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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 7

Appointment of Officers under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Arthur Ernest Hall Knowles, of Devonport, Frederick Grimwade Baskett, of St. Helier’s Bay, and William Howard Thomas, of Onehunga,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Auckland Acclimatization District.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

William Carl Nicholson, of Hawea Flat,

to be an officer for the purpose of Part II of the first-mentioned Act, in respect of the Otago Acclimatization District.

JAS. B. DONALD, Minister of Marine.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the Districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :-

Name.
John Harley McIver
Patrick John Brady

District.
Heriot.
Takapau.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th January, 1931.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-

Thomas Kane

to be Assistant Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Timaru for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 10th day of January, 1931.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Notice respecting proposed Abolition of the Huntress Creek Drainage District, County of Opotiki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and amendments, praying that the Huntress Creek Drainage District, in the County of Opotiki, may be abolished. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed abolition of such district which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice; such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/63/4.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Johnsonville Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st January, 1931.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule herefo may be excluded from the County of Makara and included in the Johnsonville Town District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF MAKARA AND INCLUDED IN THE JOHNSONVILLE TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Section 1, Block I, Hawtrey Settlement; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Sections 1 and 2, Block I, and Sections 1, 2, and 3, Block III, Hawtrey Settlement, to the western side of the main north road; thence south-westerly along the said western side of the main north road to its junction with Bassett Road; thence along a right line to the eastern side of Bassett Road; thence southerly along the eastern side of Bassett Road to a point in line with the southern side of Wakefield Road; thence to and along the southern side of Wakefield Road and the southern boundary of Hawtrey Settlement to the south-western corner of Section 4, Block I, Hawtrey Settlement; thence northerly along the western boundaries of Sections 4 and 1, Block I aforesaid, to the north-western corner of the said Section 1, the point of commencement.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/111/34.)

Amendments to the Invercargill Fire Board Fire-escape By-law, 1930.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th January, 1931.

THE following amended by-laws, made by the Invercargill Fire Board, are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1926.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

BY-LAWS RE PROVISION OF FIRE-ESCAPES.

INVERCARGILL FIRE BOARD.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and of every other power it in this behalf enabling, the Invercargill Fire Board doth hereby, at a duly constituted meeting thereof held this 5th day of December, 1930, make the following amended by-laws :-

Clause 23 amended to read :-

23. Any person proposing to provide a fire-escape for any building, whether in pursuance of any requirement under this by-law or otherwise, shall submit to the Superintendent particulars of plans and specifications of such fire-escapes and the exits thereto, and of such building, and of the actual or intended nominal capacity thereof, and if the Superintendent considers such particulars sufficient to enable him to do so he shall, by notice in writing, approve the same, and a fire-escape with exits thereto, both constructed in accordance with such plans and specifications shall, if such construction has been commenced within three calendar months of the date of such approval, be deemed (so far only as regards appertaining to the design and construction thereof) to be sufficient for the purpose of this by-law.

Clause 33 amended to read :-

33. Where the lower end of any fire-escape is more than 6 ft. above the ground it shall be connected with the ground by means of a telescopic sliding ladder, cantilever ladder, counter-balance stairs, expanding pole ladder released from the upper end, or other efficient contrivance other than a hinged drop-ladder or a folding ladder, and such ladder or stairs shall, as regards width and general construction, comply with all the requirements of this by-law relating to fire-escapes so far as applicable.

The common seal of the Invercargill Fire Board was hereto affixed pursuant to a resolution in that behalf duly passed and in the presence of the undersigned members and Secretary thereto, this 18th day of December, 1930.

E. B. PILCHER, Chairman of Board.
R. N. TODD, Member of Board.
L. S. GRAHAM, Secretary.

The foregoing amendments to the Invercargill Fire Board Fire Escape By-law, 1930, are hereby approved this 31st day of December, 1930.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.