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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 130

5. Messrs. W. H. Simms and Sons (Limited) Christchurch.
6. ,, Gisborne Sheep-farmers' Frozen Meat Company (Limited) Gisborne.
7. ,, Goldingham and Beckett (Limited) Palmerston N.
8. ,, George William Woods and Co. Invercargill.
9. ,, Cathie, Dempster, and Co. Wellington.
10. ,, Barraud and Abraham (Limited) Palmerston N. and branches.
11. ,, Todd Brothers and Co. (Limited) Dunedin.
12. ,, Caverhill Shearing Company Christchurch.
13. ,, Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) Timaru and branches.
14. ,, National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited) Dunedin and branches.
15. ,, Bond and Bond Auckland.
16. ,, Mackerras and Hazlett (Limited) Dunedin.
17. ,, Burgess, Fraser, and Co. (Limited) New Plymouth.
18. ,, North Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) Oamaru.
19. ,, C. W. Hervey Christchurch.
20. ,, Distributing Agency (Limited) Wellington and branches.
21. ,, Williams and Kettle (Limited) Napier and branches.
22. ,, W. E. Searle Oamaru.
23. ,, De Pelichet, McLeod, and Co. (Limited) Hastings and branches.
24. ,, W. M. Bannatyne and Co. (Limited) Wellington.
25. ,, Farmers' Co-operative Organization Society of New Zealand (Limited) Hawera and branches.
26. ,, Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company (Limited) Hamilton and branches.
27. ,, Dalgety and Co. (Limited) Wellington and branches.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister in Charge of Munitions and Supplies.

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1918.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers at the addresses set against their names are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

ARTHUR HENRY STUART, Chief Postmaster, Hokitika.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Postmaster, Naseby.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Acting Minister of Telegraphs.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Taranaki.

IN compliance with the provisions of section 99 of the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Frederic William Lang, Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, hereby notify that Henry James Hobbs Okey, a member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Taranaki, died on the 13th day of September, 1918, during a recess of the House, and that the said seat in the House of Representatives for the said electoral district is vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Onehunga the 16th day of September, 1918.

F. W. LANG, Speaker.

Education Act, 1914.—Election of Member of General Council of Education to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1918.

NOMINATIONS will be received by the Returning Officer up to 5 p.m. of Tuesday, the 15th October, 1918, from certificated teachers on the South Island Public School Male Teachers Roll for the election of a member to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the death of

THOMAS SCHOLFIELD FOSTER, Esq.

No person shall be eligible for election unless he is nominated in writing by at least two electors entitled to vote for his election.

The nomination-paper shall be in the following form, viz.:—

NOMINATION-PAPER.

We [Names and addresses], being electors duly entered on the [Name of roll] Roll for the election of members of the General Council of Education, do hereby nominate [Nominee's name and address] as a candidate for election to the said Council by the electors on the aforesaid roll at the election to be held on the day of , 19 .

[Signature of Nominators.]

Dated at this day of , 19 .

Candidate's consent, to be subscribed at foot of nomination-paper:—

I hereby consent to my nomination.

[Signature of candidate nominated.]

Dated at this day of , 19 .

The roll will be closed on 15th October, 1918, and will remain closed until the election is completed. If necessary to hold an election, a ballot-paper containing the names of all the duly nominated candidates will be posted to each elector entitled to vote, and the election will be held on Monday, the 4th November, the poll closing at 5 o'clock on that day.

F. L. SEVERNE,
Returning Officer.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th September, 1918.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of the sum of twenty-five (£25), forwarded to the Land and Income Tax Department by a person unknown, which it can only be assumed is intended as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 12th September, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Auckland Gas Companies Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 851, situated at Auckland, the registration of that industrial union is hereby cancelled as from the date of publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.