MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2071

rity of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Picton has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Picton is in favour of Thursday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Picton.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of May, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1917, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11) .)

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Pukekohe.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Pukekohe has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Pukekohe is in favour of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Pukekohe.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of May, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1917, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11) .)

Appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Greymouth.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Greymouth has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District of the Borough of Greymouth is in favour of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in that separate district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Herbert Herries, the Acting Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Greymouth.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of May, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1917, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11) .)

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Petone and Lower Hutt.

WHEREAS by section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, it is enacted that the result of every poll taken in any separate or combined district under the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Petone has notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the Combined District of Petone and Lower Hutt, comprising the Boroughs of Petone and Lower Hutt, is in favour of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in that combined district:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred on me by the said section 17, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the Combined District of Petone and Lower Hutt.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of May, 1917.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1917, and continues in force till another day is appointed by a similar poll. (Section 17 (11) .)

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Block VI, Hukerenui Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by a Warrant dated the 20th day of July, 1907.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road taken and laid off :—
A. R. P.
0 1 32·12 Portion of Ruapekapeka No. 4B No. 1; coloured red.
0 1 34·36 Portion of Ruapekapeka No. 3; coloured yellow.

Situated in Block VI, Hukerenui Survey District (S.O. 14340).

In the Auckland Land District; as the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 42193, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of May, 1917.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Public Works Store and Yard, Auckland.

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 Public Works store and yard, Auckland; 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 Public Works Office at Auckland, 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.

ALL that rectangular portion of the Auckland Harbour, comprising an area of approximately 2¾ acres, having a frontage of 190 ft. (more or less) to Quay Street in the City of Auckland, and commencing at a point about 1,000 ft. east of the junction between King’s Wharf approach and Quay Street in the said city, Block VIII, Rangitoto Survey District, Auckland Land District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 42235, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1917.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIII, Coromandel Survey District, for the Diversion of the Manaia River.

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 diversion of the