Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3727

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant George Milne Spence to be temp. Captain while performing duty with the New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 17th November, 1916.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 67, of 15th June, 1916, for William Stuart Mac-Morrin read William Stuart Mac Morrín.

MEMORANDUM.

Major Donald Murray Polson (late No. 1 Battalion, Wellington Defence Cadet Volunteers) is transferred from the Active List, Unattached, to the Reserve of Officers, General List. Dated 20th September, 1910.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of Castlepoint River District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 24th November, 1916.

IT is hereby notified for public information that a petition has been received praying for the abolition of the Castlepoint River District, which said district comprises the County of Castlepoint.

Objections to or counter-petitions against the proposed abolition, addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, must be lodged within one month of the first publication of this notice.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Funds approved under Section 40 of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th November, 1916.

PURSUANT to section 40 of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1916, I hereby notify for public information that I have this day approved, for the purposes of the said section, the war funds controlled by the societies named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Maungaturoto Patriotic Association .. Maungaturoto.
Mercer Patriotic League .. Mercer.
Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association (Taumarunui Branch).. Taumarunui.
Overseas Club, Kohuratahi Branch, Wounded Soldiers Fund .. Kohuratahi.
County of Egmont Patriotic League .. Opunake.
Omata Sewing Guild .. Omata.
Urenui Branch, North Taranaki Patriotic League .. Urenui.
Rongotea Roll of Honour Society .. Rongotea.
Wairarapa Patriotic Association (Tinui Branch) .. Tinui.
Town Committee of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association .. Masterton.
Mangaweka District Patriotic Society .. Mangaweka.
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Gift Tobacco Fund .. Wellington.
Mayor’s Special Appeal Fund .. Blenheim.
Rockville and Kaituna Patriotic Association .. Rockville.
Hokitika Branch of the Overseas Club .. Hokitika.
Ohoka Patriotic Society .. Ohoka.
Fairlie Ladies Patriotic Society .. Fairlie.
Hazelburn Relief Fund .. Hazelburn.
Leeston Patriotic Committee .. Leeston.
Rakaiā Soldiers Entertainment Committee.. Rakaiā.
Timaru Pipe and Tobacco Fund .. Timaru.
Bluff Branch, Southland War Funds Association .. Bluff.
Bluff Waterside Workers Returned Soldiers Relief Society .. ,,
Riverton Patriotic Association .. Riverton.
Wyndham Ladies Patriotic Committee .. Wyndham.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

NOTE.—The Mataura Patriotic and General Welfare Committee, whose fund was approved on page 2896 of Gazette No. 93, of the 31st August, 1916, has now been closed.

ERRATUM.—In the notification of the approval of War Funds published in Gazette No. 93, on the 31st August, 1916, page 2896, for “Bluff Patriotic Committee (Branch of Southland War Funds Association), Bluff,” read “Bluff Patriotic Committee, Bluff.”

By-law of the Geraldine County Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th November, 1916.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of motor license by-law made by the Geraldine County Council on the 2nd day of October, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of November, 1916.

Dated this 28th day of November, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

Cancellation of Notice under the Shops and Offices Act fixing Closing-hours of all Shops (except Hairdressers’ and Tobacconists’ Shops) in the Borough of Stratford in so far as it applies to Fruiterers’, Fishmongers’, Restaurant-keepers’, Confectioners’, and Bakers’ Shops.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all shops in each of the trades of (a) fruiterer, (b) fishmonger, (c) restaurant-keeper, (d) confectioner, and (e) baker, within the Borough of Stratford, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be exempted from the provisions of the existing requisition fixing the closing-hours of all shops (excepting tobacconists’ and hairdressers’), and dated the 5th day of February, 1913 :

And whereas the Stratford 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 of (a) fruiterer, (b) fishmonger, (c) restaurant-keeper, (d) confectioner, and (e) baker within the Borough of Stratford :

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby cancel the notice gazetted on the 13th February, 1913, in so far as it applies to fruiterers’, fishmongers’, restaurant-keepers’, confectioners’, and bakers’ shops.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November, 1916.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, Rangaunu 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, Rangaunu 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 Awanui, 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 : 3 acres.

Portion of Parapara East “C,” Block XIII, Rangaunu Survey District (S.O. 18436A).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 41174, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 27th day of November, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.