Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4243

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.
Captain Leofric Pearson Davies.

NEW ZEALAND PIONEER UNIT.
2nd Lieutenant Paki Hoani Mete Kingi, Unattached List (b). General List, returns to duty.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant FREDERICK JAMES BRABANT, Unattached List (b),

he having a total service to the 3rd September, 1917, entitling him thereto, of twenty years and one day.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of the Minister of Justice.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 14th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

The Hon. JOSIAH ALFRED HANAN

of his office of Minister of Justice.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.

Resignation of Minister of Marine and Minister of Stamp Duties.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 14th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

The Hon. GEORGE WARREN RUSSELL

of his offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Stamp Duties.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.

Member of the Executive Council appointed.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 14th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. THOMAS MASON WILFORD

to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Dominion of New Zealand, and the above-named gentleman has taken the oath of office accordingly.

By command.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Minister appointed.

Private Secretary’s Office, Government House,
Wellington, 14th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

The Hon. THOMAS MASON WILFORD

to be Minister of Justice, Minister of Stamp Duties, and Minister of Marine.

By command.

GAVIN M. HAMILTON,
Private Secretary.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Te Karaka Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

JOHN GUY APPLETON, Esq., of Te Karaka,

to be Returning Officer to conduct the first election of seven members of the Board of Commissioners of the Te Karaka Town District, as constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Thursday, the 29th day of November, 1917, to be the day, and the County Council Office, Te Karaka, to be the place, for holding the said first election; also to appoint Thursday, the 6th day of December, 1917, at half past seven o’clock in the afternoon to be the time, and the said County Council Office, Te Karaka, to be the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Booksellers’ and Stationers’ Shops in the Borough of Wanganui, 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) bookseller and (b) stationer within the Borough of Wanganui, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough should be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6.15 p.m., and on Fridays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) the period of six working-days prior to the 24th December in each year, when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (3) should any Friday be generally observed as a holiday in the Borough of Wanganui, the hour of closing on the following Saturday shall be 9.30 p.m.; (4) should any day other than Saturday be observed as a holiday in the Borough of Wanganui, the closing-hour for Saturday shall, subject to exceptions (1), (2), and (3), be 6.15 p.m.:

And whereas the Wanganui 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) bookseller and (b) stationer within the Borough of Wanganui:

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 19th day of November, 1917, all booksellers’ and stationers’ shops in the Borough of Wanganui shall be closed as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6.15 p.m. and on Fridays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) the period of six working-days immediately prior to the 24th December in each year, when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (3) should any Friday be generally observed as a holiday in the Borough of Wanganui, the closing-hour on the following Saturday shall be 9.30 p.m.; (4) should any day other than Saturday be generally observed as a holiday in the Borough of Wanganui, the closing-hour for Saturday shall, subject to exceptions (1), (2), and (3), be 6.15 p.m.

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 16th day of November, 1916, is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November, 1917.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Constitution of a Special Roading District in terms of Section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.

PURSUANT to section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, and the regulations thereunder, I, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Lands, do hereby, on the recommendation of the Land Board of the Wellington Land District, declare the lands referred to in the Schedule hereto to be a special district for the purposes of the said section; and such district shall be known as the Mangao-hutu Special Road District.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 1, Block VII, Rētaruke Survey District.
" 2 " VII "
" 3 " VII "
" 4 " VII "
" 1 " VIII "

As witness my hand this 12th day of November, 1917.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XVI, Mangaoporo Survey District, for a Native School.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes