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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 12

23318, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Waitara Survey District for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1903,” and “The Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1906,” to take for scenery-preservation purposes the land described in the Schedule hereto. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Waitara, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking thereof, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land required to be taken:—

In the Land District of Taranaki; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23324, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, this nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Authorising Sale of Land in Block II, Paekakariki Survey District.

WHEREAS by section 51 of “The Railways Construction and Land Act, 1881,” it is enacted that if it is found that any land taken under the said Act is not required for railway purposes, it may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Works publicly notified and gazetted, be sold by public auction: And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is not now required for railway purposes, and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Limited) has applied for permission to sell it: Now, therefore, I, William Hall-Jones, the Minister for Public Works, in exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, do hereby consent to the said land being sold in the manner prescribed by and subject to the conditions of section 51 of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

In the Land District of Wellington; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23376, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th February, 1908.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

IPI LI REEF BEACON.—PRINCE OF WALES CHANNEL, TORRES STRAIT.

Notice is hereby given that the red triangular beacon marking Ipili Reef is down. It will be re-erected as soon as practicable.

Charts affected: Nos. 447, 2351, and 2375; “Australia Directory,” Vol. II.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 10th January, 1908.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—PEA (P) REEF BEACON.

It has been reported that the beacon on the eastern extremity of Pea (P) Reef is down. The beacon will be re-erected as soon as practicable.

Chart affected: No. 2921; “Australia Directory,” Vol. II.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 27th January, 1908.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1909.

CAUTION ABOUT WAITAU RIVER ENTRANCE LIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1908.

MARINERS are cautioned not to take the bar on the two green lights placed on the South Spit until they see the two red leading-lights at tide-time, as the two green lights may occasionally be left burning owing to bad weather.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 695; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. vi, p. 199; “New Zealand Almanac,” 1908, p. 284.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice of Half-holiday (for Boys under Eighteen Years of Age and Women) in the Borough of Gisborne under the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, Section 15.

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the Borough of Gisborne has been taken on a proposal that the weekly half-holiday provided for by section 33 of “The Factories Act, 1901,” should be allowed in that borough on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that borough: And whereas a majority of the votes given at such poll were against the said proposal: Now, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (4) of section 15 of the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that on and after the 24th day of February, 1908, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and women) under “The Factories Act, 1901,” shall be allowed in the Borough of Gisborne on Saturday, in accordance with that Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Half-holiday (for Boys under Eighteen Years of Age and Women) in the Borough of Geraldine under the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, Section 15.

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the Geraldine Borough has been taken on a proposal that the weekly half-holiday provided for by section 33 of “The Factories Act, 1901,” should be allowed in that borough on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that borough: And whereas a majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the said proposal: Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 15 of the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that on and after the 24th day of February, 1908, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and