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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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the southern boundaries of Sections 12, 13, and 14 to the
road intersecting Section 15, Block XXXII, Tokomairiro
Survey District ; thence along that road in a north-easterly
direction to the northern boundary of Section 15 aforesaid ;
thenoe along the northern boundaries of Sections 15 and 16
to the north-western corner of Section 16; thenee along the
western boundary of Section 8, across the Southern Trunk
Railway-line to the south-eastern corner of Section 7,
Block XLI, Tokomairiro Survey District; thence along the
southern boundaries of Sections 7, 8, 9, and 10 to the road
at the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section;
thence along that road forming the western boundary of
Section 10 to the western branch of the Tokomairiro River,
across that river and by a right line crossing a road and
railway to the south-eastern corner of part Section 203;
thenoe along the eastern boundary of Section part 203 to the
southern boundary of Section 208, Block XXVI, Tokomairiro
Survey District ; thence easterly along the southern bound-
aries of Sections 208, 209, 210, 211, to the road at the south-
eastern corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence along
that road to the south-western corner of Section 182, Block
XXIII, Tokomairiro Survey District; thence along the
southern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the
road at its south-eastern corner ; thence along that road to
the line intersecting Section 185, along that line to the
western boundary of Section 187; thence in a northerly
direction along the western boundary of the last-mentioned
section, across a road, and along the road forming the western
boundaries of Sections 170, 169, 168, 167, 166, 165, Block XXI,
Tokomairiro Survey District, across a road, and along the
road forming the western boundaries of Sections 114, 115,
116, 117, 118, 119, Block XIII, Tokomairiro Survey District,
to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section;
thence in a westerly direction along the road forming the
southern boundary of Sections 120 and 122, Block XIV,
Tokomairiro Survey District, the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Sedgwick Road, in the Town of
Opotiki Extension No. 6, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th February, 1919.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby
authorize the laying-off of Sedgwick Road, in the Town of
Opotiki Extension No. 6, Auckland Land District, of a
width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Lands.

Amended Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Hairdressers' and
Tobacconists' Shops in the City of Wellington, under the
Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a notice, pursuant to section 25 of the
Shops and Offices Act, 1908, was gazetted on the
18th day of July, 1918, directing that all shops in each of
the trades of (a) hairdresser and (b) tobacconist in the City
of Wellington be closed in the evening of working-days at
the hours specified therein:

And whereas, pursuant to section 41 of the War Legislation
and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, applications
by occupiers of hairdressers' and tobacconists' shops in the
City of Wellington who observe the weekly half-holiday on
Saturday have been forwarded to me, requesting that different
but equivalent hours of closing in the evening of working-days
of the week other than Saturday should be fixed by me for
all hairdressers' and tobacconists' shops in the City of Wel-
lington which close for the statutory half-holiday on that
day:

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Acting Minister
of Labour, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by
the said section 41 of the War Legislation and Statute Law
Amendment Act, 1918, do hereby direct that on and after
the 24th day of February, 1919, all hairdressers' and to-
bacconists' shops in the City of Wellington which close for
the statutory half-holiday on Saturday shall be closed in
the evening of working-days as follows : On Mondays, Tues-
days, and Thursdays at 7 p.m., on Wednesdays at 10 p.m.,
and on Fridays at 9 p.m.

The notice gazetted the 18th day of July, 1918, is hereby
amended accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of February, 1919.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Butchers' Shops (other than
Pork-butchers' Shops) in the City of Wellington, under the
Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the butchers' shops (other
than pork-butchers' shops) in the City of Wellington, has
been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the
city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows:
Subject to the closing at not later than 1 p.m. on the day
observed as the statutory closing-day, on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 5 p.m., with
the exception that on the working-day immediately preceding
Christmas Day and the working-day immediately preceding
New Year's Day the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m. :

And whereas the Wellington City Council has certified
that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority
of the occupiers of all the butchers' shops (other than pork-
butchers' shops) within the City of Wellington:

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 25th day
of February, 1919, all the butchers' shops (other than pork-
butchers' shops) in the City of Wellington shall be closed
accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of February, 1919.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land in the Borough
of Palmerston North for the Extension of the Automatic
Telephone Exchange and the Storage of Telegraph Material.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take
additional land described in the Schedule hereto for the
purposes of the extension of the Automatic Telephone Ex-
change and the storage of telegraph material. And notice
is hereby further given that the plan of the additional land
so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at
Palmerston North, and is there open for inspection; and
that all persons affected by the taking of the said land
should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the
taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send
such writing, within forty days from the first publication of
this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE piece of land required to be taken: Portion of Section 9,
Town of Palmerston North, having a frontage of 91 ft. to
Main Street East, and a depth of 165 ft.

Situated in the Borough of Palmerston North.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45587,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 19th day of
February, 1919.

W. H. HERRIES,
For Minister of Public Works.

Importation of Goods into the United States.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1919.

ADVERTING to the notice dated 5th August, 1918,
published in the New Zealand Gazette of 8th August,
1918, it is notified for general information that, in accordance
with information received, it is not now necessary for any
goods exported to the United States to be consigned to
trade associations in that country.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Minister of Customs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th February, 1919.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the
Borough of Whangarei, are published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

KENSINGTON PARK PURCHASE LOAN, £2,500.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the