FEB. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 351

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Boot and Shoe Dealers' Shops
in the Borough of Napier, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the boot and shoe dealers'
shops in the Borough of Napier, 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, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on
Saturdays at 6 p.m., with the following exceptions--(l) the
Saturday following Good Friday, and the Saturdays in the
period from the 15th day of December to the 8th day of
January, both days inclusive, when the closing-hour shall
be 9 p.m.; (2) 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;
(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 days therein mentioned other than
Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in any week, then
and in such case the closing-hour on Wednesday for any such
shop in that week shall be 5.30 p.m., and if such day should
fall on Saturday the closing-hour on Friday in that week
shall be 6 p.m.; (4) 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 Wednesday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and on Friday
shall be 6 p.m.:

And whereas the Napier Borough Council has certified that
the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of
the occupiers of all the boot and shoe dealers' shops within
the Borough of Napier :

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 12th day
of February, 1919, all the boot and shoe dealers' shops in
the Borough of Napier shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of February, 1919.
W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Post Officers appointed to take Statutory Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1919.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under section 8 clause (d), of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,
I, William Donald Stuart MacDonald, Acting Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke
the warrants issued under the authority conferred by section 9, subsection (2), of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,
dated the 18th day of June, 1913, the 13th day of June, 1914,
the 16th day of August, 1915, and the 21st day of February,
l916, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd
day of July, 1913, the 18th day of June, 1914, the 19th day
of August, 1915, and the 24th day of February, 1916, respectively, in so far as they appoint the following persons to take
statutory declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers;
and do hereby order that, except as altered by this warrant
and previous warrants of similar import, the said warrants
of the 18th day of June, 1913, the 13th day of June, 1914,
the 16th day of August, 1915, and the 21st day of February,
1916, shall continue in full force and effect :-

NORTHCROFT, E., Chief Postmaster, Napier.
PARTON, D. E., Sub. Telegraph Engineer, Masterton.
MORRIS, R. B., Chief Inspector, General Post Office.
LYE, R. W. G., Assistant Telegraph Engineer, Invercargill.

W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Acting Postmaster-General.

Post Officers appointed to take statutory Declarations of Postmasters and other Post Officers

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1919.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under section 8, clause (d), of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I,
William Donald Stuart MacDonald, Acting Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority
conferred by section 9, subsection (2), of the said Act, do

hereby appoint the following Post officer to take statutory
declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers:-
ERNEST NORTHCROFT
W. D. S. MACDONALD,
Acting Postmaster-General

Officiating Ministers for 1919.-Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1919.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within
the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:-

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. LEONARD ARTHUR WHITE.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend GREENWELL CARR.

Baptists.
The Reverend HAROLD GLADSTONE HERCUS.

The Sailors' Friend Society.
Mr. JAMES MOORE.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General

Public Service Stores Tender Board.--Supply and Delivery of Ironbark Poles.

3rd February, 1919.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman,
General Post Office, Wellington, not later than 4 p.m.
on Wednesday, the 12th March, 1919, for 300 ironbark poles.
Forms and conditions of tender may be obtained at the
office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch; and at the offices of the
District Telegraph Engineers, Auckland and Dunedin.

E. A. SHRIMPTON,
Chairman.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.

Wellington, 30th January, 1919.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

E. A. SHRIMPTON,
Chairman.

2,000 Reams Paper, Lemon Wove.
Accepted.

Neill, Cropper, and Co., Auckland .. 525 0 0
Declined.
James Spicer and Sons (Limited), Wellington 1,066 13 4
Richardson, McCabe, and Co. (Limited), Wellington .. 1,691 13 4

500 Parcel-post Bags.
Accepted.

Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. (Limited), Wellington
Declined.
Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited), Dunedin ... 654 15 10
F. G. Reid, Petone ... 1,000 0 0

The Poisons Act, 1908.--Register of Vendors of Poisons for
the Westland District as on 31st December, 1918.

Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Department of, Union
Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Irvine, James Neil, Broadway, Reefton.
Keddie, John Henderson, Tainui Street, Greymouth.
Parkinson, Frederick James (trading as Parkinson and Co.),
Tainui Street, Greymouth.
Williams, Charles Philip (trading as Wanwell Williams),
Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.
Williams, William Edward, Revell Street, Hokitika.

JOHN N. NALDER,
Registrar of Poisons.

Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, 30th January, 1919.