Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3169

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Waikato River District.

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

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under section 3 of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913, by a majority of the ratepayers of the area described in the Schedule hereto, praying that such area may be included in the Waikato River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN WAIKATO RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, being Section 116, Mangatawhiri Parish, bounded on the north-west by Section 237, on the north-east by Section 239, on the south-east by a public road, and on the south-west by Section 92.

Also all that area, being eastern portion of Section 117, Mangatawhiri Parish, bounded on the north by a public road, on the east by Section 124, on the south by a public road, and on the south-west by western portion of Section 117.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all the Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Roxburgh, 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 Roxburgh, 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 Thursdays at 8.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions:—

(1.) On the working-day first preceding Christmas Day and on the working-day first preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m. ;

(2.) 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 mentioned therein other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day in any week, then and in such case the closing-hour on Saturday in that week for any such shop shall be 8.30 p.m., provided that should such special day fall on Friday the closing-hour on Saturday in that week for any such shop shall be 9 p.m. ;

And whereas the Roxburgh 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 Roxburgh :

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 9th day of December, 1920, all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of Roxburgh shall be closed accordingly.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th May, 1920, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Borough of Roxburgh is hereby superseded, in so far as it relates to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November, 1920.

E. P. LEE, for Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Licensed Second-hand Dealers’ 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 licensed second-hand dealers’ 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: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions:—

(1.) On the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and on the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m. ;

(2.) Subject to the provisions of exception (1) hereof, on the working-day immediately preceding any of the special days mentioned in or coming within the meaning of section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m. ;

(3.) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 19 of the above-mentioned Act, any day other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day in any week, then and in such case the closing-hour for any such shop on Saturday in that week 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 licensed second-hand dealers’ shops within the City of Wellington :

Now, therefore, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 2nd day of December, 1920, all the licensed second-hand dealers’ shops in the City of Wellington shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of November, 1920.

E. P. LEE, for Minister of Labour.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case.

Wellington, 22nd November, 1920.

J. W. MACDONALD, Deputy of the Public Trustee.

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