Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3499

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th October, 1915.

H IS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed

MURDOCH STUART,

of Whangarei, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Marine.

Inspector of Sea Fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th October, 1915.

H IS Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, has appointed

PETER HERBERT JAMES FLINN,

of Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier, to be an Inspector of Sea Fishing under the above-mentioned Act.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Marine.

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th October, 1915.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

FREDERICK FRANCIS HOOPER,
JAMES LOWDEN, and
FREDERICK WILSON

to be Inspectors of Factories for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1908, as from the 14th September, 23rd August, and 13th September, 1915, respectively.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th October, 1915.

T HE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Huntly Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

HUNTLY TOWN BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Huntly Town District taken on the 22nd day of September, 1915, on the proposal of the Huntly Town Board to borrow a sum of £2,000 for more adequately supplying the town with electric light and power, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 64, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 3.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 1st day of October, 1915.

J. P. BAILEY,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th October, 1915.

T HE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Ngaruawahia Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

NGARUAWAHIA TOWN BOARD.

IN pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Ngaruawahia Town District was taken on the 2nd day of October, 1915, upon the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of duplicating the plant for generating electricity for street and house lighting in the Ngaruawahia Town District.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 69. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 19.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

J. R. HETHERINGTON,
Chairman, Ngaruawahia Town Board.

4th October, 1915.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th October, 1915.

T HE following notice, received from the Chairman of the County of Eltham, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Kaponga Riding of the County of Eltham was taken on the 4th day of October, 1915, on the proposal of the Eltham County Council to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of erection of ferro-concrete bridges and culverts in Kaponga Riding as follows: (1) Otakeho Bridge (Eltham Road), £1,075; (2) Kaupokonui Bridge (Eltham Road), £750; (3) Auroa Road culverts, £175: total, £2,000—and which proposal is more fully described in advertisement appearing in the Hawera Star newspaper of 27th August, and 3rd, 10th, and 17th September, 1915.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 17. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 6.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Eltham this 5th day of October, 1915.

A. C. PEASE,
Chairman.

Authorizing the Laying-off of George Street, in the Town of Raetihi Extension No. 2, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th September, 1915.

I N pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of George Street, in the Town of Raetihi Extension No. 2, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

By-laws of the Petone Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th October, 1915.

T HE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Petone Borough Council on the 16th day of August, 1915.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 25th day of August, 1915.

Dated this 11th day of October, 1915.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

W HEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Stratford, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Christmas and New Year’s Eves, 11 p.m.; for period commencing 20th December and ending 4th January, with exception of Christmas and New Year’s Eves, 8 p.m.; for balance of year as under: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, 5.30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Stratford Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the hairdressers and tobacconists doing business in the Borough of Stratford:

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 18th day of October, 1915, all hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Stratford shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted on the 27th day of February, 1908, fixing the closing-hours of all tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the borough is hereby cancelled accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.