1708
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

1. A rock, with 8 ft. of water over it at low water springs, 1½ cables S. 55° W. of Crater Head; the high part of N.E. Islet being in line with the head.

2. A rock, with 5 ft. of water over it at low water springs, 1 cable east ½ north from outer rock off S.E. point of Great Island.

3. A rock, with 4 ft. of water over it at low water springs, 2½ cables east from the same outer rock as the above.

The several islands and rocks forming the group are not plotted correctly relative to one another.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1512 and 2525; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. ii, page 31.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 60 of 1911.

UNCHARTED ROCK, BAY OF ISLANDS.—NORTH-EAST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th May, 1911.

CAPTAIN BOLLONS, of the Government steamer “Hinemoa,” reports that an uncharted rock exists inside the Twins Rock, Bay of Islands. The rock is awash at low water spring tides, and lies N. 33° W., distant 350 ft. off the point of the mainland; the Twins being on the same bearing.

Midway between the rock and the Twins there is 19 fathoms, and equidistant between this sounding and the Twins 17 fathoms, and 16 fathoms between the 19 fathoms cast and the awash rock and a perfectly clear passage.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1090 and 2525; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. iii, page 68.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice of Half-holiday (for Boys under Eighteen Years of Age and Women), in the Borough of Roxburgh, under the Factories Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the Borough of Roxburgh has been taken on a proposal that the weekly half-holiday provided for by section 35 of the Factories Act, 1908, should be allowed in that borough on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that borough: And whereas a majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the said proposal:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 36 of the Factories Act, 1908, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that, on and after the 1st day of June, 1911, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and women) under the Factories Act, 1908, shall be allowed in the Borough of Roxburgh on the same day as that appointed from time to time as the statutory closing-day for shops in the said borough, instead of on Saturday.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday appointed for shops in the Borough of Roxburgh is at present Thursday.

Notice of Half-holiday (for Boys under Eighteen Years of Age and Women), in the City of Nelson, under the Factories Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the City of Nelson has been taken on a proposal that the weekly half-holiday provided for by section 35 of the Factories Act, 1908, should be allowed in that city on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that city: And whereas a majority of the votes given at such poll were against the said proposal:

Now, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (4) of section 36 of the Factories Act, 1908, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that, on and after the 22nd day of May, 1911, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and women) under the Factories Act, 1908, shall be allowed in the City of Nelson on Saturday in accordance with that Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Appointing Thursday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Oamaru.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Oamaru has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Oamaru is in favour of Thursday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Oamaru.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1911, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the City of Nelson.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the City of Nelson has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the City of Nelson is in favour of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the City of Nelson.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1911, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Wellington.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the City of Wellington has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Combined District of Wellington, comprising the City of Wellington, the Boroughs of Onslow, Karori, and Miramar, and the Town District of Johnsonville, is in favour of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in that combined district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Combined District of Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of May, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1911, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)