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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

may reopen from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. only for the sale of medicines and surgical appliances :

And whereas the Masterton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of Masterton :

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 on and after the 14th day of August, 1916, all such shops in the Borough of Masterton shall be closed as follows : Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. ; Saturdays, at 9.30 p.m. The hours so fixed are pursuant to subsection (4) of the above-mentioned section, to be observed subject to the closing at not later than 1 p.m. for the half-holiday on the statutory closing-day ; provided, however, that on the statutory half-holiday such shops may reopen from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.

The notice gazetted on the 23rd July, 1914, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of August, 1916.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Spring Street, Anzac Terrace, and Empire Street, in the Town of Aoroa Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Spring Street, Anzac Terrace, and Empire Street, in the Town of Aoroa Extension No. 1, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of Tui Crescent, in the Town of Watatarua Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1916.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Tui Crescent, in the Town of Watatarua Extension No. 1; Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

King’s Birthday Honours.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of a notification of the appointment by His Majesty the King of—

Brigadier-General ALFRED WILLIAM ROBIN, C.B., C.M.G., as a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; and

The Hon. FREDERIC WILLIAM LANG as a Knight Bachelor ; and

JOHN CULLEN, Esq., as a Companion of the Imperial Service Order.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Revocation of Private Hospital License.

I, GEORGE WARREN RUSSELL, the Minister of the Crown charged with the administration of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, do hereby, in pursuance of the provisions of section 116 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, revoke the license issued to Miss Jessie Clark, of Auckland, under the aforesaid Act, for the keeping of a private hospital situated at Pentland Avenue, Auckland, the said revocation to take effect from 1st October.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August, 1916.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Hospitals and Charitable Aid.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancies in New Plymouth and Hawera Fire Boards by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th August, 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 Saturday, the 19th day of August, 1916, to be the day for holding an election of one member of the New Plymouth Fire Board and the Hawera Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancies caused by the resignation of Mr. F. P. CORKILL.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice under the War Regulations declaring certain Companies to be Enemies.

WHEREAS the Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand is satisfied that the companies mentioned in the Schedule hereto are carrying on business to a substantial extent for the benefit of alien enemies resident out of New Zealand :

Now, therefore, I, Alexander Lawrence Herdman, His Majesty’s Attorney-General for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of clause 20 of the War Regulations of the 3rd day of April, 1916, under the War Regulations Act, 1914, declare the companies mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be enemies.

Dated this 8th day of August, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

THE G. W. McNEAR COMPANY
THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY
} San Francisco.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Attorney-General.

Correspondence prohibited under the War Regulations Act 1914.—Mülhens and Kropff and Others.

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

Dated this 4th day of August, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

MÜLHENS AND KROPFF, 25 West 45th Street, New York.
TRANSATLANTIC TRUST CO., 67 William Street, New York, or 109 Avenue A, corner 7th Street, New York.
ZIMMERMANN AND FORSHAY, 9 and 11 Wall Street, New York.
WOLLENBERGER AND CO., 105 La Salle Street, Chicago.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Revoking Appointments of Post Officers to take Statutory Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1916.

IN pursuance of powers delegated to me under paragraph (d) of section 8 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph George Ward, the Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrants issued under the authority conferred by subsection (2) of section 9 of the said Act, dated the 18th day of June, 1913, the 13th day of June, 1914, and the 16th day of August, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd day of July, 1913, the 18th day of June, 1914, and the 19th day of August, 1915, respectively, in so far as they appoint the following Post officers to take statutory declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers ; and do hereby order that, except as altered by this Warrant, and previous Warrants of similar import, the said Warrants of the 18th day of June, 1913, the