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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

SCHEDULE.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 25th day of February, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road through Ohura South “M” No. 3 Block, Block XIV, Tuhua Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 9th day of July, 1906, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 1st day of June, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the said road is delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Shops in the Papakura Town District under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Papakura Town District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops within the town district shall be closed in the evening of every working-day at 6 p.m., except Tuesday, when the closing-hour is 1 p.m. for the half-holiday, and on Saturday at 9 p.m.: And whereas the Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all shops within the Papakura Town District:

Now, therefore, I, John George Findlay, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 8th day of March, 1909, all shops in the Papakura Town District shall be closed at 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays; and at 9 p.m. on Saturdays.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Booksellers and Newsagents’ Shops in the City of Nelson under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the booksellers and newsagents’ shops in the City of Nelson, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6 p.m.; Wednesday (being statutory half-holiday) at 1 p.m.; Saturday, 9.30 p.m., New Year and Christmas eves to be exempted: And whereas the Nelson City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the booksellers and newsagents’ shops, combined and separately, in the City of Nelson:

Now, therefore, I, John George Findlay, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that from and after the 8th day of March, 1909, all booksellers and newsagents’ shops, combined and separately, in the City of Nelson shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 12th day of March, 1908, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the City of Nelson is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Labour.

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1909.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Hopelands Drainage District, County of Woodville:
George Buchanan.

Fencourt Drainage District, Counties of Waikato and Piako:
Sidney Harbutt.
Benjamin McGhie.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend George Craig Cruickshank.
The Reverend Francis Graham Harvie.
The Reverend Cecil William Howard.
The Reverend Clive Mortimer Jones.
The Reverend Henry Norman Roberts.
The Rev. Edward Herbert Strong.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend Harold Sharp.
The Reverend George Knowles Smith.

Salvation Army.

Adjutant Frank E. Melksham.
Adjutant John H. Powick.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1909.

AT the request of the Provincial Commander, the following names have been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers in connection with the Salvation Army, under “The Marriage Act, 1908,” for the year 1909:—

Adjutant George Dickens.
Adjutant Donald Macaulay.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.