10 APRIL] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 677

Appointments in the Public Service

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Public Service Commission,
Wellington C.1, 7 April 1952.

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

Charles Stephen Russell

to be Registrar and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Leeston for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1947, and Maintenance Officer at the Magistrate’s Court at Leeston for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926, on and from the 17th day of March 1952.

Reginald George Morrison

to be an Assistant Commissioner of Stamp Duties at Invercargill on and from the 1st day of April 1952.

Arthur Eric John Anderson

to be Assistant Public Trustee for the purposes of the Public Trust Office Act 1908 on and from the 1st day of April 1952.

George Edward Turney

to be Public Trustee for the purposes of the Public Trust Office Act 1908 on and from the 1st day of April 1952.

Sidney Wilson Studholme

to be Deputy General Manager for the purposes of the State Fire Insurance Act 1908 on and from the 1st day of April 1952.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

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Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Hokitika (Notice No. Ag. 5230)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3 April 1952.

THE following special order, made by the Hokitika Borough Council on the 27th day of March 1952, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

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SPECIAL ORDER

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Hokitika Borough Council hereby resolves, by way of special order, to declare all the plants described in the Schedule hereto to be noxious weeds within the whole of the Borough of Hokitika.

SCHEDULE

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).

Californian thistle, Canadian thistle, or creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense).

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).

Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/3/216)

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Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the Waitaki County (Notice No. Ag. 5231)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7 April 1952.

THE following special order, made by the Waitaki County Council on the 28th day of March 1952, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

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SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the provisions of section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Council of the County of Waitaki hereby declares that the plants in the Schedule hereto attached shall be declared noxious weeds within the district comprising the whole of the County of Waitaki as at present constituted.

SCHEDULE

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).

Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum syn. Lycium horridum).

Burdock (Arctium, any species).

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).

Gorse (Ulex, any species).

Hemlock (Conium maculatum).

Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans).

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).

St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum).

Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn Rosa rubiginosa).

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/68)

Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

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PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport doth hereby order and declare that the provisions 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 persons hereinafter mentioned, but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:—

A motor-driver’s licence issued under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940 to the persons described in column 1 of the Schedule hereunder may authorize them to drive a heavy-trade motor in the course of their employment for the employers described in column 2 of the said Schedule, but shall not authorize them, while they are under the age of eighteen years, to drive a heavy motor for any other purpose.

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SCHEDULE

Column 1 (Drivers). Column 2 (Employers).

Colin William King, Cracroft Street, Waitara .. Father.

Harold Desmond Bell, Mill Road, Taupiri .. Father.

Fred Sarten, Ohinewai .. Father.

Lindsay Charles Grieve, 53 Hills Street, Ashburton Father.

John Peter Sutherland, Ronga Valley, care of Rai Valley Post-office .. J. S. Cameron.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of April 1952.

W. SULLIVAN,

For the Minister of Transport.

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Date of Election by Fire Insurance Companies to Fill Positions on the Fire Committees for the Ekatahuna and Putaruru Urban Fire Districts

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Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 4 April 1952.

PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949 and the rules thereunder, the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act doth appoint Monday 28 April 1952, to be the date for holding an election of two members of the Fire Committee for the Ekatahuna and Putaruru Urban Fire Districts.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/167, 76/4/119)

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The Servicemen’s Settlement Act 1950—Notice Declaring Land Taken for Settlement of Discharged Servicemen

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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 19th day of March 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.

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SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALL that parcel of land situated in Block VI, Hamilton Survey District, containing by admeasurement 154 acres and 14 perches, more or less, being all of the land on Deposited Plan 12134, being Allotments 124, 125, and 126, Te Rapa Parish, and being all of the land described in certificate of title, Volume 281, folio 175 (Auckland Registry).

As witness my hand, this 4th day of April 1952.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/3105 ; D.O. 52/51)

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Excluding Portion of a Road From Limitation as to Speed Imposed by the Transport Act 1949, Section 36

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PURSUANT to section 36 of the Transport Act 1949, the Minister of Transport doth hereby exclude that portion of road described in the Schedule hereto from the limitation as to speed imposed by the said section.

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SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Tawa Flat Town District—

Wellington–Paekakariki Centennial State Highway No. 34 (all that portion commencing at a point 11 chains measured along the said State Highway generally in a northerly direction from its intersection with Victory Crescent and terminating at the point where the northern boundary of the Tawa Flat Town District intersects with the said State highway.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of April 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/15/292)