Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3443

Section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said art union or any of the said persons shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said art union or to any of the said persons (either by its or their own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

THE Black Triangle Art Union, Gibbs Chambers, Martin Place, Sydney.
Miss Kitty Bell, Gibbs Chambers, Martin Place, Sydney.
B. Quinn, Gibbs Chambers, Martin Place, Sydney.
Father O'Connell, Gibbs Chambers, Martin Place, Sydney.

Dated this 12th day of December, 1926.

W. NOSWORTHY, Postmaster-General.

Trustees of the Manuherikia Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2621.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th December, 1926.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Manuherikia Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that—

Charles Grant,
Frank Jopson,
John C. Sanders,
Casimir J. Spain,
Stephen T. Spain,
Bruce A. Todd, and
Roderick Tohill

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Stipendiary Magistrates authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th December, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize the Stipendiary Magistrates named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at the places named in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of each such Stipendiary Magistrate.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
Robert Mackenzie Watson, Esquire Otorohanga.
Taumarunui.
Te Kuiti.
Ohura.
John Logan Stout, Esquire Marton.
Feilding.
Bull’s.
John Hearsey Salmon, Esquire Otaki.
Christchurch.
Kaiapoi.
Edward Darker Mosley, Esquire Rangiora.
Ashburton.
Fairlie.
Geraldine.
Methven.
Charles Rutherford Orr Walker, Esquire Rakaia.
Temuka.
Timaru.
Waimate.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 15th December, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize the Justices of the Peace named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at the places named in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of each such Justice of the Peace respectively.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
Charles James Steevens, Esquire Napier.
Archibald James Mason Graham, Esquire Palmerston North.
Philip Wharton Goldsmith, Esquire Levin.
Timothy O’Rourke, Esquire Otaki.
Walter Dobson, Esquire Dannevirke.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th December, 1926.

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

Central Depot, New Zealand Army Service Corps—

Driver N. F. Sandbrook. Dated 3rd December, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th December, 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 :—

Whakatane Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Whakatane.

Dated 29th October, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Defence.

Confirmation of Appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following confirmation of appointment in the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Hugh Wynne Jones as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st March, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 9th December, 1926.

THE Loyal Maungatapere Lodge, No. 9541, situated at Maungatapere, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 9th day of December, 1926.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, WATLER HAROLD FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Levin Association of Spiritualists (incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations and has become defunct, the aforesaid Society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December, 1926.

W. H. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1926.—Notice No. 42.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 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 Robert George McDowall, M.A.

The Ratana Church of New Zealand.
Apostle Timoti Maitai.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.