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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Shops wherein is carried on the Trade of a Seller of Phonographs, Gramaphones, Records, Music, and Musical Instruments in the City of Auckland under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of phonographs, gramaphones, records, music, and musical instruments in the City of Auckland, has been forwarded to me desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, at 6 o’clock p.m., excepting from the third Monday in December to the second Saturday in January inclusive:

And whereas the Auckland City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of phonographs, gramaphones, records, music, and musical instruments within the City of Auckland:

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 14th day of June, 1915, all such shops in the City of Auckland shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of June, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 8th June, 1915.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

LAKE COLERIDGE POWER SCHEME PLANT.—SECTION 51, ARMOURED CABLE.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Richardson, McCabe, and Co., Wellington .. 1,755 0 0

Declined.
Turnbull and Jones (Limited), Wellington .. 1,915 0 0
Baillie, P. R., and Co., Wellington .. 2,008 0 0
Riley, A. D., and Co., Wellington .. 2,037 0 0
Lawrence and Hanson Company .. 2,098 10 0
Burt, A. and T. (Limited), Dunedin .. 2,157 10 0
Tolley and Son (Limited), Wellington .. 2,212 0 0
Andersons, Limited, Christchurch .. 2,382 0 0

ERECTION OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, BLENHEIM.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Wakelin and Hill, Wellington .. 2,385 0 0

Declined.
Sanders Bros., Wellington .. 2,739 0 0
Knight, H. H., Wellington .. 2,749 0 0
Nicoll Bros., Blenheim .. 2,766 0 0
Jones and Cameron, Blenheim .. 2,899 0 0
Ward and Co., Blenheim .. 3,044 0 0
Keen, John K., Wanganui .. 3,054 11 3
Edwards, W. H., and Son, Wellington .. 3,100 0 0

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks XIII and XIV, Waitoa 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 Blocks XIII and XIV, Waitoa 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 Tahuna, 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:—
A. R. P.
4 0 13·6, portion of Lot 2, Section 1; coloured red.
3 1 17 1 1 purple.
Situated in Blocks XIII and XIV, Waitoa Survey District (S.O. 17481).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37861, 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 fifth day of June, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Correspondence prohibited under the War Regulations Act, 1914.

WHEREAS there is reasonable ground to suppose that the persons, firms, or companies named or described in the Schedule hereto are engaged in business and communications of a nature injurious to the public safety, and the effective conduct of the military and naval operations of His Majesty during the present war:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Heaton Rhodes, the 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 any of the persons, firms, or companies named or described in the Schedule hereto shall be forwarded or delivered by the Post Office, or transmitted by telegraph.

Dated this 8th day of June, 1915.

THE SCHEDULE.

C. J. Giraud and Co., Piraeus, Greece.
Thr. Th. Alepoudelis and Co., Piraeus, Greece.
Stallknecht and Meyer, Copenhagen.
Schweizerische Auer-Gesellschaft, Zurich.
Société Suisse Auer, Zurich.
Gautsch and Co., Amsterdam.
Edward Dunoyer (Limited), Geneva.
Max Lang, Geneva.
Gustav J. J. Witt and Co.’s Handelmaatschappij, Rotterdam.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1915. Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 9th June, 1915

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Salvation Army.
Ensign EDWARD L. GARNER.

Erratum.—In Notice No. 15, of 6th May, 1915, for “Mr. Spencer, Harold,” read “Mr. Spencer, Herbert.”

F W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Balance-sheets of Savings-banks for 1914-15.

The Treasury.
Wellington, 1st June, 1915.

THE following balance-sheets of the Auckland, Dunedin, Hokitika, Invercargill, and New Plymouth Savings-banks, having been approved by His Excellency the Governor, are published as required by section 17 of the Savings-banks Act, 1908.

Balance-sheet, Auckland Savings-bank.

STATEMENT of the Receipts and Payments of the Auckland Savings-bank for the twelve months ending 31st March, 1915:—

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d.
Balance, 1st April, 1914 .. 192,731 15 6
Deposited during the twelve months .. 1,221,586 3 0
Interest added during the twelve months .. 1,683 18 8
Interest added, 31st March, 1915 .. 56,493 7 11
Interest on mortgages and debentures .. 73,725 13 2
Interest on deposit with Bank of New Zealand .. 5,451 5 3
Mortgages repaid .. 52,295 0 0
Debentures repaid .. 100 0 0
£1,604,067 3 6