Nov. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4177

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Booksellers and Stationers’ and Fancy-goods Dealers’ Shops in the Borough of Timaru, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the booksellers and stationers’ and fancy-goods dealers’ shops in the Borough of Timaru, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6 o’clock; Thursday at 1 o’clock; and Saturday at 10 o’clock: excepting between the 14th and 23rd of December in each year, when the hour for closing shall be 9 o’clock on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve the closing-hour shall be 11 o’clock:

And whereas the Timaru Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) booksellers and stationers, and (2) fancy-goods dealers within the borough:

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 30th day of November, 1914, all shops in each of the trades as enumerated above in the Borough of Timaru shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on 11th December, 1913, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the borough is hereby varied accordingly.

NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday is on Thursday from 1 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

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Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Stratford, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Stratford, has been forwarded to me, desiring to have the closing-hours of all such shops in the borough fixed as under: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m.; on Saturday, 9 p.m.; with the exception of the period from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve (inclusive), when these shops may close at their own option:

And whereas the Stratford Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the chemists doing business within the borough:

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 30th day of November, 1914, all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Stratford shall be closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6 p.m.; on Saturday at 9 p.m.; excepting that during the period from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve (inclusive) chemists’ shops may close at their own option.

The notice gazetted on 13th February, 1913, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the borough, excepting tobacconists and hairdressers, is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing Closing-hours of Fishmongers’ Shops in the City of Christchurch, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fishmongers’ shops in the City of Christchurch, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the closing-hours of all such shops in the city shall be fixed as follows: Monday, 1 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 10 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 p.m.:

And whereas the Christchurch City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the proprietors of all the fish shops and fish-vendors 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 30th day of November, 1914, all fishmongers’ shops in the City of Christchurch shall be closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at 10 p.m. on Friday, and at 10 p.m. on Saturday.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of November, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Shops (other than Bakers’, Confectioners’, Fruiterers’, Hairdressers’, and Tobacconists’) in the Town District of Raetihi, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Town District of Raetihi has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops (other than bakers’, confectioners’, fruiterers’, hairdressers’, and tobacconists’) within the town district shall be closed at 6 o’clock p.m. on each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, and 10 o’clock p.m. on each Saturday: And whereas the Raetihi Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the town district:

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 30th day of November, 1914, all shops (other than bakers’, confectioners’, fruiterers’, hairdressers’, and tobacconists’) in the Raetihi Town District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of November, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Blocks XI and XII, Kawhia North Survey District.

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NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrants dated the 26th day of August, 1903, and 6th March, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road taken and laid off:—

4 acres 1 rood 5 perches, portion of Pirongia West No. 1, Section 2B No. 3. Situated in Block XII, and coloured red on plan.

15 acres 0 roods 26 perches, portion of Te Kauri 2D. Situated in Blocks XI and XII, and coloured purple on plan.

5 acres 3 roods 31·7 perches, portion of Te Awaroa B 5 Nos. 3 and 4. Situated in Block XI, and coloured red on plan.

All in Kawhia North Survey District (14726, blue), Auckland Land District; as the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 36711, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated this 16th day of November, 1914.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

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Prohibiting Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Post van der Burg and Company, Rotterdam, Holland.

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THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the company whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in an illegal business, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said company shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said company (either by its own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to the Manager, Secretary, or other officer thereof, or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

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SCHEDULE.

POST VAN DER BURG AND COMPANY, Willemsplein 11, 12, and 13, Rotterdam, Holland.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1914.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.