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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 5

as the Flax Plan Industrial Committee, and do hereby appoint the following persons to be the members thereof :—

Ernest James Fawcett, Technical Liaison Officer, Department of Agriculture, Wellington.

Frederick Johnson, Assistant Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington.

Alfred Hibbs Long, Farmer, Kaingaroa, Auckland.

Samuel Harvey Maddren, Rope and Twine Manufacturer, 146 Madras Street, Christchurch.

Ernest Marsden, Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington.

Louis Andrew Niederer, Flaxmiller, Gorge Road, Southland.

Harold Henry Podmore, Flaxmill Worker, Foxton.

Percy Tucker Robinson, Clerk, 60 Taonui Street, Palmerston North.

Bernard Bedingfield Wood, Merchant, 176 Hereford Street, Christchurch.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 16th day of January, 1938.

D. G. SULLIVAN,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st January, 1938.

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

Tasman Smith, of Westport,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Buller Acclimatization District.

P. FRASER, Minister of Marine.

The Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.—Public Auditor appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Duties Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Hugh Beattie,

a Public Auditor under section 19 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.

W. NASH, Minister of Stamp Duties.

Police Gaolers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable James Haldane Beaton,

to be Police Gaoler at Raetihi ; and

Sergeant William Henry Simister,

to be Police Gaoler at Kaitaia, vice Senior Sergeant Claasen (transferred).

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Retirement and Removal from List of Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following retirement and removal from the list of officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Lieutenant-Commander William Theodore Edney, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), placed on the Retired List, to date 31st December, 1937, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform.

Lieutenant Howard Leon Mallitte removed from the list of officers of the R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), for non-availability for service, to date 20th December, 1937.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1938.

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. District.
Thomas Darcy O’Toole .. .. Stewart Island.
George Arnold Congdon .. .. Rangiora.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 24th January, 1938.

THE Public Service Commissioners have made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Thomas Darcy O’Toole,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Half-moon Bay, as from the 12th day of January, 1938.

Eric Russell Farrell,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kohukohu, as from the 13th day of January, 1938.

George Morrison Moir, Ph.D., M.Sc., A.I.C.,

to be an Analyst for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of January, 1938.

Denham Eric Goldsmith,

to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Marlborough Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 12th day of January, 1938.

Sergeant William Henry Simister,

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Kaitaia for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 14th day of January, 1938.

Constable James Haldane Beaton,

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Raetihi for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 15th day of January, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Poll for proposed Loan.

Wellington, 26th January, 1938.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Greymouth Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 :

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

GREYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A POLL of ratepayers of the Borough of Greymouth (other than the ratepayers in the Cobden area of the said Borough) taken on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1938, for the purpose of obtaining consent of the ratepayers of the Borough of Greymouth (other than the ratepayers of the Cobden area of the said Borough) to raise a special loan of £66,000 for :—

(a) Extension of sewerage to Blaketown and that portion of the borough south of North Town Belt, £57,000,

(b) Financial assistance to property owners by way of loan to connect with sewerage system, £9,000,

resulted as follows :—

Votes.
For the proposal .. .. .. 387
Against the proposal .. .. 268

The proposal was carried.

W. MELDRUM, Mayor.

By-laws of Wanganui Fire Board approved.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th January, 1938.

PURSUANT to section 60 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, the Minister charged for the time being with the administration of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, doth hereby notify that by-laws made by the Wanganui Fire Board, dated 17th January, 1938, have been approved.

P. C. WEBB,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/2/9.)