poll were in favour of the appointment of Saturday as the
statutory closing-day in the said borough:
Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
Labour, in pursuance of section 20 of the Shops and Office
Act, 1921-22, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory
closing-day in the said borough as from the 18th day of June,
1923.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of June, 1923.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.
Cancelling License to Messrs. Meredith Bros. and Co. (Limited)
for taking Toheroa on the West Coast of the North Island.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Orders in Council dated the
eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred
and fifteen, and the seventeenth day of February, one thou-
sand nine hundred and twenty, and published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the eleventh day of March, one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and No. 21, of the twenty-
sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty,
respectively, a license was on the fourth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, issued to Messrs.
Meredith Brothers and Company (Limited) to take toheroa
from that part of the beach on the west coast of the North
Island more particularly described in the said license and
known as No. 3 Area: And whereas it is desirable to cancel
the said license:
Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of
Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by para-
graph nine of the regulations contained in the first herein-
before-recited Order in Council, doth hereby cancel the said
license of the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-two.
As witness my hand this 7th day of June, 1923.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.
Unit redesignated.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th June, 1923.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve, under section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909,
of the following change in the designation of a unit of the
Territorial Force:-
The Regiment of New Zealand Engineers to be redesign-
nated the "Corps of New Zealand Engineers."
Dated 1st June, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Notice to Mariners.-No. 30 of 1923.
MERCURY ISLANDS.-OHENA ISLAND.-LIGHT INSTALLED.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th June, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Thursday, 21st
June, 1923, an automatic, unwatched, flashing white
light, showing one flash every six seconds (one second light,
five seconds eclipse), will be exhibited from a white-painted
circular tower, 10 ft. high, situated on the south-west corner
of Ohena Island.
The light, which is 54 ft. above high water, will be visible
in all directions, excepting where it is obscured by the higher
land of Ohena Island, for a distance of 12·8 miles.
The blind sector will later be defined, of which due notice
will be given.
Publications affected.-Admiralty Charts Nos. 3332 and
2543; "New Zealand Pilot," ninth edition, 1919, page 228.
A. D. PARK, Secretary.
Officiating Ministers for 1923.-Notice No. 21.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1923.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within the
meaning of the said Act are published for general information :-
Methodist Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend A. F. Attwood.",
H. E. Haynes.",
R. G. Hemmings.",
H. T. Thornley.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.-Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving Societies.
ERNEST CLAUDE ADAMS, Assistant Registrar of
I, Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it
has been made to appear to me that the South Island Mine-
managers' Association (Incorporated) and the West Coast
Brass Bands Association of New Zealand (Registered) are no
longer carrying on their operations, the aforesaid societies
are hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the In-
corporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Hokitika this 7th day of June, 1923.
E. C. ADAMS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.-Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.
WALTER HAROLD FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that the Silverstream
Liberal Club (Registered) is no longer carrying on its opera-
tions, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance
of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of June, 1923.
W. H. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.
Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Elections to administer Estates.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of
the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder
set forth, the gross property in each case being estimated not to exceed £400 in value.
| No. | Name. | Residence. | Occupation. | Date
|---|---|---|---|---|
| of Death. | Date | Testate or | Stamp Office |
| Election | Intestate. | concerned. |
| filed. | |
| 1 | Crockett, William John.. | New Plymouth | Car-painter | 20/4/23 | 8/6/23 | Intestate | New Plym'th. |
| 2 | Hare, Charles Joseph.. | Otahuhu | Old-age pensioner | 14/4/23 | 8/6/23 |