JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2453

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Butchers’ Shops in the Borough of New Plymouth, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the butchers’ shops within the Borough of New Plymouth, 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 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 5.30 p.m., on Saturday at 6 p.m., and on Friday at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) Should Easter Saturday be generally observed as a holiday in the Borough of New Plymouth, the closing-hour on the preceding Thursday for any butcher’s shop that is closed at not later than 1 p.m. on that holiday shall be 9 p.m.; (2) any occupier who observes Saturday as the statutory half-holiday shall be entitled to keep his shop open on Thursday till 5.30 p.m., and on Friday till 9 p.m.; (3) should any other day than Thursday in any week be generally observed as a holiday in the Borough of New Plymouth, the closing-hour on Thursday for any butcher’s shop that is closed at not later than 1 p.m. on that holiday shall be 5.30 p.m.:

And whereas the New Plymouth Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the butchers’ shops within the Borough of New Plymouth:

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 1st day of July, 1918, all butchers’ shops in the Borough of New Plymouth shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June, 1918.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Funds approved under Section 33 of the War Legislation Act, 1917.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th June, 1918.

PURSUANT to section 33 of the War Legislation Act, 1917, I hereby notify, for public information, that I have this day approved, for the purposes of the said section, the war funds controlled by the societies named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Society. Address.
Gisborne Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Gisborne.
Avondale Patriotic Carnival Fund Avondale.
Hamilton Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Hamilton.
Auckland Provincial Navy League Relief Fund Auckland.
Dannevirke Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Dannevirke.
Hastings Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Hastings.
Eltham Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Eltham.
Inglewood Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Inglewood.
Stratford Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Stratford.
Patea Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Patea.
Masterton Navy League Auxiliary Comforts Fund Masterton.
Feilding Subcentre Women’s National Reserve Feilding.
Masterton Navy League Ladies Auxiliary Comforts Fund Committee Masterton.
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Chaplains and Camps Fund Wellington.
New Zealand’s Tribute to France Fund Wellington.
Alford Forest Farewell Committee Alford Forest.
Dunedin Centre Women’s National Reserve Dunedin.
Herbert Patriotic Committee Herbert.
Otiake Patriotic Society Otiake.
Papakaio Patriotic Society Papakaio.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

NOTE.—The Navy League North Sea Relief Fund (Auckland), a notification of the approval of which appeared on page 2895 of Gazette No. 93, on 31st August, 1916, has now been closed.

The name of the St. John Ambulance Association Red Cross Fund (Christchurch), a notification of the approval of which appeared on page 2896 of the Gazette No. 93, on 31st August, 1916, has now been changed to “The Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland Centre, N.Z. Branch of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John.”

The name of the Auckland Women’s Patriotic League, a notification of the approval of which appeared on page 3066 of Gazette No. 107, on 21st September, 1916, has now been changed to “The Auckland Women’s Provincial Patriotic League.”

The name of The King George’s Fund for Sailors, a notification of the approval of which appeared on page 4195 of Gazette No. 165, on 8th November, 1917, has now been changed to “The Navy League King George’s Fund for Sailors.”

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under the Government Railways Act, 1908, and its amendments, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 1st day of July, 1918.

PART VI.—WHARVES.

NELSON WHARF.

Water-supply to Shipping.

Cancel—
A charge of 4s. per 1,000 gallons will be made for water supplied to any vessel. Minimum charge, 2s.

Insert—
A charge of 8s. 5d. per 1,000 gallons will be made for water supplied to any vessel. Minimum charge, 2s. 5d.

As witness my hand this 19th day of June, 1918.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

Approval of Juvenile Probation Officer.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th June, 1918.

BY virtue of the power vested in me by section 10 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, I, Josiah Alfred Hanan, the Minister of Education, do hereby notify my approval of the appointment of

EDWARD ANDREW AXELSEN

as a Juvenile Probation Officer.

J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.

Amended Regulations under the Coal-mines Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Permitted Explosives.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Order in Council dated the 13th day of May, 1918, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of the same month, I, William Donald Stuart MacDonald, the Minister of Mines for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby approve of the explosive specified in the Schedule hereto being deemed a “permitted explosive” during the period of the present war and for six months thereafter, subject to the conditions set out in the Schedule.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Minister of Mines.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1918.

SCHEDULE.