Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

Pursuant to section 47 of the Judicature Act 1908, the Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, has this day appointed

John Kennedy Spark, Esquire, of St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia,

a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, to be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of May 1953.

W. PARKER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court Appointed

Pursuant to section 47 of the Judicature Act 1908, the Right Honourable Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand, has this day appointed

William Dunleath Blackshaw, Esquire, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,

a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, to be a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of May 1953.

W. PARKER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., Appointed

Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1908, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, and the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1935, it is hereby notified that the following appointments have been made:

Merle Raewyn Pretious (Miss)
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Mangawhai and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Mangawhai on and from the 4th day of May 1953.

William Angus Campbell
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Waipu and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Waipu on and from the 11th day of May 1953.

John Cameron Pirrit Leathem
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Rawene and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rawene on and from the 5th day of May 1953.

James Leishman
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Kumara and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Kumara on and from the 11th day of May 1953.

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 6th day of May 1953.

Charles Benedict Waigth
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Okaihau on and from the 28th day of April 1953.

Gordon Scott Forsyth Connelly
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Kaukapakapa on and from the 10th day of May 1953.

Henry Brodie Robb
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Petone on and from the 8th day of May 1953.

Owen Jackson Millard
to be Deputy Registrar of Marriages for the District of Riverton and Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Riverton on and from the 19th day of May 1953.

Hugh Marchweil Jennings
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangitukia on and from the 25th day of May 1953.

Robert William Kavanagh
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Lumsden and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Lumsden on and from the 6th day of May 1953.

Cornelius Michael John Kelleher
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Howick on and from the 15th day of May 1953.

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 16th day of January 1953.

Lawrence Gordon Park
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Amuri and Registrar of Births and Deaths at Waiau on and from the 4th day of May 1953.

John Leslie McNamara
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths at Takapuna on and from the 16th day of April 1953.

Walter Leslie Scott
to be Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at Takapuna on and from the 7th day of February 1953.

Appointments in the Public Service

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

Edgar Alfred Sawyer
to be Maintenance Officer at the Magistrate's Court at Napier for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926 on and from the 13th day of April 1953.

Lionel Peter Gavin
to be Maintenance Officer at the Magistrate's Court at Wellington for the purposes of the Destitute Persons Amendment Act 1926 on and from the 21st day of April 1953.

Wilfred Maurice Groombridge
to be Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington Land District, for the purposes of Section II (1) of the Land Act 1948 on and from the 1st day of May 1953.

James William Wesley Graham
to be Resident Agent, Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Postmaster at Mangaia on and from the 12th day of May 1953.

Alec Edwin Waite
to be an Inspector of Explosives for the purposes of the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1908, for the purposes of the inspection of explosives at mines and quarries on and from the 12th day of May 1953.

Hugh Thomas Gordon
to be an Inspector of Explosives for the purposes of the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1908, for the purposes of the inspection of explosives at mines and quarries on and from the 12th day of May 1953.

Robert Steele Pearson
to be Inspector of Prisons for the purposes of the Prisons Act 1908 on and from the 6th day of May 1953.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of May 1953.

V. W. THOMAS,
Secretary, Public Service Commission.

The Te Puke Licensing Trust Constitution Notice 1953

Pursuant to the Local Licensing Trusts Regulations 1949,* the Minister of Justice hereby gives notice as follows.

NOTICE

1. This notice may be cited as the Te Puke Licensing Trust Constitution Notice, 1953.

2. There is hereby constituted a local licensing trust, to be called the Te Puke Licensing Trust.

3. (1) The first election of members of the Trust shall be held on Saturday, the 27th day of June 1953.
   (2) The returning officer for the first election of members of the Trust shall be Cuthbert James Coates, Town Clerk of the Te Puke Borough Council.

4. The area within which polls shall be taken for elections of members of the Trust shall be the whole of the area within the boundaries of the Borough of Te Puke as from time to time constituted.

5. The area within which the Trust may expend or distribute profits pursuant to subsection (1) of section 44 of the Licensing Trusts Act 1949 shall be the whole of the area within the boundaries of the Borough of Te Puke as from time to time constituted.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of May 1953.

T. CLIFTON WEBB, Minister of Justice.

*Statutory Regulations 1949, Serial number 1949/189, page 768. Amendment No. 1: Statutory Regulations 1952, Serial number 1952/129, page 563.