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Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1944.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct
it to be notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering
J. Jefferson Jones, Esquire,
to act as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington
has been issued.
D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of External Affairs.

Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Wellington appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1944.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct
it to be notified that His Majesty's Exequatur empowering
T. Eliot Weil, Esquire,
to act as Vice-Consul for the United States of America at Wellington
has been issued.
D. G. SULLIVAN,
For the Minister of External Affairs.

Judge of the Compensation Court appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th May, 1944.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, pursuant
to the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, and amendments, to appoint
The Honourable George Panton Finlay
to be a Judge of the Compensation Court established by the Compensation Court Regulations 1940, to hold that office until the 30th day of June, 1944.
H. G. R. MASON, Attorney-General.

Appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Works under the Ministry of Works Act, 1943

Office of the Minister of Works,
Wellington, 30th May, 1944.

It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General
in Council, in pursuance of section 3 of the Ministry of Works Act, 1943, has been pleased to appoint
Edgar Ravenswood McKillop, Esquire, O.B.E., M.Inst.C.E.,
of Wellington, Civil Engineer, to be the Deputy Commissioner of Works, to hold and exercise the duties of that office during pleasure;
the appointment to take effect on and from the 1st day of April, 1944.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 56/34.)

Member of the Fireblight Committee of the Waimea Commercial Fruitgrowing District appointed.-(Notice No. Ag. 4100)

Pursuant to Regulation 3 (13) of the Fireblight Committee Regulations 1928, the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint
William Boswell Stead
to be a member of the Fireblight Committee of the Waimea Commercial Fruitgrowing District, vice Henry William Chisnall, resigned.
Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of May, 1944.
B. ROBERTS, Minister of Agriculture.

The Rural Intermediate Credit Act, 1927.-Appointment of District Intermediate Credit Supervisor and Chairman of the Canterbury District Board

It is hereby notified for public information that the Rural Intermediate Credit Board, acting in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon it by section 14 of the Rural Intermediate Credit Act and of paragraph 10 of the regulations made under the said Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 22nd December, 1927, and of all other powers it in that behalf enabling, has made the following appointment:-
Hamilton, Douglas Stuart, of the State Advances Corporation at Christchurch, to be District Intermediate Credit Supervisor for the Canterbury District and Chairman of the Canterbury District Rural Intermediate Credit Board in succession to the late Francis Shaw, the appointment to take effect as from the 24th May, 1944.
Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of May, 1944.
A. D. PARK, Chairman.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 30th May, 1944.

The Public Service Commissioner has made the following
appointments in the Public Service:-
Cecil Hector Watson Larsen
to be Resident Commissioner of Niue, a Judge of the High Court of the Cook Islands, and Collector of Customs and Postmaster at Niue, for the purposes of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, on and from the 14th day of April, 1944.
John Mellerick Lodge
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waverley, on and from the 10th day of May, 1944.
Leonard Frederick Round
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otautau, on and from the 11th day of May, 1944.
George Myring Newton
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taupo, on and from the 12th day of May, 1944.
Ella Catherine Lee (Miss)
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, on and from the 15th day of May, 1944.
Jasper Lovell Browne
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangonui, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangonui, on and from the 16th day of May, 1944.
Stella Margaret Musson (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Heriot, on and from the 18th day of April, 1944.
L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Overtime and Holidays Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941, Variation No. 29

In pursuance of the Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940, the Minister of Labour doth hereby order as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Overtime and Holidays Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941, Variation No. 29.
2. This Order shall be read together with and deemed part of the Overtime and Holidays Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1941 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).
3. The principal Order is varied as follows, namely :-
   The provisions of the principal Order shall not apply to the workers coming within the scope of the Auckland (Twenty-mile Radius) Milkroundsmen's award dated 25th March, 1943, Book of Awards, Vol. 43, page 97.
4. This Order shall come into effect on the day of the date hereof.
   Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 1944.
   P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Roads of less Width than 66 ft.

Whereas in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Stoke Extension No. 7, affecting part of Section 53, Suburban South, Block VII, Waimea Survey District, Nelson Land District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the proposed roads shown thereon should be of the width of 66 ft. :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power conferred upon him by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power him thereunto enabling, the Minister of Lands doth hereby authorize the laying-off of the proposed roads of a width of not less than 50 ft. : Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 35 ft. from the middle of such roads.
Given under the hand of the Minister of Lands, this 29th day of May, 1944.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 25/913.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road of less Width than 66 ft.

Whereas in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Raureka Extension No. 4, affecting part of Section 2235 in Block XI, Kaniere Survey District, Westland Land District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the new road shown thereon should be of the width of 66 ft. :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power conferred upon him by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every other power him thereunto enabling, the Minister of Lands doth hereby authorize the laying-off of the new road of a width of not less than 60 ft. : Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such road.
Given under the hand of the Minister of Lands, this 29th day of May, 1944.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 25/996.)

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