JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2031

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Masterton County Council.—Notice No. 2021.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st June, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Masterton County Council has, by special order, declared gorse (Ulex europæus) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Waihou Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out of the Drainage or other Works in the Hauraki Plains, or for the Better Disposal of Crown Land in that District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorized by the latter Act, or for the better disposal of Crown land in that district. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kerepehi, 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 area of the piece of land required to be taken: 4 acres 2 roods.

Being Ongarehu or Te-Kata-a-te-Kawau Block, situated in Block VI, Waihou Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 20644.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 47362, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 17th day of June, 1920.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Certificate and Declaration of Execution of Criminal.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1920.

THE following certificate and declaration are published in conformity with the provisions of the Crimes Act, 1908.

E. P. LEE, Minister of Justice.

CERTIFICATE.

I, DONALD NORMAN WATSON MURRAY, the Medical Officer in attendance at the execution of Dennis Gunn, at the Prison of Mount Eden, Auckland, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Dennis Gunn at the said prison; and I do further certify and declare that the said Dennis Gunn was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand this 22nd day of June, 1920, at the Prison of Mount Eden.

D. N. W. MURRAY, M.D.

DECLARATION.

WE do hereby testify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of Dennis Gunn, convicted at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court held at Auckland on the 17th day of May last, and sentenced to death, and that the said Dennis Gunn was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this 22nd day of June, 1920, at the Prison of Mount Eden, Auckland.

A. STUBBS, Sheriff.
T. VINCENT, Gaoler.
J. T. REID, Chief Warder.
A. M. SHUGAR.
G. J. WHITAKER.

Approval of Juvenile Probation Officers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1920.

BY virtue of the power vested in me by section 10 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, I, Christopher James Parr, the Minister of Education, do hereby notify my approval of the following Juvenile Probation Officers:—

JOHN SAMPSON CUPITT,
ROLAND LISTER FOUNTAIN,
WILLIAM GRAHAM McMASTER FULLARTON,
PHILLIP GOODWIN,
ERNEST ROBERT HEAL,
HAROLD WILLIAM LACEY, and
DAVID WALTER MILLER.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 39 of 1920.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1920.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, and the Harbours and Marine Board Offices, Adelaide, are published for general information.

ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

AUSTRALIA.

MOVEMENTS OF SUBMARINES.

THE following information is published by request of the Naval Board, Melbourne:—

(1.) The vessel escorting submarines on passage will fly “M” (International) at the masthead, accompanied by a group from the numeral table in the International Code of Signals, indicating the number of submarines in company.

(2.) When submarines are exercising diving and torpedo firing in Port Phillip, either a submarine on the surface or the surface vessel taking part in these exercises will fly a large red flag at masthead.

EAST COAST.—CROWDY HEAD LIGHT.—INTENDED ALTERATION IN CHARACTERISTICS.—SIGNAL-STATION TO BE DISCONTINUED.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the fixed white light with red sector on Crowdy Head will be replaced by a group flashing white light with red sector (U), and, further, that the signal-station will be discontinued, on or about 1st September, 1920.

Position.—Lat. 31° 51′ S., long. 152° 46′ E., on Chart No. 1024.

Details.—The fixed white light with red sector will be replaced by a new light having the undermentioned characteristics:—

Character.—Group flashing white light, with red sector, showing two flashes in quick succession every six seconds, thus—flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec. ; flash ½ sec., eclipse 4½ secs.

Visibility.—White, 12 miles; red, 6 miles.

Power.—White, 1,500 candles; red, 600 candles.

Remarks.—The light will be unwatched. The signal-station will be discontinued and the lightkeeper withdrawn. The other details of the light will remain unchanged.

Note.—No further notice will be given.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

RIVOLI BAY.—GLEN POINT.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the Black Perch buoy which has hitherto marked the eastern edge of the reef at Glen Point has got adrift from its moorings and it is not intended to replace it.

Approximate Position.—Lat. 37° 30½′ S., long. 140° 1⅓′ E.

Charts affected.—Admiralty Charts 1014 and 1062, and plan 1007.

Publications affected.—“Australia Directory,” 1907, Vol. 1, page 373; and “Australia Pilot,” 1918, Vol. 1, page 339.

SPENCER GULF.—FRANKLIN HARBOUR.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby notified that on and after the night of 12th April, 1920, a fixed white light will be exhibited so as to act as a back lead to the navigation light at sea end of jetty. It will be carried on a pole attached to the side of the old jetty, distant about 1,350 ft. behind the navigation light and with its focal plane 8 ft. above it. When in line with the navigation light it will indicate the centre of the dredged channel approaching the jetty, the bearing of lights in line being 316° (N. 48½° W. mag.).

Approximate Position.—Lat. 33° 41′ 14″ S., long. 136° 56′ E.

Charts affected.—Nos. 785, 2389; also survey of channel dated 1914.

Publications affected.—“Australia Directory,” Chapter iv, page 223; and “Australia Pilot,” Vol. 1, Chapter iv, page 185.