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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 16

Probation Officer appointed

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Peter Smith Watters

to be a Probation Officer under the Offenders Probation Act, 1920, and the Crimes Amendment Acts, 1910 and 1920, for the City of Wanganui.

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

Stipendiary Magistrate appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Reginald Herd, Esquire,

to be a temporary Stipendiary Magistrate to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand for the period from the 1st day of March, 1945, to the 14th day of March, 1945.

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

Official Member of the Mangonui Maori Council appointed

Native Department,
Wellington, 21st February, 1945.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Hilary James Harrington, Sergeant of Police, to be the official member of the Maori Council for the Mangonui Maori District, vice William Henry Simister, transferred.

C. F. SKINNER,
For the Native Minister.

(N.D. 26/3/11.)

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

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1945.

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 Pateman, of Belfast, North Canterbury, and James Laing Gillespie, of Rangiora, North Canterbury,

to be officers for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the North Canterbury Acclimatization District.

Garnet George Henry Michel, of Hokitika,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the first-mentioned Act in respect of the Westland Acclimatization District.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Revocation of Fisheries Appointment

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

BY direction of the Hon. Minister of Marine, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has revoked the appointment of

Donald MacLeod, of Waitati,

as an officer for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, in respect of the Otago Acclimatization District.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

Leonard William George Eldershaw

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Takapau, on and from the 10th day of February, 1945.

Athol William McManus

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangaroa, on and from the 13th day of February, 1945.

John Crosby

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokaanu, on and from the 7th day of February, 1945.

Alfred George Shirley

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland at Avondale, on and from the 13th day of February, 1945.

William John Brown

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangitikei, on and from the 2nd day of March, 1945.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th February, 1945,

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

Charles Arnold Lawn

to be Deputy Chief Surveyor for the Auckland and North Auckland Land Districts for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, on and from the 19th day of February, 1945.

James Foster Wilcox

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kaitaia, on and from the 10th day of January, 1945.

Lancelot William Aidan Fieldes

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ohakune, on and from the 23rd day of January, 1945.

Maurice John Petersen

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Akaroa, on and from the 25th day of January, 1945.

William Keith Berry

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Otaki, on and from the 26th day of January, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Otaki, on and from the 26th day of January, 1945.

Richard McKenzie

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dargaville, on and from the 1st day of February, 1945.

John Harold Cameron Halliday

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Huntly, on and from the 1st day of February, 1945.

Stanley Herbert Webb

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tauranga-Taupo, on and from the 5th day of February, 1945.

John Sylva Macdonald

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Hamilton, on and from the 12th day of February, 1945.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Notification of Exemption from Renters’ Quota under the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th February, 1945.

IT is hereby notified that in accordance with the authority contained in section 29 of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1928, exemption has been granted to each of the following named renters in respect of the film-renting season for the year 1943–44 from the provision of the aforesaid Act, which requires every licensed renter to acquire a stated proportion of British films :—

British Empire Films, Limited.
Columbia Pictures Proprietary, Limited.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (N.Z.), Limited.
Paramount Film Service (N.Z.), Limited.
R.K.O. Radio Pictures (A’sia), Limited.
United Artists (A’sia), Limited.
Universal Pictures Proprietary (A’sia), Limited.
Warner Brothers First National Pictures, Limited.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 64/28.)

Alteration of Closed Season.—Mahinapua Forest Fire District

WHEREAS by notice published in the Gazette of the 2nd day of November, 1922, at page 2907, an area comprising 16,300 acres in Kanieri and Mahinapua Survey Districts, Westland Land District, was declared to be a fire district and known as the Mahinapua Forest Fire District (hereinafter referred to as “the said district”) :

And whereas the period from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of March in any year (inclusive) was specified as the period (hereinafter referred to as “the said closed season”) for the said district during which it shall not be lawful for any person, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire or cause to be set on fire any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer :

And whereas it is expedient that the said closed season for the said district be altered :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I do hereby specify that the closed season for the said district shall henceforth be the period from the 1st day of August in any year to the 30th day of April in the following year inclusive.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1945.

C. F. SKINNER,
Commissioner of State Forests.

(S.F. 12/8/5/1.)