MAR. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 325

Trustees of Ashburton Racecourse Appointed

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th March, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 6 of the Ashburton Racecourse Reserve Act, 1882, been pleased to appoint

Robert John Mulligan, and
Melville Staveley Turton

to be members of the Board of Trustees constituted under the said Act, in place of John Findlay and Edward Benjamin Newton, deceased.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General.

(L. and S. 54810.)

Tobacco Growers’ Insurance.—Appointment of Assessors

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to regulation 35 of the Tobacco Growing Industry Regulations 1945, the Tobacco Board has appointed the following panel assessors for the purpose of tobacco growers’ insurance :—

*Assessors Residing in Ward No. 2*

John Robert Canton in place of Wilfred Cyril Wills who, being now a member of the Board, is ineligible to act as a panel assessor.
Murray Lawrence Heath in place of Carl Diedrich Christian Eggers, deceased.
Godfrey Josiah Thomas as an additional assessor.

Notice is also given that the appointment of Andrew Bint as a panel assessor in Ward No. 4, has been terminated.

H. L. WISE, Secretary, Tobacco Board.

NOTE.—The complete panel of assessors is now as follows :—

*Assessors in Ward No. 1—*
Alfred Douglas Askew.
Robert John Harold Bradley.
George Elliot Fry.
Bertie William Hickmott.
Nolan Rowling.

*Assessors in Ward No. 2—*
John Robert Canton.
Murray Lawrence Heath.
Rona Marjorie Hurley (Mrs.).
Sidney Irving Llewellin.
Godfrey Josiah Thomas.

*Assessors in Ward No. 3—*
James Falconer Balck.
Douglas William Batt.
Claude Alfred Silcock.
Hugh Arnold Thorn.
Stanley Win.

*Assessors in Ward No. 4—*
Ernest Clemence (jun.).
Errol Clive Morton Houlf.
Walter Graham Mead.
Samuel Edward O’Hara.

Appointments in the Public Service

Office of the Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 13th March, 1951.

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

Alexander William McDonald

to be Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Petone for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, on and from the 1st day of March, 1951.

Edgar Alfred Sawyer

to be Deputy Registrar of the Magistrate’s Court at Marton for the purposes of the Magistrate’s Courts Act, 1947 ; Maintenance Officer at the Magistrate’s Court at Marton for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 12th day of March, 1951.

Thomas Arthur Fuller, and
John Borrows,

each to be a Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act, 1908, on and from the 22nd day of February, 1951.

James Ludwig Graham

to be Registrar of the Magistrate’s Court at Lyttelton for the purposes of the Magistrate’s Courts Act, 1947 ; Maintenance Officer at the Magistrate’s Court at Lyttelton for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act, 1926, on and from the 20th day of February, 1951.

David Frank Eastcott
to be an Assistant Inspector under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926, on and from the 5th day of March, 1951.

Stanley Thompson
to be a Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington for the purposes of the Magistrate’s Courts Act, 1947, on and from the 1st day of February, 1951.

Ronald Evelyn MacDonald
to be a Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Lower Hutt for the purposes of the Magistrate’s Courts Act, 1947, on and from the 5th day of February, 1951.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, in Hokianga County.— (Notice No. Ag. 4966)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th March, 1951.

THE following resolution passed by the Hokianga County Council on the 20th day of February, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950 :—

RESOLUTION

“THAT, pursuant to section 22 (1) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, this Council assume responsibility for the administration of the said Act within the County of Hokianga as from the 1st day of April, 1951.”

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/10.)

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, in Tauranga County.— (Notice No. Ag. 4969)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th March, 1951.

THE following resolution passed by the Tauranga County Council on the 19th day of February, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950 :—

RESOLUTION

“THAT the Tauranga County Council hereby declares its intention to assume responsibility for the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, within the County of Tauranga, from the 1st day of April, 1951, at which date the aforesaid Act shall come into force.”

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/173.)

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 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 said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 6th day of April, 1951, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement one hundred and fifty-four (154) acres one (1) rood twenty-five (25) perches, more or less, being Lot 13 on Deposited Plan 3865, and being part of Allotment 230, Komakorau Parish, and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 279, folio 187 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that parcel of land containing by admeasurement two (2) acres two (2) roods thirty-four decimal three (34·3) perches, more or less, being Part Lot 9 of Allotment 148, Komakorau Parish, and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 733, folio 161 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand this 13th day of March, 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.