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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 18

Cancellation of the Vesting in the Takapuna Borough Council and Revocation of the Reservation Over Reserves

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PURSUANT to the Reserves and Domains Act 1953, the Minister of Lands hereby cancels the vesting in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the Borough of Takapuna and revokes the reservation for recreation purposes over the land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Lot 6, D.P. 17001: Area, 1 rood 24·1 perches, more or less. Balance certificate of title, Volume 329, folio 68.

Lot 1, D.P. 37529: Area, 1 rood 16 perches, more or less. Balance certificate of title, Volume 653, folio 4.

Both being parts Allotment 190, Takapuna Parish, situated in Block VIII, Waitemata Survey District.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of March 1961.

R. G. GERARD, Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 6/1/1064; D.O. 14/8)

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Amendment to Rules of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society

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PURSUANT to section 29 of the Wildlife Act 1953, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives notice that he has approved an amendment to rule 10 of the Rules of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society, and that rule shall hereafter read as follows:

“10 (1) If the number of nominations for the Council does not exceed the number required, the chairman of the meeting shall, at the annual general meeting, declare those nominees duly elected.

(2) If there remain any vacancies on the Council after such declaration, the members present at that meeting may elect from those members present sufficient members to fill the vacancy or vacancies:

Provided that any person so elected under paragraph (2) of this rule shall hold office until the next annual general meeting only.”

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of March 1961.

LÉON GÖTZ, Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Results of Elections by Fire Insurance Companies to Fill Extraordinary Vacancies on the Fire Boards for the Patea and Stratford Fire Districts

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PURSUANT to the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1949, the Minister of Internal Affairs hereby gives notice of the following results of the elections held on 28 February 1961 by the insurance companies carrying on business in New Zealand to fill the extraordinary vacancy on each of the Fire Boards for the Patea and Stratford Fire Districts.

Patea Fire Board ..... ..... J. S. Sutherland.

Stratford Fire Board ..... ..... W. D. Power.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of March 1961.

LÉON GÖTZ, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 4/151; 4/187)

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Proposed Reorganisation of Local Government on the North Shore (Time and Place for Hearing Appeal)

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PURSUANT to section 34 of the Local Government Commission Act 1953, it is hereby notified that the Local Government Appeal Authority has fixed 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 11 April 1961, as the time, and the Arbitration Court, Supreme Court Building, Auckland, as the place for the hearing of appeals which have been made by the East Coast Bays Borough Council, the Takapuna Borough Council, and the Waitemata County Council against the final reorganisation scheme of the Local Government Commission, dated 16 January 1961, providing for the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, East Coast Bays, Northcote, and Takapuna to be constituted a united borough to be known as the City of North Shore, and for the inclusion in that City of part of the Birkenhead Riding of the County of Waitemata.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 1961.

J. V. MEECH, Secretary for Internal Affairs.

Branch of Friendly Society Registered

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PURSUANT to section 19 of the Friendly Societies Act 1909, the Lily of the Valley Rebekah Lodge No. 57, with registered office at Upper Hutt, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act 1909.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of March 1961.

V. THOMPSON, Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in County of Waitomo (Notice No. Ag. 7226)

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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 section, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Waitomo County Council on the 10th day of February 1961.

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SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Waitomo County Council hereby resolves, by way of special order, that the plants named hereunder (being plants mentioned in the First Schedule of the said Act) are noxious weeds within the County of Waitomo:

Crack willow (Salix fragilus).

Pussy willow (Salix discolor).

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of February 1961.

P. W. SMALLFIELD, Director-General of Agriculture.

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Classification of Roads in Southland County

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PURSUANT to regulation 3 of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1955,* the Commissioner of Transport hereby revokes so much of the Warrants dated the 13th day of July 1950† and the 22nd day of May 1951‡ as relates to the roads described in the Schedule hereto, and hereby approves the Southland County Council’s proposed classification of the said roads as set out in the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND COUNTY

Roads Classified in Class Two

CLEARWATER (from No. 92 State Highway (Balclutha-Invercargill) to Hansen Road), Girdler (from No. 1 State Highway (Awanui-Bluff) to Omaui Road), Hansen (from Clearwater Road to Miller Road), Hodgson (from Lawson Road to Kapuka South Road), Kapuka South (from No. 92 State Highway (Balclutha-Invercargill) to Hodgson Road), Lawson (from Hansen Road to end of gravel at Watson’s), Miller (from Hodgson Road to Hansen Road), Omaui (from Girdler Road to Mokomoko Road), Tokanui-Haldane (from No. 92 State Highway (Balclutha-Invercargill) to Port Craig Mill), Waituna Gorge (from Kapuka South Road to No. 92 State Highway (Balclutha-Invercargill)).

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of February 1961.

A. E. FORSYTH, Commissioner of Transport.

*S.R. 1955/59

Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1956/39

Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1960/61

†Gazette, No. 46, dated 20 July 1950, Vol. II, p. 996

‡Gazette, No. 43, dated 31 May 1951, Vol. II, p. 785

(TT. 10/69)

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Notice to Make Returns of Land Under the Land and Income Tax Act 1954

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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 1961 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 £6,000.

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 7 April 1961.

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 or not less than £2.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of March 1961.

F. R. MACKEN, Commissioner of Inland Revenue.