NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth:

Public Trust Office, Wellington, Ist May, 1939.

E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

Election of Member of North Auckland Land Board.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 3rd May, 1939.

I., LEO JOHN POFF, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the North Auckland Land Board, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 26th April, 1939, to be as follows:—

Votes.

Begg, William Proudfoot .. .. 154
Kitchen, Douglas .. .. .. 75
Lane, Leonard Metcalfe .. .. 40
Morphett, George Arthur .. .. 25
O'Carroll, Thomas .. .. .. 334
Smith, Arthur Purvis .. .. .. 107
Stewart, Percy Macgregor .. .. 140
Wrathall, Richard Theophilus .. .. .. 36

Total number of valid votes .. .. 911
Total number of votes rejected as informal
Total number of votes recorded .. 956

And I do hereby declare that Thomas O'Carroll, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the North Auckland Land Board for a term of two years as from the 26th day of April, 1939.

L. J. POFF, Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748/A.)

Election of Member of Otago Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 27th April, 1939.

I., WILLIAM EDWIN SHAW, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 21st April, 1939, to be as follows:—

Votes.

Aubrey, William Edward .. .. 418
Inder, Charles James .. .. 529

Total number of valid votes .. 947
Total number of votes rejected as informal .. .. .. 74

Total number of votes recorded .. 1,021

And I do hereby declare that Charles James Inder having received the greater number of valid votes, is duly elected as a member of the Otago Land Board for a term of two years as from the 27th day of April, 1939.

W. E. SHAW, Returning Officer.

(L. and S. 22/748/9.)

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.—Proposed Cancellation of Registration of Industrial Unions.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 23 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, the registration of the industrial unions mentioned in the Schedule below will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date of this notice.

E. B. TAYLOR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

INDUSTRIAL UNIONS OF WORKERS.

The Invercargill Bootmakers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 9; situated at Invercargill.

The Auckland Tobacco Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1596; situated at Auckland.

The Marlborough Motion Picture Projectionists' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1622.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925.—Notice of Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Auckland Gardeners' and Gardeners' Labourers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1558, situated at Auckland, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

E. B. TAYLOR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Regulations respecting the Blue Ensign of H.M. Fleet (Naval Reserve Flag).

KING'S REGULATIONS AND ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS (ARTICLE 126).

WITH reference to clause 1 (b) of the above regulations, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 51, dated 29th July, 1926, the number of reservists who must form part of the crew in order that a ship may be eligible to fly the Blue Ensign will, for the year 1939, be nine.

By direction of the Naval Board.

E. L. TOTTENHAM, Naval Secretary.

Navy Office, Wellington, C.I., 20th April, 1939.