JULY 28] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1601

Exemption Orders 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 licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940 to any one of 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 employer 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.

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SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
Douglas Oswald Hay .. .. .. .. .. Father.
Gregor Walter Macdonald .. .. .. .. Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of June, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

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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 person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply :—

A motor-driver’s licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regulations 1940, to the person 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 employer 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.

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SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver). Column 2 (Employer).
George Leslie Vernon Lines .. .. .. .. Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1949.

F. HACKETT, Minister of Transport.

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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 land described in the Schedule hereto, and a copy of the said notice was published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 28 on the 20th day of May, 1948, at page 594 :

And whereas an objection was made by the owner and the lessee of the said land in the manner prescribed by the said Act objecting to the taking of the said land :

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which such objections were referred did on the 3rd day of March, 1949, make an order disallowing such objections and determining that the said land is farm land suitable or adaptable for the settlement of a discharged serviceman or of two or more discharged servicemen :

And whereas an appeal was made against such order by the owner of the said land in the manner prescribed by the said Act :

And whereas the Land Valuation Court to which such appeal was referred did dismiss such appeal :

And whereas the owner of the said land has 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 said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 8th day of August, 1949, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

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SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing eighty-four (84) acres, more or less, being Rural Sections 3017 and 3018, and part Rural Section 4244, situated in Blocks IV and VIII, Leeston Survey District, and being all the land comprised in certificates of title, Vol. 364, folio 205, Vol. 364, folio 206 (both limited as to parcels), and Vol. 481, folio 238 (Canterbury Registry).

As witness my hand, this 26th day of July, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/592 ; D.O. 27/12/60.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943.—Notice Declaring Land and an Interest in Land Taken for the Settlement of a Discharged Serviceman

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Valuation Court to a transaction which relates to the lands described in the First and Second Schedules hereto, and to which Part III of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943, as extended by the provisions of section 4 of the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Amendment Act, 1948, applies :

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which the said application has been referred is of opinion that the lands to which the said application relates are farm lands suitable or adaptable 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 the land described in the said First Schedule and the interest of the lessee or licensee in the land described in the said Second Schedule, and being satisfied that the proposed transferee or assignee under the said transaction is not a child of the transferor who intends to reside personally on the land and to farm the same exclusively for his own use and benefit, did, on the 24th day of June, 1949, make an order determining the basic value of the lands described in the said First Schedule and Second Schedule 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 lands are not the lands 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 land described in the said First Schedule and the interest of the lessee or licensee in the lands described in the said Second Schedule are hereby taken for the settlement of a discharged serviceman, and hereby specifies the 1st day of August, 1949, as the date on which the land described in the said First Schedule and the interest of the lessee or licensee in the lands described in the said Second Schedule shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred and seventy-four (174) acres, more or less, being Sections 1, 5, 6, and 7, Block I, Pakaumanu Survey District, and being all of the land described in certificate of title, Vol. 713, folio 321 (Auckland Registry).

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SECOND SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred and seventy (170) acres and five (5) perches, more or less, being Section 2, Block I, Pakaumanu Survey District, and being all of the land described in the deferred payment licence comprised in Register-book, Vol. 735, folio 33 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 15th day of July, 1949.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/2059 ; D.O. DP. 3360.)

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Poukawa Drainage Area : Notice of Intention to Make and Levy General Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, to make and levy on the unimproved value of all land within the Poukawa Drainage Area the general rates described in the Schedule hereto, such rates being for the purpose of covering for the period from 1st day of April, 1949, to 31st day of March, 1950, the cost of administration of the said Act, including the maintenance of works constructed under that Act in the said area.

The amount of the general rates will be payable in one sum on 30th day of August, 1949, together with the annually recurring special rates already made and levied.

The valuation roll and rate-book of the area are open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Room 15, 1st Floor, Government Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland, and a copy of same may be inspected at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Post-office Building, Napier, at all times at which those offices are open for the transaction of public business.

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SCHEDULE

General Rates

CLASS A.—On the unimproved value of all land classified as Class A by the person appointed to classify lands under section 3 of the Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928, ninepence and ninety-four one-hundredths of a penny (9·94d.) in the pound.

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.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/86/1.)