1916
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

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

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers' Regulations, 1931, I, James Alexander Young, Acting Minister of Transport, do hereby approve until further notice of the persons named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officers under the said regulations for the local authorities described in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1.
Raetihi Borough Council ..
Taihape Borough Council
Palmerston Borough Council

Column 2.
Edward Charles Davis, Borough Foreman, Raetihi.
Frank Sainty, Borough Officer, Taihape.
Robert George Paul, Borough Foreman, Palmerston.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1935.
J. A. YOUNG, Acting Minister of Transport.
(TT. 9/4/3.)

Constituting a Recognized Aviation Authority.

Office of the Minister of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1935.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by section 3 of the Local Authorities Empowering (Aviation Encouragement) Act, 1929, I, John George Cobbe, Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby recognize for the purpose of that Act the undermentioned aviation authority:—
Percy Raymond Forbes Thode, of Waipapakauri.
JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

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 person whose name and address is shown in the Schedule hereunder is 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 person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by her own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

Miss Flo Bentley, 8 Rickard Street, Guildford, New South Wales.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of July, 1935.
ADAM HAMILTON, Postmaster-General.

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 any of the said persons or organizations shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to any of 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.

Mr. W. Arensberg, 5 Rue Eugène Carrière, Strasbourg, France.
La West Continentale S.A., or Luxembourg Red Cross Sweepstakes, Luxembourg (Grand-Duchy).
Mr. Arthur Schwartz, 30 Rue Malesherbes, Lyon, France.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1935.
ADAM HAMILTON, Postmaster-General.

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, in Franklin County.—(Notice No. Ag. 3304.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th July, 1935.

THE following resolution passed by the Franklin County Council on the 25th day of March, 1935, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 7 (2) of the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1934.

RESOLUTION.

“THAT on the recommendation of the Finance Committee this Council takes all necessary steps under the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1934–35, to assume the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, and its amendments within Franklin County as from the 1st day of July, 1935, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable the Minister of Agriculture for publication in the New Zealand Gazette.”

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925.—Names removed from Registers.

REGISTER OF INSPECTORS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING.

Smithson, Gordon William .. Late Inspector for the Raetihi Borough Council. Address: Care of Electrical and Radio Service, Seddon Street, Raetihi.

Walker, Ellis Vernon .. Late Inspector for the Thames Valley Electric-power Board. (Deceased.)

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of July, 1935.
JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 26/200/B.)

Fireblight Committee Elections under the Fireblight Committee Regulations, 1928.

DECLARATION OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE FIREBLIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE GISBORNE COMMERCIAL FRUITGROWING DISTRICT.

I, JOHN GRAY, Returning Officer for the purposes of the Fireblight Committee Regulations, 1928, do hereby declare that the following candidates have been duly nominated for the election of members of the Fireblight Committee of the Gisborne Commercial Fruitgrowing District, nominations for which closed at Wellington at noon on the 5th day of July, 1935:—

Bell, Percival George.
Hall, William Matthew.
Hardy, James Cecil.
Kirk, Frederick Thomas.
Pearson, Charles.

As the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of members to be elected (5), I hereby declare the said Percival George Bell, William Matthew Hall, James Cecil Hardy, Frederick Thomas Kirk, and Charles Pearson to be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1935.
JOHN GRAY, Returning Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1935.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1935.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Leslie William Rothwell.
G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

New Zealand Government Railways.—Notice to Sawmillers.

THE Government Railways Board is offering for sale by public tender the timber (principally rimu) in its forest near Pokaka in the Ohakune railway district. The forest has been divided into four lots. Two lots are for immediate sale, and the purchasers of these will be given the first refusal of the remaining two when the present lots are cut out. The particulars and conditions of sale may be inspected at the offices of the Railway District Engineers at Auckland, Wanganui, Ohakune, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, and of the Railway Forestry Officer at Wellington.

Tenders will close on 10th September, 1935.
G. H. MACKLEY,
General Manager.