Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3767

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
2nd Lieutenant A. W. Nisbet is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.
Major L. E. Barnett is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 18th September, 1916.

To be Majors :—
Captain R. N. Guthrie. Dated 1st March, 1916.
Captain T. D. M. Stout. Dated 2nd June, 1916.
Captain (temp. Major) J. G. Mitchell. Dated 2nd June, 1916.
Captain H. M. Buchanan. Dated 18th September, 1916.

To be Captains :—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. M. Marshall. Dated 1st November, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. G. Matheson. Dated 1st November, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. K. Venables. Dated 1st November, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. A. Pottinger. Dated 1st December, 191
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. A. Fairclough. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) M. G. Louisson. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. Robertson. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. J. Barclay. Dated 1st January, 1916.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. A. Bett. Dated 1st January, 1916.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. H. Unwin. Dated 24th June, 1916.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) E. M. Wyllie. Dated 24th June, 1916.
Lieutenant G. W. Matthews. Dated 1st July, 1916.

To be Lieutenants. Dated 1st July, 1916 :—
2nd Lieutenant H. B. Mackenzie.
2nd Lieutenant J. Hoad.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY PAY CORPS.
To be Major. Dated 1st August, 1916 :—
Captain S. J. Bolton.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy in Hamilton Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th December, 1916.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, George Warren Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Tuesday, the 19th day of December, 1916, to be the day for holding an election of one member of the Hamilton Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Norman Robert Mackintosh.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (a) hairdresser and (b) tobacconist within the Borough of Invercargill, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough should be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10.30 p.m.; except during the period from the 11th day of December to the 3rd day of January inclusive, when the hour of closing shall be 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 10.30 p.m. on Saturdays; Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve to be exempt:

And whereas the Invercargill 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) hairdresser and (b) tobacconist within the Borough of Invercargill :

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 11th day of December, 1916, all hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Invercargill shall be closed accordingly:

Provided that nothing in this notice shall permit any such shop to remain open after the hour of 1 p.m. on the day observed as the weekly half-holiday.

The notice gazetted on the 22nd October, 1908, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December, 1916.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Labour.

Meetings of Taranaki Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Taranaki Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 10 o’clock a.m. on 24th January, 28th February, 25th March, 25th April, 23rd May, 27th June, 25th July, 22nd August, 26th September, 24th October, 28th November, and 19th December during the year 1917.

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

Meetings of Marlborough Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Marlborough Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at 10 o’clock a.m. on 9th January, 13th February, 13th March, 17th April, 15th May, 12th June, 10th July, 14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December during the year 1917.

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

Meetings of Westland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Westland Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 2 o’clock p.m. on 17th January, 21st February, 21st March, 18th April, 16th May, 20th June, 18th July, 15th August, 19th September, 17th October, 21st November, and 19th December during the year 1917.

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

Meetings of Southland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th November, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Southland Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, at 10.45 o’clock a.m. on 25th January, 22nd February, 20th March, 26th April, 24th May, 28th June, 26th July, 23rd August, 27th September, 25th October, 22nd November, and 18th December during the year 1917.

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

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XV, Aria 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, Aria 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 Nihoniho, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by