31 JULY]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1293

Director of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation Appointed

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in
pursuance of subclause (3) of regulation 6 of the Timaru
Milk Treatment Corporation Regulations 1946 to appoint

George Dunnett
to be a lDirector of the Timaru Milk Treatment Corporation as a
representative of producers in place of William Alexander Mackie,
resigned.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Marketing.

Members of Licensing Committee Appointed

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23 July 1952.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

John William Hulme, Esquire, and
Stanley Dwight, Esquire,
to be members of the Licensing Committee for the District of Avon,
vice E. L. Smith (deceased) and M. Comber (resigned).

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

Gas Examiner Appointed Under Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations
1924

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me
by the Board of Trade (Gas) Regulations 1924, I, Jack Thomas
Watts, hereby appoint

Harry McEwen Stone, M.Sc.
to be Gas Examiner for the purpose of the Board of Trade (Gas)
Regulations 1924.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of July 1952.

JACK T. WATTS,
Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28 July 1952.

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

Robert Gordon Brown
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Ohakune and
Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of
Maoris at Ohakune, on and from the 5th day of November 1951.

George Beattie Johnston
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Kurow and
Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Kurow, on and from the
11th day of July 1952.

William Merton Swain
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Gore and
Acting Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths at Gore, on and
from the 21st day of July 1952.

William Alfred Andrew McHenry
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Hampden and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Hampden, on and from the 27th day of
June 1952.

Malachy Francis O'Donnell
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Coromandel
and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths
of Maoris at Coromandel, on and from the 17th day of July 1952.

Allan Campbell
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Blackstone
and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Oturehua, on and
from the 7th day of July 1952.

S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Time and Place of an Election by Fire-insurance Companies to Fill
an Extraordinary Vacancy on the Fire Committee for the Bluff
Urban Fire District

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1949,
the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby appoints 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, 12 August 1952, the time and the offices of the Fire
and Accident Underwriters Association, Dunedin, as the place for
the holding of a meeting of representatives of the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand to elect one member of the Fire
Committee for the Bluff Urban Fire District.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of July 1952.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/149)

Results of Elections of Members of Fire Committees by Insurance
Companies

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1949,
the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives notice of the
following results of elections held by insurance companies carrying
on business in New Zealand of members of the undermentioned Fire
Committees:---

Eketahuna Fire Committee : K. Mason, J. H. Russell.
Putaruru Fire Committee : R. T. Anderson, F. S. Grant.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of July 1952.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4/167; 76/4/119)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in Wanganui City (Notice No.
Ag. 5286)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24 July 1952.

THE following special order, made by the Wanganui City Council
on the 15th day of July 1952, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

WHEREAS at a special meeting of the Wanganui City Council, duly
convened and held at the City Council Chambers situate in St. Hill
Street, Wanganui, on the 17th day of June 1952, the resolution
hereafter mentioned was passed by way of special order: And
whereas at a subsequent meeting of the Council, duly convened and
held at the place aforesaid on the 15th day of July 1952, the said
resolution was duly confirmed as a special order of the Council;
Now, therefore, the said Council doth hereby in exercise of the
powers vested in it in that behalf by the Municipal Corporations
Act 1933 and its amendments and the Noxious Weeds Act 1950
and in exercise of all other powers enabling it in that behalf by
special order resolve as follows:--

"That certain plants mentioned in the First Schedule to the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950--namely, Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and
Rubus laciniatus), Gorse (Ulex, any species), Hemlock (Conium
maculatum), Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), and Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa)--be and the same are hereby declared to
be noxious weeds within the City of Wanganui the boundaries
whereof are defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of
August 1926, No. 53, at pages 2500 and 2501."

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/245)

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in Thames County (Notice No.
Ag. 5287)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24 July 1952.

THE following special order, made by the Thames County Council
on the 17th day of July 1952, is published in accordance with
the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, pursuant to the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950
the Thames County Council hereby resolves by way of a special
order to declare the following noxious weed listed in the First
Schedule of this Act to be a noxious weed in the County of Thames--
viz., Boxthorn.

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/74)

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in the Otamatea County (Notice No.
Ag. 5288)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25 July 1952.

THE following special order, made by the Otamatea County
Council on the 16th day of July 1952, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

SPECIAL ORDER

That, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious
Weeds Act 1950, the Otamatea County Council resolves by way of
special order that Bathurst bur (Xanthium spinosum) be declared a
noxious weed within the County of Otamatea."

K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70 10/232)'