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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 40

Load-line Inspector at Auckland appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th April, 1923.

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

HUGH KASPER, Esq., •

being a Master Mariner, to be a Load-line Inspector at Auckland, for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, and its amendments, as from the 24th day of April, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriage, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st May, 1923.

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. :—

Harry Leslie Walker .. .. .. Ahaura.
Robert James Gillies .. .. .. Mercer.
Vincent Brooks .. .. .. Rotorua.
James Bruce Davis .. .. .. Kaitangata.
Edward Priar May .. .. .. Te Puke.
John McKittrick .. .. .. Hamilton.
Raymond William John Hollywood .. Matamata.
William Donald McCorkindale .. Orepuki.
Reginald Stanhope Dawson .. .. Fortrose.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 2nd May, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Weber, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WEBER COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Weber was taken on the 21st day of April, 1923, on the proposal of the Weber County Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 (five thousand pounds) for the purposes of—

Reconstruction, culverting, and metalling Dannevirke—Herbertville main road.

Formation, compensation, deviation, and incidental costs at Berntsen’s slip, reformation, culverting, and metalling of various other roads within the County of Weber.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 70, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 35.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 1923.

A. L. STEWART, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Change of Name of District “Plimmerton Extension” to “Karehana Bay.”

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th April, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that a request has been made that the name of the district known as Plimmerton Extension in the County of Hutt be altered to Karehana Bay, under the provisions of the Designation of Districts Act, 1908. All persons affected are hereby notified that any objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of name must be lodged 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.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notification of Approval of Rules, South Canterbury Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th April, 1923.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 25 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I hereby notify that two copies of the rules made by the South Canterbury Acclimatization Society on the 20th day of January, 1923, have been forwarded to me, and such rules were approved on the 30th day of April, 1923.

W. FRASER.
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Election of Members of Fire Boards by Insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st May, 1923.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, it is hereby notified that an election by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand of three members of the undermentioned Fire Boards will be held on Monday, the 21st May, 1923, in the manner prescribed by the said Act and rules :—

Auckland Fire Board. Masterton Fire Board.
Balclutha Fire Board. Milton Fire Board.
Christchurch Fire Board. Napier Fire Board.
Dannevirke Fire Board. New Plymouth Fire Board.
Dunedin Fire Board. Oamaru Fire Board.
Dargaville Fire Board. Ohakune Fire Board.
Feilding Fire Board. Palmerston North Fire Board.
Foxton Fire Board. Petone Fire Board.
Gisborne Fire Board. Port Chalmers Fire Board.
Greymouth Fire Board. Rotorua Fire Board.
Hamilton Fire Board. Taumarunui Fire Board.
Hastings Fire Board. Tauranga Fire Board.
Hawera Fire Board. Te Aroha Fire Board.
Hokitika Fire Board. Timaru Fire Board.
Kaiapoi Fire Board. Waihi Fire Board.
Kaitangata Fire Board. Waitara Fire Board.
Lawrence Fire Board. Wanganui Fire Board.
Levin Fire Board. Whangarei Fire Board.

W. FRASER,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Meetings of Gisborne Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th April, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Gisborne Land Board being held at the principal Land Office, Gisborne, on Thursday, the 10th May, 14th June, 12th July, 9th August, 13th September, 11th October, 8th November, and 13th December during the year 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Edgar Booth, Katoomba, New South Wales.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or by any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to either of the addresses shown in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

EDGAR BOOTH, “Cadzow,” Katoomba, New South Wales.
EDGAR BOOTH, Tweedie’s Chambers, Main Street, Katoomba, New South Wales.

Dated this 18th day of April, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

Removal of Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Will Andrade, Melbourn.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, being satisfied that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is no longer engaged in an immoral business, hereby rescinds the order made on the 6th day of August, 1908, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th August, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or by any fictitious or assumed name), or to such address without