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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 1st March, 1939.

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

Jack Douglas Snow,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kakahi, as from the 17th day of February, 1939.

Leo John Poff

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the North Auckland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 15th day of February, 1939.

Thomas William Preston

to be Chief Surveyor for the Canterbury Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 16th day of February, 1939.

Harold Ruegg

to be a Surveyor of Ships and Inspector of Ships’ Compasses for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 8th day of February, 1939.

Frank Ellett

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Health Act, 1920, and an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 25th day of January, 1939.

John Henry Beattie

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Health Act, 1920, and an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of February, 1939.

John Victor Edwin Flowers

to be an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 16th day of January, 1939.

George Herbert Stewart

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928, and the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, as from the 1st day of February, 1939.

Kenneth William Macdonald

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of February, 1939.

Constable James Bowman

to be Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Marton for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 20th day of February, 1939.

Ian MacIntosh Milne

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Half-moon Bay, as from the 21st day of February, 1939.

Frederick James Rees Gledhill

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taihape, as from the 21st day of February, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Special Order made by the Oxford County Council declaring that Sections 121 and 131, Counties Act, 1920, shall not apply to that Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th February, 1939.

THE following special order made by the Oxford County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931.

W. F. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/24/16.)

OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.—SPECIAL ORDER.

“ That in exercise of the powers vested in it by section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931, the Oxford County Council hereby resolves by way of Special Order as follows :—

“ That sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, shall not apply to this County.”

The above resolution was moved by Councillor F. Gorton, seconded by Councillor F. Feary, carried, and duly advertised. I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

R. J. SHARPE,
County Clerk.

Oxford, 9th February, 1939.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loan and Proposed Bridge Rate.

Wellington, 22nd February, 1939.

THE following notices received from the Chairman, Geraldine County Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Geraldine County taken on the 8th day of February, 1939, on the proposal of the Geraldine County Council to borrow the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds (£2,750) for the purpose of tar-sealing the undermentioned roads within the county :—

Geraldine–Fairlie (Borough Boundary to Crotty’s Corner) ;
Geraldine–Orari via Packham’s Road ;
Peel Forest Township ;
Temuka–Orton (Factory Road to Beach Road) ;
Badham Bridge Approaches ;
Temuka–Clandeboye (Rolleston Bridge to Clandeboye) ;
Temuka–Pleasant Point (Borough Boundary to Edgar’s Corner) ;

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 659
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 183
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1939.

K. MACKENZIE,
Chairman of the Geraldine County Council.

GERALDINE COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Geraldine County taken on the 8th day of February, 1939, on the proposal of the Geraldine County Council to make and levy under section 24 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, a special rate over the whole of the County of Geraldine to be called “ A Bridge Rate ” (not to exceed in any one year the amount of one farthing in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the County) for the purpose of providing funds for the renewal or reconstruction of bridges on roads under the jurisdiction of the Council :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 630
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 206
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1939.

K. MACKENZIE,
Chairman of the Geraldine County Council.

Alteration of Boundaries of Longwood Forest Fire District.

WHEREAS by a notice published in the Gazette on 19th October, 1922, at page 2789 (hereinafter referred to as “ the said notice ”), a certain area in the Southland Land District was declared to be a fire district under section twenty-seven of the Forests Act, 1921–22 (hereinafter referred to as “ the said Act ”) : And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the Longwood Forest Fire District described in the Schedule to the said notice :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and of the Land Board of the Southland Land District, I hereby revoke the said notice, and declare the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a fire district to be known as the Longwood Fire District, and I do further specify the period from the 15th August in any year to the 31st May in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said district, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire or cause to be set on fire any timber, whether standing or not, or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations, or land-clearing operations, or any grass, or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest officer.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—LONGWOOD FIRE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, Wallace County, containing approximately 107,000 acres, situated in Waiau and Longwood Survey Districts, and Aparima and Jacobs’ River Hundreds, and bounded generally as follows : Commencing at the northernmost corner of Section 3, Block IV, Aparima Hundred ; thence towards the north-east by the