Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15 September 1952.

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

Donald Malcolm

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Cromwell and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Cromwell on and from the 15th day of September 1952.

Inez Raihi Brown (Miss)

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mangapai and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Mangapai on and from the 15th day of May 1952.

Arthur Stokes Brown

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Waitara and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waitara on and from the 5th day of June 1952.

Allan Campbell

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of West Taieri and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Outram on and from the 4th day of June 1952.

Stanley Alfred Grant

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mount Benger and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Roxburgh on and from the 27th day of August 1952.

Arthur Malcolm Gilfred Cummings

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Te Aroha and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Te Aroha on and from the 25th day of August 1952.

Ernest Mather

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Putaruru and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Putaruru on and from the 25th day of August 1952.

Raymond John Wilson

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Hampden and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Hampden on and from the 18th day of August 1952.

George Beattie Johnston

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Hampden and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Hampden on and from the 6th day of August 1952.

Martin Rolf Hjorth

to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Papatoetoe on and from the 9th day of May 1952.

Richard Lane Halke

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Drury and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Papakura on and from the 25th day of August 1952.

Norman Alexander MacDonald

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Port Chalmers and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Port Chalmers on and from the 28th day of August 1952.

Russell Conradt Strahl

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Dunstan and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Clyde on and from the 1st day of September 1952.

Colin McKay Lester

to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Amuri and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Waiau on and from the 1st day of September 1952.

William Edward Farr

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Weber and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Weber on and from the 14th day of August 1952.

S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service

Public Service Commission,
Wellington, 15 September 1952.

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

Leslie Esterman

to be District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles for the District of Westland for the purposes of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act 1915, Registrar of Deeds for the District of Westland for the purposes of section 6 of the Deeds Registration Act 1908, Assistant Registrar of Companies at Hokitika for the purposes of the Companies Act 1933, and Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies at Hokitika for the purposes of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, on and from the 10th day of September 1952.

Nicholas Eric Wilson

to be Examiner of Titles for the District of Wellington for the purposes of section 4 of the Land Transfer Act 1915, on and from the 9th day of September 1952.

Raymond Clarence Bartlett

to be Deputy Registrar of the Land Valuation Court at Auckland for the purposes of the Land Valuation Court Act 1948, on and from the 15th day of September 1952.

Douglas Victor Jenkins

to be Deputy Registrar of the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1947 and Maintenance Officer of the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926, on and from the 15th day of September 1952.

V. W. THOMAS, Secretary.

Administration of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 in the Geraldine County (Notice No. Ag. 5319)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10 September 1952.

THE following resolution passed by the Geraldine County Council on the 1st day of September 1952 is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

RESOLUTION

THAT this Council assume responsibility for administering the Noxious Weeds Act 1950.

T. L. MACDONALD,
For the Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/3/222)

Inquiry Into Fire at the Premises of Messrs. P. Hayman and Company Limited, Dunedin

To HENRY WILFRED BUNDLE, Esquire, of Nelson, retired Magistrate.

WHEREAS on the 21st day of April 1952 a serious fire occurred at the premises of Messrs. P. Hayman and Company, Limited, situated in Stuart Street, Dunedin :

And whereas extensive damage to property occurred by reason of the said fire :

And whereas it is expedient that a full inquiry be made into all the circumstances concerning the said fire :

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 82 of the Fire Services Act 1949, as enacted by section 4 of the Fire Services Amendment Act 1952, I, William Alexander Bodkin, Minister of Internal Affairs, hereby appoint you, the said Henry Wilfred Bundle to hold an inquiry into and report upon the following matters:

1. The cause and origin of the fire.
2. Whether any special circumstances contributed to the origin and spread of the fire.
3. The effectiveness or otherwise of the measures taken to deal with the fire.
4. The adequacy of the water-supply available in the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire District for fire-fighting purposes and the adequacy or otherwise of the measures taken to make provision for fire fighting under the water-supply conditions prevailing.
5. And generally upon such matters arising thereout as may come to your notice in the course of your inquiries which you consider should be investigated in connection therewith, and upon any matters affecting the premises which you consider should be brought to the attention of the Government.

And you are hereby strictly charged and directed that you shall not at any time publish or otherwise disclose, save to me in pursuance of these presents or by my direction, the contents of any report so made or to be made by you or any evidence or information obtained by you in the exercise of the powers hereby conferred upon you, except such evidence or information as is received in the course of a sitting open to the public.

And, further, I do require you to report to me in writing within sixty days of the date hereof your findings and opinions on the matters aforesaid, together with such recommendations as you think fit to make in respect thereof.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 18th day of September 1952.

W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 76/4I/15)

Approval of Testing Officers Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940

PURSUANT to regulation 5 of the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the Minister of Transport hereby approves of the persons named in column 2 of the Schedule hereto being testing officers for the authority specified in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Column 1.                                       Column 2.
Transport Department    ..  John Gordon Pitcairn.
Transport Department    ..  Joseph Gordon Hitchcock.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of September 1952.

W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport.
(TT. 9/4/3)