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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Hawksbury under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Hawksbury, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the borough shall be closed at 6 p.m. on four days in the week, viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 9 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock on Wednesdays, the weekly half-holiday (Christmas and New Year’s Eves to be excepted): And whereas the Hawksbury Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the borough:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 1st day of November, 1906, all shops in the Hawksbury Borough shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of October, 1906.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Colony of New Zealand from the 17th day of April, 1906, to the 15th day of October, 1906, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.)

£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 14,675 14 4
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 130,133 7 5
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 1,144,064 8 6
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 657,033 2 2

Total liabilities within the colony £1,945,906 12 5

£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. 515,661 15 7
Landed property (bank premises) .. 44,033 0 1
Notes and bills of other banks .. 26,177 5 11
Balances due from other banks ..
Debts due to the corporation, including
notes, bills, and other securities .. 2,720,638 15 1

Total assets within the colony £3,306,510 16 8

H. K. BETHUNE, Acting Inspector.
JNO. A. MACLEOD, Accountant.

20th October, 1906.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 10th and 11th of December, 1906.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 8th of November, 1906.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 11th October, 1906.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1906.

THE Pride of Brooklyn Lodge, No. 58, situated at Brooklyn (Wellington), is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 15th day of October, 1906.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Compilation Act, 1905.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 24th October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Wellington Letterpress Printers’, Machinists’, and Lithographers’ Industrial Union of Workers, No. 255, situated at Wellington, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery Superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1906.

EXAMINATIONS of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 22nd January, 1907, and following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary to the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received before the 22nd December. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspectors of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1906.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1907, at Greymouth and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary to the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 3rd January, 1907. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspectors of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]