of Napier, and

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the New Plymouth Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of New Plymouth, and

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Taranaki Land District.

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Wanganui Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of Wanganui, and

Harry Landius, of Wanganui (Crown Lands Ranger).

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Palmerston North Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of Palmerston North, and

Joseph Bell Smith, of Petone (Crown Lands Ranger).

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Masterton Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector of Factories in the Borough of Masterton, and

James Burns Finlaison Sutherland, of Masterton (Crown Lands Ranger).

Workers’ Dwellings Board for the Wellington Workers’ Dwellings District—

The Inspector in Charge of the Department of Labour in the City of Wellington, and

The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Land District.