Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3037

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 1st day of September, 1915, all chemists’ shops within the City of Dunedin shall be closed in accordance with such requisition, subject to the closing at not later than 1 p.m. for the statutory half-holiday in each week; provided, however, that on the statutory half-holiday chemists’ shops may reopen from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.

NOTE.—The notice gazetted on the 25th day of February, 1915, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the city will hereby be cancelled as from the 1st September next.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of August, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Taihape, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 9 acres 0 roods 12 perches.

Portion of Section 26, Block XIII, Ohinewairua Survey District.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 38210, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured blue.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 23rd day of August, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XV, Tauakira Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block XV, Tauakira Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Koriniti, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

8·4 perches, portion of Te Tuhi No. 1. Coloured blue on plan.

2 acres 2 roods 3 perches, portion of scenic reserve (formerly part of Te Tuhi No. 1). Coloured red on plan.

Situated in Block XV, Tauakira Survey District.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 38203, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 25th day of August, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Enemy Contracts Act, 1915.—Declaration by the Attorney-General that certain Contracts entered into by the New Zealand Casein Company (Limited) are Enemy Contracts.

WHEREAS on the 21st day of December, 1911, a contract was entered into between Neils August Marius Neilsen, of Hamburg, of the one part, and Harry Edward Good, of Wanganui, of the other part, relative to the manufacture and sale of casein, and intended for adoption by a company to be thereafter incorporated in New Zealand under the name of the New Zealand Casein Company (Limited): And whereas the said company was thereafter duly incorporated as a private company in New Zealand under the Companies Act, 1908: And whereas, by a contract dated the 1st day of March, 1912, between the said Neils August Marius Neilsen of the first part, the said Harry Edward Good of the second part, and the New Zealand Casein Company (Limited) of the third part, the contract first aforesaid was duly adopted by the said company and became binding on the said Neils August Marius Neilsen and the company accordingly: And whereas each of the aforesaid contracts was entered into by the said Neils August Marius Neilsen as the agent and on behalf of Helmuth Friedrich Johannes Voss, of Hamburg: And whereas under the said contracts the said company became bound (inter alia) to sell and supply to the said Helmuth Friedrich Johannes Voss all casein manufactured by the company in New Zealand during a period ending on the 31st day of May, 1916: And whereas the Attorney-General is satisfied that the said Neils August Marius Neilsen and the said Helmuth Friedrich Johannes Voss are enemies within the meaning of the Enemy Contracts Act, 1915, and are parties to and interested in the aforesaid contracts: And whereas in consideration of the premises the Attorney-General deems it expedient in the public interest to exercise in respect of the said contracts the powers conferred upon him by the Enemy Contracts Act, 1915: And whereas application has been duly made by the said company to the Attorney-General to exercise such powers and to declare the said contracts to be enemy contracts accordingly:

Now, therefore, I, Alexander Lawrence Herdman, His Majesty’s Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Enemy Contracts Act, 1915, declare that the aforesaid contracts of the 21st day of December, 1911, and the 1st day of March, 1912, are enemy contracts; and I do hereby, in exercise of the like powers and authorities, specify the 4th day of August, 1914, as the day on which this declaration shall be deemed to have taken effect.

Dated this 19th day of August, 1915.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Attorney-General.

Correspondence prohibited under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

I, JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, Postmaster-General of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of clause 2 of the regulations made and gazetted on the 17th day of December, 1914, under the War Regulations Act, 1914, order that no postal packet or telegram addressed to or intended for the company named in the Schedule hereto shall be forwarded or delivered by the Post Office or transmitted by telegraph.

SCHEDULE.

GERMANN AND CO. (LIMITED), Manila.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the persons whose names or titles and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said persons shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said persons (either by their own or any fictitious or assumed names) shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

ROBT. SALTER, c/o Hassen and Company, 98 St. George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.

THE SECRETARY, West Australian Distress Fund Art Union, 1915.

THE TREASURER, West Australian Distress Fund Art Union, 1915.

Dated this 23rd day of August, 1915.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

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