Exemption Order Under the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940
PURSUANT to the Motor Drivers Regulations 1940, the
Minister of Transport hereby orders and declares that
the provisions of clause (1) of regulation 7 of the said regulations, so far as they relate to the driving of heavy trade
motors, shall not apply to the persons hereinafter mentioned,
but in lieu thereof the following provision shall apply:
A motor driver's licence issued under the Motor Drivers
Regulations 1940, to the persons described in column 1 of
the Schedule hereunder may authorise them to drive a heavy
trade motor in the course of their employment for the
employers described in column 2 of the said Schedule, but
shall not authorise them, while they are under the age of
eighteen years, to drive a heavy trade motor for any other
purpose.
SCHEDULE
Column 1 (Drivers)
Harold Francis Scobie, Menzies Ferry,
No. 1 R.D., Wyndham
Nana Bava, Tuakau Road, Pukekohe
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of March 1956.
W. S. GOOSMAN, Minister of Transport
Results of Elections by Fire-insurance Companies to Fill
Extraordinary Vacancies on the Fire Boards for the
Ohakune, Taihape, and Patea Urban Fire Districts
PURSUANT to the Fire Services Act 1949, the Minister of
Internal Affairs hereby cancels the notice of results of
elections dated 14 February 1956, and gives notice of the
following results of elections held on 9 February 1956 by the
fire-insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand
to fill extraordinary vacancies on the Fire Boards for the
Ohakune, Taihape, and Patea Urban Fire Districts:
Ohakune Fire Board
Taihape Fire Board
Patea Fire Board
J. Robinson
J. Robinson
T. C. Timpany
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1956.
S. W. SMITH, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Gazette, 23 February 1956, No. 10, page 243.
(I.A. 76/4/28, 76/4/68, 76/4/55)
Election to Administer Estates Under Public Trust Office Act 1908, and Amendments
PURSUANT to the Public Trust Office Act 1908, and amendments, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election
to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known)
are set out hereunder:
| No. | Name | Occupation | Residence | Date of Death | Date Election Filed | Testate or Intestate | Stamp Office Concerned |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Ball, Emma | Married woman | Masterton | 28/1/56 | 9/3/56 | Testate | Masterton |
| 2 | Bain, James | Retired union secretary | Port Chalmers | 8/2/56 | 7/3/56 | "" | Dunedin |
| 3 | Bennett, John | Retired miner | Formerly Karamea, late Westport | 7/2/56 | 5/3/56 | "" | Greymouth |
| 4 | Butterick, Alice Beatrice | Married woman | Ashburton | 31/1/56 | 29/2/56 | "" | Christchurch |
| 5 | Davis, Amy Catherine | Widow | Wanganui | 5/2/56 | 2/3/56 | "" | Wanganui |
| 6 | Digby, Ernest Charles | Retired farmer | Hastings | 7/1/56 | 1/3/56 | "" | Napier |
| 7 | Danskin, Margaret Marion | Married woman | Invercargill | 16/2/56 | 8/3/56 | Intestate | Invercargill |
| 8 | Fitzgerald, Margaret Woodburn | "" | Port Chalmers | 3/2/56 | 7/3/56 | Testate | Dunedin |
| 9 | Forbes, John Henry | Retired miner | Glenorchy | 17/10/55 | 8/3/56 | "" | Invercargill |
| 10 | Geddes, Lucille Evelyne | Married woman | Lower Hutt | 20/2/56 | 9/3/56 | "" | Wellington |
| 11 | Hay, Elizabeth Hancock | "" | Blackball | 1/2/56 | 5/3/56 | "" | Greymouth |
| 12 | Henry, George | Retired salesman | Palmerston North | 7/2/56 | 1/3/56 | "" | Palmerston N. |
| 13 | Julian, Harold Francis | Labourer | Kawerau | 4/1/56 | 6/3/56 | "" | Tauranga |
| 14 | Larkins, Francis Albert | Basket-maker | Auckland | 15/9/55 | 6/3/56 | Intestate | Auckland |
| 15 | MacGregor, George Ferguson | Retired electrician | Dunedin | 8/9/55 | 7/3/56 | Testate | Dunedin |
| 16 | McDonald, Murdoch White | Retired mechanical engineer | Gisborne | 19/2/56 | 29/2/56 | "" | Gisborne |
| 17 | Mason, Brian John | Formerly naval rating, late schoolteacher | Formerly Taihape, late Ohakune Junction | 15/6/55 | 1/3/56 | "" | Palmerston N. |
| 18 | Murdoch, John Lowery | Farmer | Milton | 19/4/55 | 7/3/56 | Intestate | Dunedin |
| 19 | Norman, Gordon Albert | Musterer | Omarama | 3/1/56 | 7/3/56 | "" | "" |
| 20 | Perry, Alice Rebecca | Married woman | New Plymouth | 27/1/56 | 6/3/56 | Testate | New Plymouth |
| 21 | Rush, Millicent Emily | "" | Oamaru | 1/2/56 | 7/3/56 | "" | Dunedin |
| 22 | Stevens, William | Retired secondhand dealer | Wanganui | 16/1/56 | 2/3/56 | "" | Wanganui |
| 23 | Trotter, Emily Ethel | Married woman | Waiomu | 13/2/56 | 6/3/56 | "" | Tauranga |
| 24 | Watkinson, Rachel | Widow | Blackball | 4/2/56 | 5/3/56 | "" | Greymouth |
| 25 | Williams, Janet Thomson | Spinster | Reefton | 27/12/55 | 5/3/56 | "" | "" |
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 12 March 1956.
Declaring Land Taken for a Government Work near Putorino, and Not Required for That Purpose, to be Crown Land
PURSUANT to section 35 of the Public Works Act 1928, the Minister of Railways hereby declares the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act 1948 as from the 19th day of March 1956.
SCHEDULE
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land declared Crown land: 2 roods 5•2 perches.
Being part railway land in Gazette 1925, page 2031, and being part Section 3, Block II, Moeangiangai Survey District.
Situated in Hawke's Bay County. (S.O. 810.)
In the Hawke's Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked L.O. 13959 deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railways Commission at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of March 1956.
JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Railways.
(L.O. 7839/486/5)
Notice to Make Returns of Land Under the Land and Income Tax Act 1954
PURSUANT to the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue hereby gives notice as follows:

1. A return of land held as at noon on 31 March 1956 is required from every person and company, whether a taxpayer or not, being the owner of land in New Zealand within the meaning of the Land and Income Tax Act 1954, where the total unimproved value exceeds £3,000.
2. Returns are required to be delivered or forwarded to the district office of the Taxes Division, Inland Revenue Department, where the taxpayer's records are filed, not later than 5 April 1956.
3. Return forms are available at all district offices of the Taxes Division, Inland Revenue Department, and at all post offices.
4. Any person or company failing to furnish a return within the prescribed time is liable to a fine not exceeding £100 and not less than £2.
   Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March 1956.
   F. G. OBORN, Commissioner of Inland Revenue.