Registrars of Births and Deaths, &c., appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th July, 1921.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service :—
ADAM HARVEY LAYBOURN
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of
Ngaruawahia (at Taupiri), as from the 8th June, 1921.
JOSEPH WALTER BURLEY
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Horoera,
as from the 31st May, 1921.
(Mrs.) IDA VASHTI CRAGO JOHNSTON
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kenana,
as from the 23rd June, 1921.
(Miss) JULIA BENJAMIN
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitahanui,
as from the 23rd June, 1921.
A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.
Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1921.
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:-
Walter Wackrill Sutton .. Takaka.
John Francis Barrett .. Paparoa.
Arthur Wansey Wellsted .. Middlemarch.
William Morrison Allan .. Amuri.
(Miss) Jeanie Bell Hamilton .. Wanaka.
James Holmes .. Eketahuna.
Frederick Horace Thomas .. Kohukohu.
Peter Dalrymple Holmes .. Orepuki (at Tuatapere).*
Vincent Joseph Delany .. Cambridge.

• Births and deaths only.
  W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
  Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Waitemata County
  Council.—Notice No. 2068.
  Department of Agriculture,
  Wellington, 8th July, 1921.
  IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the
  Waitemata County Council has, by special order, de-
  clared hawthorn to be a noxious weed within the meaning of
  the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its juris-
  diction.
  W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.
  Notice fixing Closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers' and (2) To-
  bacconists' Shops in the Borough of Carterton, under the
  Shops and Offices Act, 1908.
  WHEREAS a requisiton in writing, signed by a majority
  of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
  of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist in the Borough of
  Carterton has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such
  shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-
  days as follows: Subject to closing not later than 1 p.m. on
  the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Mondays,
  Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m.,
  and on Tuesdays at 5.30 p.m., with the exception that in the
  evening of the working-day that first precedes any of the
  special days (other than Christmas Day and New Year's Day)
  mentioned in or coming within the meaning of section 19 of
  the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, the closing-hour shall be
  9 p.m., and in the evening of the working-day that first
  precedes Christmas Day and in the evening of the working-
  day that first precedes New Year's Day the closing-hour
  shall be 10 p.m. :
  And whereas, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
  Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition
  represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each
  of the trades of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist within the
  Borough of Carterton :
  Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops
  and Offices Act, 1908, I do hereby direct that on and after
  the 21st day of July, 1921, all the shops in each of the trades
  of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist in the Borough of
  Carterton shall be closed accordingly.
  The notice gazetted on the 9th May, 1918, fixing the closing-
  hours of hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough
  of Carterton is hereby cancelled as from the date of the
  coming into operation of this notice.
  Dated at Wellington this 12th day of July, 1921.
  G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.
  Notice of Intention to take Land in Block II, Rangitaiki
  Upper Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out
  of the Drainage or other Works authorized by the Rangitaiki
  Land Drainage Act, 1910, and for the Better Disposal of
  Crown or other Land within the District defined by the
  said Act.
  NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under
  the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and
  the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, 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, and for the better disposal of Crown or
  other land within the district defined by the latter Act.
  And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the
  land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office
  at Te Teko, 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 areas of the pieces of land required to be
  taken :-
  For Drainage or Other Works.
  (P.W.D. 51338.) (S.O. 21028.)
  A. R. P.
  Portion of
  1 1 12 26 Section 140 (Lot 1, D.P. 9403); coloured red.
  0 1 2 8 " 144; coloured yellow.
  2 2 26 " 141A " red.
  (P.W.D. 51339.) (S.O. 21030.)
  0 2 36 Section 138A ; coloured purple.
  4 1 5 " 141A " red.
  0 0 38 " 137A " red.
  For the Better Disposal of Crown or other Land within the
  District defined by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.
  (P.W.D. 51339.) (S.O. 21030.)
  1 1 14 Section 138A ; coloured purple.
  2 0 20 " 137A "
  0 2 14 " 137A "
  Situated in Matata Parish, Block II, Rangitaiki Upper
  Survey District (Auckland R.D.).
  In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more
  particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured
  as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the
  Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington
  Land District.
  As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 7th day of
  July, 1921.
  J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.
  Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks XII, Mohaka, and
  IX, Waihua Survey Districts, for the Purposes of a Road.
  NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
  provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute
  a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road
  in Blocks XII, Mohaka, and IX, Waihua Survey Districts;
  and for the purposes of such public work the land described
  in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice
  is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required
  to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Mohaka, and is
  there open for inspection ; and that all persons affected by
  the execution of the said public work or by the taking of
  the said land should, if they have any well-grounded ob-
  jections to the execution of the said public work or to the
  taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and
  send such writing, within forty days from the first pub-
  lication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at
  Wellington.
  SCHEDULE.
  APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be
  taken :-
  A. R. P. Being
  8 3 34 Subdivision 1, Block XII, Mohaka Survey
  District; coloured yellow.
  2 3 30 Subdivision 12, Blocks XII, Mohaka, and IX,
  Waihua Survey Districts ; coloured purple.