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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Authorizing Captain Percival Henry Hall-Thompson to take Possession of all Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy on Board Merchant Ships.

WHEREAS by warrant under my hand dated the 21st day of February, 1918, Captain Percival Henry Hall-Thompson was appointed to take possession of all apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any merchant ship (being a foreign merchant ship or a British merchant ship not registered in New Zealand) while in the territorial waters of New Zealand:

And whereas it is desired to issue a similar authority with respect to ships registered in New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister of Telegraphs of New Zealand, in pursuance of clause 24 of the regulations for the control of ships registered in New Zealand carrying wireless apparatus, made on the 7th day of September, 1914, and gazetted on the 16th day of September, 1914, do hereby authorize the said Captain PERCIVAL HENRY HALL-THOMPSON, C.M.G., R.N., to take possession of all apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any merchant ship registered in New Zealand, or any part of such apparatus, or to cause such apparatus to be taken possession of in the name and on behalf of His Majesty for His Majesty’s service, and, subject thereto, for such ordinary services as to the said Captain Percival Henry Hall-Thompson may seem fit.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 6th day of March, 1918.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Telegraphs.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Scenic Purposes in Block X, Rotoma Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for scenic purposes.

And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Rotoiti, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—
A. R. P.
65 0 0, portion of Rotoma No. 1; edged red.
21 2 0 " Taumanu No. 1A; edged purple.

Situated in Block X, Rotoma Survey District. (S.O. 19637.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 43728, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1918.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Whitianga Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block VI, Whitianga Survey District—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Whenuakite, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
4 acres 0 roods 6·7 perches.

Portion of Section 31, Parish of Hahei, Block VI, Whitianga Survey District. (S.O. 19588.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 43713, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 1st day of March, 1918.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Vardon Road, Braids Road, and a Public Road, in the Town of New Lynn Extension No. 35, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th December, 1917.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Vardon Road, Braids Road, and a public road in the Town of New Lynn Extension No. 35, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Gloucester Street, in the Town of Silverstream Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th December, 1918.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Gloucester Street, in the Town of Silverstream Extension No. 2, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Officiating Ministers for 1918.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1918.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
The Reverend LEO C. M. DONALDSON.

Baptists.
The Reverend WILLIAM HENRY HINTON.

W. W. COOK.
Registrar-General.

Importation of Fowl-wheat.

OWING to the late harvest in Canterbury and the difficulty in supplying the requirements for the local markets in regard to fowl-wheat, it is notified that on application to the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, permits will be granted to importers to bring wheat from Australia, provided, as heretofore, that all shipments are free from weevil and are shipped on or before 31st March, 1918.

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

Customs Department, Wellington, 5th March, 1918.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th March, 1918.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of a ten-shilling note, forwarded to the Secretary to the Treasury by some person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

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