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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Period of System.

Flash 0·3 seconds
Eclipse 2·7 seconds

Total 3·0 seconds

Charts affected: No. 1034, Cape Naturaliste to King George Sound. No. 2619, King George Sound. No. 1418, Princess Royal Harbour.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Harbour and Light,
Fremantle, 12th October, 1911.

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QUEENSLAND.—CHANNEL INTO PORT ALMA, KEPPEL BAY.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners Nos. 15 and 16 of 1911, in regard to the channel into Port Alma, notice is hereby given that, in order to mark the shoal water recently revealed by an examination of the locality, a black buoy has been placed on the extreme western edge of the rocky patch off Cardigan Point in 26 ft. at low water and about 200 ft. east of the Port Alma line of leads.

To mark an encroachment of shallow water in the channel near Shell Point, the red buoy off that point has been removed, and is now moored about 150 ft. north-west of the Port Alma line of leads.

Charts affected: Nos. 345 and 363; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 30th October, 1911.

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Notice to Mariners No. 151 of 1911.

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AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—CHANGE OF BUOYAGE OFF ROUGH ROCK.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th December, 1911.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that a black and white horizontal striped spherical buoy will be moored over Rough Rock on or about 20th December, 1911.

The red buoy now marking Rough Rock will be moved outward to a position marking the shoal-ground with 3¾ fathoms over it (see Notice to Mariners No. 136 of 1911), bearing N. 61° 15′ E. (true) from Rough Rock 1 5/6 cables, Bean Rock Lighthouse bearing S. 20° 20′ E. (true) 11 cables.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 36; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, page 320.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Notice to Mariners No. 153 of 1911.

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HOKIANGA BAR.—CHANGES IN CHANNEL.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1911.

THE Harbourmaster at Hokianga reports that recent westerly gales have shoaled North Channel, and opened old South Channel with flagstaff bearing about N.E., which now carries 17 ft. L.W.S. There are very material changes re plan published in “New Zealand Nautical Almanac” for 1912. It is expected that the Government steamer “Hinemoa” will have taken soundings this week, after which a further notice will be gazetted.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2525 and 1091A; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, p. 201; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, p. 333 and plan facing p. 332.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of House-furnishing Shops in the City of Wellington under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the house-furnishing shops in the City of Wellington, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 6 p.m.: And whereas the Wellington City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the house-furnishing shops within the City of Wellington:

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 11th day of December, 1911, all such shops in the City of Wellington shall be closed in accordance with such requisition. This notice, however, will not permit the occupier of any such shop to remain open after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the statutory closing-day for the district, unless he is entitled to close on Saturday in lieu thereof in accordance with section 11 of the Act.

Dated at Dunedin, this 6th day of December, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Hairdressers’ and Tobacconists’ Shops in the Borough of Timaru under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops, combined and separately, in the Borough of Timaru, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 6 o’clock; Thursday, 1 o’clock; Friday, 6 o’clock; Saturday, 10 o’clock: And whereas the Timaru Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops, combined and separately, within the Borough of Timaru:

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 11th day of December, 1911, all such shops in the Borough of Timaru shall be closed in accordance with such requisition. The notice gazetted on the 26th March, 1908, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Dunedin, this 6th day of December, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Pork-butcher’s Shops in the Borough of Palmerston North under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the pork-butcher’s shops in the Borough of Palmerston North, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, at 9 o’clock; Wednesdays, 1 o’clock; Saturdays, 10.30 o’clock: And whereas the Palmerston North Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the pork-butcher’s shops within the Borough of Palmerston North:

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 11th day of December, 1911, all such shops in the Borough of Palmerston North shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

This notice supersedes that gazetted on 9th March, 1911, fixing the closing-hours of certain shops within the borough.

Dated at Dunedin, this 7th day of December, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Booksellers’, Tobacconists’, Hairdressers’, and Fancy-goods Dealers’ Shops in the Mackenzie County under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Mackenzie County wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of books, tobacco, hairdressers’ requisites; and fancy-goods, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the county shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9 p.m.; Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Saturdays,