JUNE 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1657

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants. Dated 12th June, 1933 :—

I. E. Rawnsley, No. 2 (Bomber) Squadron.
W. G. Coull, No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron.

Pilot Officer A. C. Parson ceases to be posted to No. 2 (Bomber) Squadron and is posted to No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron. Dated 12th June, 1933.

Pilot Officer F. W. Petre ceases to be posted to No. 4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron and is posted to No. 2 (Bomber) Squadron. Dated 12th June, 1933.

N.Z. VETERINARY CORPS.

Lieutenant C. Weighton, M.R.C.V.S. (attached to the Otago Mounted Rifles), resigns his commission. Dated 8th June, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Inspectors under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, appointed.— (Notice No. Ag. 3120.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th June, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

David Malone,
Andrew Bannantyne Pettigrew, and
George Wyeth

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Apiti–Pohangina Rabbit Board, the appointments to date from the 15th day of June, 1933.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointment of Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, revoked.—(Notice No. Ag. 3121.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th June, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to revoke the appointment of

George Frederick Souness

as an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, for the district under the control of the Apiti–Pohangina Rabbit Board.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th June, 1933.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

George Henry Unsworth

to be Chief Examiner of Marine Engineers for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 19th day of May, 1933.

Constable Alfred John Maiden

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Paeroa for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 7th day of June, 1933.

Leo John Poff

to be Chief Surveyor for the Wellington Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 10th day of June, 1933.

George Clyde Maclaren

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mokai, as from the 10th day of June, 1933.

Arthur Francis McKay

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of West Taieri, as from the 14th day of June, 1933.

James Power

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mercer, as from the 15th day of June, 1933.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Approving of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations, 1931, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Transport, do hereby approve, until further notice, of the person named in column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officer under the said regulations for the local authority described in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. Column 2.
Mataura Borough Council .. A. D. McFarlane, Motor Engineer, Mataura.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1933.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4.)

Taheke, Tikitere, and Okere Development Schemes.

WHEREAS notices were published in the Gazette of the 23rd January, 1931, 19th July, 1931, 24th September, 1931, 7th April, 1932, and 11th August, 1932, that the Native Minister had decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 23 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1929, or of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931, to various blocks of Native land or land owned by Natives in the Waiariki Native Land Court District and known as the Taheke and Mourea Development Schemes: And whereas it has been deemed expedient to exclude the said lands from the existing development schemes, and in lieu thereof to include the whole of the said lands in three separate and distinct schemes to be known as or called the Taheke Development Scheme, the Okere Development Scheme, and the Tikitere Development Scheme:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the powers in that behalf conferred upon me, I, Apirana Turupa Ngata, Native Minister, have decided to apply the provisions of subsection (3) of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931, to the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto, to be known as or called respectively the Taheke Development Scheme, the Okere Development Scheme, and the Tikitere Development Scheme.

No owner, except with the consent of the Native Minister, is entitled to exercise any rights of ownership in connection with the lands affected so as to interfere with or obstruct the carrying-out of the said development schemes.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of May, 1933.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

SCHEDULE.

THE following lands situate in the Waiariki Native Land Court District :—

TAHEKE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

Block. Area.
A. B. P.
Te Karaka No. 1A .. .. 17 3 35
" 1B .. .. 30 3 30
Kuharua No. 1A (part) .. .. 9 1 34
" 1C 1 .. .. 10 0 2
" 1C 3 .. .. 41 2 30
" 2 .. .. 157 3 3
Okere No. 1A 1 .. .. 137 2 31
" 1A 2 .. .. 120 1 28
" 1B 3J .. .. 33 2 24
" 1C 3D .. .. 291 2 0
" 1E .. .. 381 2 0
Otaramarae No. 1 .. .. 84 2 21
" 2 (part) .. .. 93 0 21
" 3 (part) .. .. 58 3 14
" 4 (part) .. .. 36 2 13
Paengaroa South No. 2 .. .. 420 1 10
" 3 .. .. 120 1 21
" 4 .. .. 566 1 32
" 5 .. .. 690 0 0
" 6A .. .. 50 0 0
" 6B .. .. 50 0 0
" 6C .. .. 50 0 0
" 7 .. .. 100 0 0
" 8 .. .. 250 0 0
" 9 .. .. 100 0 0
" 10 .. .. 100 0 0