JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1615

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:—

Lieutenant Herbert Guy Abbott Lewis, Royal Navy, to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, to date 7th July, 1938, and *vice* McMaster from date of joining.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):—

Honorary Lieutenant-Commander Raymond Rowsell as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 22nd June, 1938.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Waihopai Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3576.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 4th July, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint in terms of section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928—

Patrick Philip Dillon

to be a member of the Waihopai Rabbit Board established under the said Act.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Member of the Pirongia Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3580.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th July, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint in terms of section 50 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928—

Herman Claude Grace

to be a member of the Pirongia Rabbit Board established under the said Act.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Registrars of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at the place set opposite his name, viz.:—

Name.                      Place.
Andrew Tamaho McMath  ..  ..  Pawarenga.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 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.
Alfred George Rush ..  ..  Mangawai.
Philip Henley Lewis    ..  ..  Halcombe.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

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Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 5th July, 1938.

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

Hugh Fraser Ayson, Esquire,

to be Resident Commissioner at Rarotonga for the purposes of section 9 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915; Chief Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands for the purposes of section 103 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915; and Chief Judge of the Native Land Court for the purposes of section 369 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, as from the 22nd day of July, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 30th June, 1938.

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

Alan William Brain McNaughton,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mercer, as from the 18th day of June, 1938.

George Duggan,
Edward John Scoble,
George Wall Lowes, and
Arthur Wilfred Turner

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Petroleum Act, 1937, as from the 22nd day of June, 1938.

Duncan Alexander Paterson,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral and Licensing Districts of Wellington West for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and the Licensing Act, 1908, and their amendments, as from the 27th day of June, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 6th July, 1938.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman, Otorohanga Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

OTOROHANGA TOWN BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Town District of Otorohanga taken on the 3rd day of June, 1938, on the proposal of the Town Board to borrow the sum of £10,000 for sewer drainage in the Otorohanga Town District:—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 78
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 8

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 7th day of June, 1938.

F. O. R. PHILLIPS, Chairman.

Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.—Joint Special Loan under Part II.

NOTICE is hereby given that each of the local authorities named in the Schedule hereunder (1) has taken all the steps required to be taken under the above-named Act prior to the raising of a special loan of the amount set out opposite the name of such local authority in the said Schedule, and (2) has passed a resolution as required by Part II of the above-named Act for the raising of a joint special loan of the amount of five thousand one hundred pounds (£5,100) in union with the other said local authorities, and (3) has complied with all other conditions prescribed in the case of a joint special loan by the above-mentioned Act, and (4) has named the Gisborne Borough Council to be the agent of each of the other said local authorities for the purposes of the joint special loan and to be the principal local authority as defined in Part II of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

Names of Uniting Part of Loan raised for
Local Authorities. the Purposes of each.
£
Gisborne Borough Council .. .. .. 3,400
Cook County Council .. .. .. 1,700

Dated this 4th day of June, 1938.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.