14 AUGUST

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1091

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in County of Taumarunui
(Notice No. Ag. 6591)

Pursuant to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Taumarunui County Council on the 16th day of July 1958.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT pursuant to the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Taumarunui County Council hereby resolves by way of special order that the plants mentioned in the Schedule hereto are noxious weeds within the Taumarunui County:

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris).
Bathurst Bur (Xanthium spinosum).
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus and Rubus laciniatus).
Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum syn. Lycium horridum).
Burdock (Arctium, any species).
Cape Tulip (Homeria collina).
Common Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Gorse (Ulex, any species).
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha and Crataegus monogyna).
Hemlock (Conium maculatum).
Lupin (Lupinus arboreus).
Manchurian Wild Rice (Zizania latifolia).
Milk Thistle or variegated thistle (Silybum marianum).
Montpelier Broom (Cytisus monspessulanus).
Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea).
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum).
Spiderwort (Leycesteria formosa).
Spiny Broom (Calycotome spinosa).
Sweetbrier (Rosa eglanteria syn. Rosa rubiginosa).
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum).
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia).
Wild Teasel (Dipsacus silvester).

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of August 1958.

R. B. TENNENT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 20649)

Minimum Price in Respect of Export Meat (Notice No. Ag. 6587)

Pursuant to section 12 of the Meat Export Prices Act 1955, notice is hereby given that the Meat Export Prices Committee has prepared the table of minimum prices set out in the Schedule hereto for the classes of meat set out in the said Schedule in respect of meat exported from New Zealand for the year ending 30 September 1959.

Class of Meat to
Which Basic Grade Relates
Lamb ..
Wether mutton ..
Ewe mutton ..
Chilled beef ..
Ox and heifer quarter beef
Quarter cow beef ..
Boner, cow, ox and heifer
Boner bull ..
Veal (sides or quarters)
Porkers ..
Baconers ..

Basic Grade of Meat
Prime Down Cross, 29 lb to 36 lb
Prime 49 lb to 56 lb
Prime, 49 lb to 56 lb
Ox, 680 lb and under
Good average quality ox under 800 lb
Good average quality, all weights
All weights
Under 280 lb
Prime, 60 lb to 80 lb
Prime, 111 lb to 160 lb

Minimum Price Per Pound of Basic Grade of Meat
16½d.
9¾d.
5⅜d.
12¼d.
10d.
8⅜d.
10½d.
11d.
9d.
15½d.
14d.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of August 1958.

For the Meat Export Prices Committee—

L. VOGTHERR, Secretary.

Election of Grower Representative on the Potato Board

Pursuant to section 6 of the Potato Growing Industry Act 1950 and under the provisions of the Potato Board Election Regulations 1951, notice is hereby given that the roll of growers in the Northern Ward who are entitled to vote for a grower member on the Potato Board will be open for public inspection during ordinary office hours for a period of seven days from the 20th day of August 1958 at the Head Office of the Board, Wellington, at the offices of the Hawke’s Bay, Rangitikei, and the Manawatu Potato Growers’ Associations, and at the offices of the Department of Agriculture at Palmerston North and Hastings.

Nomination forms may be had on application to any of the above offices or from the Returning Officer, Box 2742, Wellington.

Nominations must be in the hands of the Returning Officer by not later than noon on the 3rd day of September 1958.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 1958.

N. J. McHUGH, Returning Officer,
Potato Board Election, Wellington.

Nelson Education Board—Election of Members

Pursuant to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that the result of the poll for the election of members for the wards specified hereunder of the Education Board of the District of Nelson was as follows:

Motueka Ward

Evans, Roy
Wills, Wilfred Cyril
Total number of votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
50 (elected)
27
77
Nil

Nelson South Ward

Haines, Sydney Alva (elected unopposed).

South West Ward

Slee, Thomas Geoffrey (elected unopposed).

Waimea Ward

Brown, Hugh Lancelot
Ladley, Terence Hunter
Total number of votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
15
38 (elected)
53
Nil

C. J. MARTIN, Returning Officer.

Nelson, 23 July 1958.

Otago Education Board—Election of Members

Pursuant to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that the result of the poll held for the election of members for the wards specified hereunder of the Education Board of the District of Otago was as follows:

Central Otago Combined Group of Wards

Rutherford, William (elected unopposed).

Dunedin and Taieri Combined Group of Wards

McKinlay, Doris Maud Agnes
Riach, John Veitch
Sharapoff, Konstantine
Shepherd, Robert William Steele
Somerville, John Montgomery
Total number of valid votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
138 (elected)
133
19
167 (elected)
121
578
5

North Otago Combined Group of Wards

Cameron, Angus Frederick
Hart, Ann Gillies
McLachlan, Roy Vincent
Total number of valid votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
39
42
91 (elected)
172
9

West Otago Ward

Kane, William Murray
Roy, John Bagrie Urwin
Total number of valid votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
61 (elected)
20
81
1

R. F. PHILLIPS, Returning Officer.

Dunedin, 23 July 1958.

Southland Education Board—Election of Members

Pursuant to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that the result of the poll for the election of members for the wards specified hereunder of the Education Board of the District of Southland was as follows:

Central Ward

Cushen, John Alfred
Read, James Hugh
Total number of valid votes recorded
Informal votes

Votes
80 (elected)
25
105
5

Northern Ward

Chewings, John Guy (elected unopposed).

Southern Ward

Buckingham, Ellen Elizabeth
Fallow, Stanley Hall
Total number of valid votes recorded
Informal

Votes
146 (elected)
20
166
6

Western Ward

Fisher, Allan Aorangi (elected unopposed).

T. J. GOSLING, Returning Officer.

Invercargill, 23 July 1958.