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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 50

Indecent Publications Act 1963

THE Indecent Publications Tribunal having considered the application by the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties in respect of the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, has decided that the said book is not indecent under either subsection (a) or subsection (b) of section 10 of the Indecent Publications Act 1963.

Dated this 11th day of August 1964.
E. M. SMITH, Secretary.

Plant Declared Noxious Weed in the County of Taumarunui (Notice No. Ag. 8030)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purpose of the said section, the following special order made by the Taumarunui County Council on the 25th day of June 1964, is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 3 (1) of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and amendments thereto, and Extension Order 1960, the Taumarunui County Council hereby resolves by way of special order that the plant mentioned in the Schedule hereto is a noxious weed within the County of Taumarunui.

SCHEDULE

Nodding Thistle (Carduus Nutans)

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of August 1964.
G. J. ANDERSON, Director (Administration).
(Ag. 20649A)

Describing the Boundaries of the Blenheim Abattoir and Specifying the Blenheim Borough Council as the Controlling Authority of the Blenheim Abattoir (Notice No. Ag. 8037)

PURSUANT to section 15 (7) of the Meat Act 1939, and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purpose of the said section, notice is hereby given as follows:

1. The Blenheim Abattoir District shall henceforth comprise:
   (a) The Borough of Blenheim;
   (b) The Borough of Picton.
2. The Blenheim Borough Council shall continue to be the Controlling Authority of the Blenheim Abattoir.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1964.
G. J. ANDERSON,
Director (Administration), Department of Agriculture.

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 19 August 1964, at the Head Office of the Board, Wellington, and at the offices of the Hawke’s Bay Rangitikei, Manawatu, and the Wairarapa Potato Growers’ Associations.

Nomination forms may be had on application to any of the above offices or from the Returning Officer, P.O. Box 6376, Wellington.

Nominations must be in the hands of the Returning Officer by not later than noon on the 2nd day of September 1964.

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

Classification of Road in Southland County

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

SCHEDULE

SOUTHLAND COUNTY

Roads Classified in Class Two

OTATARA Road (from Bay Road to Dunns Road).

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of August 1964.
R. J. POLASCHEK, Commissioner of Transport.

*S.R. 1955/59 (Reprinted with Amendments Nos. 1 to 4: S.R. 1961/159).
Amendment No. 5: S.R. 1963/70
Amendment No. 6: S.R. 1963/199
†Gazette No. 43, dated 31 May 1951, Vol. II, p. 785
(TT. 8/8/216)

Exemption from Equipment Requirements

PURSUANT to regulation 106 (1) of the Passenger Vehicle Construction Regulations 1954,* the Commissioner of Transport hereby exempts all passenger service vehicles, other than those first registered after the 1st day of April 1965, from the requirements of clause (6) of regulation 12 of the said Regulations.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of August 1964.
R. J. POLASCHEK, Commissioner of Transport.

*S.R. 1954/144
Amendment No. 1: S.R. 1956/113
Amendment No. 2: S.R. 1960/139
Amendment No. 3: S.R. 1964/82
(TT. 12/1/5)

Auckland Education Board—Election of Members (Extraordinary Vacancy)

PURSUANT to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that the following is the result of the poll for the election of a member to fill the extraordinary vacancy in Ward 5 (Whangarei-Wellsford) of the Auckland Education District:

Votes
Finlayson, Alice Catherine Louise .... 35
Love, Arthur .... 30
Mabbett, Harold Cook .... 91 (elected)
Total number of valid votes .... 156
Informal votes .... 6

L. J. McCARTHY, Returning Officer.
Auckland, 6 July 1964.

South Auckland Education Board—Election of Members

PURSUANT to the Education Act 1914, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned candidates have been duly elected as members of the Education Board of the District of South Auckland at the election of six members held on 15 July 1964:

No. 3 Ward, Te Awamutu - Raglan
David Alexander Fraser, of Te Awamutu

No. 5 Ward, Huntly-Ngaruawahia
Stephen Robson Rutherford, of Ngaruawahia

No. 6 Ward, Thames Valley - Waihi
Jack Heaton Thomas, of Paeroa (unopposed)

No. 7 Ward, Te Aroha - Morrinsville - Cambridge
Lawrence Alfred Strange, of Te Aroha

No. 9 Ward, Matamata-Tokoroa
Maurice Proctor Smith, of Matamata

No. 10 Ward, Rotorua-Taupo
Christopher Evelyn Harry Stocker, of Reporoa

The result of ballots held on 15 July 1964 for Wards 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 is as follows:

No. 3 Ward, Te Awamutu - Raglan

Votes
Fraser, David Alexander .... 91
Heyes, Norman .... 88
Total number of valid votes recorded .... 179
Number of votes rejected as informal .... 1

No. 5 Ward, Huntly-Ngaruawahia

Votes
Kellow, Desmond Noel .... 40
Rutherford, Stephen Robson .... 121
Total number of valid votes recorded .... 161
Number of votes rejected as informal .... 2

No. 7 Ward, Te Aroha - Morrinsville - Cambridge

Votes
Robertson, Richard Beaumont .... 55
Strange, Lawrence Alfred .... 106
Total number of valid votes recorded .... 161
Number of votes rejected as informal .... 3

No. 9 Ward, Matamata-Tokoroa

Votes
Hassall, James .... 77
Smith, Maurice Proctor .... 94
Total number of valid votes recorded .... 171
Number of votes rejected as informal .... 2

No. 10 Ward, Rotorua-Taupo

Votes
Briggs, Frederick Henry .... 70
Stocker, Christopher Evelyn Harry .... 109
Total number of valid votes recorded .... 179
Number of votes rejected as informal .... 11

K. C. M. COCKERILL, Returning Officer.
Hamilton, 22 July 1964.