APRIL 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 407

Stipendiary Magistrate Appointed

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th April, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Alfred Coleman, Esquire,

to be a Stipendiary Magistrate, to exercise criminal and civil jurisdiction within New Zealand for the period commencing on 5th May, 1950, to the 4th May, 1951.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

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Members of Licensing Committees Appointed

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th April, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, pursuant to section 48 of the Licensing Act, 1908, the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Licensing Committees for the licensing districts respectively named in the Schedule opposite the name of each such person.

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SCHEDULE

Name of Member. Name of Licensing District.

David Erskine Sinclair Mason .. .. .. .. .. Awarua.
Albert Napper .. .. .. .. .. Awarua.
John Watt .. .. .. .. .. Awarua.
Bruce Hutchen .. .. .. .. .. Egmont.
Harold George Flux .. .. .. .. .. Hutt.
Ernest Nelson Cunningham .. .. .. .. .. Otaki.
William Edward Carthew .. .. .. .. .. Rangitikei.
Robert Thomas McMillan .. .. .. .. .. Selwyn.
William Johnston .. .. .. .. .. Selwyn.
Charles Raven Holmes .. .. .. .. .. Wairarapa.
Edwin William Waters .. .. .. .. .. Waitomo.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

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Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Te Puke Appointed

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act, 1932, to appoint—

Arthur Ernest Spratt, Esquire, Farmer, of Te Puke, to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Te Puke ;

and also to appoint—

Harold Cuff, Esquire, Retired, of Te Puke, on the recommendation of the Te Puke Borough Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/48.)

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Appointment of Interpreters Under the Maori Land Act, 1931

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Department of Maori Affairs,
Wellington, 29th March, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize

Moe Tata Porter, of Wellington,
Philip Pukekawa Tamahori, of Wellington, and
Moana Raureti, of Whakaki,

to act as Interpreters of the First Grade under the provisions of the Maori Land Act, 1931, and the regulations made thereunder.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

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Commissioner of Police Appointed

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Police Department,
Wellington, 5th April, 1950.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John Bruce Young, Esquire,

to be Commissioner of Police under the provisions of section 3 of the Police Force Act, 1947, the appointment to take effect on and from the 4th day of April, 1950, vice James Cummings, Esquire, C.B.E., retired.

W. H. FORTUNE,
Minister in Charge of Police Department.

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Appointments in the Public Service

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Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington C.1, 11th April, 1950.

THE Public Service Commission has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Albert Edward Turley

to be deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Southland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1948, on and from the 1st day of March, 1950.

Alison Geanor Lockyer

to be deputy Registrar of the Magistrates’ Court at Hastings for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1947, on and from the 29th day of March, 1950.

Francis Ernest Wilkin

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928, on and from the 29th day of March, 1950.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

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Average Price for Apples and Pears for the 1949–50 Season

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IN accordance with section 16 (1) of the Apple and Pear Marketing Act, 1948, I hereby declare the average price of apples and pears for the 1949–50 season to be 9s. 6d per case, non-wrapped. Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of April, 1950.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

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The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments.—Fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Tobacconists’ and (2) Hairdressers’ Shops Within the Borough of Blenheim

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) tobacconist and (2) hairdresser, in the Borough of Blenheim, a separate district within the meaning of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, desiring that all shops in each of the said trades shall be closed in the evening of working days as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions ; on the working-day first preceding Christmas Day, and on the working-day first preceding New Year’s Day, and on the working-day first preceding Good Friday there shall be no fixed closing-hour :

Now, therefore, the Minister of Labour, being satisfied that the signatures to the requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) tobacconist and (2) hairdresser within the said district, does hereby direct that on and after the 17th day of April, 1950, all the said shops within the said district shall be closed for the remainder of the day in accordance with such requisition :

And whereas the said requisition is signed by not less than two-thirds of the occupiers of tobacconists’ shops within the said district, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 25 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, all other shops within the said district in which smoking-requisites are sold shall be closed at the same hours as are set out herein for tobacconists’ shops.

The following notices made in respect of the said district shall be and are hereby cancelled as from the date of coming into operation of this notice : (1) the notice dated 3rd September, 1919, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 4th September, 1919, fixing the closing-hours of hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Blenheim, (2) the notice dated the 30th May, 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st May, 1928, fixing the closing-hours of tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Blenheim, and (3) the notice dated the 17th July, 1935, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 25th July, 1935, prohibiting the sale in the Borough of Blenheim of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of April, 1950.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

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Results of Elections of Members of the Palmerston North, Feilding, and Upper Hutt Fire Boards by Insurance Companies

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 12th April, 1950.

THE following results of the elections of members of the Palmerston North, Feilding, and Upper Hutt Fire Boards have been received and are notified in accordance with the rules under the Fire Services Act, 1949 :—

Palmerston North Fire Board .. .. E. W. Pearse.
Feilding Fire Board .. .. E. W. Pearse.
Upper Hutt Fire Board .. .. C. R. Kingsland.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/29.)
(I.A. 76/4/10.)
(I.A. 76/4/70.)