MAY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1295

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th May, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club :—

Woodville Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Woodville.

Date of disbandment, 17th April, 1924.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th May, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to the Ven. Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, Chaplain, 2nd Class, New Zealand Chaplains Department.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Defence.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XII, Maungaharuru Survey District, for the Purposes of a Horse-paddock.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a horse-paddock, And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Te Pohue, and is there open for inspection ; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections 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 : 4 acres 0 roods 6 perches, being portion of Tutira Block.

Situated in Block XII, Maungaharuru Survey District (Hawke’s Bay R.D.). (S.O. 741 green.)

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58118, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 19th day of May, 1924.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Education Act, 1914.—General Council of Education: Election of Members.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1924.

IN pursuance of the regulations under section 9 (5) of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the General Council of Education as representatives of—

Members of Education Boards of the North Island—
Kirk, James Robert.
Wells, Tom Umfrey.

Public School Certified Women Teachers, North Island—
Carnachan, Blanche Eleanor.

The following are particulars of the voting :—

Representatives of Education Boards of the North Island—
Kirk, James Robert .. .. 37
McCallum, Richard .. .. 15
Wells, Tom Umfrey .. .. 31

Number of valid votes recorded, 83 ; number of votes rejected as informal, 2.

Representatives of Public School Certified Women Teachers, North Island—
Carnachan, Blanche Eleanor .. 313
Edwards, Dorothy Whitbread .. 238

Number of valid votes recorded, 551 ; number of votes rejected as informal, 40.

T. S. SEVERNE, Returning Officer.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Proposed Cancellations of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 14th May, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 22 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, the registration of the industrial association and the industrial unions mentioned in the Schedule below will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Employers.

The Auckland Provincial Tanners, Fellmongers, and Soap-manufacturers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 536, situated at Auckland.

The Gisborne Master Plumbers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 865, situated at Gisborne.

The North Auckland District Coachbuilders, Blacksmiths, and Farriers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 1114, situated at Dargaville.

Industrial Union of Workers.

The Coromandel Miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1207, situated at Coromandel.

WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Association of Workers.

The New Zealand Federated Butchers’ Industrial Association of Workers, registered number 1047, situated at Wellington.

Industrial Unions of Employers.

The Wanganui Licensed and Allied Trade Association and Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 565, situated at Wanganui.

The Wanganui Licensed Victuallers’ Association Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 488, situated at Wanganui.

The Wellington Master Tailors’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 118, situated at Wellington.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The Wellington Industrial District Farm and Station Hands (other than shearers) Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1209, situated at Wellington.

The Petone Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Coppersmiths and Motor Mechanics) Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 739, situated at Petone.

CANTERBURY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Union of Workers.

The South Canterbury Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 387, situated at Timaru.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Employers.

The Oamaru Master Tailors’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 307, situated at Oamaru.

The Southland Sawmillers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 479, situated at Invercargill.

TARANAKI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The New Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Electricians and Motor Mechanics) Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1213, situated at New Plymouth.

The Taranaki Dairy Factories’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1183, situated at New Plymouth.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 1st May, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors :—

Bines, Arthur David, of Onehunga.
Gardner, James Edward, of Gisborne.
Kitto, Frederick Richard Keith, of Wellington.
Morilleau, Eric Mowbray, of New Plymouth.
Phillipps, Thomas George, of Wellington.
Urwin, Thomas Arthur, of Wanganui.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.