Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 727

5.30 p.m. on all week-days during the year, except on Thursdays at 12.30 p.m. and Saturdays at 9 p.m. :

And whereas the Waitara Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the retail shops, as mentioned above, within the Borough of Waitara :

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 19th day of February, 1912, all shops, excepting those of bakers, butchers, chemists, confectioners, fishmongers, fruiterers, hairdressers, and tobacconists, in the Borough of Waitara shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted the 20th July, 1911, fixing the closing-hours of the same shops (but not excepting bakers’ and hairdressers’) is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of February, 1912.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Title of “Honourable” conferred upon Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

THE following despatch and enclosure, from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Justice.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 22nd December, 1911.

MY LORD,—With reference to Your Lordship’s telegram of the 21st September, I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that the King has been pleased to approve of the use and recognition throughout His Majesty’s Dominions of the title of “Honourable” in the case of the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

I enclose a copy of the notice which will be published in the London Gazette.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Islington,
K.C.M.G., D.S.O., &c.

30837/1911. Downing Street, December, 1911.

THE King has been pleased to approve of the use and recognition throughout His Majesty’s Dominions during tenure of office of the title of “Honourable” in the case of the Chief Justices and Judges of the undermentioned Courts :—

Australia.

The High Court of Australia.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales.
The Supreme Court of Victoria.
The Supreme Court of Queensland.
The Supreme Court of South Australia.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia.
The Supreme Court of Tasmania.

New Zealand.

The Supreme Court of New Zealand.

South Africa.

The Supreme Court of South Africa.

Newfoundland.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

A similar recognition of the title will be accorded in the case of retired Chief Justices and Judges of those Courts who have been or who may hereafter be permitted to bear it after retirement.

The following have received permission to bear the title after retirement :—

SIR JAMES PRENDERGAST, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
SIR MATTHEW HENRY STEPHEN, formerly Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
SIR WILLIAM OWEN, formerly Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Results of Licensing Poll, 1911.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th February, 1912.

THE accompanying returns, compiled from particulars furnished by the several Returning Officers, are published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Justice.

RETURN showing NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED, &c., in each Licensing District at the NATIONAL PROHIBITION POLL taken under the Provisions of the Licensing Act, 1908, and the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, on 7th December, 1911.