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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Order in Council prescribing the Term in respect of a Portion (£3,000) of the Stratford County Council Loan of £35,000.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1931.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Stratford County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) has been authorized to borrow, in respect of a loan to be known as “East Riding Loan, 1919,” the sum of thirty-five thousand pounds, whereof the sum of three thousand pounds has not yet been borrowed:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said section”), to the borrowing by the said local authority of the said sum of three thousand pounds, for a term of fifteen years:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby prescribe that the said sum of three thousand pounds, or any part thereof, may be raised in respect of the said loan by the said local authority for a term of fifteen years, and the said local authority is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/226.)

Regulations under the Disabled Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment Act, 1930.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1931.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by section eight of the Disabled Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment Act, 1930 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purposes of these regulations—

“Committee” means a Local Advisory Committee appointed under the said Act :

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Pensions :

“Registrar” means a Registrar of Pensions :

“Employment Officer” means an Employment and Vocational Officer appointed under section 5 of the said Act :

“Disabled soldier” means a disabled soldier within the meaning of the said Act.

2. The members of each Committee shall at its first meeting, and thereafter from time to time as occasion requires, elect one of their own number to be chairman of the Committee, and the chairman so elected shall hold office during the currency of his term as a member of the Committee.

3. Meetings of each Committee shall be held at such times and places as are fixed by the chairman thereof. At any such meeting three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

4. Each Committee may appoint such sub-committees in the smaller centres of its district as it thinks fit. Each such sub-committee shall perform such duties as the Committee from time to time directs.

5. An Employment Officer directed so to act by the Commissioner shall be the Secretary of each Committee.

6. Applications for employment and vocational training by persons resident in the district of any Committee shall be made to an Employment Officer or a Registrar, who shall refer all such applications to the Committee for investigation and disposal.

7. Every Registrar shall render to the Committee within whose district he is stationed all such assistance in the proper investigation and disposal of any application as he is able to give by virtue of his office.

8. (1) A Committee may, with the approval of the Minister or the Commissioner, arrange for free tuition for disabled soldiers for vocational training purposes at any technical school or other State educational institution, and for vocational training of disabled soldiers in any State or private institution or in any industry or any branch or branches thereof.

(2) In arranging such training the Committee shall take into consideration whether the applicant, having due regard to his mental and physical impairment, is a suitable person to be trained for the particular industry, the likelihood of his being able to attain such reasonable degree of efficiency in such industry as to become able to continue to be employed therein without his earnings being permanently subsidized, and whether such industry is capable of sustaining the employment of the applicant.

9. A Committee or the Commissioner may arrange with any employer affected by any Order in Council that may be made under section 18 of the Finance Act, 1919, for disabled soldiers to be employed at such rate of wages below the current rate of wages fixed according to law, as the Committee considers the ex-soldier may be capable of earning.

10. A Committee may recommend to the Minister what amount, not exceeding £2 a week for a single man and £3 a week for a married man, should be paid to any disabled soldier in respect of whom such recommendation is made for the purpose of supplementing his earnings in any employment.

11. A Committee or the Commissioner may arrange with any employer or prospective employer or any Department of State for the employment of disabled ex-soldiers who are out of work.

12. A Committee may invite and receive applications for employment from disabled soldiers and inquire into and recommend to the Minister, through the Commissioner, any scheme for assisting and encouraging disabled soldiers to obtain and retain employment of a nature suitable to their disabilities.

13. Every Committee, either directly or through an Employment Officer, shall keep in touch with disabled soldiers who have been found employment, with a view to advising and further assisting them and inquiring as to the benefits and suitability of the work so found having regard to the nature of their disabilities.

14. Every Committee shall keep such records and submit such returns as may be required by the Commissioner with regard to applications for employment and vocational training.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Taranaki Maori Trust Board Regulations.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1931.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, acting pursuant to section twenty of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1928, regulations were made on the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, with respect to the Board of Management constituted under the said section, and called the Taranaki Maori Trust Board: And whereas it is desirable the said regulations should be amended:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the said regulations in the manner set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION No. 26 is hereby revoked and the following new regulation made in lieu thereof:

26. (1) At the close of each year ending on the 31st day of March, the Board shall cause to be prepared statements showing the total receipts and payments and income and expenditure of the Board during that year, together with a balance-sheet showing its assets and liabilities.