APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extra-ordinary Vacancies on the Hamilton and Rotorua Fire Boards.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th April, 1924.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 24th April, 1924, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Hamilton and Rotorua Fire Boards by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignation of Mr. F. H. Pope.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Hokianga County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Hokianga County Council and sealed on the 13th day of February, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Hokianga County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Raglan County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th April, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made by the Raglan County Council and sealed on the 12th day of March, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the Raglan County funds for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Otago Heads Road Board declaring that Canadian or Californian Thistle shall be deemed not to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2367.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1924.

THE following Special Order made by the Otago Heads Road Board is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT Canadian or Californian Thistle be declared not to be a noxious weed within the Otago Heads Road District.

The resolution making the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Board held on the 8th December, 1923, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 12th January, 1924.

Special Order made by the Vincent County Council declaring that Canadian or Californian Thistle and Ragwort (or Ragweed) shall be deemed not to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2376.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1924.

THE following special order made by the Vincent County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT due public notice of its intention having been given and in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon it and in conformity with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, and its amendments thereto, the Vincent County Council hereby resolves by special order that Canadian or Californian thistle and ragwort (or ragweed) shall be declared not to be a noxious weeds within the County of Vincent.

This resolution was passed at a special meeting of the Council on the 27th February, 1924, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting on the 26th March, 1924.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Wellington, 10th April, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies:—

John Herbert Absolum, Esq., of Rissington, Co. Hawke’s Bay.

Archibald Miles William Adams, Esq., of Langley Dale, Blenheim.

George Arthur Alexander, Esq., of Sumner, Christchurch.

George James Anderson, Esq., of Gore.

Reginald Aylett, Esq., of Mercer, Co. Franklin.

Thomas Bailey, Esq., of Grey Lynn, Auckland.

William George Baker, Esq., of Richmond, Co. Waimea.

Charles James Ball, Esq., of Roto Manu, Co. Grey.

Henry Alan Bell, Esq., of Cambridge.

William Bell, Esq., of Waihola, Co. Bruce.

William Black, Esq., of Waihao Downs, Co. Waimate.

Frederick John Kenneth McClane Board, Esq., of Wellington.

Ernest Lovell Bott, Esq., of Taheke, Co. Hokianga.

Leonard James Brake, Esq., of Whangarei.

Forrest William Brown, Esq., of Mataura, Co. Southland.

Francis Henry Brownhill, Esq., of Whitford, Co. Manukau.

James Brownlie, sen., Esq., of Gore.

John Barnet Brugh, Esq., of St. Clair, Dunedin.

Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of Palmerston North.

John Buchanan, Esq., of Mataura, Co. Southland.

Thomas Mortimer Burns, Esq., of Whangaparaoa, Co. Waitemata.

Richard Burton, Esq., of Maheno, Co. Waitaki.

William Ernest Busch, Esq., of Waihi.

Charles Hoges Chamberlain, Esq., of Tahunanui, Co. Waimea.

James William Cleveley, Esq., of Bunnythorpe, Co. Oroua.

Benjamin Coleman, Esq., of Tangowahine, Co. Hobson.

William Alfred Collins, Esq., of Kai Iwi, Co. Waitotara.

Thomas Colthart, Esq., of Ruakaka, Co. Whangarei.

Frederick Charles Cooper, Esq., of Sumner, Christchurch.

Horace William Costar, Esq., of Kaeo, Co. Whangaroa.

Henry Couper, Esq., of Warrington, Co. Waikouaiti.

Sheldon Hugh Cradock, Esq., of Port Levy, Co. Mount Herbert.

John Hugh Craven, Esq., of Ohakune Junction, Co. Waimarino.

John Crawford, Esq., of Riverton, Co. Wallace.

Percy Eric Andrew Curtis, Esq., of Umutoi, Co. Pohangina.

Alexander Danks, Esq., of Hoanga, Co. Hobson.

John Dennis, Esq., of Waikai, Co. Southland.

Evan Graham Douglas, Esq., of Kaeo, Co. Whangaroa.

James William Dove, Esq., of St. Kilda, Dunedin.

James Edward Ralph Drake, Esq., of Ararimu, Co. Franklin.

George Augustus Empson, Esq., of Te Awamutu, Co. Waipa.

Edwin Evans, Esq., of Renwicktown, Co. Marlborough.

William Henry Evans, Esq., of Oxford.

George Edmund Farrand, Esq., of Te Hana, Co. Rodney.

Thomas Fathers, Esq., of Kilbirnie, Wellington.

Robert Fisher, Esq., of Gore.

Thomas Flannery, Esq., of Poolburn, Co. Vincent.

Henry James Fletcher, Esq., of Taupo, Co. Taupo.

Norman Bailey Fletcher, Esq., of Purangi, Co. Clifton.

James Kynaston Franks, Esq., of Taneatua, Co. Whakatane.

James Charles Free, Esq., of Southbridge, Co. Ellesmere.

David Gardyne, Esq., of Glenledi, Co. Bruce.

Henry Garland, Esq., of Akaaka, Co. Franklin.

Henry Montague Garrick, Esq., of Spreydon, Christchurch.

Tertius Bruce Garrick, Esq., of Pleasant Point, Co. Levels.

Alfred Amory George, Esq., of Hastings.

Arthur Henry Gibson, Esq., of Ngaio, Wellington.

Stephen England Gillingham, Esq., of Waerengaokuri, Co. Cook.

Frank Goldberg, Esq., of Wellington.

William Alexander Gordon, Esq., of Matamata, Co. Matamata.

Gordon Kerr Hamilton, Esq., of Taihape.

Harry Lionel Harker, Esq., of Wairoa.

Eric Martin Harper, Esq., of Gisborne.

Benjamin Hart, Esq., of Henderson, Co. Waitemata.

Herbert Albert Hawke, Esq., of Tuakau, Co. Franklin.

Hubert Caughey Hay, Esq., of Glenbrook, Co. Franklin.