MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

Street, in the City of Dunedin, for the purpose only of the sale of medicines and surgical appliances that are urgently needed, be closed in the evenings of working-days as follows :— On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions— (1.) The working-day immediately preceding Christmas Eve, and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be as follows: (a) should such working-day fall on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the closing-hour shall be 8 p.m. ; (b) should such day fall on Friday, the closing-hour shall be 9.30 p.m. (2.) 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. (3.) The week in which the Winter Show is held in the City of Dunedin, when the closing-hour on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday shall be 8 p.m., on Friday at 9.30 p.m., and on Saturday at 9 p.m., subject, however, to the closing at 1 p.m. for the statutory half-holiday on either Saturday or on a special day during the week pursuant to section 19 of the Act. (4.) Should the occupier of any shop bound by the provisions of this requisition under and by virtue of the provisions of section 19 of the Act observe any special day therein provided for other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day, and re-open his shop at 7 p.m. pursuant to section 18 (d) of the said Act, then in such case the closing-hour on the evening of that day for any such shop shall be 8 p.m. (5.) The working-day immediately preceding Good Friday, 9.30 p.m. Provided always that this requisition shall be subject to the provisions of the Act in respect of the statutory half-holiday :

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

And whereas I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister of Labour, am satisfied that all the occupiers of chemists’ shops in the City of Dunedin affected by section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1915, as amended by section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1917, have been afforded an equal right to share in the profits of the business carried on by such specified shop :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and of section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1915, I do hereby direct that on and after the 24th day of May, 1918, all chemists’ shops in the City of Dunedin, except such specified shop, shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 12th day of October, 1916, fixing the closing-hours of all chemists’ shops in the City of Dunedin, shall be deemed to be cancelled from the date of coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May, 1918.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

The Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the District of Hawke’s Bay for the Year ended 31st December, 1917.

Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Department of Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

Anderson, J., Norsewood.
Bailey, G. E., Woodville.
Bates and Co., Heretaunga Street, Hastings.
Bates, Joseph William, Hastings.
Beckett and Cato, Takapau.
Bennett, Harold M., Dannevirke.
Bibby, Edward, Waipawa.
Brown, John J., Ormondville.
Cittadine, Elizabeth, Herbertville.
Clark, W. G., Otane.
Coldwell, Douglas John, Waipukurau.
Cuthbertson, W., Takapau.
Dannevirke Co-operative Association, Dannevirke.
Denholm, William, Waghorne Street, Port Ahuriri.
Douglas, George, Ormondville.
Ellison and Duncan (Limited), Port Ahuriri.
Evans, W. F., Havelock North.
Gillespie, James R., Heretaunga Street, Hastings.
Govenlock, Arthur, Woodville.
Grant, Gordon H., Heretaunga Street, Hastings.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Station Street, Napier.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Dannevirke.
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Hastings.
Huntwick, A. H., Woodville.
Langridge, Barrie, and Co., Otane.
Leigh and Joy, Box 47, Hastings.
Leigh, E. H., Waipukurau.
Longley, A. W. S., Wimbledon.
Mabbett, H. W., Weber.

Mackie, J., Post-office Store, South Norsewood.
Mason, William John, Dannevirke.
McDiarmaid, John, Ti-tree Point.
Moore, Thomas Frederick, Woodville.
Morgan, D. E., Hastings.
Murray, Roberts, and Co., Railway Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Murton, Harry Montague, Napier.
Neal and Close, Napier.
O’Donoghue, Edmund, Hastings.
Page and McGregor, Matamau.
Petersen, Albert Olof Andreas, Matamau.
Prior, Edward Elen, Dannevirke.
Reid, J. W., Napier.
Riggir, F. W., Whetukura.
Roach, George Hamilton, Hastings.
Robjohns, Hindmarsh, and Co., Port Ahuriri.
Smith, Angus W., Dannevirke.
Thornton, Percy G., Clive.
Webber, Herbert, Hastings.
Webber, H. J. W., Hastings Street, Napier.
White, John (executors of), Porangahau.
Williams, Alexander James, Hastings Street, Napier.
Williams and Kettle, West Quay, Port Ahuriri.
Williams and Kettle, Hastings.
Williams, Humphrey Parry, Dannevirke.
Winters (Limited), Wairoa and Frasertown.
Yates and McPhail, Heretaunga Street, Hastings.

M. FOLEY,
Registrar under the Poisons Act, 1908.

Magistrate’s Court,
Napier, 18th May, 1918.

Education Act, 1914.—General Council of Education.—Election of Members.

Education Department,
Wellington, 21st May, 1918.

IN pursuance of the regulations made in terms of section 9 (5) of the above-mentioned Act, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the General Council of Education as representatives of :—

Members of Education Boards of the South Island—
Fleming, David Thomas.
Hamilton, William Milne.

Certificated Male Teachers of Public Schools, North Island—
Wells, Tom Umfrey.

Certificated Female Teachers of Public Schools, North Island—
Myers, Phoebe.

Male Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools—
Campbell, Frank Hyde.

Female Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools—
Butler, Anne Blanche Alice.

The following are the particulars of the voting :—

Representatives of Members of Education Boards of the South Island—
Fleming, David Thomas .. .. .. 27
Hamilton, William Milne .. .. .. 22
Scantlebury, Edward John .. .. .. 5
Thomson, John Charles .. .. .. 11
Number of valid votes recorded .. 65
Number of votes rejected as informal .. Nil.

Representatives of Certificated Male Teachers of Public Schools, North Island—
Combs, Frank Livingston .. .. .. 120
Wells, Tom Umfrey .. .. .. 367
Number of valid votes recorded .. 487
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 27

Representatives of Certificated Female Teachers of Public Schools, North Island—
Coad, Nellie Euphemia .. .. .. 212
Myers, Phoebe .. .. .. 437
Number of valid votes recorded .. 649
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 63

Representatives of Male Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools—
Campbell, Frank Hyde .. .. .. 115
George, George .. .. .. 41
Number of valid votes recorded .. 156
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 15

Representatives of Female Teachers, Secondary and Technical Schools—
Batham, Alithea Mary .. .. .. 52
Butler, Anne Blanche Alice .. .. .. 91
Number of valid votes recorded .. 143
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 16

F. L. SEVERNE,
Returning Officer.