MAY 17] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 673

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 10th May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

August Hughes Brackebush, Esquire, J.P.,
of Helensville, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Coroner Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

George Stratton Esquire, J.P.,
of Dunedin, to be a Coroner for the Dominion of New Zealand.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Honorary Vice-Consul of Finland at Auckland Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1941.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

Jerm Torvald Christiansen, Esquire,
as Honorary Vice-Consul of Finland, for New Zealand, with residence at Auckland, has been recognized.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Consul of the Argentine at Wellington Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 14th May, 1951.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the appointment of

Senor Romulo Marcos Zabala,
as Consul of the Argentine at Wellington, has been provisionally recognized.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Honorary Vice Consul of Sweden at Christchurch Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1951.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the appointment of

Ivor Machin, Esquire,
as Honorary Vice Consul of Sweden at Christchurch, as successor to the former Honorary Vice Consul, William Machin, Esquire, has been recognized.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Acting Vice-Consul of Sweden at Dunedin Appointed

Ministry of External Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1951.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that the appointment of

Robert Stuart Glendining, Esquire,
as Honorary Vice-Consul of Sweden at Dunedin, in succession to J. S. Ross, Esquire, has been recognized.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of External Affairs.

Administration of Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, in Mount Wellington Road District.—(Notice No. Ag. 5015)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1951.

THE following resolution, passed by the Mount Wellington Road Board on the 9th day of April, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

RESOLUTION

THAT the Mount Wellington Road Board assume responsibility for the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, within its district, as from the 9th April, 1951.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/166.)

Plants Declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Stratford.—(Notice No. Ag. 5016)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th May, 1951.

THE following special order, made by the Stratford Borough Council on the 16th day of April, 1951, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

THE Stratford Borough Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 3 (1) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1950, does hereby declare that the undermentioned plants included in the First Schedule to the said Act are noxious weeds within the Borough of Stratford :—

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris).
Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
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).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/217.)

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 26th 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 25th day of May, 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 situated in Block XI, Alexandra Survey District, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment 200, Pirongia Parish, and being all of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 26, folio 48 (Auckland Registry).

Also all that parcel of land situated in Block XI, Alexandra Survey District, containing by admeasurement 52 acres, more or less, being Allotment 201, Pirongia Parish, and being all of the land described in Certificate of Title, Volume 269, folio 253 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand this 9th day of May, 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/2554 ; D.O. 51/322.)

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

WHEREAS an application has been made for the consent of the Land Settlement Board 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 transferee of the said land is neither a discharged serviceman nor a child or grandchild of the vendor :

And whereas the Land Settlement 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 interest of the lessee in the said land, did on the 17th day of April, 1951, adjourn the said application :

Now, therefore, the Minister of Lands, acting in pursuance of section 36 of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the interest of the lessee in the said land is taken for the settlement of discharged servicemen, and hereby specifies the 1st day of June, 1951, as the date on which the said interest shall be deemed to be vested in His Majesty the King.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL those parcels of land situated in Block XIII, Tokatoka Survey District, together containing by admeasurement one hundred and two (102) acres one (1) rood twenty-one (21) perches, more or less, being Allotments 136 and 161, Tatarariki Parish, and being all of the land described in Crown Lease numbered S.F.H. 60, comprised in Register Book, Volume 791, folio 227 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand this 10th day of May, 1951.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/546/3 ; D.O. S.F.H. 60.)