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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Boot and Shoe Dealers' Shops in the Borough of Petone under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the boot and shoe dealers' shops in the Borough of Petone, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed at 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 10 p.m. on Saturdays: And whereas the Petone Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the boot and shoe dealers' 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 25th day of February, 1907, all boot and shoe dealers' shops in the Petone Borough shall be closed in accordance with such requisition. The weekly half-holiday is on Wednesday.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Taihape 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 Taihape, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops within the said borough shall be closed in the evening on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday in each week at 6 o'clock, on Saturday at 9.30 o'clock, and on Thursday at 1 o'clock (being the statutory half holiday): And whereas the Taihape Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within 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 25th day of February, 1907, all shops in the Taihape Borough shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Authorising the Laying-off of Streets in the Township of Bayfield Extension of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 11th February, 1907.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the streets in the Township of Bayfield Extension, Otago Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1907.

THE Island Bay Lodge, No. 57, situated at Island Bay, 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 13th day of February, 1907.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1907.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intitled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Charles Edward Davidson.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 40 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being eastern portion of Allotment 17 and western portion of Allotment 18, in the Parish of Maungataniwha and Provincial District of Auckland. The grantee is one Henry Clay Nathan, described as of Auckland, clerk, who cannot now be traced. And also to the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, and being middle portion of Section 17, in the Parish of Maungataniwha and Provincial District of Auckland. The grantee is Alfred Longbottom, described as of Newmarket, Auckland, farm labourer, who cannot now be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described lands is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land, or some part or parts thereof, specified in this notice; and if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 7th day of February, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the deceased persons whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Charles Blanchard, late of Hawera, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 29th day of January, 1907.

George Alfred George, late of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, bar-tender. Filed on the 29th day of January, 1907.

George Sykes, late of Dannevirke, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, contractor. Filed on the 31st day of January, 1907.

Robert Gainsford, late of Woolston, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, estate agent. Filed on the 6th day of February, 1907.

Mabel Beatrice Kearney, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, spinster. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

Joseph Jenner, late of Sydenham, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, shoemaker. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

Howard Lear, late of Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago, old-age pensioner. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

George Roxborough, late of Waihi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

Albert Edward Newdick, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

Sarah Milne, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.