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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington. 9th March, 1920.

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

WILLIAM CARTER

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under the Weights and Measures Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of February, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th March, 1920.

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

RICHARD JOHN BARRETT

to be an Inspector of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 5th day of March, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 9th March, 1920.

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

DAVID BARNETT

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Te Rawhiti, as from the 1st February, 1920.

HUGH MAHON FOLEY

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Waiomio, as from the 1st January, 1920.

(Miss) KATE BRUCE LLOYD

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Pawarenga, as from the 1st January, 1920.

(Miss) PAREHUIA TAUA

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, and Vaccination Inspector, at Werowero, as from the 1st March, 1920.

PERCY WILLIAM JENKS

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Aorere, as from the 18th February, 1920.

SAMUEL JAMES WILLIAMS

to be Registrar of Birth, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Matamata, as from the 23rd February, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Bailiff of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th March, 1920.

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

JOHN FREDERICK MANNING

to be Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of March, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on Oamaru and Port Chalmers Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th March, 1920.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act do hereby appoint Friday, the 19th March, 1920, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Oamaru and Port Chalmers Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill an extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. M. Didsbury.

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

Post Office Savings-Bank.—Increase in Rate of Interest.

Wellington, 9th March, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with section 77 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, the Savings-Bank rates of interest on deposits up to £300 are increased by one-quarter of one per cent., making the interest payable on so much of a deposit as does not exceed £300 four per cent. instead of three and three-quarters per cent. per annum as at present; also that the Savings-Bank rates of interest on so much of a deposit as exceeds £300 and does not exceed £1,000 are increased by one-quarter of one per cent., making the interest payable thereon three and one-quarter per cent. instead of three per cent. per annum as at present. In the case of accounts with balances over £1,000 to credit, the respective increases will apply only to so much of the balance of such accounts as does not exceed £1,000. Such increases will take effect on the 1st April, 1920.

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 8 of 1920.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—SUNKEN HULK.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th March, 1920.

WITH reference to Notices to Mariners Nos. 74 and 80 of 1920, the Auckland Harbour Board has now notified that salvage operations in connection with the sunken hulk “Selwyn Craig” have been suspended. The hulk now lies approximately east and west, distant 330 ft. south-east of the main wharf, Chelsea, in nine fathoms of water, with five fathoms over it at L.W.S.T.

The wreck is marked on the channel or southern side by a green wreck-buoy.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1908 edition, Chapter II, page 39.

B. W. MILLIER,
Acting-Secretary.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the various police-stations will, if not claimed before Wednesday, the 31st March, 1920, be sold thereafter by public auction.

Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the Superintendent or Inspector of Police in charge of the district.

J. O’DONOVAN,
Commissioner of Police.

Tenders.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 8th March, 1920.

THE following accepted tender for the lease of the refreshment-rooms at Ohakune Station for a term of three years from 1st March, 1920, is published for general information:—

James Dyer; rental per annum, £280.

R. W. MCVILLY,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.