JULY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2261

Appointment of District Health Officer.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th July, 1913.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment to the Public Service:—

KENNETH ROSS, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.,

to be a District Health Officer, as from the 18th day of July, 1913.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Officer dismissed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st July, 1913.

THE Public Service Commissioner has dismissed the following officer from the Public Service:—

JOSEPH ANDREW BEDDOWS,

lately a Wardsmen in the Tourist and Health Resorts Department at Rotorua, as from the 10th day of May, 1913.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th July, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Park and Alfred Streets, in the Town of Hikurangi Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th July, 1913.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Park and Alfred Streets, in the Town of Hikurangi Extension No. 2, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Boot, Shoe, and Footwear Retailers’ Shops in the City of Christchurch under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the City of Christchurch carrying on business as retailers of boots, shoes, and footwear, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows—at 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at 9 p.m. on Fridays, and at 1 p.m. on Saturdays: And whereas the Christchurch City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all boot, shoe, and other footwear shops within the City of Christchurch:

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 28th day of July, 1913, all boot, shoe, and other footwear shops in the City of Christchurch shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The statutory half-holiday is on Saturday from 1 p.m.

The notice gazetted on 12th day of June, 1906, fixing the closing-hours of all shops selling footwear usually sold by boot and shoe shops is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of July, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Prohibiting Money-order and Postal Correspondence for G. Hawken, Christchurch.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in receiving money as the consideration for an assurance or agreement implied to pay money on events relating to horse-races, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

G. HAWKEN, Christchurch.

Dated this 17th day of July, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Applications invited for the Positions of Clerks to assist the Audit Inspectors at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th July, 1913.

1. APPLICATIONS, to be made on forms obtainable at this office, will be received up till noon on the 31st instant, for the positions of Clerks to assist the Audit Inspectors at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and marked “Application for Position of Clerk to assist Audit Inspector.”

3. Applications must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

4. Preference will be given to fourth or fifth year officers who have some knowledge of accounting. Transfers to these positions will be considered as promotion and a special increment granted.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Matron of the Te Waikato Sanatorium.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th July, 1913.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received at this office up till the 26th instant for the position of Matron of the Te Waikato Sanatorium.

2. Applicants must possess the following qualifications:—

(a.) A certificate of training as a nurse and registration under the New Zealand Nurses Registration Act, 1908.

(b.) Actual experience as matron of an institution and of control of a nursing and domestic staff.

(c.) Knowledge of housekeeping.

3. Applications must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

4. Salary, £150 per annum, General Division. Appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Vacancies for Cadetships in the Public Service, 1914.

Public Service Commissioner’s Office,
Wellington, 18th July, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that as the number of female applicants already qualified for cadetships in the Public Service very greatly exceeds the number of suitable vacancies likely to occur for them in 1913 and 1914, it has been decided not to admit female candidates to the Public Service Entrance Examination of November, 1913.

This notification does not effect the admission of girls to the Intermediate Examination (for scholarships, senior free place, and other purposes) to be held at the same time as the Public Service Entrance Examination, as separately notified by the Inspector-General of Schools (New Zealand Gazette, May 1st, 1913).

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.