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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 15

" Particulars shall be appended to the application containing—
"(1.) A concise statement of the circumstances under which the application is made, and the relief or order claimed;
"(2.) The date of service on the employer of notice of the accident, or, if no notice has been served, the reason for such omission; and
"(3.) The full names and addresses of the respondents.
"3. The application shall be according to such of the forms 1 to 4 in the Schedule hereto as may be applicable, with such modifications as the nature of the case requires.
"4. The claimant shall deliver to the Clerk with the application three copies thereof, for the use of the Arbitration Court, and a copy for each respondent to be served.
"6. Where the claimant is illiterate and unable to furnish the required information in writing, the request and particulars and copies shall be filled up by the Clerk."

NOTE.—Forms 1 to 4 referred to in clause 3 may be obtained from the Clerk of Awards, at the Supreme Court, or by application to the nearest Inspector of Factories.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Amending Regulations under "The Factories Act, 1901," and Amendments.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by "The Factories Act, 1901," and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby revoke Regulation No. 6 of the regulations made under the said Act on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of December then instant, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation following, viz.:

6. The notice required to be exhibited under section 17 of "The Factories Act, 1901," as amended, shall be in the form marked E in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
Form E.

[Coat-of-arms.]
NEW ZEALAND.

"The Factories Act, 1901," Section 17.

NAME and address of the Inspector of the district:
Name and address of the medical authority (if any) for the district:
Official address of local authority:

• Holidays of factory: Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, the Sovereign's birthday; and also every Saturday (or other day as may be decided under section 15, Factories Amendment Act, 1907) from 1 o'clock p.m.
• For boys under eighteen years of age and women.
  Working-hours of factory:
  Statement of procedure required to be observed in order to claim compensation under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act. (See form of statement attached hereto.)

Occupier of Factory.

NOTE.—"The Factories Act, 1901," section 35, provides as follows:
"(1.) Wages for each whole or half holiday shall, in the case of each boy under eighteen years of age or woman, be at the same rate as for ordinary working-days, and shall be paid at the first regular pay-day thereafter.
"(2.) This section shall apply to every boy under eighteen years of age or woman who is paid by time-wages, whatever the time, and has been employed in the factory for at least twenty days during the four weeks next preceding the whole holiday, or for at least five days during the month next preceding the half-holiday, whether such employment has been on consecutive days or not, and whether the person employed has been continuously in the service of the occupier or not."

STATEMENT SHOWING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAIMING COMPENSATION UNDER "THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS ACT, 1900," AND AMENDMENTS.

Notice of Accident.

1. To be given as soon as practicable (1900, section 12), and signed either by the worker or by any person in his behalf (1900, section 13), giving (1) name and address of person injured, (2) cause and nature of injury, (3) date and locality, and to be served on the employer or employers, or any one of them (1900, section 13).

Claim for Compensation.

2. To be made within three months; or in case of death, six months (1900. section 12); or notice of intention to make claim may first be given to employer within the prescribed three months, in which case the time for making claim is extended by one month (1904, section 4).

APPLICATION FOR ARBITRATION.

If the claim is not settled by agreement an application for arbitration may be made by the worker, or his dependants, or an agent appointed in writing by any of them, or by a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court, in accordance with clauses 1 to 4 and 6 of the regulations, viz.:—

EXTRACT FROM REGULATIONS.

(Application for Arbitration.)

"1. An application … shall be made by the claimant filing with the Clerk of Awards of the Arbitration Court … an application for arbitration. (See clause 3.)
"2. Particulars shall be appended to the application containing—
"(1.) A concise statement of the circumstances under which the application is made, and the relief or order claimed;
"(2.) The date of service on the employer of notice of the accident, or, if no notice has been served, the reason for such omission; and
"(3.) The full names and addresses of the respondents.
"3. The application shall be according to such of the forms 1 to 4 in the Schedule hereto as may be applicable, with such modifications as the nature of the case requires.
"4. The claimant shall deliver to the Clerk with the application three copies thereof, for the use of the Arbitration Court, and a copy for each respondent to be served.
"6. Where the claimant is illiterate and unable to furnish the required information in writing, the request and particulars and copies shall be filled up by the Clerk."

NOTE.—Forms 1 to 4 referred to in clause 3 may be obtained from the Clerk of Awards, at the Supreme Court, or by application to the nearest Inspector of Factories.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Registrars of Electors, Wanganui, Masterton, and Patea Electoral Districts, appointed.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS DICK CUMMINS

to be Registrar of Electors under "The Electoral Act, 1905," for the Electoral District of Wanganui, vice W. Trimble, resigned; also to appoint

MICHAEL FOLEY

to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Masterton, vice E. Rawson, transferred; also to appoint

DAVID WILLIAM MASON

to be Registrar of Electors under the said Act for the Electoral District of Patea, vice M. Foley, transferred.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint

AUGUSTUS HAMILTON, Esq., and JOHN YOUNG, Esq.,

to be members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute, as constituted under "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1903."

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.