July 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1877

Consenting to the Sale of Land in Block VI, Huiroa Survey District, under the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section 92 of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and of every other power in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, the Minister of Public Works, do hereby consent to the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the electric works for which it was acquired.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land authorized to be sold :-

A. R. P. Being Portion of
39 3 4·8 Section 51; edged green.
(P.W.D. 75918.)
8 2 30 Section 52; edged red.
2 1 37 ,, 51; ,, red.
(P.W.D. 75112.)

Situated in Block VI, Huiroa Survey District.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

As witness my hand at Wellington this 11th day of July, 1929.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 26/1072/2.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block III, Opunake Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Upper Kahui, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 1 acre 2 roods 6·5 perches.

Being portion of part Lot 2, D.P. 565, of Section 2 (Ngati-tuhekereangi Block).

Situated in Block III, Opunake Survey District.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 75788, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 1929.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 38/268.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Borough of Lower Hutt for the Purposes of an Automatic-telephone Exchange.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of an automatic-telephone exchange: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Lower Hutt, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 26·7 perches.

Being Lot 11, D.P. 1579, being part Section 25, Hutt District.

Situated in the Borough of Lower Hutt.

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In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 76012, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of July, 1929.

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 20/395/1.)

Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by section 6, subsection (1), of the Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927, I, Harry Atmore, Minister of Education, do hereby notify that the premises set forth in the Schedule below have been registered, as from the date hereof, as Children’s Homes, for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

Auckland Methodist Children’s Home and Orphanage, Buckland Road, Epsom.
“Cecilia Whatman” Children’s Home, Ngawatawa Road, Masterton.
All Saints Children’s Home, 196 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North.
Methodist Children’s Home, Herbert Street, Masterton.
The Wairarapa Home for Boys, “Sedgley,” High Street, Masterton.
Heni Materoa Home, Awapuni Road, Gisborne.
Presbyterian Boys’ Home, 82 Bligh’s Road, Papanui, Christchurch.
Nazareth House, Sydenham, Christchurch.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1929.

HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Minister of Lands, it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of St. Barnabas Extension No. 5, affecting part of Rural Section 94 in Block X, Christchurch Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the road shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft:

Now, therefore, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Lands, do hereby, in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of 49·5 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.

Given under my hand, this 13th day of July, 1929.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Firebright Committee Elections under the Firebright Committee Regulations, 1928.

DECLARATION OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE FIREBRIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE GISBORNE COMMERCIAL FRUITGROWING DISTRICT.

I, JOHN GRAY, Returning Officer for the purpose of the Firebright Committee elections under the Firebright Committee Regulations, 1928, do hereby declare that the following candidates have been duly nominated for the election of members of the Firebright Committee of the Gisborne District, nominations for which closed at Wellington at noon on 9th July, 1929:—

Bell, Percival George.
Brodie, Alexander.
Hall, William Matthew.
Hardy, James Cecil.
Kirk, Frederick Thomas.

As the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of members to be elected (five), I hereby declare that the said Percival George Bell, Alexander Brodie, William Matthew Hall, James Cecil Hardy, and Frederick Thomas Kirk be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of July, 1929.

JOHN GRAY, Returning Officer.