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ceding Christmas Day, and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (b) should the occupier of any shop bound by this requisition close his shop all day on a Saturday that is a “special day” mentioned in section 19 of the Act, the closing-hour on the previous working-day shall be 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Rakaia Road Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Rakaia Road Board District:

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 20th day of December, 1918, all the shops in the Rakaia Road Board District shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December, 1918.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Watchmakers and Jewellers’ Shops in the Borough of Timaru, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) watchmaker and (2) jeweller in the Borough of Timaru, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 11 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Friday for any such shop shall be 9 p.m., and on Thursday 5.30 p.m.; (2) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, any of the special days therein mentioned other than Thursday as the statutory closing-day in any week, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop in that week shall be 5.30 p.m., and should such special day fall on Saturday the closing-hour on Friday for any such shop shall be 9 p.m.; (3) 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.; (4) subject to the provisions of exception (3) hereof the Saturday immediately preceding Christmas Day and the Saturday immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.:

And whereas the Timaru 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 (1) watchmaker and (2) jeweller within the Borough of Timaru:

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of December, 1918, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) watchmaker and (2) jeweller in the Borough of Timaru shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December, 1918.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registrations.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th December, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the industrial association and unions mentioned in the Schedule below are hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS.

The New Zealand Federated Slaughtermen’s Industrial Association of Workers, registered number 967, situated at Wellington.

NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Union of Employers.

The Auckland Electrical Engineers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 905, situated at Auckland.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The Auckland Nursery and Landscape Gardeners Employ-ees’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 785, situated at Auckland.

The Auckland Photo Engravers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 810, situated at Auckland.

The Auckland Shirt and White Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 849, situated at Auckland.

The Gisborne Slaughtermen’s Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 897, situated at Gisborne.

The Tokomaru Bay Freezing-works Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 843, situated at Tokomaru Bay.

TARANAKI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The Taranaki Painters and Decorators’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 793, situated at New Plymouth.

The Taranaki Plumbers and Gasfitters’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 844, situated at New Plymouth.

WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The Hawke’s Bay Freezing-works Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 657, situated at Hastings.

The Manawatu Freezing-works Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 637, situated at Palmerston North.

The Ngahauranga and Petone Slaughtermen’s Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 887, situated at Petone.

The Waipukurau Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 821, situated at Napier.

The Wellington Operative Sausage-casing Makers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 232, situated at Petone.

The Wellington Slaughtermen’s Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 881, situated at Wellington.

The Whakatu Sausage-casing Makers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 592, situated at Hastings.

NELSON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Union of Workers.

The Puponga Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 970, situated at Puponga.

CANTERBURY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Unions of Employers.

The Christchurch Cab-owners’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 429, situated at Christchurch.

The South Canterbury Builders’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 388, situated at Timaru.

Industrial Unions of Workers.

The Christchurch Export Slaughtermen’s Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 917, situated at Christchurch.

The Christchurch Farriers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 922, situated at Christchurch.

The Christchurch Horse and Commercial Motor Drivers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 947, situated at Christchurch.

The South Canterbury Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Sheet-metal Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 746, situated at Timaru.

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

Industrial Union of Workers.

The Dunedin and Port Chalmers Ships Tally-clerks’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 990, situated at Dunedin.

Surveyor’s License under the Land Transfer Act revoked.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th December, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that, with the approval of His Excellency the Governor-General, in terms of subsection (3) of section 177 of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, I have revoked the license of

CHARLES WILLIAM REARDON

to practise as a Surveyor under the said Act, such revocation to be for a period of twelve months from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

G. H. WILMOT,
Surveyor-General.