846
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 45]

Resignation of Commissioner of Supreme Court

NOTICE is hereby given that George Harold Walker, Esquire, of Melbourne, Victoria, who on the 16th day of July, 1913, was appointed a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the taking of affidavits in Victoria, having retired from practice as a solicitor, has resigned his said appointment as Commissioner.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1945.
A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed

ROSS GIBSON MACFARLAN, Esquire, of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Michael Myers, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the State of Victoria under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1945.
A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Appointment of Inspector of Sea-fishing for the Purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st June, 1945.

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
Joseph Henry Burrell, of Ross,
to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.
B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Appointment of Inspectors of Sea-fishing for the Purposes of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1945.

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
Reginald Sutton Cooper, of Port Fitzroy, and
Selwyn Joseph Le Roy, of Port Fitzroy,
to be Inspectors of Sea-fishing for the purposes of Part I of the first-mentioned Act.
B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th June, 1945.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—
Sergeant John Coutts
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Bluff for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrates’ Court at Bluff for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 11th day of June, 1945.
Harold John Worthington
to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Dunedin North for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, on and from the 11th day of June, 1945.
Harold George Jamieson
to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Christchurch for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, and Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the Districts of Christchurch and Riccarton for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, on and from the 12th day of June, 1945.
Samuel James Atkins
to be an Examiner in Sight Tests for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, on and from the 14th day of June, 1945.
Hamish Connolly Mathew
to be Gaoler of His Majesty’s Prison, Invercargill, for the purposes of section 5 of the Prisons Act, 1908, on and from the 1st day of June, 1945.
Prudence Mary Goodare (Miss)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Karioi, on and from the 4th day of March, 1945.
Arthur Lionel Williams
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Manaia, on and from the 14th day of April, 1945.
Lawrence Gordon Park
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Kurow, on and from the 16th day of May, 1945.
Leslie Stevenson Shannon
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Picton, on and from the 19th day of May, 1945, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Picton, on and from the 19th day of May, 1945.
Charles William Constable Metge
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangiawhia, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
May Jamison (Miss)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Potaka, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Karl Thomas Hansen
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Mahia, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Mary Wihongi (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Awarua, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Victor Thomas Skewes Warren
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pamoana, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Lorraine Kohere (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Horoera, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
James Oscar McCabe
to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Ahuahu, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Leslie George Spiller
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Motatau, on and from the 21st day of May, 1945.
Kathleen Leaf (Miss)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitapu, on and from the 28th day of May, 1945.
Ada Shaw (Mrs.)
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Kirioko, on and from the 29th day of May, 1945.
L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Authority from the Minister of Finance to the Commissioner of Taxes to collect Social Security Charge and National Security Tax on Payments made to Workers by Means of Sale or Delivery of Goods to Workers and Repurchase or Redelivery of Such Goods for Consideration after Work is performed thereon

(1) PURSUANT to section 13 of the Finance Act (No. 2), 1942, I hereby authorize the Commissioner of Taxes, in any case where goods or articles are sold, disposed of, or delivered by any person to a worker and are subsequently repurchased or reacquired from the worker for consideration or for an increased consideration after work has been performed thereon, the consideration or difference in consideration being in effect a payment for the work performed by the worker, to collect social security charge and national security tax from the payments made by such person to the worker as if the moneys so paid, subject to the deduction of the amounts specified in clause 3 hereof, were salary or wages of the worker.
(2) For the purposes of this authority the term “worker” means any person who purchases, receives, or otherwise acquires goods or articles and performs work thereon or in relation thereto other than a person whose trade or business is or includes the performance of such work and whose business premises are registered under the Factories Act, 1921–22, as a factory for the performance of such work.
(3) In calculating the amount in respect of which social security charge and national security tax is payable there shall be deducted from the payments made by any person to a worker in respect of any goods or articles any amount paid by the worker to such person in respect of such goods or articles and any other amount which, in pursuance of subsection (4) of section 13 of the Finance Act (No. 2), 1942, may be fixed by the Commissioner as representing expenditure incurred by the worker in the production thereof.
(4) For the purposes of this authority all moneys credited to or applied on account of a worker or any person shall be deemed to have been paid when so credited or applied.
(5) For the purposes of this authority goods shall be deemed to have been repurchased or reacquired by a person if repurchased or reacquired by an agent of such person or by any firm or company in which such person has a substantial interest or which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is directly or indirectly under the control of such person.
(6) Words importing the singular number include the plural number and words importing the plural number include the singular number.
(7) Words importing the masculine gender include females.
(8) All words referring to persons include firms, persons, companies, and other bodies of persons, incorporate or unincorporate.
Dated this 25th day of June, 1945.
W. NASH, Minister of Finance.