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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 16

Member of the Rabbit Destruction Council Appointed (Notice No.
Ag. 5210)

Pursuant to subsection (4) of section 3 of the Rabbit
Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-
General has been pleased to appoint-

Albert Forrester
to be a member of the Rabbit Destruction Council established under
the said Act, vice Gerald Millar, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of February 1952.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/6/79)

Justice of the Peace Resigns

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20 February 1952.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept
the resignation of

Alfred Edward Shepherd, Esquire,
of Tauranga, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for New
Zealand.

J. R. MARSHALL,
For the Minister of Justice.

Appointing Maori Wardens Under the Maori Social and Economic
Advancement Act 1945

Pursuant to section 11 of the Maori Social and Economic
Advancement Act 1945, I hereby appoint the persons named
in the first column of the Schedule hereunder to be Maori Wardens
for the Tribal Districts shown in the second column of the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE

First Column . Second Column.
Haare Wharemata .. Te Au-o-Waikato Tribal District.
Mita Ruri .. Western Tuhoe Tribal District.
George Elliot .. Arawa No. 2 Tribal District.
Hapuku Karaka .. Horouta No. 1 Tribal District.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of February 1952.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 35/1/10/1)

Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of the Food and Drugs Act
1947

Pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act 1947, His Excellency
the Governor-General has appointed

Charles Mervyn Smith
to be an officer for the purposes of the Food and Drugs Act 1947.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of February 1952.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.
(H.-F. and D. 52/2)

Revocation of Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of the Food
and Drugs Act 1947

Pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act 1947, His Excellency
the Governor-General has revoked the appointment of

Richard Harry Thomson
as an officer for the purposes of the Food and Drugs Act 1947.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of February 1952.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.
(H.-F. and D. 52/1)

Poukawa Drainage Area-Penalty on Overdue Rates

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13 February 1952.

In pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act 1925 and the Swamp
Drainage Act 1915 and its amendments, the ratepayers within
the Poukawa Drainage Rating Area are hereby notified that 10 per
cent additional will be added to all rates for the year ending 31 March
1952 unpaid on 14 March 1952.
Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the Collector
of Rates, Lands and Survey Department, P.O. Box 2205, Auckland C. 1.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. 15/86/1)

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 dis-
charged 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 23rd day of January 1952 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 1st day of June 1952 as the date on which the said
land shall be deemed to be vested in Her Majesty the Queen.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT
All those parcels of land situated in Blocks IX and X, Wharekawa
Survey District, together containing approximately two hundred
and thirteen (213) acres, being part of Lot 2 on Deposited Plan
6613, being part of Waitakaruru 2B Block, and being that part
of the land described in certificate of title, Volume 172, folio 27
(Auckland Registry), lying to the north-east of the road described,
in notice registered under Proclamation 3876.
Also all that parcel of land containing by admeasurement
four (4) acres and thirty-five decimal three (35.3) perches, more or
less, being section 5, Block IX, Wharekawa Survey District, and
being all of the land described in certificate of title, volume 320,
folio 34 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 13th day of February 1952.
E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/3054; D.O. 51/1472)

Classification of Roads in Cheviot County

Pursuant to regulation 3 (5) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle
Regulations 1950, the Minister of Transport doth hereby
approve the Cheviot County Council's proposed classification of
the roads described in the Schedule hereto and situated in the
Cheviot County.

SCHEDULE

CHEVIOT COUNTY
Roads Classified in Class Two

MAIN HIGHWAYS
Mina-Gore Bay Main Highway No. 148.
Leader-Waiau Main Highway No. 180.
Ethelton-Hurunui Main Highway No. 181.
Domett-Hurunui Mouth Main Highway No. 605.

COUNTY ROADS
All county roads under the control of the Cheviot County
Council.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of February 1952.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.
(TT. 10/136)

Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

Pursuant to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister
of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the pro-
visions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations so far
as they relate to the driving of heavy trade motors shall not apply
to the person hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following
provision shall apply:-

A motor-driver's licence issued under the Motor Drivers Regula-
tions 1940, to the person described in Column 1 of the Schedule
hereunder may authorize him to drive a heavy trade motor in the
course of his employment for the employer described in Column 2
of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize him, while he is under
the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other
purpose.

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2
(Driver). (Employer).
Allan William Higgs, Mahana R.M.D., Upper Moutere,
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Father.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of February 1952.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.