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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Notice to Mariners No. 13 of 1912.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—MOORING-BUOY PLACED IN SHOAL BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th February, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that a large mooring-buoy, painted black, for the Union Steam Ship Company, has been laid in Shoal Bay in 4 fathoms of water at L.W.S.T. From the buoy Stokes Point Trig. bears 279° (true) S. 84° W. (magnetic). Centre of Bayswater Wharf 20° (true) N. 4° 50′ E. (magnetic).

Masters of vessels, boatmen, &c., are warned to keep clear of the buoy.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 42.

J. A. MILLAR.

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

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the Town District of Otatau 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 town district on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that town district: 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 35 of the Factories Act, 1908, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that, on and after the 1st day of March, 1912, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and women), under the Factories Act, 1908, shall be allowed in the Town District of Otatau on the same day as that appointed from time to time as the statutory closing-day for shops in the said town district, instead of on Saturday.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1912.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

.NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday appointed for shops in the Town District of Otatau is at present Wednesday.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of certain Shops in the Town District of Waipukurau under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops excepting hairdressers’, tobacconists’, fruiterers’, confectioners’, and restaurant proprietors in the Town District of Waipukurau, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 1 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Waipukurau Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops stated within the Town District of Waipukurau:

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 12th day of February, 1912, all shops excepting hairdressers’, tobacconists’, fruiterers’, confectioners’, and restaurant proprietors in the Town District of Waipukurau shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1912.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Tokaanu Township for the Purposes of a Post-office.

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 post-office in the Township of Tokaanu, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Tokaanu, and is there open for inspec-
tion; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days of the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

In the Land District of Wellington; 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.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 2nd day of February, 1912.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

The Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, Section 2.—License to construct and use Electric Lines.

Office of the Minister of Public Works,
Wellington, 6th January, 1912.

EVERY application for a license to construct and use electric lines for lighting and other purposes under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, must be made in writing to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, and be accompanied by plans showing the proposed area of supply, the position of the power-house and substations, and the route or routes of the electric lines, indicating in each case where the lines cross telegraph and telephone lines, railways, and tramways, and full particulars as regards,—

1. System of supply.
2. Voltage of generation, transmission, and supply.
3. Frequency or periodicity (if alternating).

NOTE.—In order to standardize the conditions as far as possible throughout the Dominion, it is suggested that when convenient the three-phase four-wire system be adopted for distribution at a frequency of 50 cycles per second, with a voltage of 230 between each phase and the neutral for lighting purposes and small motors, and 400 volts between phases for supply to large motors.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1911, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1912.
2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.
3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.