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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 144

Judge of the Ikaroa and South Island Native Land Court Districts appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 29th November, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WALTER EDWARD RAWSON, Esq.,

Judge of the Native Land Court, to be the Judge of the Ikaroa and South Island Native Land Court districts, on and from the 24th day of November, 1919.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT MACKENZIE WATSON, Esq.,

Barrister-at-law, to be a Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand.

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

Resignation of Appointment as Justice of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th November, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

JOHN STEPHEN COLLINS, Esq.,

of Queenstown, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.

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

Local Deputy Public Trustees appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th November, 1919.

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

Chesterman, G. H. .. .. Hamilton
Faire, A. S. .. .. Gisborne
Smith, S. W. .. .. Napier
Barns, E. .. .. Hawera
Allen, T. R. .. .. Wanganui
Coad, A. R. .. .. Palmerston North
Allen, J. E. .. .. Nelson
Pearce, Henry William Sprint .. ..
Duncan, F. E. .. .. Timaru
Newth, R. D. .. .. Invercargill

to be local Deputy Public Trustees at the places set opposite their names respectively, as from the 1st day of December, 1919.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1919.

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.
Walter Edward Gundy .. .. Awhitu.
Edward Topham Lloyd .. .. Tokaanu.
Charles Andrew Condie .. .. Eltham.
James William Holland .. .. Featherston.
Francis Victor Hodge .. .. Wyndham.
Hudson Gilfillan .. .. Kohukohu.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on the Waitara Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1919.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1909, and the rules made thereunder, I, John Bird Hine, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 18th December, 1919, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Waitara Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill an extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. L. S. H. Clark.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of a Member of the Woolston Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1919.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Woolston Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Woolston Fire Board—Oswald Buckham Clayton.

Meetings of Westland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th November, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in terms of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Westland Land Board being held at the principal Land Office, Hokitika, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 21st January, 18th February, Thursday, 18th March, Wednesday, 21st April, 19th May, 16th June, 21st July, 18th August, 15th September, 20th October, 17th November, 15th December.

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

Meetings of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th November, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board being held during the year 1920 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 6th January, 12th February, 11th March, 8th April, 13th May, 10th June, 8th July, 12th August, 9th September, 14th October, 11th November, and 9th December; and at the local Lands and Survey Office at Gisborne on Monday, the 19th January, 19th April, 19th July, and 25th October.

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

Meetings of Canterbury Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th November, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Canterbury Land Board being held at the principal Land Office, Christchurch, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, 29th January, 26th February, 25th March, 29th April, 27th May, 24th June, 29th July, 26th August, 30th September, 28th October, 25th November, and 9th December during the year 1920.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of Less Width than Sixty-six Feet.

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Tirohanga Township affecting part Rural Sections 551 and 1335, prepared by F. W. Freeman, licensed surveyor, and lodged in the Land Transfer Office at Christchurch on the 8th day of April, 1919, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the road shown therein (Lot 8) should be of the width of 66 ft. :

Now, therefore, I, David Henry Guthrie, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power vested in me by section 2 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of 33 ft.; providing always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle-line of such road.

Given under my hand this 18th day of November, 1919.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands,