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Notices.

 

 

It is notified for General informa-
tion that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to appoint the Hon.
8. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E., to act fora
short period, as Puisne Judge of the
Supreme Court cf the Windward
Islands and Leeward Islands
for the trial of the criminal causes
pending for disposal at the November
Session of the Saint Christopher and
Nevis Circuits and for the hearing
and determination of any civil or
other proceedings in the said Cireuits.
The acting appointment will take
effect from the 6th November, 1954.

The Secretariat,
Antigua.
4th November, 1954.

No. 13/00061. _ -

His Excellency the Governor has
accepted under Section 8 (2) (c) of
the Leeward Islands (Amendment)
Act No. 13 of 1951, the resignation
of the Hon. §. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E.,
as a nominated member of the
Jeneral Legislative Council, in con-
sequence of his appointment as an
Acting Puisne Judge of the Wind-
werd Islands and Leeward Islands.
The Secretariat,

Antigua.

2nd November, 1954.
C. 18/00013.

Tie Governor has nominated under
Section 5 (i) of the Water Courses
and Water Works Ordinance, Mont-
serrat No. 8 of 1950, the undermen-
tioned persons to be members of the
Water Board of Montgerrat:—

The Member for Public Works and

Social Services

M. M. AUCHINLECK, Esq.,

EK. T. EDGECOMBE, Esq.

2. The Commissioner of Montser-
rat and the Inspector of Works are
the ex officiu members of the Board.

The Secretariat,
Antigua,
2nd November, 1954.

 

No. 98

Appointments and transfers etc.,
in the public service, with effect from
the dates stated, are published for
general information :—

Hurst, D. K., to be Junior Clerk,

Audit Office, on probation.

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Oct. 1

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NS

. LUXXXIL.

GAZ ie
Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, 4rH NOVEMBER,

JamMzEs, A. 0. E., Junior Clerk, Peas-
ant Development Office, Antigua,
confirmed in appointment.

July 1
(In substitution for Gazette Notice

No. 97 of 28th October, 1954, re

Jarvis, A. ©. K., confirmed in

appointment.

KIRWAN, Miss H., to be Junior Clerk,
Audit Office, on probation.
Aug. 16
WILKIN, Miss A., Junior Clerk, Audit
Office, resigned her ee
Nov.

CONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES.
No. 99.

The Secretary of State for the
Colonies has informed the Governor
that the power of disallowance will
not be exercised in respect of the un-
dermentioned Acts and Ordinance:—

ACTS.
Leeward Islands.

No. 11 of 1954, “The Currency
(Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 14 of 1954, “ The Forgery Act,
1954.”

No. 15 of 1954, “The Evidence
(Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 16 of 1954, ‘The Travelling
and Subsistence Allowances (Repeal)
Act, 1954.”

No. 17 of 1954, “*The Dangerous
Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 19 of 1954, The Public Holi-
days Act, 1954.”

ORDINANCE.
Antigua.
No. 6 of 1954, ‘The Development
(Telephone) Loan Ordinance, 1954.”

Bank of England
Notes.

Tne following relaxation on the
import of sterling notes into the
United Kingdom has been announced.

“From 380th September, 1954,
Bank of England notes of £10 up-
_ wards and Bank of England notes of
£5 dated prior to the 2nd September,

1944, all of which have ceased to be

legal tender (but have remained

payable. on presentation at the

Bank of England).may be sent by

post from any territory to a banker

intthe United Kingdom for collec-

tion. None of these notes has a

mettalic thread such as appears in

current £5 notes.
Notes.should be despatched at the
risk of the owner to the usual bank-

Control:

  

1954.

ing correspondents in the United
Kingdom of the owner or of the
owner’s local bank. Authorised
Banks are being given authority to
credit the proceeds of notes for
warded from outside the Scheduled
Territories to the type of account
appropriate to the country of the
remitter.

