Oct. 30] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1731

Member of the North Canterbury Nassella Tussock Board appointed.—
(Notice No. Ag. 4463)

PURSUANT to section 25 of the Nassella Tussock Act, 1946,
the Minister of Agriculture doth hereby appoint

Alec Lindsay Poole, Esquire, B.For.Sc.,

to be a member of the North Canterbury Nassella Tussock Board,
vice Harry Howard Allan, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst., resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of October, 1947.

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Members of Domain Boards appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th October, 1947.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of
section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National
Parks Act, 1928, been pleased to make the following appointments :—

Francis Seth Kingsbury

to be a member of the Cust Domain Board in place of Samuel
Smith, deceased.

Arthur Ernest Wooding,
Ernest Walter Butt,
George Henry Richard McIsaac,
John Alexander Thomson,
Arthur Tombs, and
Ross Sharpe

to be members of the Flaxbourne Domain Board in place of John
Aloysius Moran, Arthur Richard Wooding, Frank Wilson Sharpe,
William George Dickens, and William James McIsaac, resigned, and
Herbert John Thomson, deceased.

Frank Challis Marshall and
Albert Charles Scott

to be members of the Turua Domain Board in place of James Thrupp
and Alan George Williams, resigned.

Joseph Langley

to be a member of the South Rakaia Domain Board in place of
James Frederick Langley, deceased.

William James Donovan

to be a member of the Waimeha Domain Board in place of George
Alexander Monk, resigned.

Albert James Sheat and
Horace Glenmore Chamberlain

to be members of the Ellesmere Domain Board in place of John
Boag and Henry Neave, resigned.

Eric Alfred Harker

to be a member of the Tuakau Domain Board in place of Ambrose
Harker, deceased.

Richard Reginald Martin

to be a member of the Wakefield Domain Board in place of Cecil
Colston Hooper, resigned.

James Aitchison

to be a member of the Heriot Domain Board in place of Robert
Hume Thomson, left the district.

Albert Edward Fischer

to be a member of the Punakaiki Domain Board in place of John
Alexander Ross, resigned.

Duncan Stanley Burgoyne Heather

to be a member of the Hamilton Domain Board in place of Alan
St. Clair Belcher, left the district.

D. M. GREIG, Under-Secretary.

(L. and S. 1/75.)

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the Patangata County.—
(Notice No. Ag. 4462)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st October, 1947.

THE following special order made by the Patangata County
Council on the 14th day of October, 1947, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

SPECIAL ORDER

“THAT, in pursuance of the powers conferred on it the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1928, the Patangata County Council resolves and
declares, by way of special order, that the plant mentioned in the
Schedule hereto (being mentioned in the Second Schedule of the
said Act) is a noxious weed within the County of Patangata.

“SCHEDULE

“Hemlock (Conium maculatum).”

EDWARD CULLEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Borough of Thames for Housing Purposes

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions
of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described
in the Schedule hereto for housing purposes : And notice is hereby
further given that the plan of the land required to be taken is deposited
in the post-office at Thames and is there open for inspection ; and
that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if
they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land,
set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty
days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of
Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken :—

A. R. P.
0  1  0·5  Part Pukerahui Block.
0  1  0·5  Part Lot 679, being part Pukerahui Block.

Situated in Block IV, Thames Survey District (Borough of
Thames) (Auckland R.D.).

In the Auckland Land District ; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 126134, deposited in
the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon
edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 22nd day of October,
1947.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 80/15.)

The Traffic Regulations 1936.—Appliances for Motor-vehicles approved

IN terms of Regulation 10 of the Traffic Regulations 1936, the
Minister of Transport hereby approves of the appliances
described in the Schedule hereto for use on or in connection with a
motor-vehicle, provided that and so long as the said appliances are
identical in design, construction, make, and effect with the samples
thereof deposited in the office of the Transport Department,
Wellington.

SCHEDULE

“Ford-Unity Manufacturing Co. Model H” Auxiliary Lamp.
“Ford-Hall” Auxiliary Lamp.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of October, 1947.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/2/5.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice
declaring Land taken for the Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 24 of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, notice was given of the
intention of the Minister of Lands to take under Part II of the said
Act the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and a copy of
the said notice was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64 on
the 12th day of September, 1946, at page 1249 :

And whereas an objection was made by the owner in the manner
prescribed by the said Act, objecting to the taking of the said lands :

And whereas the Minister of lands did not revoke his notice of
intention to take the said lands :

And whereas the Minister of Lands, at the request of the owner,
agreed to a variation of the area to be taken by the exclusion of part
of the said lands :

And whereas the owner withdrew his objection to the taking of
the lands described in the Second Schedule hereto and agreed to an
amended vesting-date :

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 27 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the lands
described in the said Second Schedule are taken for the settlement
of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 12th day of
November, 1947, as the date on which the said lands shall be deemed
to be vested in His Majesty the King.

FIRST SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred
and eighteen (118) acres two (2) roods, more or less, being all of the
land on Deposited Plan 10802, being part of Section 19, Block V,
Maketu Survey District, and being the whole of the land described
in certificate of title, Vol. 262, folio 21 (Auckland Registry).

SECOND SCHEDULE

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred
and sixteen (116) acres one (1) rood fourteen (14) perches, more or
less, being part of the land on a plan deposited in the Land Registry
Office at Auckland under No. 10802, being part of Section 19,
Block V, Maketu Survey District, and being part of the land
described in certificate of title, Vol. 262, folio 21 (Auckland Registry).
As the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in
the office of the Chief Surveyor at Auckland under No. S.O. 33648,
and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, this 22nd day of October, 1947.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 21/149/3039.)