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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 154

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Sumner Borough Council.—Notice No. 1943.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 19th November, 1918.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Sumner Borough Council has, by special order, declared the following weeds to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

African boxthorn (Lycium horridum).
Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum).
Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Burdock (Arctium, any species).
Capeweed, or Cape Daisy (Cryptostemma calendulacea).
Dock (Rumex, any species).
Elderberry (Sambucus niger).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).
Giant burdock (Arctium majus).
Goat’s rue (Galega officinalis).
Gorse (Ulex europæus).
Hakea (Hakea acicularis).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Kangaroo acacia (Acacia armata).
Lupin (Lupinus luteus).
Ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).
Penny-cress, or Canadian stink-weed (Thlaspi arvense).
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).
Periwinkle (Vinca major).
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum or H. humifusum).
Spiderwort (Leycesteria formosa).
Tauhinu, or New Zealand cotton-wood (Cassinia leptophylla).
Thistles: Any species of Carlina (stemless thistle), Carduus (common plume or Scotch thistle), Cnicus (woolly-headed thistle), Centaurea (star thistle), Silybum (milk thistle).
Tutsan (Hypericum androsæmum).
Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare).
Wild borage (Echium violaceum).
Wild turnip (Brassica campestris).
Winged thistles (Carduus pycnocephalus).

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Agriculture.

Compulsory Installation of Wireless Telegraphy in British Seagoing Ships (of 1,600 Tons Gross or Upwards) not registered in New Zealand.

WHEREAS under (Imperial) Defence of the Realm Regulation No. 37 (b), and corresponding legislation passed by the various self-governing dominions and colonies of the British Empire, every British seagoing ship of 1,600 tons gross tonnage or upwards (whatever her country of registry) is required—

(a.) To be provided with a wireless-telegraph installation ;
(b.) To maintain a wireless-telegraph service ; and
(c.) To be provided with two certified operators, together with suitable accommodation for the apparatus and operators ;

unless total or partial exemption in regard to the requirements mentioned has been obtained from the proper authorities in the ship’s country of registry :

Now, therefore, I, Percival Henry Hall-Thompson, Captain in His Majesty’s Fleet, and a Naval Authority under the New Zealand War Regulations, do hereby notify to all owners and masters concerned the following orders now issued by me under the provisions of paragraph (3), subsection (1), of the New Zealand War Regulations dated 30th July, 1918 :—

(a.) The regulations in regard to the compulsory fitting of wireless-telegraph installations in ships which are registered in New Zealand are as set forth in paragraph (1) of the New Zealand War Regulations dated 30th July, 1918.

(b.) In regard to a British ship (not registered in New Zealand) which is required by the legislation of its country of registry to be fitted with wireless-telegraph apparatus on the general lines indicated at (a), no such ship shall, after the 15th day of December, 1918, put to sea from any port in New Zealand unless—

(1.) Provided with a wireless-telegraph installation, a wireless-telegraph service, and two certified opera-

tors, as described in paragraph (1) of the New Zealand War Regulations of 30th July, 1918, for a ship registered in New Zealand ; or

(2.) Unless the written permission of the New Zealand Minister of Telegraphs has been obtained for whole or partial exemption in respect of the requirements referred to.

(c.) All applications for exemptions desired should be made forthwith to the Minister of Telegraphs on the prescribed form, and should state whether any exemption has been already granted by the authorities in the ship’s country of registry ; if so, to what extent, and for what reason.

(d.) If the provisions of the orders now issued are not complied with in respect of any vessel, the master and owners of the vessel shall severally be guilty of an offence against these orders, and shall be liable under the New Zealand War Regulations Act, 1914, accordingly.

P. H. HALL-THOMPSON,
Captain Royal Navy,
New Zealand Naval Authority.

14th November, 1918.

Election of Member of Marlborough Land District.

PURSUANT to section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, the amendments thereto, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Henry Dugald McKellar, Returning Officer for the election of a member to the Marlborough Land Board, do hereby declare

JAMES FULTON

to be duly elected a member of the Land Board for the Marlborough Land District as from 17th day of December, 1918, only one valid nomination having been received.

Dated at Blenheim this 15th day of November, 1918.

H. D. MCKELLAR,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 69 of 1918.

LIGHTS IN EUROPEAN WATERS, RELIGHTING OF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th November, 1918.

IN a telegraphic communication dated 17th November, 1918, the Admiralty notify that the following lights are being, or shortly will be, re-exhibited as far as possible :—

(Masters must, however, be prepared for their extinction or alteration without warning should occasion arise.)

(a.) (i.) All lights on the south coast of England ;
(ii.) All lights on the west coast of England and Wales ;
(iii.) All lights on the west coast of Scotland— i.e., all lights from North Foreland clockwise to Cape Wrath ;
(iv.) All lights round the coast of Ireland ;
(v.) All lights in the Channel Islands.

The term “lights” includes “fog-signals.”

(b.) All lights in France or in French possessions throughout the world.

(c.) All lights in the Aegean Sea.

(d.) Lights at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The following alterations in lights are also notified ; they will be promulgated by Admiralty Notices to Mariners in due course :—

(a.) Approaches to Spithead :—

Nab light-vessel has been temporarily moved to position 50° 41′ 02″ N., 0° 56′ 06″ W., and shows a group flashing white light :

The Warner light-vessel has been renamed the “Dean light-vessel,” and has been removed to position 50° 43′ 20″ N., 0° 58′ 38″ W., and shows a revolving white light.

(b.) England.—South Coast :—

The Brighton light-vessel, in position 50° 40′ 15″ N., 0° 09′ 45″ W., will be withdrawn.

(c.) England.—South Coast :—

St. Catherine’s light has been altered so as to show one flash every five seconds.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.