APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 923

Native Interpreter appointed.

Native Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

William Huatahi Walker

to act as a Native Interpreter of the first grade, under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder.

J. G. COATES, Native Minister.

Appointment in High Commissioner’s Office.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint, under section 9 of the High Commissioner Act, 1908,

Reginald Herbert Chapple

as an Officer in the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, as and from the 19th day of January, 1926.

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

Board appointed in Terms of Section 335 of Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 335, Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, to appoint

Robert Ward Tate, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate, New Plymouth,
Laurence McKenzie McLaurin Monteath, Esquire, Accountant, New Plymouth, and
Leslie Adams Nolan, Esquire, Auctioneer, New Plymouth,

to be a Board for the purpose of hearing an appeal lodged by Kararaina Paraone Heke, against the decision of the New Plymouth Borough Council in respect of an application for the approval of that Council to a proposed subdivision of certain land in the New Plymouth Borough.

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

Returning Officer for the Motunau Rabbit-proof Fencing District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2573.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 31st March, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 88 (a) of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

William Thomas Lindsay

to be Returning Officer to hold the first election of trustees for the Motunau Rabbit-proof Fencing District, constituted under Part IV of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 31st March, 1926.

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

Francis Lloyd Stephenson, Esq.,

of Rongotea, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Charles Rutherford Orr Walker, Esq., S.M.,

to be a member of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Waikato and Waimarino, vice F. W. Platts, Esq., S.M., on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st April, 1926.

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

Arthur R. Cant, Esq.,

to be Master of the N.Z.G.S. “Hinemoa,” as from the 19th day of February, 1926.

Denis Patrick Roughan, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Motupiko, as from the 6th day of March, 1926.

William John Stringer, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district of Springburn, as from the 1st day of April, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th April, 1926.

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.:—

Cecil Stephen Pope .. .. Awitu.
Joseph McLaughlin .. .. Granity, at Millerton.*
Leslie Leonard Donald Parris .. .. Naseby.
Dominick Patrick Jenkins .. .. Methven.
Fredrick Joseph Goomes .. .. Wanaka.
Reginald Rolfe Wright .. .. Grey.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Classification of Roads in the Akaroa County.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925, and the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do hereby approve of the Akaroa County Council’s proposed classification of roads as set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS IN THE AKAROA COUNTY.

Road classified in the second class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 8 tons:—
Main Akaroa Highway: From the county boundary at the Hill Top to Akaroa.

Road classified in the third class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 6 tons:—
Summit Road: From the county boundary at the Hill Top to Long Bay Saddle.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/26/57.)

Classification of Roads in the Heathcote County.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925, and the Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do hereby approve of the Heathcote County Council’s proposed classification of roads as set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS IN THE HEATHCOTE COUNTY.

Roads classified in the fifth class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 2½ tons:—
Dyer’s, Palmer’s, Cuthbert’s, Keighley’s, Dry Bush, Ramahana, Chapman’s, Avoca Valley, and Rapaki Roads, also Albert Terrace, Vernon Terrace, and Victoria and Heathcote Streets.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/26/45.)