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Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1920.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name.
William Frederic Bennetts .. .. .. Riverton.
Wilfrid Binder Holt.. .. .. .. Manaia.
Vincent Joseph Delany .. .. .. Ohakune.
George Allan Miller.. .. .. .. Dipton.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th February, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the notifications of the following appointments by His Majesty the King:—

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.)—
The Hon. WILLIAM HERBERT HERRIES, M.P.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)—
The Hon. ROBERT HEATON RHODES, M.P.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)—
The Hon. MAUI POMARE, M.P.
FRANK DAVID THOMSON, Esq.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Lower Hutt Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1920.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Lower Hutt Borough Council on the 19th day of November, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of December, 1919.

Dated this 20th day of February, 1920.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Members of a River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1920.

THE following result of election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

Mangawara River District, Counties of Waikato, Ohinemuri, and Piako—

First Subdivision—
Thomson, William David.
Carter, Walter Stephen.

Second Subdivision—
Proctor, George.
Alfred, Frederick J.

Third Subdivision—
Clothier, George Charles.

Fourth Subdivision—
Catley, Francis Robert.
Henry, William.

Fifth Subdivision—
Pilkington, Edward Charles.
Noble, Archibald.

Election of Trustee of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1920.

THE following result of the election of a trustee of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

Te Rapa Drainage District, County of Waipa— Alexander Stewart Lindsay.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Invercargill and South Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the Combined District of Invercargill, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Boroughs of Invercargill and South Invercargill, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said Combined District of Invercargill.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February, 1920.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as to Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Gisborne and Mangapapa.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates of all the local authorities of the Combined District of Gisborne and Mangapapa, as constituted for the purposes of that Act, and comprising the Borough of Gisborne and the Town District of Mangapapa, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said Combined District of Gisborne and Mangapapa.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of February, 1920.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of 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 pork-butchers’ shops in the City of Wellington, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops be closed in the evening of working-days as follows : Subject to closing at not later than 1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions,—

(1.) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 18 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, Friday as the statutory closing-day, then the closing-hour on Saturday for any such shop shall be 9 p.m. ;

(2.) Except when any such special day falls on a Saturday, on the working-day immediately preceding any of the special days mentioned in section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, when the closing-hour shall be 8 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, Friday as the statutory closing-day in any week, then the closing-hour on Saturday for any such shop in that week shall be 9 p.m. ; and

(4.) On the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and on the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 10 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 pork-butchers’ shops within the City of Wellington:

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 1st day of