Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 413

Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1904.

BLUFF HARBOUR. — BLASTING OPERATIONS. — REMOVAL OF WESTERN REEF AND MID-CHANNEL ROCK.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd February, 1904.

THE Bluff Harbour Board have notified that during the blasting operations now being conducted at what is known as the Western Reef and Mid-channel Rock, at the entrance to Bluff Harbour, three cask buoys, painted black, have been placed on the south side of the channel to define the locality of the operations.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice as to Days for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule :

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops in the said respective districts shall be closed.

SCHEDULE.

Balclutha . . . . Wednesday.
Blenheim . . . . "
Brunner ton . . . . "
Bull’s . . . . "
Cambridge . . . . "
Campbelltown . . . . "
Devonport . . . . "
Halcombe . . . . "
Hawksbury . . . . "
Hokitika . . . . . . "
Kaikora North . . . . "
Kaitangata . . . . "
Kumara . . . . . . "
Mataura . . . . . . "
Milton . . . . "
Motueka . . . . . . "
Napier . . . . "
Newmarket . . . . . . "
Normanby . . . . . . "
Onehunga . . . . . . "
Opotiki . . . . "
Opunake . . . . . . "
Pahiatua . . . . "
Palmerston North . . . . "
Riverton . . . . "
Rotorua . . . . "
Tapanui . . . . "
Taradale . . . . "
Waihi . . . . "
Waipawa . . . . . . "
Winton . . . . "
Woodville . . . . . . "
Akaroa . . . . Thursday.
Alexandra South . . . . "
Featherston . . . . "
Gisborne . . . . "
Greytown . . . . "
Kaiapoi . . . . "
Kamo . . . . "
Kihikihi . . . . "
Naseby . . . . "
Oamaru . . . . "
Picton . . . . "
Rangiora . . . . "
Tauranga . . . . "
Thames . . . . "
Waitara . . . . "
Wanganui . . . . "
Westport. . . . . . . "
Amberley . . . . Saturday.
Outram . . . . "

Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities me hereto enabling, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purposes of that Act by the Boroughs of Invercargill, East Invercargill, North Invercargill, South Invercargill, Avenal, and Gladstone (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day on which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities me hereto enabling, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purposes of that Act by the Boroughs of the City of Auckland, Parnell, Newmarket, and Grey Lynn (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day on which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities me hereto enabling, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purposes of that Act by the Boroughs of the City of Wellington, Onslow, and Karori, and the Township of Johnsonville (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day on which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and of all other powers and authorities me hereto enabling, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purposes of that Act by the Boroughs of the City of Christchurch, Woolston, Sumner, Lyttelton, and New Brighton (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Thursday to be the day on which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1904.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister of Labour.