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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to Administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 16th January, 1928.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th January, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Ngapara Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Ngapara.
Dated 3rd December, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, PLUMBERS BOARD EXAMINATION,
28TH AND 29TH OCTOBER, 1927.

THE following is a list of plumbers to whom certificates of having passed the examination of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand will be granted in pursuance of section 17 of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, and whose names have been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of section 8 of the Act :—

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1928.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th January, 1928.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been published by the Admiralty, London, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN—FIJI ISLANDS, VITI LEVU.

Malevu : Amended Position of Shoal, marked by Beacon, South-westward of.

Position : About 2 cables south-eastward of chartered position and at a distance of 6·0 cables 236° from the beacon at south-western extremity of Malevu. Lat. 17° 29′ S., long. 177° 32′ E. (approx.).

Details : The shoal is to be moved on the charts to the above position. The centre of the shoal is marked by a concrete beacon with black and white diamond-shaped top-mark, which is to be inserted on chart No. 845; the depth is to be omitted on this chart and the note “Reported,” hitherto shown against the shoal, expunged.

Charts affected : Nos. 845—2691.

Publication : Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. II., 1918, page 390.

Authority : H.M.S. “Veronica” Hyd. Note No. 11 of 1927.

(H. 7527/27.)

Notice to Mariners No. 3 of 1928.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th January, 1928.

NEW ZEALAND.—COOK STRAIT.—SOUTH ISLAND.—ADMIRALTY BAY.—FRENCH PASS.—REEF BEACON.

Alteration in Light.

Former Notice : No. 6 of 1927.

Date of Alteration : On or about 18th January, 1928; without further notice.

Position : On the reef on the northern side of the Pass. Lat. 40° 55′·5 S.; long. 173° 50′·2 E. (approx.).

Alteration : The period of the flashing white light exhibited from the beacon (perch) on the reef on the northern side of the Pass will be altered from every three seconds to one and a half seconds, thus: flash, ½ second; eclipse, 1 second.

Charts affected : Nos. 1096—2684—2685—2054—2616.

Publications : List of Lights, Part VI, 1927, No. 3569; New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page, 296; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1928, page 159, No. 102.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 8/29/9.)

Result of the Election of the Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th January, 1928.

THE following result of the election of the trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Kuku Drainage District.—County of Horowhenua.

Arthur Herbert Holder.
Valentine Gordon Hunter.
Harry Nicholas.
Percy Alton Page.
Robert Gillies Wall.

(I.A. 19/78/70.)

School Colours.

Education Department,
Wellington, 12th January, 1928.

THE following claim for registration of school colours has been received in accordance with the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th August, 1915; the claim will be registered unless objection is received by me within forty days of the publication hereof.

PALMERSTON NORTH TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Colours.—Maroon and gold on a navy-blue ground.

T. B. STRONG,
Registration Officer.