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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

[No. 43

Revocation of Appointment of Officer for the Purposes of
the Food and Drugs Act 1947

Pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act 1947, His Excellency
the Governor-General has revoked the appointment of
Frederick Robert Bugg
as an officer for the purposes of the Food and Drugs Act 1947.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of July 1953.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.
(H.F. and D. 53/2)

Members of Board of Health Appointed
Pursuant to the Health Act 1920, His Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
Muriel Emma Bell, M.D. (N.Z.), F.N.Z.I.C.,
James Leslie Burnett, M.B.E.,
Sir James Sands Elliott, M.D. (Edin.), F.R.A.C.S.,
Edwin Henry Staples Hamilton,
Sir Charles Ernest Hercus, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.D., Ch.B.,
B.D.S., D.P.H. (N.Z.), F.R.A.C.S., F.R.A.C.P., and
Norman Harold Moss
as members of the Board of Health for a term of three
years from the 20th day of August 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of July 1953.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Health.
(H.H. 53/6)

Members of Domain Boards Appointed
Pursuant to Section 49 of the Public Reserves and
Domains Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General
has been pleased to appoint
Henderson Cowie,
Albert McCord Jamieson, and
Roy Gordon Murdoch
to be members of the Paihia Domain Board in place of
Stanley Austin Carr, deceased, Leonard William Delph, and
Jack Hector Gibson, resigned.
Jack Henry Bryan Phillips
to be a member of the Carter's Beach Domain Board in place
of James William McGill, resigned.
Leonard James Crowe and
David Stowell
to be members of the Arundel Domain Board in place of Alan
Fletcher and William Jackson, resigned.
Albert William John Perry
to be a member of the Pounawea Domain Board in place of
Arthur Henry Bates Brough, left the district.
Rex Joseph Stevens
to be a member of the Clyde Domain Board in place of Joseph
Lindsay Davidson, deceased.
Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of July 1953.
D. M. GREIG, Director-General of Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/688)

Registrar of Marriages, etc., 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:
Thomas Alexander Jacobson
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Pahiatua and
Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and Deaths of
Maoris at Pahiatua on and from the 1st day of August 1953.
Arthur George Osborn
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of Takaka
and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths and of Births and
Deaths of Maoris at Takaka on and from the 10th day of
July 1953.
Raymond John Moess
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Rongotea and
Registrar of Births and Deaths at Rongotea on and from the
6th day of July 1953.
Marion June Jensen (Miss)
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Rangiwhahia and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at
Rangiwhahia on and from the 4th day of July 1953.
Hector William Urquhart Donald
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Mangapehi, at Mangakino, and Acting Registrar of Births
and Deaths at Mangakino on and from the 9th day of July
1953.
Ernest Arthur Gould
to be Acting Registrar of Marriages for the District of
Rangitikei, and Acting Registrar of Births and Deaths at
Marton on and from the 27th day of July 1953.

Eric Hammond
to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Richmond and
Registrar of Births and Deaths at Richmond on and from the
20th day of July 1953.
Donald Hine
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakarara
on and from the 25th day of May 1953.
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of July 1953.
S. T. BARNETT, Registrar-General.

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the Pohangina County
(Notice No. Ag. 5472)
Pursuant to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Minister
of Agriculture hereby publishes the following special
order made by the Pohangina County Council on the 18th day
of June 1953.

SPECIAL ORDER
That, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 3
of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Pohangina County Council
resolves by way of special order that the plants mentioned in
the Schedule hereinafter set out be and are hereby declared
noxious weeds within the district of the Pohangina County.

SCHEDULE
Barberry (Berberis vulgaris).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Common broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Milk thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of July 1953.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/76)

Nobel Peace Prize, 1954
The following despatch, received from the Secretary of State
for Commonwealth Relations, is published for general
information.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of July 1953.
W. A. BODKIN, Minister of Internal Affairs.

Commonwealth Relations Office,
Downing Street, S.W.1, 17 June, 1953.
NEW ZEALAND
Circular Despatch B No. 11
SIR,
I have the honour to refer to my predecessor's
despatch of the 20th June 1952, Circular B No. 10, and to
transmit copies of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee
of the Norwegian Parliament regarding nominations for the
Nobel Peace Prize for 1954.
It would be appreciated if the conditions of the Prize
could be made known to those bodies and persons who are
qualified to nominate candidates.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
(Sgd.) SWINTON.
The Minister of External Affairs,
New Zealand.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
All proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize,
which is to be distributed December 10th 1954, must, in order
to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel
Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified
person before the first of February of the same year.
Any one of the following persons is held to be duly
qualified: (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Com-
mittee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers
appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) Members
of Parliament and Members of Government of the different
States, as well as Members of the Interparliamentary Union;
(c) Members of the International Arbitration Court at the
Hague; (d) Members of the Council of the International
Peace Bureau; (e) Members and Associates of the Institute
of International Law; (f) University professors of Political
Science and of Law, of History, and of Philosophy; and (g)
Persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions
or associations.
According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon
which any proposal is made must be stated and handed in
along with such papers and other documents as may therein
be referred to.
According to § 3, every written work, to qualify for a
prize, must have appeared in print.
For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply
to the Office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian
Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Oslo.