Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Tuparoa Development Scheme)

Pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette the land described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 12 September 1931 and published in the Gazette on 17 September 1931, page 2822.

SCHEDULE

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT

Block and Area
Land Survey District A. R. P.
Totaranui A 1D 2A VII, Mata 1 0 0

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 1954.
For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—
M. SULLIVAN,
Assistant Secretary for Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 64/21; D.O. 14/8/7)

Notice to Mariners No. 95 (Temporary) of 1954

LIGHTS IN WESTERN SAMOA—UNRELIABLE

Mariners are advised that all navigational lights in Western Samoa group except Vaea and Mulivai leading lights at Apia are extinguished until normal supply of gas cylinders can be arranged.
Charts temporarily affected: 1339, 1730, 1829.
Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Vol. 10, 1954.
Authority: Harbourmaster, Apia.
Wellington, N.Z., 9 December 1954.
W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
(M. 3/3/118)

Notice to Mariners No. 96 of 1954

NEW ZEALAND—METEOROLOGY—MARINE WEATHER BROADCASTS

Alteration in Code

Mariners are advised that in accordance with a decision of the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization the following changes to the International Weather Reporting Code will come into effect throughout the World at 0000 hours G.M.T. on 1 January 1955:
Ship Code—The symbolic form of the ships code will be unchanged:
SHIP YQL_aL_aL_a L_oL_oL_oGG Nddff VVwwW PPPTT N_hC_LC_MC_H D_sv_sapp OT_sT_sT_dT_d ld_wd_wP_wH_w
The specifications of the symbols (W) and (a) are altered.
Land Code (abbreviated):
Old form: iiiT_dT_d Nddff VVwwW PPPTT N_hC_LC_MC_H (6japp)
New form: (II)iii Nddff VVwwW PPPTT N_hC_LC_MC_H (T_dT_dapp)
The first group will be three figures only—the present index number of the station. The Block No. (II) will not be used. The specifications of the code symbols (VV) (W) and (a) are altered.
Further details may be obtained from the Director, New Zealand Meteorological Service, P.O. Box 722, Wellington C. 1.
Authority: Air Department.
Wellington, N.Z., 10 December 1954.
W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
(M. 22/3/170)

Notice to Mariners No. 97 of 1954

CANCELLATION OF ADMIRALTY CHARTS

The following charts have been permanently withdrawn and will be replaced by one chart:
Chart 695—New Zealand: Cook Strait.
2054—New Zealand: Cook Strait and the coast to Cape Egmont.
2684—New Zealand: Cook Strait Anchorages, Sheet 1.
2685—New Zealand: Cook Strait Anchorages, Sheet 2.
Authority: Admiralty.
Wellington, N.Z., 14 December 1954.
W. C. SMITH, Secretary for Marine.
(M. 19/2/8)

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Eastern Maori Electoral District

EDWARD LESLIE ADAMS, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 13th day of November 1954 for the election of a Member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:

Candidates Votes Polled
Kauraura Tiweka Anaru ..... 3,921
Tiaki Oman ..... 7,015
Wilson Rawhira Paku ..... 614

Total number of valid votes polled ..... 11,550
Number of votes rejected as informal ..... 391
I therefore declare the said Tiaki Oman to be elected.
Dated at Gisborne this 27th day of November 1954.
E. L. ADAMS, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Northern Maori Electoral District

WILLIAM LESLIE JOHNS CAHILL, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 13th day of November 1954 for the election of a Member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:

Candidates Votes Polled
Hemi Tono Waetford ..... 1,719
Mahuika Otene ..... 1,314
Tapihana Paraire Paikea ..... 6,154
Tuhirangi Maihi ..... 240

Total number of valid votes polled ..... 9,427
Number of votes rejected as informal ..... 169
I therefore declare the said Tapihana Paraire Paikea to be elected.
Dated at Auckland this 24th day of November 1954.
W. L. J. CAHILL, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Southern Maori Electoral District

EDWARD DANIEL CHURCHER, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 13th day of November 1954 for the election of a Member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:

Candidates Votes Polled
Alfred Thomas Carroll ..... 1,588
Aussie Teokanga Huata ..... 168
Eruera Tihema Tirikatene ..... 4,452
France Rangi Logan ..... 477
Matenga Baker ..... 261

Total number of valid votes polled ..... 6,946
Number of votes rejected as informal ..... 145
I therefore declare the said Eruera Tihema Tirikatene to be elected.
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November 1954.
E. D. CHURCHER, Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Western Maori Electoral District

GERALD JOSEPH GRACE, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 13th day of November 1954 for the election of a Member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:

Candidates Votes Polled
Iriaka Ratana ..... 7,784
Sonny Kihau ..... 283
Tio Patara Joe Butler ..... 505
William Rakeipoho Bennett ..... 1,147

Total number of valid votes polled ..... 9,719
Number of votes rejected as informal ..... 317
I therefore declare the said Iriaka Ratana to be elected.
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of November 1954.
G. J. GRACE, Returning Officer.