JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1631

Probation Officer appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 25th May, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Percival John Norwood

to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the Borough of Whangarei, as from the 1st June, 1939.

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

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1939.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned person has been appointed to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set opposite his name, viz. :

Name. District.
David Campbell Shaw . . . . Whangamomona.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 31st May, 1939.

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

Walter James Blackler,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Buller under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Buller under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Westport under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Buller for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Buller Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 10th day of May, 1939.

Walter Parker,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Nelson under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Nelson under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Nelson under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations, 1935, Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Nelson for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Nelson Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 12th day of May, 1939.

Arthur Evan Dobbie,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Invercargill under the Marriage Act, 1908, and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Invercargill under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, as from the 2nd day of May, 1939.

Leo Robert Higgins,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Gore under the Marriage Act, 1908, and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Gore under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, as from the 4th day of May, 1939.

Constable Peter Swan,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Milton for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Milton for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, as from the 10th day of May, 1939.

Constable Patrick Daniel Dougherty,

to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Queenstown for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 17th day of May, 1939.

John Isbister,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Opotiki, as from the 16th day of May, 1939.

Harold Levett Walden,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Otahuhu, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otahuhu, as from the 17th day of May, 1939.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.

PHILIP GOLDMAN, Esquire, of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of New South Wales under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May, 1939.

P. L. LEAHY,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th May, 1939.

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

M. J. SAVAGE,
For the Minister of Finance.

PUTARURU TOWN DISTRICT.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Town District of Putaruru taken on the 19th day of May, 1939, on the proposal of the Putaruru Town Board to borrow the sum of ten thousand pounds (£10,000) for the purpose of instituting a water-supply for the district :

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was . . 80
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 36
Informal . . . . . . . . nil

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1939.

A. L. MASON, Chairman.

Election of Members of the Netherton Bobby Calf Pool Committee.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Chairman of the Netherton Bobby Calf Committee established by the Bobby Calf Marketing Regulations 1939, that

William Hayes,
William Cheal,
Francis Johnson,
James Munro,
Roy Morrison,
Ebenezer Carter,
Norman Hill,
Thomas Considine, and
Henry Heappy

have been duly elected to be members of the said committee pursuant to the provisions in that behalf of the said regulations.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of May, 1939.

W. LEE MARTIN,
For the Minister of Marketing.

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931, the Minister of Transport does hereby approve, until further notice, of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. Column 2.
Queenstown Borough Council . . William Arthur Anderson, of Queenstown, Medical Practitioner.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of May, 1939.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Transport.

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