JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1903

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the honours conferred by His Majesty the King as follows:—

Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division—
Mrs. Christina Allen Massey, Wellington.

Knight Bachelor—
Charles Holdsworth, Esq., Managing Director of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), The Honourable Charles Ernest Statham, M.P., Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division—
Commodore Alister Francis Beal, C.M.G., A.D.C. to H.M. the King, Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, and Naval Adviser to the Government of New Zealand.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George—
John Sutherland Ross, Esq., Chairman of Directors of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin.
Harold Livingstone Tapley, Esq., M.P., Mayor of the City of Dunedin.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division—
Samuel Hurst Seager, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Architect, Christchurch.
Charles Speight, Esq., Vice-chairman of Directors of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order—
Robert Edward Hayes, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury, Wellington.

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

Consul-General of Italy, at Melbourne, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that the King’s Exequatur empowering

Comm. Nob. Antonio Grossardi

to act as Consul-General of Italy, at Melbourne, received His Majesty’s signature on the 20th April, 1926.

RICHARD F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Thomas Banks and
Michael O’Neill

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Denham John Anthony von Sturmer

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke’s Bay, vice W. M. Will, on leave; and

Alan Leslie Tresidder

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wellington and Hutt, vice F. W. Hart, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Special Order passed by the Ngaruawahia Borough Council declaring Broom and Gorse to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2585.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th July, 1926.

THE following special order made by the Ngaruawahia Borough Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, the Ngaruawahia Borough Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order, that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act, as extended from time to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious weeds within the Borough of Ngaruawahia.

Schedule.

Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex europæus).

Officiating Ministers for 1926.—Notice No. 22.

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

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:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend John McClure Brodie.

Ringatu Church.

The Reverend Ashford, Te Werena.
,, Horomia, Keera.
,, Horotiu, T. R.
,, Kapua, E. N.
,, Kawakawa, Akuhata.
,, Kawana.
,, Kereopa, Tukere.
,, Kiriwera, Rakoa.
,, Kokouri, Te Amo.
,, Kona, Pene.
,, Maitai, Timoti.
,, Matawha, Eruera.
,, Ngakiri, Henare.
,, Pai, Hira.
,, Parakai, Apirana.
,, Patuwai, Taki.
,, Pera, Ngakohu.
,, Peretoa, Henare.
,, Pita, A.
,, Poihipi, Tuakana Kore.
,, Poretana, Reneti.
,, Rangi Patu.
,, Rangiaho, I. M.
,, Raukuia, Eria.
,, Repanga, Matiu.
,, Taare, Hemi Tuhi.
,, Tai, Perakahiti.
,, Taupo, Hori.
,, Te Hauangiangi.
,, Te Ngako, Ratio.
,, Te Tawhiro, Waiapu.
,, Te Waaka, Patara.
,, Te Wairakau, Te Keno.
,, Te Wao, Moemoe.
,, Te Whata.
,, Te Wharemoana.
,, Tupara, Hoera.
,, Turoa, Kaawa.
,, Wereta, Parete.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th July, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Justices of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies:—

Thomas William Ambrose, Esq., of Rangiora.
Walter Leake Asher, Esq., of Waikaka, Co. Southland.