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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 55

Members of Board of Science and Art appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint
Professor ALGERNON PHILLIPS WITHEREL THOMAS, of Auckland;
HEINRICH FERDINAND VON HAAST, Esquire, of Wellington;
GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON, Esquire, M.P., of Dunedin;
CHARLES ALFRED EWEN, Esquire, of Wellington; and
PERCY GATES MORGAN, Esquire, Director of Geological Surveys, Wellington;
to be members of the Board of Science and Art as constituted by the Science and Art Act, 1913.
H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Member of Hawke's Bay Land Board appointed.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, been pleased to appoint
LACHLAN McKAY
to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Hawke's Bay.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
JOSEPH COCHRANE MACKEY
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Waitemata.
A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Court appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Constable JOHN WALTER McHOLM
to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Upper Hutt, on and from the 4th day of May, 1914, vice Constable D. Mahoney, deceased; and
Constable WILLIAM HUNTER BARRETT
to be Clerk of the Magistrates' Court at Mataura, on and from the 1st day of June, 1914.
A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Sittings of Magistrates' Court appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
THE CORONATION HALL, MATAURA,
to be a place wherein a Magistrates' Court shall be held, under the provisions of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1908.
A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Analyst under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908.
Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 21st May, 1914.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
OSWALD JAMES WALTER, Napier, B.A. (Honours) Camb., to be an Analyst under section 3 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 1st April, 1914.
R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Public Health.

Deputy Registrar of Copyright appointed.
Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1914.
THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service :-
WILLIAM WALTERS SAMSON
to be Deputy Registrar of Copyright, in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1913, as from the 1st April, 1914.
A. J H BENGE,
Secretary

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1914.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz:-
Name. District.
JAMES FARNHAM BUCKRELL.... Mercury Bay.
WILLIAM HENRY LYTTELTON ROBERTS.. Waitara.
GEORGE EDWARD PEARSON.... Dargaville.
F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of Agent at Motueka for the Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1914.
IT is hereby notified for general information that Mr. WILLIAM BOYCE has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee at Motueka as from the 13th instant, vice Mr. Thomas Boyes, resigned.
FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Empire Day to be observed as a Holiday on King's Birthday.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1914.
EMPIRE DAY will be celebrated on Wednesday, the 3rd June proximo, the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.
H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Varied Notice (No. 2) fixing Closing-hours of (1) Stationers', News Agents' and Fancy-goods Dealers', (2) Watchmakers and Jewellers', and (3) Hairdressers and Tobacconists' 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', (2) watchmakers and jewellers', and (3) hairdressers and tobacconists' 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: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8 o'clock p.m.; Wednesday, 1 o'clock p.m.; Saturday, 10 o'clock p.m.:
And whereas the Taumarunui 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 referred to within the borough:
Now, therefore, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 1st day of June, 1914, all such shops in the Borough of Taumarunui shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
The notices gazetted on (1) 27th April, 1911, so far as hairdressers and tobacconists' shops are concerned, and (2) 22nd May, 1913, are hereby varied accordingly.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May, 1914.
H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Labour.