Aug. 10.]

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,

Wellington, 4th August, 1933.

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

William Llewellyn Thomas, Esquire, of Christchurch, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

A. T. NGATA, Minister in Charge.

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 2nd August, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours conferred by His Majesty the King as follows:-

Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire--

Colonel Stephen Shepherd Allen, C.M.G., D.S.O., v.d., of Morrinsville.

Knight Bachelor--

Doctor Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland, C.M.G., C.B.E., F.R.C.S., of Christchurch.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George--

Thomas Lindsay Buick, Esquire, F.R.Hist.S., of Wellington.

John Saxon Barton, Esquire, of Napier.

Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire--

Makea Nui Tinirau Ariki, Esquire, of Raratonga.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order--

Theophilus Benjamin Strong, Esquire, M.A., of Wellington.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/200/1.)

Stipendiary Magistrate authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children's Court.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 9th August, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Wilfred Fosberry Stilwell, Esquire, S.M., to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Court established at Wellington.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Justices of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children's Court.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 9th August, 1933.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William Henry Paul, Esquire, J.P., and James Edwin Tidd, Esquire, J.P., to exercise jurisdiction in the Children's Court established at Hamilton.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

Agreement for Grant of Right of Way in favour of Alice Maud Gill, of Whangamomona, Widow, and the Public Trustee (as Executor of Henry Gill, Deceased), over Land in Heao Survey District taken for the Stratford Main Trunk Railway assented to.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the 13th day of June, 1931, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of the same month, all that piece of land containing 2 acres 3 roods 34-2 perches, being part Section 11, Block II, Heao Survey District, was taken for the purposes of the Stratford Main Trunk Railway:

And whereas Alice Maud Gill, of Whangamomona, Widow, and the Public Trustee (as executor of Henry Gill, deceased), were entitled to compensation in respect of their leasehold interest in the said land:

And whereas the Minister of Public Works agreed to grant to the said Alice Maud Gill and the Public Trustee (as executor of Henry Gill, deceased), and their successors in title a right of way over the land described in the Schedule hereto as part satisfaction of the compensation aforesaid, and to provide a workman's cottage in satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation:

And whereas the said Alice Maud Gill and the Public Trustee (as executor of Henry Gill, deceased), agreed to accept such grant and a workman's cottage in satisfaction of the said compensation:

Now, therefore, I, John Bitchener, Minister of Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of section 97 of the Public Works Act, 1928, that I assent to the above agreement.

And I do hereby declare that this assent is issued in lieu of the assent to the agreement for grant of right of way in favour of Alice Maud Gill, of Whangamomona, Widow, and the Public Trustee (as executor of Henry Gill, deceased), over land in Heao Survey District taken for the Stratford Main Trunk Railway, published in New Zealand Gazette No. 28 of 27th April, 1933, at page 806, which contains certain inaccuracies and is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land affected : 2 perches. Being railway land (part Section 11), Block II, Heao Survey District.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 85309, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of August, 1933.

JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works. (P.W. 8/64.)

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of Postal Correspondence.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, having reasonable ground for supposing that the persons and organizations whose names and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered under section 32 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in favour of the said persons or organizations shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said persons or organizations (either by their own or any fictitious or assumed names), or addressed to any of the addresses in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

Miss B. Bennett, Bay View, Crane Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales.

Compania Internacional Hipica de Panama, Panama, Republic of Panama.

Miss Gay, 10th Floor, Warwick Building, Hamilton Street, Sydney.

International Sweepstakes of Panama, Panama, Republic of Panama.

Messrs. Neary and Company, Ltd., 200 Russell's Quay, Limerick, Ireland.

Panama Distributors, Limited, Box 25, Panama, Republic of Panama.

J. Simpson, Box 4157x, G.P.O., Sydney.

W. H. Whiddon, 10 Barrack Street, Sydney.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of August, 1933.

ADAM HAMILTON, Postmaster-General.

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Lyttelton.

IN compliance with the provisions of section 103 of the Electoral Act, 1927, I, Charles Ernest Statham, Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, hereby notify that James McCombs, a member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Lyttelton, died on the 2nd day of August, 1933, during a recess of the House, and that the said seat in the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District is vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Dunedin, the 4th day of August, 1933.

CHAS. E. STATHAM, Speaker.