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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 136

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Lower Mangapiko Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ARTHUR JOHN BRAY, Esq., of Te Awamutu,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Lower Mangapiko Drainage District as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 12th day of September, to be the date, and the office of the said Arthur John Bray, in Sloan Street, Te Awamutu, to be the place, for holding such first election; and also to appoint Saturday, the 15th day of September, 1917, at half past 11 o’clock in the morning, to be the day and the hour, and the said office in Sloan Street, Te Awamutu, to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor General, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed

WILLIAM DAVID THOMPSON,

of Eastbourne, Police Constable, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Marine.

Member of Waharoa Domain Board appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint

ALEXANDER KENNEDY WEEKS

to be a member of the Waharoa Domain Board, in the place of Robert Axel Forsman, who has resigned.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED CROOKE, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Stratford and Egmont, vice W. R. Haselden, Esq., S.M.; and

WILLIAM REEVE HASELDEN, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Wanganui, vice J. G. L. Hewitt, Esq., S.M.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

DANIEL MULHOLLAND

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Riccarton, vice S. I. R. Free.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN STEAD, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice to His Majesty’s Prison at Invercargill.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Justice.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th August, 1917.

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

WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSON

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Mangaweka, as from the 30th day of July, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th August, 1917.

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

FREDERICK GEORGE KING

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Vaccination Inspector, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the District of Taupo, as from the 24th August, 1917.

ALFRED STANLEY THORBURN

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Motu, as from the 15th August, 1917.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons 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
LYDIA CAROLINE STEVENS.. Kawhia.
CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAKISTON Dannevirke.
FREDERICK GEORGE NIND.. Manuherikia.
LEONARD FLOWER Kaitaia.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 74 of 1917.

PORT NAPIER.—TIDAL SIGNALS AT PORT NAPIER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th August, 1917.

THE Napier Harbour Board have notified that on and after 14th September, 1917, the flagstaff which is now used for showing tidal signals at the Eastern Pier, Port Ahuriri, will be moved to the corner of the “D” shed, West Quay, and alongside of the night signal tide-lights.—

Charts, &c., affected. — Admiralty Charts Nos. 2513 and 2528; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 134; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” page 263, and plan facing page 262.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 75 of 1917.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th August, 1917.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Hydrographic Office, London; the Chief of Office, Panama Canal, Washington, U.S.A.; and