and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the
person for the time in charge of the premises shall
be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for
a second offence the Council may revoke the license.
(7.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the
expiry of the term for which a license has been
granted.
(8.) Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found
playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence,
not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not
exceeding £l for the third offence or for every
subsequent offence.
(9.) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table
in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such
a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within
a Native township) and European settlements,
without license from the Council, shall be liable to
a fine not exceeding £25.
(10.) Any person found playing for money, whether by
cards or any other game (except by billiards on
licensed premises), within the precincts of any
kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.
for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second
offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent
offence.
(11.) Any person, the owner or occupier of any house or
premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall
permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except
by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or
upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding
£2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5
for every subsequent offence.
(N.) VILLAGE COMMITTEES.
67. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers
under the prescribed rules or regulations to any Village
Committee, and such Committee shall thereupon be enabled
to exercise such powers within its own kainga.
The Village Committee shall have power to impose a penalty
or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not
paid within the prescribed period the Chairman of the Committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach
of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the
Chairman of the Council.
68. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which
no provision has been made.
SCHEDULE.
Form A.
To [Name and address].
GREETING: You are requested to cleanse or cause your
house to be cleansed within days after service of this
notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply
with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.
Dated the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of Raukawa Council
[or Village Committee].
Form B.
HAWKER'S LICENSE.
Know all men that , a hawker, is duly licensed to
sell goods in the kaingas of the Raukawa District for one
year from the date hereof.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Raukawa
Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.
Form C.
BILLIARD LICENSE.
Know all men that , of , is duly licensed to
keep a billiard-room at for twelve months from the
date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the
Council.
Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Raukawa
Maori District, the day of , 19 .
(SEAL.)
Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.
The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori
Council for the Raukawa Maori District held at Weraroa
on the 17th day of May, 1921, and are given under the seal
of the said Council.
(L.S)
RERE NEKITINI, Chairman.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of October, 1921.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.
Trustees of the Mount Benger Rabbit District elected.—Notice
No. 2138.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1922.
NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning
Officer of the Mount Benger Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that
THOMAS P. MICHELLE,
HENRY A. TAMBLYN,
JOHN BENNETTS,
HENRY BAYLY, and
FREDERICK A. HAIG
have been duly elected trustees of the said district.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.
Trustee for Mount Benger Rabbit District appointed.—Notice
No. 2139.
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1922.
IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint, in terms of section 75 (2) of the Rabbit
Nuisance Act, 1908,
WILLIAM JAMES MANUEL
to be a member of the Mount Benger Board of Rabbit
Trustees.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.
Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists' Shops in the
Borough of Whakatane, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists' shops within
the Borough of Whakatane, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be closed in the
evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10.30
p.m., except that on the day first preceding Christmas Day
the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m., and on the day first preceding New Year's Day the closing-hour shall be 10.30 p.m. :
And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists' shops
within the Borough of Whakatane:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1908, I do hereby direct that on and after
the 16th day of February, 1922, all the tobacconists' shops
within the Borough of Whakatane shall be closed accordingly.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of February, 1922.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.
Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all the Chemists' Shops in the
City of Christchurch, 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
City of Christchurch, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that all such shops in the city (save and except that shop
established at Dominion Buildings, Gloucester Street, Christchurch, and known as the All Night Dispensary, for the
purpose only of the sale of medicines and surgical appliances
that are urgently needed) be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m:
And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists' shops within
the City of Christchurch, and that all the occupiers of
chemists' shops in the City of Christchurch affected by section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1915, as amended by section 3 of the Shops and Offices Amendment
Act, 1917, have been afforded an equal right to share in the
profits of the business carried on by such specified shop:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1908, and of section 3 of the Shops and
Offices Amendment Act, 1915, I do hereby direct that on and
after the 16th day of February, 1922, all the chemists' shops
within the City of Christchurch, except such specified shop,
shall be closed accordingly.
The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
7th December, 1905, 1st February, 1906, 3rd July, 1913,
and 29th April, 1915, fixing the closing-hours of chemists
and druggists' shops in the City of Christchurch are hereby
cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of
this notice.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of February, 1922.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.