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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 113

Member of Canterbury Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 8th November, 1940.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act, 1924, been pleased to reappoint

James Michael Kelly

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Canterbury for a further term of two years from the 8th November, 1940.

THOS. POUND,
Assistant Under-Secretary for Lands.

(L. and S. 22/748/8.)

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th October, 1940.

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

Ella Edwin Earnshaw,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Wyndham, as from the 17th day of October, 1940.

Roy Alvin Laing,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Herekino, as from the 15th day of October, 1940.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Armistice Day, 1940.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1940.

CITIZENS and traffic control authorities throughout New Zealand are requested to observe the practice adopted in this Dominion on former similar occasions of two minutes' silence from 11 a.m. and the suspension of all vehicular traffic during that period, on 11th November next.

Where a service is held it is suggested that it should be at the local cenotaph or war memorial as the case may be.

P. FRASER, Prime Minister.

Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1985.—Names removed from Registers during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1940.

REGISTER OF INSPECTORS OF ELECTRICAL WIRING.

Jones, Wilfrid Douglas. Late Inspector for the Nelson City Council. Address last notified: 7 Arthur Street, Timaru.

Metcalfe, George Francis G. Late Inspector for the Napier Borough Council. Address last notified: Meanee Road, Taradale, Napier.

REGISTER OF ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.

Crawford, Stuart Keith. (Deceased.)
Duncan, William Alexander D. A. (Deceased.)
Savill, Charles Edward. (Deceased.)

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of October, 1940.

D. WILSON,
For the Minister of Public Works.

Agreement for Grant of Right of Way in favour of James Scott, of Kaimai, Farmer, and Nora Marie Scott, his Wife, over Land in Opoutahi Survey District taken for a Quarry assented to.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated 26th day of August, 1940, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91 of the 29th day of the same month, at page 2233, all those pieces of land containing 3 roods 21 perches and 1 acre 1 rood 12 perches, being parts Lot 7, D.P. 4600, being parts Kumikumi No. 1 Block, Block V, Opoutahi Survey District, were taken for a quarry:

And whereas James Scott, of Kaimai, farmer, and Nora Marie Scott, his wife, were entitled to compensation for their freehold interest in the said areas of 3 roods 21 perches and 1 acre 1 rood 12 perches:

And whereas the Minister of Public Works agreed to grant to the said James Scott, of Kaimai, farmer, and Nora Marie Scott, his wife, a right of way over the aforesaid area of 3 roods 21 perches as part satisfaction of the compensation aforesaid, and to provide a sum of money and an effective cattle-stop on the access road to the land taken as aforesaid in satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation:

And whereas the said James Scott, of Kaimai, farmer, and Nora Marie Scott, his wife, agree to accept such grant, sum of money, and the provision of such cattle-stop in satisfaction of the said compensation:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of section 97 of the Public Works Act, 1928, that I assent to the above agreement.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of November, 1940.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/3/20/0/1.)

Notice to Mariners No. 41 of 1940.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th November, 1940.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS.

1. Mariners are hereby advised that the following procedure recommended by the International Commission for Aerial Navigation for establishing communication between aircraft and ships in circumstances not already envisaged in the International Code of Signals, has been provisionally adopted in New Zealand until further notice:—

(1) An aircraft wishing to attract the attention of a ship when unable to establish communication by radio-electric or daylight signalling apparatus, should fly round the ship.

(2) An aircraft wishing to inform a ship that its assistance is required by either another ship or an aircraft in distress shall adopt the following procedure:—

(i) Fly low round the ship and fire a succession of green Verey lights or make a succession of green flashes by means of the Aldis lamp. These signals will be acknowledged by the ship in one of the following ways:—

By Day:—

(a) By flashing a succession of T's in the Morse code:

(b) By hoisting the answering pennant close up:

(c) By blowing jets of steam through the whistle:

(d) By displaying a white strip in a conspicuous position.

By Night:—

(a) By waving a white light.

(ii) When its signals have been acknowledged, the aircraft will proceed in the requisite direction thereby giving the ship a course to follow.

(iii) Upon reaching the aircraft or ship in distress, the searching aircraft will circle until the rescue ship reaches the position.

(iv) When the master of the rescue ship is satisfied that all possible assistance has been rendered and all survivors have been picked up, he will signal to the aircraft in one of the following ways to indicate that the ship is about to depart:—

By Day:—

(a) By flashing a succession of C's in the Morse code:

(b) By hoisting the answering pennant close up:

(c) By blowing jets of steam through the whistle:

(d) By displaying a white strip in a conspicuous position.

By Night:—

(a) By waving a white light.

(v) This signal will be acknowledged by the aircraft by firing a white Verey light or by flashing the letter R in white by means of the Aldis lamp.

(vi) Until the rescue ship makes the signal given in paragraph 2 (iv) the searching aircraft will continue the search as long as possible, assuming that all survivors have not been picked up and that rescue operations are incomplete.

(vii) Should it be desired to inform the rescue ship that its assistance is no longer required, the aircraft will fly low round the ship and will be rocked laterally until the ship acknowledges in one of the ways specified in paragraph (iv).

2. No aircraft will fly low round ships except when they have a message to pass or some specific duty to perform.

3. Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1935 is hereby cancelled.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 9/14/5.)