Aug. 27.]

Authorizing the Laying-off of Bell and Carter Streets, in the Town of Hillersden, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,

Wellington, 13th August, 1914.

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 Bell and Carter Streets, in the Town of Hillersden, Marlborough Land District, of a width of not less than 66ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Waiuku Town District, County of Franklin.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 25th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM JOSEPH KING, of Waiuku, to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of five members of the Board of Commissioners of the Waiuku Town District, as constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 16th day of September, 1914, to be the day, and the Road Board Office, Waiuku, to be the place, at which such first election shall be held; and also to appoint Tuesday, the 22nd day of September, 1914, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the said Road Board Office, Waiuku, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected shall be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps.

Department of Defence,

Wellington, 25th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the following officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps:

New Zealand Staff Corps.

The undermentioned (formerly Cadets at the Royal Australian Military College) to be Lieutenants. Dated 16th August, 1914.

Reginald Miles.
Charles Harold McClelland.
Christopher Carrington.
Robert Logan.
Vincent Gordon Jervis.
Norman William McDonald Weir.
William Ivan Kirke Jennings.
Douglas Isaac Charles Bryan.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists' Shops in the Borough of Hamilton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists' shops in the Borough of Hamilton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 1 p.m., opening again from 7 to 8.30 p.m.; Saturday, 9.30 p.m.: all public holidays, 8.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Hamilton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists' shops 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 31st day of August, 1914, all chemists' shops in the Borough of Hamilton shall be closed on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6 p.m.; except on days generally observed in the borough as public holidays, when the hour shall be 8.30 p.m.; on Saturdays at 9.30 p.m.; on Wednesdays, 8.30 p.m.

The statutory half-holiday is on Wednesday from 1 p.m., on which day these shops may reopen from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. for the sole purpose of supplying medicine and surgical appliances which are urgently required.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 26th August, 1914.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the City of Dunedin, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL.

Loan of £30,000 for Tramway Purposes.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the City of Dunedin taken on Wednesday, the 12th day of August, 1914, on a proposal to raise a loan of £30,000 for tramway purposes, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 698, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 867; informal votes, 26.

I therefore declare that the said proposal was lost.

J. B. SHACKLOCK,
Mayor and Chairman of the Local Authority.

Dunedin, 22nd August, 1914.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 24th August, 1914.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Waimarino County Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

WAIMARINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Loan.

In the matter of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 4th of August, 1914, a proposal was submitted by the Waimarino County Council to the ratepayers of the Parapara No. 3 Special-rating District of the Waimarino County for raising a special loan of £2,750 for metalling the Parapara-Raetihi Road, as defined on the voting-paper in connection therewith. And that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 19; against, 0.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 5th day of August, 1914.

PETER BRASS,
Chairman.

WAIMARINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Loan.

In the matter of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 29th of July, 1914, a proposal was submitted by the Waimarino County Council to the ratepayers of the Parapara No. 1 Special-rating District of the Waimarino County for raising a special loan of £2,000 for metalling the Wanganui-Parapara-Raetihi Road, as defined on the voting-paper in connection therewith. And that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows: For, 14; against, 0.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated the 31st day of July, 1914.

PETER BRASS,
Chairman.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,

Wellington, 24th August, 1914.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Westport, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

WESTPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Loan of £5,000 over the Whole Borough.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

I HEREBY give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Westport taken on the 12th day of August, 1914, on the proposal of the Westport Borough Council to