Feb. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 221

Certificates of Naturalization granted

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 8th February, 1946.

IT is hereby notified for public information that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1928, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

Certificates of Naturalization granted

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 8th February, 1946.

IT is hereby notified for public information that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Amendment Act, 1943, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder who have served with His Majesty’s Forces during the present war.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-law of the Mataura Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th February, 1946.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Mataura Borough Council on the 11th day of December, 1945.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of January, 1946.

Dated this 8th day of February, 1946.

F. JONES,
For the Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/6/54.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Road 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 Fendalton Extension No. 86, affecting part Rural Section 7, Block XI, Christchurch Survey District, Canterbury Land District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the road shown as Highgate Avenue 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 the road shown as Highgate Avenue 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 road.

Given under the hand of the Minister of Lands, this 6th day of February, 1946.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 25/292.)

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby approve of the person named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1. Column 2.
Mount Eden Borough Council .. .. Frank Hanham.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1946.

JAS. O’BRIEN, Minister of Transport.

Officiating Ministers for 1946.—Notice No. 3

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1946.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned name of an officiating minister has been removed from the List of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request :—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
The Reverend Fred Robertson, B.A.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1946.—Notice No. 4

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 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. Waiwera Rangawhenua.
Mr. Waaka Simon Rewa.
Mr. Tumu Te Huia.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.