Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3287

Trustee of Geraldine Racecourse appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th October, 1941.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance
of section 6 of the Geraldine Racecourse Reserve
Act, 1881, been pleased to appoint
Claude Stock
of Geraldine, to be a trustee of the Geraldine Racecourse in
place of Donald Macdonald (deceased).
R. G. MACMORRAN,
Under-Secretary for Lands.
(L. and S. 54811).

Member of Wellington Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st October, 1941.
N OTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, pursuant to section 49 of the Land Act,
1924, been pleased to reappoint
Robert Albert Gower
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of
Wellington, for a further term of two years from the 16th day
of November, 1941.
THOS. POUND, Assistant Under-Secretary.
(L. and S. 22/748/4.)

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1941.
I N pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on me by the Maori Births and Deaths Regis-
tration Regulations 1935, I, Keith Doidge Cameron Morrison,
Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint
Dudley Ian Hulbert Fitch
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths of
Maoris at Motueka.
K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1941.
I N pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Keith Doidge
Cameron Morrison, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby
appoint
Dudley Ian Hulbert Fitch
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Motueka.
K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1941.
I N pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Keith Doidge Cameron
Morrison, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint
Cyrus Henry Addleton Nicholls
to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Matakana.
K. D. C. MORRISON,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington C. 1, 22nd October, 1941.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:
Sergeant William Patrick Gilligan
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Waimate for the
purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, on and from
the 1st day of October, 1941.
Leslie Vincent Smith
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mercury Bay
for the purposes of the Marriage Act, 1908, and Registrar
of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay for the
purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924,
on and from the 25th day of September, 1941.
Sergeant William James Bowlet Grainger
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates' Court at Huntly for the
purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, on and from
the 1st day of October, 1941.
Oliver Ronald Hunter
to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the
Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships
for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1918, on
and from the 6th day of October, 1941.
Constable George Henry Graham
to be Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Stratford for the
purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, on and from the
15th day of January, 1941.
Albert Alfred Sloane
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Glenavy,
on and from the 3rd day of October, 1941.
John Melville Morrison
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mokai,
on and from the 22nd day of September, 1941.
Michael Farrell
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at
Whakatane, on and from the 18th day of September, 1941.
G. T. BOLT, Secretary.
Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extra-
ordinary Vacancies on the Balclutha, Kaitangata, and Milton
Fire Boards.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th October, 1941.
P URSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules
thereunder, the Minister charged for the time being
with the administration of the said Act doth hereby appoint
Wednesday, the 5th day of November, 1941, to be the date
for holding the election of one member of each of the Bal-
clutha, Kaitangata, and Milton Fire Boards by the fire-
insurance companies concerned, such election being held to
fill the extraordinary vacancies caused by the death of
Mr. F. V. Drake.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIV, Manganui
Survey District, for Road.
N OTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute
a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road—
and for the purposes of such public work the land described
in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice
is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required
to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Raetihi and
is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected
by the execution of the said public work or by the taking
of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded
objections to the execution of the said public work or to the
taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send
such writing, within forty days from the first publication of
this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.
SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
1 rood 34 perches.
Being part Section 16.
Situated in Block XIV, Manganui Survey District.
In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 112192,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, and thereon coloured orange.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 22nd day of
October, 1941.
H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 39/335.)