Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

Members of Switzer’s Commonage appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of

David Rowe,
Thomas Cockburn,
James Mutch,
Michael Moffitt,
Joseph Ferris,
Walter Thompson, and
William Varley

being members of the committee appointed to provide for the care and management of the Switzer’s Commonage in accordance with the rules and regulations dated the 7th September, 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Appointing an Engineer to inspect Motor-omnibuses.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, I, Robert Alexander Wright, for the Minister of Public Works, do hereby appoint

Reginald Trevor Smith, Esquire,

of Napier, Civil Engineer, to be an Inspecting Engineer to inspect motor-omnibuses for the purposes of the said Act and regulations thereunder.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of March, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 26/5/2/8.)

Chairmen of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Aiken Young, Esquire, S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Timaru; and

Herbert Percival Lawry, Esquire, S.M.,

to be Chairman of the Licensing Committee for the District of Temuka, vice C. R. Orr-Walker, Esquire, S.M.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th February, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Michael Foley

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Christchurch, Riccarton, and Avon, vice W. Parker.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1928.

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

Leonard Robertson, Esquire,

to be a Nautical Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships’ Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of February, 1928.

William Nimmo, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tokomaru Bay, as from the 20th February, 1928.

Arthur Hutton, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Halcombe, as from the 28th February, 1928.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1928.

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.:—

Esdaile George Brown . . . . Motu.
Leonard Griffith North . . . . Ohakune.
Stanley George Burton Slater . . . . Tapanui.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Waimatuku River District, County of Wallace.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th March, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and amendments, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Waimatuku River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposal which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM WAIMATUKU RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL those areas in the Southland Land District containing by admeasurement 1,015 acres 2 roods 11·3 perches, more or less, being the northern part of Section 25, as shown on D.P. 1605 (201 acres 3 roods), the southern part of Section 25 (219 acres 3 roods), the eastern part of Section 44, D.P. 1830 (113 acres 0 roods 11·3 perches), Section 46 (199 acres), all in Block XX, New River Hundred, and Section 47 (200 acres) and Section 55A (82 acres), both in Block XXII, New River Hundred: As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/912, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

R. A. WRIGHT,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/2/25.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Timaru.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th March, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the County of Levels and included in the Borough of Timaru. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN BOROUGH OF TIMARU.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, being part of Township of Redruth comprising original Rural Sections 1911 and 1998, situated in Blocks I and II, Patiti Survey District, bounded on the north-west by the Main South Road, on the north by a public road, and on the south-east by a public road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 73 of the said township; thence to and along the southern boundaries of Lots 73, 74, 75, 76, part 108, 77, and 78 to the south-eastern boundary-line of Lot 111 of the said township; thence along the south-eastern boundary-line of Lot 111 to Shaw Street; thence along the north-eastern side of Shaw Street to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary-line of Lot 106, Redruth Township; thence to and along that boundary to Saltwater Stream; thence north-westerly along Saltwater Stream to the Main South Road, the place of commencement.

R. A. WRIGHT,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.