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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 34

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS

Appointment

1986 Flying Officer Lionel Conrad MEIKLEJOHN, B.A., is granted the temporary rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 5th February, 1951.

Transfers

72867 Flight Lieutenant Henry Richard DEAN, D.F.C., is transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 6th February, 1951.

130394 Flying Officer Leslie Malcolm PAGE is transferred from the Active List of the Territorial Air Force to the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Dated 1st October, 1950.

Resignations

2425 Flight Lieutenant The Rev. Robert Frederick CLEMENT resigns his commission. Dated 12th January, 1951.

417056 Flying Officer William George Percival HEARD resigns his commission. Dated 14th November, 1950.

RETIRED LIST

73664 Group Captain Trevor Watts WHITE, C.B.E., E.D., is posted to the Retired List (A). Dated 9th March, 1951.

T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of Defence.

Inspector of Dangerous Drugs Appointed

Department of Health,
Wellington, 18th April, 1951.

PURSUANT to the provisions of subsection (1) of section 12 of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1927, I, Jack Thomas Watts, Minister of Health, do hereby authorize

Alfred Leopold Sarney,

an officer of the Department of Health, to enter the premises of any person carrying on the business of a producer, manufacturer, seller, or distributor of any dangerous drugs and to demand the production of, and to inspect any books or documents relating to, dealings in any such drugs and to inspect, weigh, measure, and record the stocks of any such drugs.

JACK T. WATTS, Minister of Health.

(H.DD. 51/3.)

Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Appointed

IT is hereby notified that, at the annual meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, held on the 17th May, 1950, John Carew Eccles, M.B., B.S. (Melb.), M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.), F.R.S., F.R.A.C.P., Charles Reed Laws, D.Sc. (N.Z.), Philip Wilfred Robertson, M.A., M.Sc. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Leipzig), and Hugh Robinson Whitehead, D.Sc. (Leeds), A.R.I.C., were duly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

F. R. CALLAGHAN,
Permanent Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1951.

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

Arthur James Bannister

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Morrinsville and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Morrinsville on and from the 21st day of March, 1951.

Gordon Stanley Bateman

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Morrinsville and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Morrinsville on and from the 29th day of March, 1951.

Arthur James Bannister

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Morrinsville and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Morrinsville on and from the 5th day of April, 1951.

Charles Benedict Waight

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaikohe, at Okaihau, on and from the 2nd day of April, 1951.

Gordon George Murdoch

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangiwahia on and from the 6th day of April, 1951.

Arthur Neil Holland

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Nuhaka on and from the 10th day of April, 1951.

Herbert William Gallagher

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Dannevirke and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Dannevirke on and from the 7th day of March, 1951.

James Lawrence Phelan

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Nokomai and Switzers on and from the 9th day of April, 1951.

Malcolm Victor Boles

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Matamata and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Matamata on and from the 4th day of April, 1951.

Ann Margaret McEntyre (Miss)

to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Stewart Island and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Half-moon Bay on and from the 6th day of April, 1951.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Opotiki County.- (Notice No. Ag. 4998)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1951.

THE following Special Order made by the Opotiki County Council on the 6th day of April, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 3 (4) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

"IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, the Opotiki County Council hereby resolves and declares by way of special order that the following plants, being plants mentioned in the First Schedule to the said Act, are Noxious Weeds within the County of Opotiki :

" Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus). " Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)."

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/37.)

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 3rd day of April, 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 said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 27th day of May, 1951, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Block IV, Te Mata Survey District, containing by admeasurement eight (8) acres three (3) roods, more or less, being Lot 5 on a plan deposited in the Land Registry Office at Napier under No. 2434, being part Heretaunga Block, and being all the land comprised and described in Certificate of Title, Volume 102, folio 130 (Hawke's Bay Registry) subject to a grant of water rights and incidental rights appurtenant to Lot 6, Deposited Plan 2434 (Certificate of Title, H.B. 102/131), created or granted by transfer No. 68344.

As witness my hand this 23rd day of April, 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

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 20th day of April, 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 said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 16th day of May, 1951, as the date on which the said land shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.