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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 42

Public Service Commissioners appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th April, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM RUSSELL MORRIS, Esq.,

to be the Commissioner; and

FRANCIS VERNON FRAZER, Esq.,

to be Assistant Commissioner, for the purposes of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The appointments are for a period of seven years as from the 1st May and the 1st March, 1920, respectively.

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

Ranger under the Animals Protection Act appointed for Rotorua District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JAMES NELSON LORIMER

a Ranger under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, for the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

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

Member of Taranaki Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st April, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

NORMAN ROBERT CLELAND

to be a member of the Taranaki Land Board, as from the 12th July, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

SIDNEY RAWLE,

of Greymouth, Police Sergeant, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the first-mentioned Act.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Marine.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th April, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOSHUA BROWN RAYNER

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Wairau, vice J. C. Chaytor, deceased.

E. P. LEE,
Minister of Justice.

Returning Officer appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1920.

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

CHARLES JAMES STEVENS

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Napier, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Bailiff of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1920.

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

JOHN DUFF KEEN

to be Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North, for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 12th day of April, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Registrars of Births, &c., appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th April, 1920.

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

ALEXANDER CATHCART WALLACE MURDOCH

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris, for the district of Waipawa, as from the 16th April, 1920.

FREDERICK JAMES PRETSCH

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Vaccination Inspector, for the district of Tirau, as from the 16th April, 1920.

A. C. TURNBULL,
Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1920.

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.
JOHN RAMSAY .. .. .. Devonport.*
FRANCIS THOMAS PORT .. .. Wakatipu.

• Births and deaths only.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Borough of Masterton.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1920.

PURSUANT to section 14 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, it is hereby notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Masterton, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the said area may be excluded from the said county and included in the Borough of Masterton; that the said borough, with such addition as hereinbefore described, be divided into two wards, to be known as the Masterton Ward, the boundaries whereof shall be the present Borough of Masterton, and the Lansdowne Ward, the boundaries whereof shall be those described in the Schedule hereto; that the Council of the said divided borough consist of twelve members, and that nine members be elected to represent the Masterton Ward thereof and three members to represent the Lansdowne Ward. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against these proposals within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF MASTERTON.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the eastern side of the railway reserve with the northern boundary of Section 65, Block XIII, Kopuaranga Survey District, and proceeding easterly along the said northern boundary of Section 65 to and across the main Masterton–Eketahuna Road; thence along the eastern side of that road to and along the southern side of Fifth Street to Manuka Street; thence along the western side of that street to the northern side of the said Fifth Street; and thence easterly in the production of the said northern side of Fifth Street, across Manuka Street, to the western side of Gordon Street, and along the western side of that street and the northern side of the Masterton–Waimate Road to the right bank of the Waipoura River, and north-westerly along that bank to and along the south-eastern side of the railway reserve to the point of commencement.

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

Notice of Intention to take Land for Scenic Purposes in Blocks III and IX, Arapawa Survey District, Sounds County.

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