Removing Maori Wardens from Office Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945

PURSUANT to subsection (2) of section 11 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby declares that the following Maori Wardens appointed under the said Act, are hereby removed from office:

Name ... Tribal District ... Gazette Reference to Appointment Eru Pairama ... Otamatea ... No. 62, 28 September 1950, page 1790. Tia Kei Were ... Hobson ... No. 62, 28 September 1950, page 1790. Tari Bazil ... Mangakahia ... No. 62, 28 September 1950, page 1790. Rangihaeata Hemi Whangarei ... No. 78, 4 October 1951, page 1469. Kiro Peter George Newman ... Whangarei ... No. 9, 4 February 1951, page 181. Ben Hita ... Hobson ... No. 25, 31 March 1955, page 1790. George Darren ... Maniapoto ... No. 25, 16 August 1955, page 1340. Jimmy Ngatoa ... Whanganui South No. 64, 20 November 1955, page 1652.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Appointing Maori Wardens Under the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1956

PURSUANT to section 11 of the Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Maori Wardens for the tribal districts shown in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE

First Column ... Second Column Mrs Wiki Barton ... Eastern Kaikohe. Mrs Ruiha Heperi ... Eastern Kaikohe. Arthur Whiu ... Western Kaikohe. Tupu Erueti ... Western Kaikohe. Tui Cribb ... Te Au-o-Waikato. George Warren ... Maniapoto. Mrs Hinga Lydia Walker ... Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of April 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

Varying a Notice Authorising Officers to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments Under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924

PURSUANT to section 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to delete the name of Owen James Thomas, Resident Officer, Tauranga, from the notice published in Gazette on 8 April 1954, at page 554, authorising certain officers in the service of the Crown to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Officers Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments Under the Chattels Transfer Act 1924

PURSUANT to section 464 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs in the positions set out opposite their respective names, to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 464, the signatures of Maoris to instruments by way of security within the meaning of the Chattels Transfer Act 1924.

SCHEDULE

Reihana Frederick Apatu, Assistant Field Supervisor, Whangarei. Douglas Gordon Clark, Welfare Officer, Christchurch. Solomon Benedictus Kanapu, Resident Officer, Tauranga. Ronald Albert Kelly, Housing Officer, Wellington. Lomond Omer Leaf, Field Supervisor, Opononi. Hamuera Tai Mitchell, Welfare Officer, Rotorua. John Rangihau, Welfare Officer, Whakatane. Te Kiato Riawai, Welfare Officer, Christchurch. Joseph Sonny Smith, Welfare Officer, Opotiki. Isaac Tangitu, Welfare Officer, Tauranga.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Varying a Notice Authorising Officers to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments of Alienation

PURSUANT to section 222 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to delete the name of Owen James Thomas, Resident Officer, Tauranga, from the notice published in Gazette on 8 April 1954, at page 554, authorising certain officers in the service of the Crown to attest the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Officers Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments of Alienation

PURSUANT to section 222 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being officers in the service of the Crown employed by the Department of Maori Affairs, in the positions set out opposite their respective names, to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 222, the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land.

SCHEDULE

Reihana Frederick Apatu, Assistant Field Supervisor, Whangarei. Douglas Gordon Clark, Welfare Officer, Christchurch. Solomon Benedictus Kanapu, Resident Officer, Tauranga. Ronald Albert Kelly, Housing Officer, Wellington. Lomond Omer Leaf, Field Supervisor, Opononi. Hamuera Tai Mitchell, Welfare Officer, Rotorua. John Rangihau, Welfare Officer, Whakatane. Te Kiato Riawai, Welfare Officer, Christchurch. Joseph Sonny Smith, Welfare Officer, Opotiki. Isaac Tangitu, Welfare Officer, Tauranga.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Officer Authorised to Attest Signatures of Maoris to Instruments of Alienation

PURSUANT to section 222 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise William Roberts, Investigating Officer (Maori Branch), Department of Lands and Survey, Auckland, being an officer in the service of the Crown, to attest, in accordance with the provisions of the said section 222, the signatures of Maoris to instruments of alienation of Maori land.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 19/1/126)

Deputy Member of Tobacco Board Appointed

PURSUANT to section 8 (1) of the Tobacco Growing Industry Act 1935, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Henry Leslie Wise

as a deputy to act for Robert Browne Tennent, the Government representative on the Tobacco Board, during his absence.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of June 1956.

E. H. HALSTEAD, Minister of Industries and Commerce.

Declaration That Part of the Hamilton Domain Shall be a Recreation Reserve Subject to Part II of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953

PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby declares that that part of the Hamilton Domain described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part III of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, and shall be deemed to be a recreation reserve subject to Part II of the said Act.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

ALLOTMENT 70 (formerly part Allotment 8), Hamilton West Town Belt, situated in Block II, Hamilton Survey District: Area, 1 acre 1 rood 17·3 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 37248.)

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of June 1956.

E. B. CORBETT, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 1/178; D.O. 8/405)