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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

6. AOTEА DISTRICT, WANGANUI.
   Court Sittings and Board Meetings (1926-27).
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 28th April, 1926.
   New Plymouth .. Wednesday, 12th May, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 26th May, 1926.
   Hawera .. .. Tuesday, 15th June, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 30th June, 1926.
   New Plymouth .. Wednesday, 14th July, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 28th July, 1926.
   Hawera .. .. Wednesday, 11th August, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 25th August, 1926.
   Taumarunui .. Wednesday, 8th September, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 22nd September, 1926.
   Tokaanu .. .. Wednesday, 6th October, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 20th October, 1926.
   Hawera .. .. Wednesday, 3rd November, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 17th November, 1926.
   Taumarunui .. Wednesday, 1st December, 1926.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 15th December, 1926.
   New Plymouth .. Wednesday, 12th January, 1927.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 2nd February, 1927.
   Taumarunui .. Wednesday, 16th February, 1927.
   Wanganui .. .. Wednesday, 2nd March, 1927.
   Tokaanu .. .. Wednesday, 16th March, 1927.

Board business will be dealt with on circuit. Court panui closes twenty-eight days preceding date of sitting. Board panui closes twenty-one days preceding date of meeting.

7. WAIARIKI DISTRICT, ROTORUA.
   Court Sittings (1926-27).
   Matata .. .. Tuesday, 11th May, 1926.
   Opotiki .. .. Tuesday, 8th June, 1926.
   Whakatane .. Tuesday, 15th June, 1926.
   Rotorua .. .. Monday, 5th July, 1926.
   Taupo .. .. Tuesday, 24th August, 1926.
   Te Puke .. .. Tuesday, 7th September, 1926.
   Tauranga .. .. Friday, 10th September, 1926.
   Rotorua .. .. Monday, 20th September, 1926.
   Opotiki .. .. Tuesday, 9th November, 1926.
   Whakatane .. Tuesday, 16th November, 1926.
   Rotorua .. .. Monday, 29th November, 1926.
   Taupo .. .. Tuesday, 18th January, 1927.
   Te Puke .. .. Tuesday, 1st February, 1927.

Tauranga .. .. Friday, 4th February, 1927.
Rotorua .. .. Tuesday, 1st March, 1927.

Panui closes twenty-eight days preceding date of sitting (except sitting at Taupo on Tuesday, 18th January, 1927, the panui for which closes on 10th December, 1926).

Board Meetings (1926-27).

Rotorua .. Tues., 4th May, 1926. 8th April, 1926.
Rotorua .. Thurs., 1st July, 1926. 2nd June, 1926.
Rotorua .. Thurs., 2nd Sept., 1926. 5th Aug., 1926.
Rotorua .. Thurs., 4th Nov., 1926. 7th Oct., 1926.
Rotorua .. Fri., 28th Jan., 1927. 13th Dec., 1926.
Rotorua .. Thurs., 17th Mar., 1927. 16th Feb., 1927.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th February, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :—

Private W. F. Humphreys, New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Dated 19th February, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of Brazil at Wellington.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th February, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that, in accordance with instructions received from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, he has recognized the appointment of

George Robertson, Esq.,

as Vice-Consul of Brazil at Wellington.

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

Alterations to Scale of Charges in force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Richard Francis Bollard, acting for the Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, and published in the Gazette of 11th August, 1925 :—

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

By adding to paragraph 8 of Regulation 4 the following :—

Sunday will for the purpose of the eighteen hours free storage be treated as dies non. The period of free storage for samples which arrive at a station by train on a Sunday will commence as from midnight on this day.

PART III.—GOODS.

By omitting from Regulation 14 the following :—

1. Road-metal consigned for distances not exceeding 100 miles in each case to a local body, to be used solely for the construction or maintenance of roads under the jurisdiction of such local body that constitute “feeding” routes to and not competing routes with the railway, will be charged five-eighths Class Q. Such road-metal shall be certified in the form set out hereunder by or on behalf of the local body by some person duly authorized in that behalf, and shall be subject to a further certificate by an authorized officer of the Public Works Department to the effect that he is satisfied that the metal is required bona fide for use on public roads under the jurisdiction of the local body concerned, and that such roads (being specified) constitute “feeding” routes to and not competing routes with the railway.

And substituting the following :—

1. Road-metal consigned for distances not exceeding 100 miles in each case to a County Council, Road Board, or Town Board, to be used solely for the construction or maintenance of roads under the jurisdiction of such local body that constitute “feeding” routes to and not competing routes with the railway, will be charged five-eighths Class Q. Such road-metal shall be certified in the form set out hereunder by or on behalf of the local body by some person duly authorized in that behalf, and shall be subject to a further certificate by an authorized officer of the Public Works Department to the effect that he is satisfied that the metal is required bona fide for use on public roads under the jurisdiction of the local body concerned, and that such roads (being specified) constitute “feeding” routes to and not competing routes with the railway.