Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

JOHN HOWARD KINNEAR, Esquire, of Balwyn, a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, has this day
been appointed by the Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis
O'Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, a Commissioner
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 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 18th day of July, 1949.
A. E. REYNOLDS, Registrar, Supreme Court.

Auditor Under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, Licensed

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909,
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
license
Richard Carroll Morpeth, Esquire,
of Wellington, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909.
A. H. NORDMEYER,
Acting Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Intention to Take Land in Block I, Upper Waitara Survey
District, for Road

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 road: And notice is hereby further given
that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the
post-office at Urenui 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.
Being
0 0 6 Part Mimi 4E Block; coloured sepia.
1 1 25.5 Part Mimi 4F 6 Block; coloured violet.
Situated in Block I, Upper Waitara Survey District (Taranaki
R.D.). (S.O. 7939.)
In the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 117579, deposited in
the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon
coloured as above mentioned.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of July, 1949.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.
(P.W. 70/7/9/0.)

Formation of Defence Rifle Club

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the
formation of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:-
Burnett's Face Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at
Burnett's Face. Dated 20th February, 1948.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club Disbanded

Army Department,
Wellington, 14th July, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the
disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club :-
Takaka Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Takaka.
Dated 5th July, 1949.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club Disbanded

Army Department,
Wellington, 18th July, 1949.

IS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the
disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club :-
Havelock Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Havelock,
Nelson. Dated 4th July, 1949.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club Disbanded

Army Department,
Wellington, 26th July, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the
disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club :-
Clinton Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Clinton.
Dated 15th July, 1949.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Alterations to Scale of Charges Upon the New Zealand Government
Railways

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the
Government Railways Act, 1926, and its amendments, and of all
other powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Robert Semple, Minister of
Railways, do hereby make the following alterations to the General
Scale of Charges made on the 13th day of April, 1939, and published
in the Supplement dated the 19th day of April, 1939, to the New
Zealand Gazette of the 13th day of April, 1939, in force on the New
Zealand Government Railways open for traffic:-

GOODS

90. Lime for Manuring Farm Lands

Omit paragraph 1, and substitute the following :-

1. Subject to the conditions set out herein, New Zealand lime for use in dressing
   land used bona fide as a farm, orchard, nursery, or market-garden within the
   Dominion of New Zealand, consigned from lime-works direct to farmers, orchardists,
   nurserymen, or market-gardeners in occupation of the land on which the lime is
   to be used, or educational institutions whose curricula require the carrying-on of
   farming for the purpose of instructing their students, may, at the option and
   convenience of the Department, be conveyed by rail at the following rates :-

Distance.
Rate.
Not exceeding 15 miles .. .. .. Class F.
Exceeding 15 miles but not exceeding 115 miles .. Class F for 15 miles
plus 25 per cent. of the
difference between
Class F for 15 miles
and Class F for the full
distance conveyed.
Exceeding 115 miles .. .. .. .. Class F, less 7s. 4d. perton.
The alteration provided for herein shall come into force on the
lst day of August, 1949.
As witness my hand, this 26th day of July, 1949.
A. H. NORDMEYER,
For the Minister of Railways.