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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Grocers' and Ironmongers' Shops in the Borough of Ashburton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of groceries and ironmongery in the Ashburton Borough, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 1 p.m.; Saturday, 9.30 p.m.: And whereas the Ashburton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of groceries and ironmongery within the Ashburton Borough:

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 23rd day of August, 1909, all such shops within the Borough of Ashburton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of August, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Cycle-dealers' Shops in the Borough of Ashburton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of cycles and accessories in the Ashburton Borough, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 1 p.m.; Saturday, 9.30 p.m.: And whereas the Ashburton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of cycles and accessories within the Borough of Ashburton:

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 23rd day of August, 1909, all such shops in the Borough of Ashburton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of August, 1909.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Lands for a Road in Block IV, Onamalutu Survey District, Pelorus Road District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block IV, Onamalutu Survey District, Pelorus Road District, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Kaituna, and is there open for inspection. And notice is also hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Marlborough Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

• As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1909.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF POLICE-STATION AT SHANNON.

Accepted.

Townshend and Johnston, Wellington .. 720 1 6

Declined.

Spiers, A., Foxton .. .. 758 5 0
Adams, William, Palmerston North .. .. 815 0 0
McKechnie, A., Wellington .. .. 819 6 0
Rolfe, Frank, Palmerston North .. .. 856 0 0
Wright, John, Ohakune .. .. 872 0 0
Robbie, W., Palmerston North .. .. 880 0 0
Williams, T. A., Levin .. .. 869 0 0
Edwards, W. H., and Son, Wellington .. 928 13 1
Sykes, G., Lower Hutt .. .. 929 0 0
McLean and Gray, Wellington .. .. 1,095 0 0
Stanford, Jos., Wellington .. .. 1,157 0 0
McLean, Donald, Wellington .. .. 1,185 0 0

Government Insurance Department. — Agency opened at Pihama.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 12th August, 1909.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, PIHAMA,

as from the 16th August, 1909.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Tenders for Inland Mail-service, Fairlie—Hermitage.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1909.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post-office, Timaru, until noon on Thursday, 16th September, 1909, for the conveyance of mails by coach or motor-car between the undermentioned places for a period of six years from 1st November, 1909, to 31st October, 1915:—

Postal District of Timaru.—Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke’s Pass, Lake Tekapo, Balmoral, Lake Pukaki, and Hermitage, from 1st November to 30th April, twice weekly; Fairlie, Kimbell, Burke’s Pass, Lake Tekapo, Balmoral, and Lake Pukaki, from 1st May to 31st October, once weekly; also Fairlie, Kimbell, and Burke’s Pass, from 1st May to 31st October, once weekly.

[NOTE.—The Government-owned stables at Glentanner (four stalls), and at the Hermitage (four stalls), may be hired from the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts by the successful contractor during the term of his contract at a nominal rental.]

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The attention of intending tenderers is specially directed to the terms and conditions of contract printed on pages 4 and 5 of the tender-forms.

The mode of conveyance to be either by coach or by motor-car. The successful tenderer will be required to show that he is in a position to satisfactorily carry out the service. The number of horses to be used in a coach service and the horse-power and number of motor-cars to be stated.