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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

DECEASED PERSONS’ ESTATES—continued.

Wellington, 13th May, 1919.
ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.

Notice of the Date of Examinations under the Control of the Director of Education.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned examinations will be held on or about the dates specified in each case :—

Senior National Scholarship Examination : 19th November, 1919, and following days.

Intermediate Examination for Senior Free Places in Secondary Schools and District High Schools : 19th November, 1919, and following days.

Junior National Scholarship (candidates for Junior Free Places who will be over fifteen on the 1st December next must now take this examination) : 27th and 28th November, 1919.

Teachers’ Certificate Examinations, Class C and Class D : 5th January, 1920, and following days.

Entries must be made as follows :—

For Junior and Senior National Scholarships and Junior Free Places, through the Head Teacher of the school, to the Secretary of the Education Board, up till the 8th September.

For the Intermediate (Senior Free Place and Drawing Only) Examinations, through the Head Teacher, to the Director of Education, Wellington, up to the 8th September. (Late applications for the three above examinations, accompanied by receipts for the payment of a late fee of 10s. to the Public Account at some branch of the Bank of New Zealand, will be received up to the 22nd September.)

For the Teachers’ Certificate Examinations, to the Director of Education, Wellington, up to the 15th October ; or, with the receipt for payment to the Public Account at the Bank of New Zealand of a late fee of £1, up to the 31st October.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained shortly from the office of any Education Board.

W. J. ANDERSON,
Director of Education.

Notice of Date of Examinations for the Public Service.—Public Service Examinations.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given of the intention to hold Public Service Examinations as follows, namely :—

The Public Service Entrance Examination : On or about the 19th November, 1919, and following days.

The Public Service Senior Examination : On or about the 5th January, 1920, and following days.

For the Entrance Examination a fee of £1 is payable, but this fee will be refunded if a candidate is successful in passing the examination and accepts employment in the Public Service.

Only those officers who, owing to their absence with the Expeditionary Force, were unable to complete the examination earlier will be given an opportunity of completing the examination in January, 1920.

Entries for the Public Service Entrance Examination and the Public Service Senior Examination must be addressed “The Director of Education, Wellington,” and be sent so as to reach his office on or before the 8th September, 1919, and 15th October, 1919, respectively. Both male and female candidates will be admitted to the Entrance Examination.

Late applications for the Entrance Examination will be received up to the 22nd September if accompanied by a receipt for a late fee of 10s. (in addition to the £1 ordinarily payable) paid at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department.

Late applications for the Senior Examination will be received up to the 31st October if accompanied by a receipt for a late fee of £1 paid at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained shortly from the office of the Public Service Commissioner, or of the Education Department, or of any Education Board.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

Officiating Ministers for 1919.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1919.

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 :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Rev. THOMAS BULLINGER MCCLEMENT.
The Rev. GEORGE ALBERT THOMAS RICKABY.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Rev. GEORGE KING.

Baptists.

Mr. THOMAS ATKINSON.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Tenders for Cartage.—Post and Telegraph Stores, Wellington.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1919.

WRITTEN tenders, addressed to the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington, will be received not later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 28th instant, for cartage required during a period of one year from 1st June, 1919.

Particulars and conditions of tendering may be obtained at the Post and Telegraph Stores, Wellington.

W. R. MORRIS,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 12th May, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder ; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 25th June, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 26th June, 1919, at 10 o’clock a.m.

• The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.