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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 105

The undermentioned resign their commissions:—
Captain (temp.) Walter Askin Tate. Dated 31st July, 1919.
Captain (temp.) Percy Edwin Baldwin. Dated 1st September, 1919.
Lieutenant Godfrey Loftus Harley Drew. Dated 28th July, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Arthur Thomas. Dated 29th July, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.
2nd Lieutenant Lancelot Lewin resigns his commission. Dated 1st August, 1919.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF STRENGTH OF N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates mentioned:—
2nd Lieutenant David William Madden. Dated 19th June, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant Philip George Pearce, M.M. Dated 22nd May, 1919.

OFFICERS FROM N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE REPOSTED TO TERRITORIAL FORCE.

The undermentioned, struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, are reposted to their Territorial Units:—

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.
2nd Lieutenant David William Madden. Dated 19th June, 1919.
Philip George Pearce, M.M. (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z. E.F.), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 12th December, 1918.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (TEMPORARY).

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and posted to the Reserve of Officers (Temporary):—

• Majors. *
  Eric Arthur Widdowson, D.S.O., M.B. Dated 21st August, 1919.
  Alexander Meiklejohn Trotter, M.B. Dated 5th August, 1919.

• Captains. *
  John Mickle Hyde, M.B. Dated 7th August, 1919.
  Richard Dunlop Barron, M.R.C.S, Eng. Dated 7th August, 1919.
  Edward Harold Sharp, M.C. Dated 14th April, 1919.
  Robert Henry Price Ronayne. Dated 22nd May, 1919.
  Captain (temp. Major) John Franklin Tonkin, M.C., and relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 21st July, 1919.
  Lieutenant (temp. Captain) John Munro Gillies, and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 21st June, 1919.
  Lieutenant Berkley Phelps Hopkins. Dated 25th May, 1919.

CORRIGENDUM.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 83, of 10th July, 1919, relating to Lieutenant Charles Eliot Wyett being struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, for the words “Dated 29th June, 1919,” read “Dated 29th May, 1919.”

MEMORANDUM.

Major Henry Gordon Wilding, D.S.O., Reserve of Officers (Temporary), is temporarily attached for duty to the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery with the rank of Captain. Dated 31st July, 1919.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Promotion of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th August, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the promotions of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps. Dated 1st August, 1919.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels:—
William Livingstone Hatchwell Burgess, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Henry Essau Avery, D.S.O.
Nathaniel William Benjamin Butler Thoms, D.S.O., M.C.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors:—
John Murray Rose, M.C.
Peter Bain Henderson, M.C.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Hairdressers’ and Tobacconists’ Shops in the Borough of Gisborne, under Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the trades of hairdresser and tobacconist in the Borough of Gisborne, 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 6 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when there shall be no fixed closing-hour; (2) subject to exception (1) hereof, the working-days in the period from the 21st day of October to the 31st day of October (both days inclusive), and the period from the 21st day of December to the 31st day of December (both days inclusive), when the closing-hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays shall be 9 p.m., and on Saturdays 10.30 p.m.; (3) 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 9 p.m., and should such special day fall on Saturday, then and in such case the closing-hour on Friday for any such shop in that week shall be 10.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Gisborne Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the trades of hairdresser and tobacconist within the Borough of Gisborne:

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 28th day of August, 1919, all the shops in the trades of hairdresser and tobacconist in the Borough of Gisborne shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 1st day of August, 1918, fixing the closing-hours of hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Gisborne is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August, 1919.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Gisborne, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Gisborne, 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 6 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) the working-day immediately preceding any of the special days mentioned in or within the meaning of section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, or any other day generally observed as a holiday in the district, when there shall be no fixed closing-hour; (2) should the occupier of any shop bound by the provisions of this requisition observe, pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of the above-mentioned Act, any of the special days mentioned therein, or any other day generally observed as a holiday in the district 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 6 p.m., and should such special day fall on Saturday the closing-hour on Friday for any such shop in that week shall be 9.30 p.m.; (3) should the occupier of any shop bound by the provisions of this requisition observe, pursuant to section 11 (2) of the above-mentioned Act, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop shall be 6 p.m., and on Friday 9.30 p.m.:

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

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 28th day of August, 1919, all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Gisborne shall be closed accordingly.

All notices hitherto gazetted fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops in the Borough of Gisborne are hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August, 1919.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.