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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Special Order made by the Ohinemuri County Council declaring Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2330.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 11th December, 1923.

THE following special order made by the Ohinemuri County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910..

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Ohinemuri County Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act, as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the County of Ohinemuri.

SCHEDULE.
Fennel (Fœniculum vulgare).
Ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).
Gorse (Ulex Europoeus).

The above special order was made by the Ohinemuri County Council at a special meeting held on Thursday, the 1st day of November, 1923, and confirmed at the ordinary meeting of the said Council held on Thursday, 29th November, 1923.

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.—Successful Candidates. Plumbers’ Board Examination, 9th and 10th November, 1923.

THE following is a list of plumbers to whom certificates of having passed the examination of the Plumbers’ Board of New Zealand will be granted in pursuance of section 17 of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, and whose names have been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of section 8 of the Act:—

Reg. No. Name. Reg. No. Name.
1466. Cadness, G. 1496. Rodley, E. V.
1467. Courtney, L. J. 1497. Terrill, W. J.
1468. Hollobon, E. J. 1498. Ashbey, C. H.
1469. Lee, F. 1499. Newman, J. F.
1470. Nottman, A. 1500. Barlow, H. J.
1471. Watson, W. A. 1501. Brady, W. S.
1472. Lidgard, V. J. 1502. Sutton, A.
1473. Lowe, H. A. 1503. Ward, H. E. W.
1474. O’Meara, H. M. 1504. Colville, E. C.
1475. Sneddon, S. J. 1505. Anning, E.
1476. Skinner, A. W. 1506. Billcliff, C. W.
1477. Roberts, R. 1507. Hollobon, A.
1478. Pearson, W. 1508. King, W. H.
1479. Pearcy, R, H. 1509. Williams, H. S.
1480. Vann, H. H. 1510. Bennington, S. C.
1481. Denman, W. R. 1511. Menzies, J.
1482. Ford, W. J. W. 1512. O’Rourke, F. J.
1483. Jones, R. I. 1513. Robinson, J.
1484. Proctor, G. 1514. Wall, W. G.
1485. Proffit, T. 1515. Irvine, L. H.
1486. Chappell, W. H. 1516. Wilson, D.
1487. Ross, F. 1517. Dryden, J.
1488. Groombridge, C. 1518. Quennell, A. S.
1489. Nuttall, H. 1519. Donaldson, A. W.
1490. Wallis, A. P. 1520. Peterson, A. E.
1491. Foothead, H. B. 1521. Harper, R. F.
1492. Sendall, A. J. 1522. Peters, A. P.
1493. Metcalfe, G. J. 1523. Neilson, A.
1494. Wareham, W. F. J. 1524. Clark, H. V.
1495. Morrison, W.

M. POMARE, Minister of Health.

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of the Maungakawa Drainage District, County of Piako.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th December, 1923.

PURSUANT to the Land Drainage Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the Maungakawa Drainage District, in the County of Piako, may be abolished. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed abolition of the said drainage district which they desire to lodge 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.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby amend the by-laws made under the said Act on the 29th day of May, 1909, by making the following alterations therein:—

PART I. GENERAL.

By omitting by-law No. 5 (as amended on the 29th day of October, 1923), and substituting the following:—
“5. Every person before entering any carriage for the purpose of travelling on the railway shall procure a ticket entitling him to do so from the proper authority at the place for booking, specifying the class of carriage for which and the stations for conveyance between which the ticket is issued, and shall deliver the same up to any officer of the railway when so required by him; and no person shall use or attempt to use such ticket to travel on any part of the railway except on the direct route by railway between the stations named on such ticket.”

Vehicles plying for Hire at Railway-stations.

By adding to paragraph (4) of by-law No. 43 the words—
“The following fees shall be payable for transferring licenses: For each temporary transfer, 2s. 6d.; for each permanent transfer, 5s. The period of a temporary transfer shall, except in special circumstances approved by the manager, not exceed one month.”

By omitting paragraph (5) of by-law No. 43, and substituting the following:—
“(5.) The license fee payable in respect of every license shall be at the rate of £1 per annum, and shall be payable on the issue of the license.”

PART V. REGULATION OF TRAFFIC OVER COMBINED ROAD AND RAILWAY BRIDGES.

By omitting by-law No. 54.

Given under my hand this 20th day of December, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 18th December, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for general application on renewable lease, in terms of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1915, and amendments. Applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 11th February, 1924.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 13th February, 1924, but, if any applicant so desires, he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to any landless applicants who have one or more children dependent upon them; to landless applicants who, within two years immediately preceding the date of the ballot, have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully, to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force, and to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the late war were bona fide residents of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Tuapeka County.—Waitahuna West Survey District.

SECTION 16, Block XI: Area, 318 acres 3 roods 31 perches. Capital value, £900; buildings, £400. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £22 10s.; half-yearly repayment on buildings, £15 12s.

Buildings consisting of four-roomed dwelling, scullery, and pantry (in good order), valued at £400, to be paid in cash or by forty-two half-yearly instalments of £15 12s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £38 2s.

Steep faces: about 100 acres not suitable for cultivation, but could be improved by clearing manuka-scrub. Soil light, on clay subsoil, fairly good, and will grow fair crops. Requires subdraining and liming. Subdivided into nine paddocks; fences in bad order; 50 to 60 acres cropped and