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borough, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the town district shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, at the hour of 6 o'clock in the evening ; Saturday, at the hour of 9 o'clock in the evening; and on Thursday, the statutory closing-day, at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon : And whereas the Martinborough Town Board 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 drapery, or of clothing and mercery, or of millinery, or of grocery, or of ironmongery, or of crockery, in the Martinborough Town District :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of "The Shops and Offices Act, 1908," do hereby direct that, from and after the 21st day of February, 1910, all such shops in the Martinborough Town District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,

Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice (No. 2) fixing Closing-hours of Grocers' and Storekeepers' Shops in the Borough of New Brighton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' and storekeepers' shops in the Borough of New Brighton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: During the months of March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m., on Wednesdays at 1 p.m., on Saturdays at 9.30 p.m.; during the months of November, December, January, February, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m., on Wednesdays at 1 p.m., on Saturdays at 10 p.m. And whereas the New Brighton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers' and storekeepers' shops in the Borough of New Brighton:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of "The Shops and Offices Act, 1908," do hereby direct that, from and after the 21st day of February, 1910, all grocers' and storekeepers' shops in the Borough of New Brighton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted the 11th day of February, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the borough, is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,

Minister of Labour.

Notice of Taking and Laying-off of a Road through Tatara-o-Kina Block, Blocks III and IX, Waitara Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under authority of section 93 of "The Public Works Act, 1908," that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 22nd day of April, 1909, 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 20th day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate Area of the Being Parcels of Situated in Coloured on Land required Being Portion of Survey Block Plan of to be taken. of District

A R P.

20 2 7 Tatara-o-Kina III & Waitara.. P.W.D. Red. Block IX 25631

In the Hawke's Bay 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 Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Dated this 10th day of February, 1910.

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land for the Preservation of Scenery in Blocks VIII and XII, Maungakaretu, and Blocks V and IX, Ohinewairua Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1908," to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the preservation of scenery. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Taihape, 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 of such land, 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.

The parcels of land required to be taken :-

Approximate of the Being Portion of Situated in Coloured on Area Parcels of Block Survey Plan Land required to be taken. of

A. R. P.

70 3 0 Raketapauma 2B VIII Maungakaretu Green. No. 1

61 3 5 Ngaurukehu A XII Ditto .. Red. No. 10, Sub. 1

20 3 36 Ngaurukehu A " " Pink. No. 10, Sub. 2

61 2 30-3 Motukawa 2B No. 7 V & Ohinewairua Yellow. IX rua

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25522, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

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

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block IX, Rotoma Survey District, for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1908," to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for scenery-preservation purposes. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Rotoiti, 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 of such land, 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.

The parcels of land required to be taken:-

Approximate Area of each Being Part of Situated in Coloured on of the Parcels of Block Survey Plan Land required of to be taken.

A. R. P.

73 3 39 Te Rotoiti Blocks IX Rotoma .. Red. Nos. 6 and 7, No. 6587 (red)

52 1 36 Tautara Block " " Purple. No. 6524 (red)

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25028, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above.

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

R. McKENZIE,

Minister of Public Works.