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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Member of Auckland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th May, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

John Powell Bailey

to be a member of the Auckland Land Board as from the 10th May, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th May, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

James Livingston

to be a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board as from the 15th May, 1926.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th May, 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. :

Robert Joshua Ashley .. .. .. Ahaura.
John Pretoria Russell .. .. .. Piopio.
John Bernard Sheahan .. .. .. Woodville.
Ethelbert Frank Codyre .. .. .. Springburn.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointment of Associate Members of the Children’s Courts under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Department of Education,
Wellington, 15th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has in pursuance of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, been pleased to appoint for one year ending the 30th day of April, 1927, the several persons whose respective names and addresses are set out in the first and second columns respectively of the Schedule hereto as persons to be associated with the respective Children’s Courts named in the third column of the said Schedule generally in relation to all matters that may be dealt with by such respective Courts.

SCHEDULE.

F. J. ROLLESTON, for Minister of Education.

By-laws under the Government Railways Act, 1908.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the Government Railways Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby amend by-law No. 45A made under the said Act on the 9th day of June, 1922, by adding thereto the following paragraph :

“Provided that the question as to whether any railway-carriage, or compartment, or seat in a railway-carriage has been reserved as aforesaid shall be one of fact only, to be determined by reference to any suitable written or printed notice or by a verbal intimation as to such reservation by any officer of the railway.”

As witness my hand this 12th day of May, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

Conditions and Regulations imposed in respect of the New Zealand Government Railways open for Traffic.

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, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Railways, do hereby amend the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic made on the 10th day of August, 1925, by adding to Regulation 3 of Part I thereof the following paragraph :

“8. Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, the Department shall have the right, subject to such conditions as it may think fit, to reserve, for any distance, any railway-carriage, or compartment or seat in a railway-carriage, for any particular reason or for any person or class of persons.”

As witness my hand this 12th day of May, 1926.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Railways.

Resignation of an Officer of the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of the undermentioned officer of the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division) :

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Clarence George Eustace.

Dated 11th May, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 1926.

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

Palmerston Defence Rifle Club,

with Headquarters at Palmerston (Otago).

Dated 17th March, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 1926.

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

1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).—

No. 33/6486. Trooper D. McG. Blake. Dated 20th April, 1926.

Southern Depot, Corps of N.Z. Engineers.—

No. 11A/175 Sapper D. M. Carey. Dated 27th April, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ decoration to Major A. T. Dow, Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th May, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain C. T. Cox, the Wellington West Coast Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.