APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 983

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned (Massage Branch) are transferred to the Reserve List. Dated 12th April, 1922 :-
Sister B. Gubbins.
Sister R. Easton.
Staff Nurse F. Bagnall.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Southern Command.
The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant H. McIntyre is cancelled, under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 17th March, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant R. J. Knox, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 14th March, 1922.
MEMORANDUM.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Bennett is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 2. Dated 14th March, 1922.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Arrangements for First Election, &c., Manawatu Drainage Board.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th March, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint FREDERICK WILLIAM CONNELL, Esq., J.P., as Returning Officer and person to prepare the roll of electors in connection with the first election of a Board of Trustees for the Manawatu Drainage District as constituted on the 1st April, 1922, by the union of the Aorangi and Manawatu Drainage Districts; also to appoint Thursday, the 11th day of May, 1922, as the day, and the office of the Kairanga County Council, Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, as the place, for holding such election; and also to appoint Monday, the 15th day of May, 1922, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon, as the time, and the office of the Kairanga County Council, Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board of Trustees so elected.
R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
By-laws of the Tinwald Domain Board confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1922.
THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Tinwald Domain Board on the 20th day of January, 1922.
R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.
In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-laws, and declare the same came into force on the 31st day of March, 1922.
Dated this 1st day of April, 1922.
R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIV, Maungataniwha Survey District.
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 Block XIV, Maungataniwha Survey District; 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 Mangamuka, 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 objections 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 publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.
SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken : 7 acres 2 roods 12 perches.
Portion of Section 2B, Mangamuka West Block, situated in Block XIV, Maungataniwha Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 21649.)
In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 53621, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 3rd day of April, 1922.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.
Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Whakatane Borough Council.--Notice No. 2163.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th April, 1922.
IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Whakatane Borough Council has, by special order, declared hawthorn 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.
Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE.-HENRY JOSEPH WHITING, Esquire, of Melbourne, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of March, 1922.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed
NOTICE.-RAMSAY BURNS COOK, Esq., of Geelong, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March, 1922.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE.-GEORGE WILLIAM EDWARDS, Esq., of 6 Castle Street, Liverpool, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March, 1922.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE.-LINDSAY ROBERT TURNER, Esq., of 416-418 Collins Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Stout, P.C., K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of March, 1922.
W. A. HAWKINS,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Conscience-money received.
I HAVE to acknowledge receipt of the sum of three pounds (£3) forwarded to the Treasury on the 28th March, 1922, by a person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.
J. J. ESSON, Secretary to Treasury.