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Fourthly: It is ordained that awards shall be made only on a recommendation to Us, for civilians by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and for members of Our Naval, Military or Air Forces, as described in the previous Clause of this Our Warrant, only on a recommendation by Our First Lord of the Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State for Air, respectively, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions the Government whereof shall so desire, on a recommendation by the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion.

Twelfthly: It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, by an Order under Our Sign Manual and on a recommendation to that effect by or through Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, Our First Lord of the Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Secretary of State for Air, or in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof shall desire to submit such a recommendation, by the appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion to cancel and annul the award to any person of the George Medal and that thereupon the name of such person in the Register shall be erased : provided that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors to restore the Medal so forfeited when such recommendation has been withdrawn.

And it is Our Will and Pleasure that these Clauses shall be taken and received as part and parcel of Our Warrant for the said Medal.

Given at Our Court at St. James's, the seventeenth of October, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, in the sixth year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Command—

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.

Notice respecting proposed Alteration of Boundaries, City of Christchurch

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 4th May, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the County of Waimairi and included in the City of Christchurch.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM COUNTY OF WAIMAIRI AND INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH

ALL that area of land in the County of Waimairi of the Canterbury Land District, bounded by a line commencing at a point at the intersection of the south-western side of Wairarapa Road with the north-western boundary of Lot 1, Deposited Plan No. 10276, being a point on the existing boundary of the City of Christchurch ; thence proceeding in a south-westerly direction along the said north-western boundary of Lot 1, Deposited Plan No. 10276, and the north-western boundaries of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; 5, 6, and 15, Deposited Plan No. 10549, Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12, Deposited Plan No. 11695, and the north-western and the south-western boundary of Reserve 4340, Deposited Plan No. 10276, to the western end of Galway Avenue; thence south-easterly to and along the south-western boundary of Lot 8, Deposited Plan No. 11695; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern boundaries of the said Lot 8 and Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Deposited Plan No. 11695 aforesaid, Lots 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, and 7, Deposited Plan No. 10549, and along the south-eastern boundary of Lot 6, Deposited Plan No. 10276, to a point at the intersection of that boundary with the south-western side of Wairarapa Road, which is the existing boundary of the City of Christchurch; thence north-westerly along that boundary to the point of commencement.

H. G. R. MASON, For the Minister of Internal Affairs. (I.A. 103/5/56.)

The Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940.—Notice fixing Prices of certain Grades

Office of the Minister of Marketing,

Wellington, 30th April, 1943.

PURSUANT to Regulation 5: 1 of the Lemon Marketing Regulations 1940, I hereby fix the following prices per loose bushel to be paid by the Marketing Department for lemons delivered to the Department during the undermentioned period.

The prices of Preferred Commercial Grade and Commercial Grade are fixed on a basic rate of 4s. 8d. loose bushel.

Period of delivery (both days inclusive): 1st May to 31st May, 1943:

Loose packed fresh lemons, Preferred Commercial Grade … 8 6 Loose packed fresh lemons, Commercial Grade … 7 0 Loose packed fresh lemons, First-grade Peel … 4 9 Loose packed fresh lemons, Second-grade Peel … 3 2 Loose packed fresh lemons, Juice Grade … 1 7

J. G. BARCLAY, Minister of Marketing.

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Exemption Order under the Transport Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to the Transport Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, so far as they relate to drivers of heavy trade-motors, shall not apply to Jack Pickett Finnie, of Dunedin.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of May, 1943.

JAS. O'BRIEN, Minister of Transport. (TT. 9/4/6.)

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Northern Maori

IN compliance with the provisions of section 103 of the Electoral Act, 1927, I, William Edward Barnard, Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, hereby notify that Paraire Karaka Paikea, a member of the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Northern Maori, died on the 6th day of April, 1943, during a recess of the House by adjournment, and that the said seat in the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District is vacant by reason of such death.

Dated at Napier, the 16th day of April, 1943.

W. E. BARNARD, Speaker.

Officiating Ministers for 1943.—Notice No. 10

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 4th May, 1943.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :— The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand The Reverend Edgar John Edmonds Allison. The Reverend John Arthur Magyar.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1943.—Notice No. 11

Registrar-General’s Office,

Wellington, 4th May, 1943.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned name of an officiating minister has been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request :— Apostolic Church Pastor Hector Henry Gardiner.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942.—Wartime Price Index

IN accordance with regulation 41 of the Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942, it is hereby notified that the wartime price index as at the 15th day of March, 1943 (on base : 15th December, 1942 = 1000) was 1011. This figure represents an increase between 15th December, 1942, and 15th March, 1943, of 1·1 per cent. in the general level of prices of commodities, &c., included in the wartime price index.

J. W. BUTCHER, Government Statistician. Wellington, 5th May, 1943.

Notice calling up Reservists for Service with the Armed Forces

National Service Department,

Wellington, 6th May, 1943.

IT is hereby notified for general information that, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by Regulation 44 of the National Service Emergency Regulations 1940, I have, on the 6th May, 1943, issued to— John Charles Edmunds, Farmer, Palm Springs Farm, Redoubt Road, Papatoetoe, Registration No. 637334, Nikola Posa, Driver, 66 Maunu Road, Whangarei, Registration No. 640528, William George Hawkins, Fruiterer, Palmerston Street, Westport, Registration No. 636835, Timothy James O'Donnell, Labourer, Cronadun, Reefton, Registration No. 641814, and Francis James Philp, Farm Labourer, care of Aitken Bros., East Chatton Rural Delivery, Gore, Registration No. 636403, notices calling them up for service with the Armed Forces, such persons having been severally convicted for that, being reservists belonging to a division of the Reserve the enrolment of which has been proclaimed, they did fail to make application in writing for enrolment in that class of the Reserve as required by Regulation 43 (1) of the National Service Emergency Regulations 1940.

J. S. HUNTER, Director of National Service.