Dec. 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1493 The Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of Discharged Service-men 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 discharged servicemen ; 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 October, 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, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 51 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 19th day of January, 1945, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King. SCHEDULE CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT ALL those parcels of land situated in Block VIII, Grey Survey District, containing a total of four hundred and fifteen (415) acres two (2) roods and twenty-four (24) perches, more or less, being Rural Sections 6765, 2965, 6686, 6107x, part Rural Section 6107, and Lot 10, part Reserve 2640, being all the land comprised in certificates of title, Vol. 387, folio 236, Vol. 398, folio 202 (limited as to parcels), Vol. 250, folio 238, and Vol. 111, folio 236 (Canterbury Registry). As witness my hand, this 6th day of December, 1944. O. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands. (L. and S. 36/1444/118.) Notice to Persons affected by Applications for Licenses under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936 Taking of Fish for Sale A. Frost, 129 Waghorn Street, Napier, has applied for a variation of his existing license in respect of the fishing-vessel "Kotuku," NR. 11, so as to permit him to operate his fishing-vessel "Marlborough." CHN. 38, using trawl-nets, set-nets, drag-nets, long lines, and hand-lines, catches to be landed at Napier. W. H. B. Smith and V. C. Wenn, 42 Devonport Road, Tauranga, have applied for a license to permit them to operate their fishing-vessel "Valkarine," AK. 240, using set-nets, drag-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Tauranga. W. H. Smith, Port Chalmers, has applied for a variation of his existing license so as to permit him to use trawl-nets and crayfish-pots in addition to his present methods of fishing. Fish Retailing F. J. Gallacher, 62 Marston Road, Timaru, has applied for a fish-retailer's license to permit him to sell wet fish from premises situated in King Street, Timaru, and also to hawk fish for sale in Timaru Borough, St. Andrews, Pareora, Pleasant Point, Washdyke, Levels, and Tycho. Pharmacy Industry H. W. Wilson, 27 Oban Crescent, Wadestown, Wellington, has applied for permission to open a new pharmacy at Wadestown Road Tram Terminus. Manufacture for Sale of Footwear W. Monks, Ltd., 10 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland, has applied for permission to operate a machine-room at Whangarei. Persons considering themselves materially affected by the decision of the Bureau of Industry on these applications should make any desired representations in writing not later than the 21st December, 1944, to G. L. O'Halloran, Secretary, Bureau of Industry, G.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington. G. L. O'HALLORAN, Secretary. Decisions of the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936 NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the authority conferred on the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936, the following decisions have been made in respect of applications for licenses. G. L. O'HALLORAN, Secretary. Applicant and Location. Nature of Application. Decision. Date. Alexander Smith, care of R. Hansen, For a license to permit him to operate his 16 ft. fishing-launch "Ngaire Joy" (not yet registered), using long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Kaikoura Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. R. V. Robinson, Glenstrae, Oaro, via Kaikoura For a license to permit him to operate his 16 ft. outboard-motor boat "Snooks" (not yet registered), using set-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Goose Bay Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. D. A. Bourke, Bulwer, Pelorus Sound For a variation of his existing license in respect of the fishing-vessels "Merlin," PN. 23, and "Aloma," PN. 11, so as to permit him to operate trawl-nets, in addition to the methods of fishing for which the vessels are at present licensed Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. C. H. Civil, care of Seamen's Union, Auckland For a license to permit him to operate the fishing-vessel "Muritai," RL. 411, using set-nets, drag-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Opua, Bay of Islands Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. W. R. Smith, Taurikura, Whangarei For a variation of his existing license so as to permit him to operate the launch "Maori" (not yet registered), using set-nets, drag-nets, long lines, hand-lines, and crayfish-pots, catches to be landed at Whangarei Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. E. Beaver, Mangonui For a variation of his existing license in respect of his fishing-vessel "Mona," RL. 476, so as to permit him to operate in its place the 43 ft. 45 h.p. engined vessel "Briny Marlin" (not yet registered), using trawl-nets, set-nets, long lines, and hand-lines, catches to be landed at Mangonui Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. Taking of Fish for Sale Fish Retailing W. G. Carter, 67 Bury Street, Sumner, Christchurch For a fish-retailer's license to permit him to hawk fish for sale from his licensed fishing-vessel "Penguin," LN. 238, at Sumner Beach Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. M. Rothel, Main South Road, Hornby, Canterbury For a fish-retailer's license to permit him to sell cooked fish from premises at that address within the Hornby Township Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. D. W. Wallace, 185 Gladstone Road, Gisborne For a fish-retailer's license to permit him to sell wet and cooked fish from premises situated either at The Esplanade, Kaiti, or at 280 Ormond Road, Gisborne Granted .. 27 Nov., 1944. Sale by Wholesale of Fish W. J. Burns, 23 Patterson Street, Sandringham, Auckland For a fish-wholesaler's license to permit him to distribute from Auckland mussels only (1) packed in sacks, uncooked, and (2) packed in kegs, cooked, to the retail trade throughout New Zealand Granted (conditionally) 27 Nov., 1944.