The position of all other Bank of
Kngland notes remains unchanged.
The prohibition on the import of
sterling notes (other than the notes
which are sent under this relaxa-

.tion and except notes carried by
travellers to the value of £10 per
person) remains in force.”
The notes covered by these arrange-

ments should not be taken to the
United Kingdom by travellers.
No. A. C. 24/44,

Crown Land Applications

Applications in connexion with
Crown lands are notified in the
Gazette for the purpose of giving any
person an opportunity of making any
representation to this office in relation
to any such application.

Such applications will be inserted
in at least three separate issues of the
Gazette before they will be dealt with
by the Governor, so that applicants
must be prepared for this delay.

The undermentioned application is
hereby notified.
By Order,
M. TITLEY,
Clerk to the Commissioner.
Commissioner's Office,
Virgin Islands.
10th September, 1954.

TO PURCHASE.

All that piece plot or portion of
foreshore land and land under the
sea contiguous and continuous with
the foreshore aforesaid situate at
Burt Point in Roaao Town in the
island of Tortola in the Presidency
of the Virgin Islands containing .516
of an acre and measuring from East
to West on the North side 20 feet;
from North to South on the East
side 500 feet; from East to West on
the South side 70 feet; from North to
South on the West side fronting the
public road 500 feet and butted and
bounded as follows, that is to say, on
the North by the sea; on the East by
the sea; on the South by the sea; on
the West by the public road.

Ref. No. 46/00003—IT.
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In the Supreme Court of the
Windward Islands and
Leeward Islands.

CIRCUIT.
A. D. 1954.

NOTICE is hereby given that in
pursnancé of Rules made by the
Chief Jastice under Section 15 of the
Windward Islands and Leeward Is-
lauds (Courts) Order-in-Council 1939,
and duly approved as therein provi-
ded on the 16th day of October, A.D.
1941, the Honourable the Puisne
Judge selected for the sitting of the
Court in the Saint Christopher Circuit
has appointed the day of the month
on which the ensuing Circuit Court
shall sit as follows, that is to say:—

The Saint Christopher Circuit on
Monday the 8th day of November,
1954 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon.

 

Dated the 25th day of October,
1954.
W. M. ABBOTT,
Chief Clerk in the absence
of the Registrar.

 

In the Supreme Court of the
Windward Islands and
Leeward Islands.

 

NEVIS CIRCUIT.
A.D.1954.

NOTICE is hereby given that in
pursuance of Rules made by the
Chief Justice under Section 16 of the
Windward Islands and Leeward Is-
lands (Courts) Order-in-Council, 1939
and duly approved as therein provi-
ded on the 16th day of October, A.D.
1941, the Honourable the Puisne
Judge selected for the sitting of
Court in the Nevis Circuit has
appointed the day of the month on
which the ensuing Circuit Court shall
sit as follows, that is to say:

The Nevis Circuit on Monday the
22nd day of November, 1954 at LO
o’clock in the forenoon.

 

Dated the 25th day of October,
1954.
W. M. ABBOTT,
Chief Clerk in the absence
of the Registrar.

 

PROVOST MARSHAL’S OFFICE,
ANTIGUA.
28th OCTOBER, 1954.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be soll at the various premises
in the City of Saint John on Thurs-
day the 25th day of November, 1954,
at 12 o’clock noon, the Lands and
Tenements belonging to the Persons
hereafter named
HAMILTON’S LAND.
Alphonso Hamilton, Nos. 3, 6, 7, 10,
12, 13, 14, 1s.
. BENNETT STREET.
Eliza Jeffery, Oscar Gilead, Kenneth
Henry, Iris Mussington, Alphonso
Hamilton.

 

THE LEEWARD ISLANDS GAZETTE.

ATHILL STREET.
Sarah Mason, Edmund John.

CHRISTOPHER STREET.
Alfred Benjamiu, Esther Christian,
Samuel Davis. .

ALFRED PETERS STREET.

Louisa Mannix, Gwendolyn Hunte,
Charles Anthony, Evan Hamilton,
Leslie Samuel, Irene Roberts.

DICKENSONBAY STREET.

George Isiah Samuel, John Henry,
Thomas Henry, Christiana Oliver,
Arthur James, Alfred Simon, Bertie
Oliver, Joseph and Hawkins Henry,
Louisa Buckley. Estate of Hagar
Cann.

