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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 16

Director-General and other officers of the Department of Health—

John Cairney.
Duncan Cook.
Francis Sydney Maclean.
Gordon Logie McLeod.
Claude Alexander Taylor.
Harold Bertram Turbott.
Thomas Ownsworth Garland.
Lyell Stanley Davis.
Jack Mackay Wogan.
Christopher Horace Farquharson.
James Ivan Ashforth.
John William Pearson.
Robert Ian Alister McDonald.
John Anthony Mead.
Ernest Chappell.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

(H.-D.D. 51/1.)

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

Hugh McGlashan Thompson, Esquire,
of Blenheim, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

W. H. FORTUNE,
Minister in Charge of Friendly Societies.

Member of House of Representatives Elected (Brooklyn Electoral District)

Office of the Clerk of the Writs,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1951.

THE Deputy Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the Writ issued on the 15th day of January, 1951, for the election of a Member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Brooklyn, and by the endorsement on such Writ it appears that

Arnold Henry Nordmeyer

has been duly elected to serve as a Member for the said district.

J. V. MEECH, Deputy Clerk of the Writs.

(I.A. 84/11/22.)

Election of Member of the Auckland Education Board

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that Oliver Porte Liddell has been duly elected as a member of the Auckland Education Board for the East Ward of the Rural Area.

The result of the voting is as follows :—

Alfred Ernest Allen .. .. .. .. 100
William Archibald Billing .. .. .. .. 77
Philip Owen Downes .. .. .. .. 8
John Herbert Ferguson .. .. .. .. 57
Harold Kendall .. .. .. .. 270
Oliver Porte Liddell .. .. .. .. 294
Donald Gordon McMillan .. .. .. .. 167

Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 973
Number of votes rejected as informal. .. .. 22

G. H. SHORLAND, Returning Officer.
Auckland Education Board, 16th February, 1951.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1951.

IT is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made :—

William John Taylor

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Waverley, on and from the 15th day of December, 1950.

William Edward Farr

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 5th day of February, 1951.

Norman Kemp

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Pahiatua and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pahiatua, on and from the 8th day of February, 1951.

George Beattie Johnston

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Duntroon, on and from the 12th day of February, 1951.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Picton.—(Notice No. Ag. 4961)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 27th February, 1951.

THE following special order made by the Picton Borough Council on the 15th February, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

THE Picton Borough Council hereby resolves by way of a special order to declare the following plants, being a few of those listed in the First Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, to be noxious weeds within the Borough of Picton :—

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Californian thistle, Canadian thistle or Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Nassella tussock (Nassella trichotoma).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

Lemon Marketing Regulations.—Notice Fixing Prices of Certain Grades

Office of Minister of Marketing,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1951.

PURSUANT to Regulation 19 of the Lemon Marketing Regulations 1946, I hereby fix the following prices per loose bushel to be paid by the Marketing Department for lemons delivered to the Department during the undermentioned period.

Period of delivery (both days inclusive): 1st March to 31st March, 1951 :—

Loose packed fresh lemons, Preferred Commercial Grade s. d.
.. 12 8
Loose packed fresh lemons, Commercial Grade .. 10 2
Loose packed fresh lemons, First-grade Peel .. 5 6
Loose packed fresh lemons, Second-grade Peel .. 4 0
Loose packed fresh lemons, Juice Grade. .. 2 0

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

The Servicemen’s Settlement Act, 1950.—Notice Declaring Land Taken for Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Valuation Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part II of the Servicemen’s Settlement Act, 1950, applies :

And whereas the purchaser of the said land is neither a discharged serviceman nor a child or grandchild of the vendor :

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which the said application was referred, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the said land, did on the 6th day of February, 1951, adjourn the said application :

Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of Section 31 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the land described in the said Schedule is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 14th day of April, 1951, as the date on which the land described in the said Schedule shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Block XVI, Maungakawa Survey District, containing by admeasurement three hundred and two (302) acres three (3) roods twenty five (25) perches, more or less, being Lot 2 on a plan lodged in the Land Registry Office at Auckland under number S. 589, being parts of Waikaukau and Te Pae-o-Turawaru Blocks, and being all of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 656, folio 32 (Auckland Registry), and part of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 877, folio 292 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand this 27th day of February, 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/2429 ; D.O. 50/1214.)

The Servicemen’s Settlement Act, 1950.—Notice Declaring Land Taken for Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Valuation Court to a transaction which relates to the land described in the Schedule hereto and to which Part II of the Servicemen’s Settlement Act, 1950, applies :

And whereas the purchaser of the said land is neither a discharged serviceman nor a child or grandchild of the vendor :

And whereas the Land Valuation Committee to which the said application was referred, not being satisfied that the Crown had decided not to acquire or arrange for the acquisition of the said land, did on the 6th day of February, 1951, adjourn the said application :