Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Reginald Victor Hennrie, Esquire, to be Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the City of Nelson.

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

Police Gaoler appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Constable Henry Ernest Hollinshead to be Police Gaoler at Rawene, vice Constable J. T. Chalcraft, transferred.

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

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1944.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed John Alexander Ramsay, of Greymouth, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Grey District Acclimatization District.

G. H. TANNER, for Secretary.

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1944.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed George Edelman, of Tokaanu, to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Rotorua Acclimatization District.

G. H. TANNER, for Secretary.

Additional Member of Domain Board appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th September, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in pursuance of section 46 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, to increase the total number of members of the Putorino Domain Board from six to seven and to appoint John Henry Winter as the additional member thereby rendered necessary.

R. G. MACMORRAN, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 1/878.)

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1944.

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

Albert John Bennetts to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Napier for the purposes of the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Napier for the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Napier for the purposes of the Maori Births and Deaths Regulations 1935, Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Napier for the purposes of the Electoral Act 1927, and its amendments, Returning Officer for the Napier Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, Registrar at Napier of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Hawke's Bay for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, Registrar and Marshal at Napier of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Napier for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, Official Assignee at Napier for the Supreme Court District of Wellington for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Napier for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, on and from the 8th day of September, 1944.

James Alexander Fyfe to be 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, on and from the 8th day of September, 1944.

Constable Charles Stephen Russell to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Collingwood for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates' Court at Collingwood for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1928, on and from the 12th day of September, 1944.

Frank Bernard Loxley Jameson to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Nelson for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, Returning Officer for the Nelson Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, Registrar at Nelson of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and Sheriff for the District of Nelson for the purposes of the Judicature Act, 1908, Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Nelson for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1928, Clerk of the Warden's Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar at Nelson for the Mining District of Karamea constituted under the Mining Act, 1926, Official Assignee at Nelson for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Nelson for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and Registrar and Marshal at Nelson of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in respect of its jurisdiction as a Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, on and from the llth day of September, 1944.

Nola Joan Webster Rabe (Miss) to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Taneatua, on and from the 9th day of September, 1944.

Trevor James Otway to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mercer, on and from the 12th day of September, 1944.

Irene Anne Wilkes (Miss) to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Colac Bay, on and from the 18th day of September, 1944.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Sales Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part III of the Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, applies:

And whereas the Land Sales Committee to which the application has been referred is of opinion that the land to which the application relates is farm land suitable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman;

And whereas the said committee, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the land, did on the 25th day of August, 1944, make an order determining the basic value of the land:

And whereas the said land is not the land of any serviceman who is for the time being serving outside New Zealand in any of His Majesty's Forces or in any British ship:

Now, therefore, I, Clarence Farringdon Skinner, Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, do hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and I hereby specify the 1st day of February, 1945, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT

All that parcel of land situated in Block XVI, Heretaunga Survey District, and Block I, Kidnapper Survey District, containing fifty (50) acres two (2) roods and ten (10) perches, more or less, being part of Block 9, Te Mata Crown Grant District, being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 3896, and being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 35, folio 236 (Hawke's Bay Registry).

As witness my hand, this 4th day of October, 1944

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 36/1444/90.)

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 Ilam Extension No. 29, affecting part of Rural Section No. 12 and other part of Rural Section No. 12, Canterbury Land District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that Karamu and Karaka Streets 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 Karamu and Karaka Streets 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 33 ft. from the middle of such streets.

Given under the hand of the Minister of Lands, this 3rd day of October, 1944.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 25/366.)