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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1929.

THE following result of the election of 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, Under-Secretary.

Hillside Drainage District, County of Waikato—
Sidney Martin Alderson.
Charles William Bogun.
Sidney Gubb.
William Riddell.
Wilfred Norman Speedy.

(I.A. 19/78/34.)

Importation of certain Publications prohibited.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1929.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the importation of the publications shown in the list hereunder is regarded as being prohibited under the provisions of the Order in Council made on 10th May, 1921, and gazetted on 19th May, 1921, which prohibits the importation into New Zealand of the following goods—that is to say: Any document which incites, encourages, advises, or advocates violence, lawlessness, or disorder, or expresses any seditious intention.

This list is supplementary to that contained in the notification dated 25th May, 1927, which was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 26th May, 1927. These lists include only those publications which have been submitted to the Customs Department and which, after consideration by it, are regarded as infringing the above-mentioned Order in Council.

It should be understood that it does not follow that any document not mentioned in these lists will be allowed to be imported. The onus rests on importers to avoid infringing the provisions of the Order in Council. If any person is in doubt as to whether any publication he desires to import is or is not regarded as prohibited from importation he should communicate with the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Gisborne on the 14th May, 1929.

Registrar’s Office,
Gisborne, 12th April, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Gisborne on the 14th day of May, 1929, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

[Gisborne, 1929/30–3.] JNO. HARVEY, Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 306. Applicant: The Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Mangatuna B, E. Nature of application: For assessment of compensation for part taken for water-supply purposes.

No. 307. Applicant: The Proprietors of Whangara E and F Blocks. Name of land: Whangara E, F. Nature of application: For assessment of compensation for land taken for road.

Taranaki Education Board.

In the matter of the two vacancies occurring in the Central Ward, and the one vacancy occurring in the South Ward of the Education District of Taranaki.

THE following is a true record of voting for members at the extraordinary election held on the 27th March, 1929:—

CENTRAL WARD.

Valentine, James Archibald .. .. 172
McAllister, James .. .. 123
Dougherty, Neil Joseph B.. .. .. 86
Sandison, William .. .. 66
Caird, James .. .. 43

Total number of votes recorded .. .. 490
Informal .. .. 4

I therefore declare James A. Valentine and James McAllister duly elected members of the Board for the Central Ward.

SOUTH WARD.

Thomson, William Malcolm .. .. 77
Cocker, John .. .. 54
Gawith, Fred .. .. 42

Total number of votes recorded .. .. 173
Informal .. .. 1

I therefore declare William M. Thomson duly elected member of the Board for the South Ward.

H. W. INSULL, Returning Officer.

New Plymouth, 11th April, 1929.

Notice by the Public Trustee under Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.

WHEREAS James Allen Rogers, formerly of Ponsonby, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in New Zealand, Boatshed-proprietor, but now of parts unknown, is the owner of the following real and personal property, that is to say,—

Cash in possession and personal effects and jewellery valued at £ s. d.
4 9 10
Cash in the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland .. 227 10 4
Cash in the Post Office Savings-bank, Auckland (plus accrued interest) .. .. 228 1 0
Cash in the Auckland Savings-bank, Newton (plus accrued interest) .. .. 205 18 4
Sundry boat-gear at Curran Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, valued at .. .. 25 17 6
New Zealand Government 5½-per-cent. debentures, Numbers 321–324, due 1st February, 1936, valued at.. .. .. 405 0 0
Auckland Harbour Board debentures, 5½ per cent., Numbers 487–494, due 10th July, 1940, face value .. .. .. 800 0 0
Auckland Harbour Board debentures, 5½ per cent., Numbers 5677–5680, due 10th July, 1943, face value .. .. .. 400 0 0
Realty situated at Curran Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, being part Lots 15 and 16 of Section 3 of Allotment 9, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland; Government valuation as at 31st March, 1922 .. .. .. 300 0 0

And whereas it is not known where the said James Allen Rogers is, or whether he is alive or dead: And whereas by an order made by the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Wellington on the 22nd day of March, 1929, the Public Trustee was authorized to exercise in respect of the real and personal property owned by the said James Allen Rogers all or any one or more of the powers and authorities set forth in section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, as amended by section 36 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913, other than the power set forth in subsection (i) of the said section 87: Now the Public Trustee gives notice that it is his intention henceforth to exercise in respect of the said real and personal property the powers and authorities mentioned in the said order—namely, the powers and authorities set forth in section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, as amended be section 36 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913, other than the power set forth in subsection (i) of the said section 87.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of April, 1929.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.