MAY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1459

By-law of the Hokianga County Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 5th May, 1939.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Hokianga County Council on the 14th day of February, 1939.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of April, 1939.

Dated this 5th day of May, 1939.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/6/30.)

Units redesignated.

Army Department,
Wellington, 29th April, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve, under section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909, that the existing designations of the Northern, Central, and Southern Depots of the New Zealand Corps of Signals be abolished, and that the units be redesignated as under:—

NEW ZEALAND CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Northern District Signal Company, with headquarters at Auckland.

Central District Signal Company, with headquarters at Wellington.

Southern District Signal Company, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Dated 17th April, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Land Vested in the Takapuna Borough Council declared to be a Public Reserve.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th May, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following resolution was passed by the Takapuna Borough Council, pursuant to section 5 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, on the 17th day of August, 1938, due notice of intention to pass such resolution having been given in terms of the said section and no objection thereto received:—

“ That, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 5 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, the Takapuna Borough Council resolves that the piece of land vested in it, being more particularly described as all that piece of land containing thirty-two perches, more or less, being part Lot No. 46 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under number 12137, and being portion of Allotment No. 84 of the Parish of Takapuna, and the whole of the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 416, folio 256, Auckland Registry, situated in Craig Road in the said borough, be and the same is hereby declared to be a public reserve within the meaning of the said Act.”

W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/468.)

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds within the Waitaki County.—(Notice No. Ag. 3657.)

THE following special order made by the Waitaki County Council on the 28th day of April, 1939, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Waitaki County Council resolves and declares by way of special order that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned in the Second Schedule to the said Act) are noxious weeds within the County of Waitaki.

SCHEDULE.

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).

Hemlock (Conium maculatum).

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Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1939.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th May, 1939.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—FAREWELL SPIT LIGHT.

Amendment to Arc of Visibility.

Position: Lat., 40° 33′ S.; long., 173° 01′ E. (approx.).

Details: As a result of sand drift the light is now visible over an additional arc between the approximate bearings 107° to 110°.

Charts affected: Nos. 2616—3629.

Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1936, No. 4523; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 151, No. 97.

Authority: Captain C. W. Ostenfeld, s.s. “Kakapo,” 28/4/39.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 8/28/10.)

Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1939.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th May, 1939.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—BLUFF HARBOUR.

1. Outward Leading Lights established.

2. Alteration in Light.

3. Buoy withdrawn.

4. Position: Lat., 46° 37′ S.; long., 168° 20′ E. (approx.).

Front beacon: On line of No. 3 beacons (310°) 596 yards from Channel Rock beacon.

Rear beacon: At intersection of Nos. 1 and 3 leading lines.

Abridged Description: Front beacon—Fl. ev. sec.

Rear beacon—Fl. ev. 2 sec.

Details: The beacons consist of a 4 pile (front) and a 6 pile (rear) dolphin painted red and surmounted by small white structures carrying the lights at elevations of 11 and 18 ft. respectively. The lights are visible 4 miles.

NOTE.—The rear beacon is not yet complete. No further notice will be given.

2. Position: Channel Rocks beacon.

Alteration: The colour of the light has been altered to red.

3. Position: North-western end of Davey Bank.

Details: The black and white chequered buoy in this position has been permanently withdrawn.

Charts affected: Nos. 3484—2540.

Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1936, page 605; New Zealand Pilot, 1930, pages 362 and 363; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, pages 304 and 305.

Authority: Bluff Harbour Board, 28/4/39.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/232; 3/3/128.)

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

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th May, 1939.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Finegand Freezing Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1371, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette.

E. B. TAYLOR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th 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 Wellington Racing and Trotting Stable Hands’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 1824, will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof.

E. B. TAYLOR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.