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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81
Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Election 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.
| No. | Name. | Residence. | Occupation. | Date of Death. | Date Election filed. | Testate or Intestate. | Stamp Office concerned. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Black, William David .. | Gisborne .. | Linotype operator | 5/10/25 | 11/11/25 | Testate | Napier. |
| 2 | Brady, Bridget .. | Howick .. | Widow | 9/9/25 | 11/11/25 | ,, | Auckland. |
| 3 | Brady, James .. | ,, .. | Labourer | 30/5/25 | 11/11/25 | ,, | ,, |
| 4 | Bristow, Emma | Wellington .. | Widow | 5/7/15 | 11/11/25 | Intestate | Wellington. |
| 5 | Clark, Helen .. | Nelson .. | ,, | 17/10/25 | 11/11/25 | ,, | Nelson. |
| 6 | Curry, Robert Anthony .. | Masterton .. | Telegraphist | 21/10/25 | 14/11/25 | ,, | Wellington. |
| 7 | Edwards, Joseph .. | Mataura .. | Wool-classer | 25/9/25 | 11/11/25 | Testate | Invercargill. |
| 8 | Lauer, Martha Mary .. | Wellington .. | Married woman | 31/8/1895 | 14/11/25 | Intestate | Nelson. |
| 9 | McLarnon, Lydia .. | Auckland .. | Widow | 22/9/25 | 14/11/25 | Testate | Auckland. |
| 10 | Murphy, Patrick .. | Kai Iwi .. | Pensioner | 15/3/06 | 11/11/25 | Intestate | ,, |
| 11 | Richmond, Robert .. | Hawera .. | Farmer | 14/6/11 | 14/11/25 | ,, | New Plym'th. |
| 12 | Stevens, Hannah Eliza .. | Newtown, Wellington | Married woman | 22/10/25 | 14/11/25 | ,, | Wellington. |
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 16th November, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office.-Alteration and Reconstitution of Local Districts.
WHEREAS by section 2 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, it is enacted that the Public Trustee may, by notice in the Gazette, from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, and reconstitute local districts for the purposes of the said Act:
And whereas, in pursuance of the said power, a notice establishing and defining the local districts to be controlled by the several District Public Trustees as therein set out was published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th April, 1922:
And whereas, in further pursuance of the said power, a notice altering and reconstituting certain of the local districts so established and defined and establishing that controlled by the District Public Trustee at Dannevirke as therein set out was published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd April, 1924:
And whereas it has become expedient to alter and reconstitute the undermentioned local districts:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the before-mentioned powers, I, John William Macdonald, the Public Trustee for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby alter and reconstitute the local districts controlled by the several District Public Trustees set out hereunder:--
MASTERON (DISTRICT PUBLIC TRUSTEE: STANLEY JAMES SMITH).
The following area has been removed from the control of the District Trustee at Masterton and placed under the control of the District Public Trustee at Dannevirke.
All that area comprising that portion of the Akitio County lying north of a line commencing at the Summit Trig. Station and drawn therefrom straight to the junction of the Alfredton-Weber Road and the Kaituna Road; thence in a south-easterly direction following the Kaituna Road aforesaid to its junction with the Waihoroi Road; thence in a north-easterly direction following the Waihoroi Road aforesaid to the Akitio River; and thence straight to the mouth of the Waimata River.
HAMILTON (DISTRICT PUBLIC TRUSTEE: FREDERICK JOHN EVELYN MOORE).
The following area has been removed from the control of the District Public Trustee at Hamilton and placed under the control of the District Public Trustee at Auckland:--
All that area comprising the counties of Thames and Coromandel.
The following area has been removed from the control of the District Public Trustee at Hamilton and placed under the control of the District Public Trustee at Gisborne:--
All that area comprising the County of Opotiki.
Given under the hand and seal of the Public Trustee this 7th day of November, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee, Timaru.
NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Frank Hugh Muirhead, of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Timaru, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of November, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office.-Akaroa Agency.
T is notified, for public information, that Mr. P. G. Riches has been appointed agent of the Public Trust Office at Akaroa, as from the 1st December, 1925, vice Mr. H. W. Wilkins, resigned.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of November, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.
The Education Board of the District of Otago.-Election of Member for the North Ward : Extraordinary Vacancy.
IN accordance with the Second Schedule to the Education Act, 1914, it is notified that Mr. James Mitchell has been duly elected as a member of the Education Board of the District of Otago for the North Ward.
The number of votes recorded in favour of the respective candidates were as follows:--
Mitchell, James .. .. .. .. 133
Hopkins, William Henry .. .. .. 43
Ritchie, William.. .. .. .. 29
Total valid votes, 205 ; informal votes, 5.
S. M. PARK, Returning Officer.
Dunedin, 27th October, 1925.
Branch of Friendly Society registered.--Friendly Societies Department,
WELLINGTON, 12th November, 1925.
THE Whanganui Rebekah Lodge, No. 46; situated at Wanganui, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 12th day of November, 1925.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.
Officiating Ministers for 1925.-Notice No. 34.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1925.
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:-Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend John Joseph Kelly.
Brethren.
Mr. John Reginald Garratt.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.