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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Hokonui Survey District; thence along the eastern side of the road forming the western boundary of that section, 1959 links; thence bearing 30° distance 300 links, bearing 315° distance 2950 links, and bearing 266° 46′ to the Oreti River; thence southerly along the left bank of that river to a point due west of the northernmost corner of Section 5, Block XXVII, Town of Lumsden; thence by a right line to the northernmost corner of that section, and by the northern boundary of Section 5 aforesaid to the abutment of Medea Street, the northern boundary of Section 4 to the stream forming the eastern boundary of that section; thence by that stream to the southern side of Vaga Street; thence by the southern side of Vaga Street and that line produced to the north-eastern side of Flora Street; thence by Flora Street to the westernmost corner of Section 22, containing 3 acres 0 roods 4 perches; thence by the north-western boundary of that section and that boundary produced across the railway to the northern side of Run Street, and by the northern side of Run Street to the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Observances respecting Anzac Day.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1919.

I HEREBY notify, for public information, that the Government have decided to observe Anzac Day, Friday, 25th April, 1919, as a public holiday.

2. I shall be glad if the Mayors of all cities and boroughs, the Chairmen of County Councils and Town Boards, as well as other local bodies, as far as their districts are concerned, will similarly observe the day in remembrance of the notable deeds performed by the Australians and our brave New Zealand soldiers on that memorable and historical occasion.

3. It is specially fitting that on this occasion special services of public worship be held by all religious denominations, and I therefore appeal to all Ministers of religion and all congregations to hold such services on behalf of the people of the Dominion at such hours during the forenoon or afternoon as are found convenient.

4. The New Zealand Ensign will be displayed on all public buildings from sunrise to sunset.

5. It is requested that the managers and representatives of shipping companies should direct that all ships in the various harbours display their flags during the day.

6. It is considered that the occasion is particularly one upon which opportunity should be taken to arrange patriotic meetings during the day, and especially in the evening, to commemorate the anniversary, the question of how this may best be done being left to the discretion of the Mayors of the various boroughs and the Chairmen of other local bodies.

J. ALLEN,
Acting Prime Minister.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of certain Shops in the Borough of Waitara, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) butcher, (2) baker, (3) grocer, (4) draper, (5) mercer, (6) bookseller, (7) stationer, (8) ironmonger, (9) furniture-maker, (10) jeweller, (11) cycle-dealer, and (12) saddler in the Borough of Waitara, 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 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 7.30 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 the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (2) 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 Thursday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and on Friday 7.30 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 5.30 p.m., and should such special day fall on Saturday the closing-hour on Friday shall be 7.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Waitara Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) butcher, (2) baker, (3) grocer, (4) draper, (5) mercer, (6) bookseller, (7) stationer, (8) ironmonger, (9) furniture-maker, (10) jeweller, (11) cycle-dealer, and (12) saddler within the Borough of Waitara:

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 20th day of March, 1919, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) butcher, (2) baker, (3) grocer, (4) draper, (5) mercer, (6) bookseller, (7) stationer, (8) ironmonger, (9) furniture-maker, (10) jeweller, (11) cycle-dealer, and (12) saddler in the Borough of Waitara shall be closed accordingly.

The notices gazetted on the 3rd July, 1912, 15th February, 1912, and the 20th July, 1911, respectively are hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of March, 1919.

W. H. HERRIES,
Acting Minister of Labour.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VIII, Tokomaru Survey District, for the Purposes of a Post-office.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a post-office in Block VIII, Tokomaru Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Tokomaru Bay, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or 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.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 2 roods.

Being Sections 1 and 2, Block II, Tuatini Native Township, Block VIII, Tokomaru Bay Survey District.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45620, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 12th day of March, 1919.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th February, 1919.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Wanganui, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice under Section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

I HEREBY publicly notify that at the poll taken on the 29th day of January, 1919, on the proposal of the Wanganui Borough Council to borrow the sum of £12,500 for the following purposes, and for all matters incidental or relating thereto—that is to say, the purchase for municipal purposes, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and its amendments, of the fee-simple of all that piece or parcel of land in the Town of Wanganui, containing 1 acre 1 rood, more or less, being sections numbered 370, 371, 387, 388, and 389 on the plan of the Town of Wanganui, and having a frontage of two chains to Victoria Avenue, five chains to Ingestre Street, and three chains to Wickstead Street, in the said town, and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 252, folio 4—the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 174; against the proposal, 619; informal, 24.

I therefore declare the proposal rejected.

C. E. MACKAY, Mayor.