25 OCT.

Consul of the United States of America at Auckland

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that Her Majesty's Exequatur empowering
Howard C. Goldsmith, Esquire,
to act as Consul of the United States of America at Auckland has been issued.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of October 1956.
T. L. MACDONALD, Minister of External Affairs.

Justices of the Peace Appointed
PURSUANT to the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned persons to be Justices of the Peace for New Zealand and its Dependencies:
Stewart Hardy, 4 Woodstock Road, Hamilton.
Donald George Sinclair, 22 Trent Avenue, Palmerston North.
Gerald Alfred Nicholls, 29 Lewis Street, Invercargill.
Alfred William Yortt, 4 Barton Street, New Plymouth.
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of September 1956.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee Appointed
PURSUANT to section 49 of the Licensing Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Douglas Harold Whitcher, Esquire, of Lower Hutt, to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Hutt, vice Bruce Martin, Esquire, resigned.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 1956.
J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Appointing a Supervising Officer under the General Harbour Motor Launch Bylaws 1934
PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950 and the General Harbour Motor Launch Bylaws 1934, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints Charles Bertram Adamson to be a Supervising Officer under the said bylaws in respect of those waters contained in the Taipa Estuary.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1956.
JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Marine.
(M. 3/13/260)

Appointment of Honorary Fishery Officer
PURSUANT to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints Oswald Denis Wilkes, of Westport, to be an Honorary Fishery Officer for the purposes of Part I of the Fisheries Act 1908, such person to hold office until the 31st day of March 1959.
Dated at Wellington this 16th day of October 1956.
JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Marine.

Appointment of Honorary Officers
PURSUANT to section 29 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1946, the Minister of Marine hereby appoints the persons named in the Schedule to this warrant to be Honorary Officers for the acclimatisation district shown in such Schedule for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act 1908, such persons to hold office until the 31st day of March 1959.

SCHEDULE
ROTORUA ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICT
Leonard James Penniall.
Leslie Taylor.
John Raymond Thomson.
Dated at Wellington this 19th day of October 1956.
JOHN McALPINE, Minister of Marine.

Public Trust Office—Resignation of Agent at Picton
It is notified for public information that Mr Reginald Gerald Dawkins has resigned from the position of Agent of the Public Trust Office at Picton.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of October 1956.
GEO. E. TURNEY, Public Trustee.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Remembrance Day 1956
CITIZENS and traffic-control authorities throughout New Zealand are requested to observe Remembrance Day on Sunday, 11 November 1956.
The observance of this day should be similar to that of Remembrance Day last year. Two minutes' silence to be observed from 11 a.m. and all vehicular traffic to halt during that period.
The New Zealand Government trusts that churches will agree to arrange, as far as practicable, for a morning service on this day to commence at 10.45 a.m., and that two minutes' silence be observed at 11 o'clock.
Where a citizens' memorial service is held, it is suggested that it should be at the local cenotaph or war memorial, as the case may be.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of October 1956.
S. G. HOLLAND, Prime Minister.

Wellington Abattoir District Extended (Notice No. Ag. 6177)
PURSUANT to section 15 (7) of the Meat Act 1939, notice is hereby given:
(1) That, by agreement between the Wellington City Council and first the Eastbourne Borough Council, secondly the Tawa Flat Borough Council, thirdly the Makara County Council, and fourthly the Hutt County Council, the abattoir established and maintained by the said City Council, has been made available for the Eastbourne Borough, the Tawa Flat Borough, the Makara County, and the ridings of Wainuiomata, Eastern Bays, Epuni, Heretaunga, and Mangaroa in the Hutt County;
(2) The Wellington Abattoir District as affected by the said agreements shall comprise all that area described in the Schedule hereto; and
(3) The Wellington City Council shall be the controlling authority of the abattoir for the purposes of the Wellington Abattoir District described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE
ALL that area for the time being comprised in the Cities of Wellington and Lower Hutt, the Boroughs of Eastbourne and Tawa Flat, the County of Makara, and the ridings of Wainuiomata, Eastern Bays, Epuni, Heretaunga, and Mangaroa in the County of Hutt.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 1956.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 88/1/20)

Additional Members of East Coast Rabbit Board (Notice No. Ag. 6179)
PURSUANT to section 25 of the Rabbits Act 1955, the Minister of Agriculture hereby publishes the following resolution passed by the East Coast Rabbit Board on the 26th day of September 1956.

RESOLUTION
That the elective members of the East Coast Rabbit Board be nine.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 1956.
K. J. HOLYOAKE, Minister of Agriculture.
(Ag. 64/1/44)

Scheme of Control of Huntly College
PURSUANT to section 92 of the Education Act 1914, the Minister of Education hereby approves of Huntly College being controlled in accordance with the Standard Scheme of Control for Secondary Schools published in the Gazette on 6 December 1928, Volume III, page 3451: Provided that:
(a) Clause 7 of the Standard Scheme shall be read as if the words "Council of the nearest borough within five miles of the school" were omitted, and the words "Huntly Borough Council" were substituted therefor:
(b) Clause 11 of the Standard Scheme shall be read as if the words "Such election shall be held in the first week of the month of May in the year 1929" were omitted, and the words "The first such election shall be held not later than the first week of the month of May in the year 1957, and such an election shall be held in the first week of the month of May in the year 1959" were substituted therefor:
(c) Clause 19 of the Standard Scheme shall be read as if every reference to the year 1929 was a reference to the year 1959:
(d) Clause 43 of the Standard Scheme shall be read as if the words "The secretary shall be insured under a fidelity bond for a sum of not less than five hundred pounds" were omitted.
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of October 1956.
R. M. ALGIE, Minister of Education.