SEPT. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2523

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Stanley Austin, Esq.,

of Reef ton, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Chairman of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Howell Young Widdowson, Esq., S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Ellesmere, vice W. Wilson, Esq., S.M.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Justice.

Returning Officer for the Akitio Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2519.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 28th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 71 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

Andrew Clunie Bishop

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Akitio Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, in lieu of Austin Patrick Campbell previously appointed.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1908, appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Robert Alexander Stewart, Esq.,

to be a member of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, 1908, for a period of three years from the 3rd day of September, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

Appointment of European Member of the Rarotongan Island Council.

Cook Islands Department,
Wellington, 27th August, 1925.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the Regulations for the Election of a European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council,

Mr. William John Wigmore, of Titikaveka, Planter,

was duly returned as the European member of the Island Council of Rarotonga on the 5th August, 1925.

M. POMARE, Minister for the Cook Islands.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st August, 1925.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

William Allen Cairns, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokaanu, as from the 19th August, 1925.

William Albert Gundy, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Amuri, as from the 8th August, 1925.

George Nelson, Esq.,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wairarapa, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 26th day of August, 1925.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1925.

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. :—

Isaac David Proudfoot Blackie . . . . Waipawa.
Charles Luke Mullany . . . . . . Mauriceville.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Clarence George Eustace, as Probationary Sub-Lieutenant, with seniority 1st September, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain G. F. Myers, the Southland Regiment.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 25th August, 1925.

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

Feilding Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Feilding.

Dated 27th July, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th August, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under Section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Kaponga Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Kaponga.

Dated 28th July, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

By-law of the Hastings Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st August, 1925.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Hastings Borough Council on the 13th day of August, 1925.

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

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-law of the Hastings Borough Council, and declare that the same shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1925.

Dated this 21st day of August, 1925.

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

First Meeting of the recently constituted Onehunga Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th August, 1925.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 36, subsection (6), of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, it is hereby