Nov. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4197

meat shop in the City of Auckland observe any day other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day, the closing-hour on Saturday for any such shop shall be 10.30 p.m.; (b) the working-day immediately preceding a public holiday, when the closing-hour shall be 10.30 p.m.

The notice gazetted on the 21st day of March, 1912, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of November, 1917.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Mount Eden, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of Mount Eden, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Subject to the closing at not later than 1 p.m. for the statutory half-holiday in each week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 6 p.m.; Friday, 9.30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 p.m. on every Saturday in the year except on the Saturday after Good Friday and on the Saturday in the Christmas and New Year weeks, when the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m., and except on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m. (Note.—The statutory half-holiday is on Saturday, on which day chemists’ shops may reopen from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m., only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances):

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

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 12th day of November, 1917, all chemists’ shops in the Borough of Mount Eden shall be closed as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(a) Should the occupier of any chemist’s shop in the Borough of Mount Eden comply with the requirements of the Shops and Offices Act relating to the weekly half-holiday on Good Friday or Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, then the closing-hour in that week for any such shop on the day on which the statutory closing-day is usually observed shall be 9.30 p.m.; (b) the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.

The notice gazetted on the 27th day of May, 1915, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of November, 1917.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Mount Albert, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of Mount Albert, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Subject to the closing at not later than 1 p.m. for the statutory half-holiday in each week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 6 p.m.; Friday, 9.30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 p.m. on every Saturday in the year except on the Saturday after Good Friday and on the Saturday in the Christmas and New Year weeks, when the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m., and except on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m. (Note.—The statutory half-holiday is on Saturday, on which day chemists’ shops may reopen from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m. only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances):

And whereas the Mount Albert 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 Mount Albert:

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 12th day of November, 1917, all chemists’ shops within the Borough of Mount Albert shall be closed as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(a) Should the occupier of any chemist’s shop in the Borough of Mount Albert comply with the requirements of the Shops and Offices Act relating to the weekly half-holiday on Good Friday or Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, then the closing-hour in that week for any such shop on the day on which the statutory closing-day is usually observed shall be 9.30 p.m.; (b) the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of November, 1917.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Stewart Road, Hodgson Street, Chambers Street, Logan Street, Hoadley Street, Renouf Street, Lyons Street, Mannering Street, Goulter Street, and Stopford Road, in the Town of Tokoroa, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1917.

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 Stewart Road, Hodgson Street, Chambers Street, Logan Street, Hoadley Street, Renouf Street, Lyons Street, Mannering Street, Goulter Street, and Stopford Road, in the Town of Tokoroa, 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 Grange Avenue, Oakleigh Avenue, and Reding Road, in the Town of Takanini Extension No. 3, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1917.

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 Grange Avenue, Oakleigh Avenue, and Reding Road, in the Town of Takanini Extension No. 3, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

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

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1917.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

WILLIAM MORRISON ALLAN, Postmaster, Lawrence.
ARTHUR OLIVER TOVEY, Postmaster, Palmerston North.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Telegraphs.

The Finance Act, 1917.—Land-tax payable.

Land and Income Tax Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 1917.

BY Order in Council made and issued by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 8th day of October, 1917, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the duty by way of land-tax leviable under the said Act should be paid in one sum on Thursday, the 15th day of November, 1917, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly.

D. G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Taxes.