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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 27

Crown Lands Exempted from Mining
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FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 20 of the Mining Act 1926, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby exempt the Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto from the operation of the said Act subject to all existing registered mining privileges.

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SCHEDULE

ALL Crown lands whatsoever situated in Block V, Cascade Survey District (Westland Land District).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of March 1952.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 6/4/22)

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Authorizing the Collingwood County Council to Sell Timber Upon an Unnamed Road Adjoining Section 10, Block V, Pakawau Survey District, in the County of Collingwood
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FREYBERG, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 140 of the Public Works Act 1928, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorize the Collingwood County Council to sell or contract to sell and remove timber upon portion of an unnamed road adjoining Section 10, Block V, Pakawau Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 136607, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of April 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 54/45 ; D.O. 59/16/5)

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Extending the Time for Forwarding the Report of the Commission Appointed Under the Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950, to Inquire Into and Report on the Claim for Compensation of the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, Limited
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FREYBERG, Governor-General

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to STANLEY LOGAN PATERSON, Esquire, of Hamilton, Stipendiary Magistrate, and DAVID HARVEY STEEN, Esquire, of Auckland, Public Accountant: GREETING.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the 29th day of August 1951, you, the said Stanley Logan Paterson and David Harvey Steen, were constituted and appointed to be a Commission in terms of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950, to inquire into and report upon certain matters relating to the amount of compensation payable to the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, Limited, in respect of a claim submitted by the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, Limited, to the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority under Part VII of the Auckland Harbour Bridge Act 1950:

And whereas the time within which such Commission is required to report to me expires on the 31st day of March 1952:

And whereas it is expedient to extend the time within which such Commission shall report to me for a further period of three months—that is, until the 30th day of June 1952:

Now, therefore, I, Bernard Cyril, Baron Freyberg, the Governor-General of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said Act and by the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declare and appoint that the time at or before which you shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the 30th day of June 1952:

And I hereby declare that the provisions of the said Warrant shall apply as fully and effectively in all respects as if the 30th day of June 1952 were the date for expiration originally fixed in the said Warrant.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 31st day of March 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

Approved in Council—
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 34/2734/0)

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Members of Clerks of Works Registration Board Appointed
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PURSUANT to section 3 of the Clerks of Works Act 1944, the Minister of Labour doth hereby appoint

James Alexander Suiter,

and on the recommendation of the New Zealand Institute of Architects

Hubert Conrad Morton,

and on the recommendation of the New Zealand Institute of Clerks of Works

Charles Hunter Downes,
John Hallewell, and
Sidney Robert Lewis

to be members of the Clerks of Works Registration Board for a term of one year commencing on the 14th day of April 1952.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of April 1952.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Labour.

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Members of Assessment Court for Farm-land List for Borough of Winton Appointed
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Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7 April 1952.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Urban Farm Land Rating Act 1932, to appoint

Dougall Macpherson, Esquire, Retired Farmer, of Invercargill,

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Winton ; and also to appoint

Leonard Ronald Lopdell, Esquire, Valuer, Land Agent, and Auctioneer, of Invercargill,

on the recommendation of the Winton Borough Council, to be a member of the said Assessment Court.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 103/2/65)

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Appointing Members of the Engineers Registration Board
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PURSUANT to section 3 of the Engineers Registration Act 1924, the Minister of Works hereby appoints the following persons as members of the Engineers Registration Board for a term of three years from the 1st day of April 1952, the three last named having been recommended by the Council of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers (Incorporated), viz. :

William Langstone Newnham, Esquire, Chairman, Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council.

Frederick Templeton Mannheim Kissel, Esquire, Retired.

Arthur James Dickson, Esquire, City Engineer, Auckland.

Walter Gordon Morrison, Esquire, Civil Engineer, Wellington.

Kinley Harold Black, Esquire, Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Wellington.

Richard Stanley Maunder, Esquire, Electrical Engineer, Wellington.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 7th day of April 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 30/922/1)

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Members of Domain Boards Appointed
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PURSUANT to section 49 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency has been pleased to appoint—

Thomas Muirhead Tait

to be a member of the Wangaloa Domain Board in place of William Raymond Crossan, resigned.

John Lindsay Macky, the younger

to be a member of the Pirongia Domain Board in place of John Lindsay Macky, the elder, resigned.

John Peter Smith, and
George Harold Turner

to be members of the Clinton Domain Board in place of James Wallace Shaw Abernethy and James Frederick William Meggitt, resigned.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of April 1952.

D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.

(L. and S. 1/186)

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Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed
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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7 April 1952.

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

Walter Oswald Hawke

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of New Plymouth and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at New Plymouth, on and from the 19th day of March 1952.

Justin Walsh

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

Hedley Bernard Gaylard

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Rangiwahia, on and from the 17th day of March 1952.

Gordon George Murdoch

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Birmingham, on and from the 17th day of March 1952.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Tokatoka, on and from the 25th day of February 1952.

William Ernest Osmand

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Balclutha and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Balclutha, on and from the 7th day of April 1952.

Annie Valiant (Mrs.)

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mangapai, on and from the 8th day of February 1952.

P. H. WYLDE, Registrar-General.