ST. GEORGES STREET.

Iekford Winter, Mary Wells,
Leonard Benjamin, Samuel Billington,
Estate of Stephen Melvin, Mary
Chapman, Foster E. L. Matthew.

ST. JOHN’S STRER?.
Foster E. L. Matthew, Edward
Tousend, Sarah Calquhoun, George
Weston, Cecelia Christian, Hstate of
Rebecca Christian, Alicia Hunte, Ivy
Dench, James N. Webber.

BISHOPGATE STREET.

Reginald Jarvis, Philip Jude, Leslie
Chambers, James Mapp, Estate of
Joseph Davis, Centilia Simon, Heirs
of Ledeatt, Josephine Hdwards.

THE POINT.

Walter Sweeney, Eileen ©. and G.
Reynolds, William Lewis, Heirs of
Joseph Samuel, Joseph Matthurin,
Henrietta Graham, James Christian,
Robert A. Carty, Victoria Philip,
Abraham Samuel, Brydon Benjamin:

The same having been levied upon
to satisfy the City Rate due thereon
for the year 1954.

H. 8. L. MOSELEFY,
Provost Marshal.

 

TRADE MARKS OFFICE,
ANTIGUA, 29th September, 1954.
THE BORDEN COMPANY of 350
Madison Avenue, New York, State
of New York U.S.A. have applied
for Registration of one Trade Mark
consisting of the following:—

 

 

ANTIGUA.

[4 November, 1954.

in Class 42 thatis to say: Milk and
milk and dairy products.

The Applicants claim that they have
used the said Trade Mark in respect
of the said goods for 8 years before
the date of their said Application.

Any person may within three
months from the date of the first
appearance of this Advertisement in
the Leeward Islands Gazetie give
notice in duplicate at the Trade
Marks Office, Antigna, of opposition
to registration of the said Trade
Mark.

H. S. L. MOSELEY,
Registrar of Trade Marks.

LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THE REGISTRATION OF UNITED
KINGDOM PATENTS ACT,
1925.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
that ROBERT LEGGAT and GEORGE
LAWTON have applied for registra-
tion in the Leeward Islands of
United Kingdom Patent No. 654,522
dated the 15th day of November,
1951 and issued on the 17th day of
October, 1951 and have filed in the
Registrar’s Office at the Court House,
St. John’s, Antigua, a complete
copy of the specifications and the
certificate of the Comptroller General
of the United Kingdom Patent Office
giving full particulars of this patent
which will be open to public
inspection at the said office at any
time between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m. on working days except
on Thursdays and Saturdays when
the hours will be from 10 a.m. to
12 noon.

Any person may within two
months from the date of this adver-
tisement give notice to the Registrar
of opposition to the issue of a
certificate of registration upon any
of the grounds prescribed in section
10 of the Patents Act, 1906, for
opposition to the grant of Letters
Patent.

Dated the 16th
1954.

 

day of October,

H. 8. L. MOSELEY,
Chief Registrar.
Registrar’s Office,
Court House,
St. John’s, Antigurt.

 

RAINFALL FIGURES.
Central Experiment Station,

 

Antigua.

1950, 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954,

Jan, 5.4L 3.60 2.41 1.938 3.94
Feb 2.52 188 1.60 1.02 2.45
Mar. 158 1.09 1.62 5.60 1.08
Apr. 244 216 Bld 2.06 49
May 2.06 10.54 3.07 1,50 3.83
June 166 2.74 5.74 131 3.32
July 1.85 3.28 8.38 3.20 3.47
Aug. 10.71 9.18 8.43 3.15 5.93
Sept. 6.34 12.06 5.55 2.10 9.91
Oct. 23rd 2.62 3.20 3.23 Ao WN
37.19 49.73 43.17 22.36 38.0%

Psinted at the Government Printing Office, Leeward Islands, by E. M. Blackman, E.D,

Government Printer.—By Authority,
1954

[Price 4 cents.]