Alexander Speakman Louisson

Alexander Speakman Louisson

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Invercargill, on and from the 19th day of January,

John Michael Dwyer

John Michael Dwyer

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Te Kuiti and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths

of Maoris at Te Kuiti, on and from the 24th day of January, 1949.

Arthur James Bannister

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Opunake and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths

of Maoris at Opunake, on and from the 29th day of November, 1948.

Ernest Wilkes Pearce

Ernest Wilkes Pearce

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Riverton and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths

of Maoris at Riverton, on and from the 12th day of January, 1949.

Leonard Lawrence Lafferty

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Mangapehi at Mangakino, on and from the 6th day

of January, 1949.

John Crosby

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Piopio and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths

of Maoris at Piopio, on and from the 18th day of January, 1949.

Frederick James Shearer

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of

Upper Hutt, on and from the 17th day of January, 1949.

Keith Charles Cubis

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Mamaku, on and from the 18th day of January, 1949.

Merle Lindsay Richardson (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for

the District of Sanson, on and from the 17th day of January, 1949.

Oliver Lewis Alfred Sutton

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of

Petone and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at

Petone, on and from the 14th day of January, 1949.

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,

Wellington, 31st January 1949.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appoint-

ments in the Public Service :-

Raymond Eric Marriott

to be Registrar of the Magistrates' Court at Stewart Island for the

purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1947, on and from the 1st

day of January, 1949.

Arthur Frederic Owen Clarke

to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and

Deputy Sheriff for the District of Otago for the purposes of the

Judicature Act, 1908, on and from the 16th day of January, 1949.

William Murray Fraser

to be Registrar at Greymouth of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

and Sheriff for the District of Westland for the purposes of the

Judicature Act, 1908, Registrar and Marshal at Greymouth of the

Supreme Court of New Zealand in respect of its jurisdiction as a

Colonial Court of Admiralty under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty

Act, 1890, Registrar of the Magistrates' Court at Greymouth for

the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1947, Clerk of the

Warden's Court, Receiver of Gold Revenue, and Mining Registrar

at Greymouth for the Westland Mining District constituted under

the Mining Act, 1926, and Official Assignee at Greymouth for the

Supreme Court District of Westland for the purposes of the Bank-

ruptcy Act, 1908, on and from the 12th day of January, 1949.

Eric Robilliard Graham

to be Registrar of the Land Valuation Court at Nelson for the

purposes of the Land Valuation Court Act, 1948, on and from the

1st day of February, 1949.

L. A. ATKINSON, Secretary.

Defence Rifle Club Disbanded

Army Department,

Wellington, 26th January, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dis-

bandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:-

Taradale Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Taradale.

Dated 1st January, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club Redesignated

Army Department,

Wellington, 1st February, 1949.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved ot the

following:-

The Aohanga Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Aohanga,

Akitio, is redesignated "The Pongaroa Defence Rifle

Club", with headquarters at Pongaroa. Dated 18th

January, 1949.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

provision shall apply :-

A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor-drivers Regu-

lations 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.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Driver).

R. W. Vickers ..

Brian Morton Morris ..

Column 2 (Employer).

Father.

Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of January, 1949.

F. HACKETT, 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.

Amendment No. 3 : Statutory Regulations 1947, Serial number 1947/112,

page 440.

Amendment No. 4 : Statutory Regulations 1947, Serial number 1947/182,

page 619.

Waihi Swamp Drainage Area.-Penalty on Overdue Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 25th January, 1949.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the

Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, the ratepayers

within the Waihi Rating Area are hereby notified that ten per cent.

additional will be added to all rates for the year ending 31st March,

1949, unpaid on 15th March, 1949.

Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the Collector

of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland

C. 1.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/24/1.)

Rangitaiki Drainage District.-Penalty on Overdue Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington 25th January, 1949.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Rangi-

taiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, and its amendments, the rate-

payers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are

hereby notified that ten per cent. additional will be added to all

rates for the year ending 31st March, 1949, unpaid on 15th March,

Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the Collector

of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland

C. 1.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 15/11/108.)

Poukawa Drainage Area.-Penalty on Overdue Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 25th January, 1949.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Swamp

Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, the ratepayers within

the Poukawa Drainage Rating Area are hereby notified that ten

per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ending

31st March, 1949, unpaid on 15th March, 1949.

Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the Collector

of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland

C. 1.

C. F. SKINNER, Minister of Lands.

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