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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 21

Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Power Board Empowering Order 1969

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1969
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 76 of the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER

1. This order may be cited as the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Power Board Empowering Order 1969.
2. This order shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1969.
3. The Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Power Board is hereby empowered to lay, put up, place, and construct electric works which may from time to time be required for the distribution and supply of electricity within that area, formerly the licensed area of the Raetihi Borough Council, as defined in an Order in Council dated 20 October 1965 and published in the Gazette on the 28th day of the same month at p. 1845.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (N.Z.E.D. 10/62/1)

Members of Distribution Committees Under Section 24 of the Gaming Amendment Act 1962 Appointed

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1969
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 24 of the Gaming Amendment Act 1962, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints the following persons to be members of the distribution committees named for a term of 3 years on and from the 19th day of December 1968.

1. Distribution Committee for the Promotion of Medical Research
   Sir Edward George Sayers, c.m.g., of Dunedin, Chairman; Dr Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill, c.m.g., m.c., of Christchurch; Dr John Maxwell Clarke, of Auckland; and Sir George Douglas Robb, c.m.g., of Auckland.

2. Distribution Committee for the Provision of Recreational Facilities and the Encouragement of Beneficial Activities by Young People
   Sir William Alfred Stevenson, k.b.e., j.p., of Howick, Chairman; James George Barnes, Esq., m.b.e., of Dunedin; Miss Maida Jessie Clark, j.p., of Wellington; Conrad Wilson Hamann, Esq., of Christchurch; and Joseph William Saunders, Esq., of Wellington.

3. Distribution Committee for the Promotion of Scientific Research
   Brunel Robert Law, Esq., of Wellington, Chairman; Dr Ira James Cunningham, c.b.e., of Palmerston North; Alan John Danks, Esq., of Wellington; Charles Hilgendorf, Esq., j.p., of Ashburton; and Henry Lipman Erle Peryman, Esq., of Wellington.

4. Distribution Committee for the Welfare of Aged Persons
   Dr Roy Granville McElroy, of Auckland, Chairman; Rev. William George Murless Heerdegen, of Wellington; David Paul, Esq., of Wellington; Alfred Walmsley, Esq., of Invercargill; and Miss Betty Frances Webb, of Christchurch.

5. Distribution Committee for the Provision of Social Amenities and the Promotion of Social Welfare
   Gordon Drummond Stewart, Esq., c.b.e., of Wellington, Chairman; John Charles Hargreaves, Esq., of Wellington; Mrs Rosalind Neill Mercer, of Wellington; Dr John Lochiel Robson, c.b.e., of Wellington; and Most Rev. Owen Noel Snedden, m.b.e., d.d., of Wellington.
   P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (I.A. 196/104)

Jed River Drainage District Abolished

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1969
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Land Drainage Amendment Act 1922, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following order.

ORDER
THE Jed River Drainage District is hereby abolished.
P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 103/16/20)

Appointing the Chairman and Members of the National Roads Board

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of March 1969
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. R. MARSHALL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 3 of the National Roads Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby appoints, as from 13 April 1969,
the Hon. Percy Benjamin Allen
to be Chairman of the National Roads Board; and, further appoints, as from 13 April 1969, the following persons to be members of the Board:
Brian Creagh Magill, Esq., Assistant Commissioner of Works (Administration), Ministry of Works;
Frederick Alexander Langbein, Esq., Director of Roading, Ministry of Works;
Basil Colmar Campbell, Esq., Director, Road Transport Division, Ministry of Transport;
Henry Charles Kennedy, Esq., of Tairua;
William Baird, Esq., c.b.e., of Dipton, retired farmer (being the nominee of the New Zealand Counties Association Incorporated);
Alister Murray Linton, Esq., c.b.e., of Rotorua, company director (being the nominee of the Municipal Association of New Zealand Incorporated, as representing those boroughs having a population of 20,000 or more);
John Samuel Thorn, Esq., of Port Chalmers, company director (being the nominee of the Municipal Association of New Zealand Incorporated, as representing those boroughs having a population of less than 20,000 and town districts);
Donald Derek Merritt, Esq., m.b.e., of Nelson, company director (to represent the interests of persons being owners of commercial motor vehicles); and
Thomas Edward Verdun Turpin, Esq., of Dunedin, public accountant (to represent the interests of persons being owners of private motor vehicles).
P. J. BROOKS, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 62/25)

Directing the Sale of Land in Block XI, Belmont Survey District, City of Wellington

ARTHUR PORRITT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 10th day of February 1969
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. KEITH HOLYOAKE, c.h., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to the Public Works Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby directs the sale of the land described in the Schedule hereto, such land being no longer required for the purpose for which it was acquired.