MAR. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

Result of Election of Members of a River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1930.

THE following result of election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.

Kahutara River District, County of Featherston—
Walter Lorne Campbell Sutherland.
Edward Carleton Holmes.
Charles Matthews.
James Duncan McDougall.
James Oliver Sutherland.
(I.A. 19/121/27.)

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th March, 1930.

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.

Uapoto Drainage District, County of Waikato—
Stephen Charles Gordon.
William Henry.
George Rennie.
Arthur Henry Waring.
Victor James Thomasen.
(I.A. 19/78/55.)

Result of Election of Members of a River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th March, 1930.

THE following result of the election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.

Waipawa River District, Counties of Waipawa and Patangata—
Charles Athol Williams.
Allan Marsh Williams.
James Parkes Turley.
Rosslyn Hutchinson Tod.
Albyn Vincent Collins.
(I.A. 19/121/39.)

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE, PLUMBERS BOARD EXAMINATION, 1st AND 2ND NOVEMBER, 1929.—(H.P.R. 31.)

THE following candidate, having passed the examination of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand, held on the 1st and 2nd November, 1929, his name has been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 8 and 17 (b) of the Act:—

Registered No. Name.
2082 . . . . . . . . Hoy, Arthur.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Plumbers Registration Act, 1912.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, PLUMBERS BOARD EXAMINATION, 1st AND 2nd NOVEMBER, 1929.—(H.P.R. 30.)

THE following candidates, having passed the examination of the Plumbers' Board of New Zealand, held on the 1st and 2nd November, 1929, their names have been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 8 and 17 (b) of the Act:—

Registered No. Name.
2078 . . Ditchfield, Thomas Edwin.
2079 . . Stanners, Richard.
2080 . . Bird, Albert John.
2081 . . MacMillan, Alexander Charles Stewart.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1930.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid.

Arthur Bice, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Branch, Auckland.
Hugh Tannock Dawson, Chief Postmaster, Thames.
George Clark, Chief Postmaster, Greymouth.

W. A. VEITCH, for Minister of Telegraphs.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Mackenzie County.

WHEREAS the local authority of the Mackenzie County has failed to decide what working-day in the week shall be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said county:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 18 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the Mackenzie County on and from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of March, 1930.

W. A. VEITCH, Minister of Labour.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 19th March, 1930.

THE Temuka United Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, situated at Temuka, is registered as a Friendly Society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 19th day of March, 1930.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

The Education Board of the District of Otago.—Election of Member for the North Ward : Extraordinary Vacancy.

IN accordance with the Second Schedule to the Education Act, 1914, it is notified that Mr. Neil Houston Colquhoun has been duly elected as a member of the Education Board of the District of Otago for the North Ward.

The number of votes recorded in favour of the respective candidates were as follows:—

Colquhoun, Neil Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cooper, William Magnus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Macpherson, John Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cron, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Total valid votes, 229; informal votes, 2.

G. W. CARRINGTON, Returning Officer.
Dunedin, 11th March, 1930.

Officiating Ministers for 1930.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1930.

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 William Hetherington.
The Reverend Henry Alexander Mitchell.

The Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Louis Joseph Menard.
The Reverend Mark O’Leary.

Brethren.

Mr. James Alfred Harrow.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.