CLASS B.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as
Class B, one penny and sixty-six one-hundredths of a penny
(1·66d.) in the pound.
CLASS C.—On the unimproved value of all land so classified as
Class C, thirty-three one-hundredths of a penny (0·33d.) in the
pound.
Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/86/1.)
The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice
declaring Land taken for the Settlement of Discharged
Servicemen
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
of the land, did on the 18th day of July, 1946, make an order
determining the basic value of the land and no appeal from the
said order was made within the time prescribed by the said Act
or within any further time allowed by the Court:
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 15th day of August, 1946, as the date on which the
said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.
SCHEDULE
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT
ALL that piece or parcel of land containing one hundred and eleven
(111) acres three (3) roods and thirteen (13) perches, more or less,
being part of Lot 3 on plan deposited in the Land Registry Office
at Christchurch as No. 2683, and being part Rural Section 34565,
and situated in Block V, Fighting Hill Survey District.
Also all that piece or parcel of land containing one hundred
and seventy (170) acres three (3) roods and six decimal nine (6·9)
perches, more or less, being part Lot 3 on plan deposited in the
Land Registry Office at Christchurch as No. 2683, and being Rural
Sections 24305, 24418, 25083, 25183, 25183x, and parts Rural
Sections 25051, 29808, and situated in Blocks IV, V, VI, VII,
Fighting Hill Survey District.
Also all that piece or parcel of land containing seventy (70) acres
two (2) roods and twenty (20) perches, more or less, being part
Lot 3 on plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Christchurch
as No. 2683, and being part Rural Section 29808, and situated in
Blocks VI, VII, Fighting Hill Survey District.
Also all that piece or parcel of land containing seven hundred
and thirty-six (736) acres one (1) rood and eight decimal one (8·1)
perches, more or less, being part Lot 3 on plan deposited in the
Land Registry Office at Christchurch as No. 2683, and being Rural
Section 3731 and parts Rural Sections 18818, 18997, 20931, 29807,
and situated in Blocks IV, VI, Fighting Hill Survey District.
All the above areas being parts of the lands comprised in
certificate of title, Vol. 335, folio 98 (Canterbury Registry), and
more particularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. No. 2957,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at
Wellington, and thereon bordered red.
As witness my hand, this 5th day of August, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 21/149/2632.)
The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Revocation
of Notice declaring Land taken for the Settlement of a Discharged
Serviceman
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 32 of the Servicemen’s
Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, the Minister of Lands
doth hereby revoke the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 46 .of 27th June, 1946, at page 914, declaring that the land
described in the Schedule hereto is taken for the settlement of a
discharged serviceman.
SCHEDULE
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT
ALL that area containing thirteen (13) acres three (3) roods, being
Lot 5, Deposited Plan 872, part Section 3, Manawatu-Kukutauaki
7D Block, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate
of title, Vol. 92, folio 158 (Wellington Registry).
Also all that area containing thirteen (13) acres thirty (30)
perches, being Lot 4, Deposited Plan 872, part Section 3, Manawatu-
Kukutauaki 7D Block, and being the whole of the land comprised
in certificate of title, Vol. 92, folio 160 (Wellington Registry).
As witness my hand, this 30th day of July, 1946.
C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 36/1444/628.)
Exemption Order under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940
PURSUANT to the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940,* the
Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that
the provisions of clause (1) of Regulation 7 of the said regulations,
so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors, shall not
apply to the persons hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the
following provisions shall apply :
A motor-driver’s license issued under the Motor-drivers
Regulations 1940 to the persons described in Column 1 of the
Schedule hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor
in the course of his employment on a farm or market-garden of the
respective employers described in Column 2 of the said Schedule,
but shall not authorize him, while he is under the age of eighteen
years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other purpose.
SCHEDULE
Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
George Ross Fromm, “Minosa Downs,” Walton .. Father.
James Larkin, Kahutara, Featherston ‘ .. Father.
Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1946.
JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

• Statutory Regulations 1940, Serial number 1940/73, page 211.
  Amendment No. 1 : Statutory Regulations 1943, Serial number 1943/101,
  page 199.
  Amendment No. 2 : Statutory Regulations 1945, Serial number 1945/199,
  page 527.
  The Building Construction Control Notice No. 21
  PURSUANT to the Supply Control Emergency Regulations
  1939* and the Building Emergency Regulations 1939†, I
  hereby direct as follows :

1. This notice may be cited as the Building Construction
   Control Notice No. 21.
2. This notice shall come into force on the day following the
   date of publication thereof in the Gazette.
3. Except with the precedent consent of the Building Controller,
   no person shall use cement or ready mixed concrete for any of the
   following purposes :
   (i) Concrete paving.
   (ii) The manufacture of concrete paving slabs.
   (iii) Concrete kerbing and channelling.
   (iv) The construction of paths.
   (v) The construction of terraces.
   (vi) The construction of fences (not including fence posts).
   (vii) The construction of garden walls.
   (viii) The construction of retaining-walls.
   (ix) The construction of swimming baths.
   (x) The construction of swimming pools.
   (xi) The construction of fishponds and other ponds.
   (xii) The manufacture of precast concrete ornaments.
   (xiii) The manufacture of garden furniture.
4. Except with the precedent consent of the Building Controller
   no person shall sell, supply, dispose of, or part with the possession
   of, or deliver cement or ready mixed concrete unless he is satisfied
   that it is not intended to be used for any of the aforesaid purposes.
   Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of August, 1946.
   R. L. MACPHAIL, Building Controller.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/131, page 599.
  † Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/155, page 695.
  The Building Construction Control Notice No. 22
  NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Supply Control
  Emergency Regulations 1939* and the Building Emergency
  Regulations 1939†, I hereby require and direct as follows :

1. This notice may be cited as the Building Construction Control
   Notice No. 22.
2. This notice shall come into force on the Monday following
   the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.
3. Except with the precedent consent of the Building Controller,
   no person shall use paint containing white lead or linseed oil for
   the purpose of painting or coating the external exposed surface of
   any walls, whether part of a building or not, finished in concrete,
   asbestos, cement sheets, brick, plaster, or stone.
   Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1946.
   R. L. MACPHAIL, Building Controller.

• Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/131, page 599.
  † Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/155, page 695.
  Officiating Ministers for 1946.—Notice No. 24
  Registrar-General's Office,
  Wellington, 6th August, 1946.
  PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the
  following names of officiating ministers within the meaning
  of the said Act are published for general information :
  The Methodist Church of New Zealand
  Mr. Henare Kapa.
  Mr. Waka Kukutai.
  The Salvation Army
  Adjutant John Beasy.
  Major Allan Gracie Montgomery.
  P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.