MAY 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

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

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 Timaru has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Timaru 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, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Timaru.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1913, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Kaitangata.

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 Kaitangata has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Kaitangata 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, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Kaitangata.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1913, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Milton.

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 Milton has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Milton 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, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Milton.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1913, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Thursday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Wanganui.

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 Wanganui has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Combined District of Wanganui, comprising the Borough of Wanganui and the Town District of Gonville, is in favour of Thursday 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, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the Combined District of Wanganui.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1913, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Christchurch.

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 Mayor of the City of Christchurch has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Combined District of Christchurch, comprising the City of Christchurch and the Boroughs of Riccarton, Spreydon, and Woolston, is in favour of Saturday 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, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the Combined District of Christchurch.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1913, and continues in force until another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

Varied Notice fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Stationers, News-agents, and Fancy-goods Dealers’, and (2) Watchmakers and Jewellers’ Shops in the Borough of Taumarunui, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the (1) stationers, news-agents, and fancy-goods dealers’, and (2) watchmakers and jewellers’ shops in the Borough of Taumarunui, has been forwarded to me desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays, 8.30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 1 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 8.30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 p.m.:

And whereas the Taumarunui Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of all the shops in each of the trades referred to within the Borough of Taumarunui:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 26th day of May, 1913, all such shops in the Borough of Taumarunui shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on 27th April, 1911, is hereby varied accordingly in so far as (1) news-agents’ and fancy-goods dealers’, and (2) jewellers’ shops are concerned.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of May, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Amending Regulations for the Carriage of Timber on Decks of Vessels.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the 26th day of April, 1911, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the 4th day of the following month, regulations were made governing the issue of licenses for the carriage of cargo and live-stock on the decks of vessels: