APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1065

Declaring Lands to be included in a Special Roading District
in Terms of Section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment Act,
1913.

PURSUANT to section 50 of the Land Laws Amendment
Act, 1913, and the regulations thereunder, I, David
Henry Guthrie, Minister of Lands, do hereby declare the
lands referred to in the Schedule hereto to be included in
the Owhango Special Road District.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUNUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
SECTION 14, Block IX.
„ 24, „

As witness my hand this 13th day of April, 1923.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Section 12s,
Clifton Settlement, Otago Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zea-
land, under the authority of section 14 of the Land Act,
1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was,
on the 31st day of January, 1923, duly taken and laid off
through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the
authority of the Governor-General of the said Dominion,
by Warrant dated the 15th day of November, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land taken for a road :
3 roods 31 perches.
Portion of Section 12s, Clifton Settlement.

In the Otago Land District; as the same is more par-
ticularly delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 21/32,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, under No. 2011, and thereon coloured
red.

Dated this 10th day of April, 1923.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Special Order made by the Mangonui County Council declaring
Cape Honey-flower to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. 2261.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th April, 1923.

THE following special order, made by the Mangonui
County Council at a special meeting on the 25th July,
1922, and confirmed on the 1st day of September, 1922, is
published in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of
the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1910 :—

Resolved, That the Mangonui County Council, by special
resolution intended to operate as a special order, hereby
declares Cape Honey-flower (Melianthus major) to be a
noxious weed within the County of Mangonui.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and In-
habitants of the County of Mangonui was hereto affixed at
the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Mangonui
County Council in the presence of ALFRED H. LONG, Chairman,
and C. MCKINNON, County Clerk.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting
the Sale in the Borough of Cambridge of certain Goods com-
prised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within
the Borough of Cambridge, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a
tobacconist—namely, cigarettes, cigars, and tobacco—be pro-
hibited during such times as the said shops are required to
be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in
the trade of a tobacconist in the said district, and that the
signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occu-
pier of all the said shops in the said district :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said
Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 30th day of
April, 1923, the sale of the said goods in the Borough of
Cambridge shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows : On
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the
hour of 6 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays after the hour
of 10.30 p.m., with the following exception—on the working-
day that first precedes Christmas Day and on the working-
day that first precedes New Year’s Day, after the hour of
10.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the
Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ Shops in the Borough of
Cambridge.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops in the
Borough of Cambridge, has been forwarded to me, desiring
that all such shops in the borough be closed in the evening
of working-days as follows : Subject to closing not later
than 1 o’clock p.m. on the day observed as the statutory
half-holiday, the hours of closing shall be, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 6 p.m., Saturday 10.30
p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) where the occupier
of any shop observes the statutory half-holiday on Saturday,
the hour of closing for such shop on Friday shall be 10.30
p.m. ; and (2) on the last working-day preceding Christmas
Day and the last working-day preceding New Year’s Day the
hour of closing 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 Cambridge :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and
after the 30th day of April, 1923, all the tobacconists’
shops in the Borough of Cambridge shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the
Closing-hours of (1) Grocers’, (2) Soft-goods Dealers’,
(3) Boot and Shoe Dealers’, and (4) Stationers’ Shops in
the Borough of Shannon.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades
of (1) grocer, (2) soft-goods dealer, (3) boot and shoe dealer,
and (4) stationer in the Borough of Shannon, has been for-
warded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be
closed in the evening of working-days as follows : On Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturday
at 8 p.m. ; provided that should the occupier of any shop
bound by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 14 (2)
of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Saturday as the statu-
tory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on
Wednesday for such shop shall be 5.30 p.m., and on Friday
8 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 shops in each of the
trades of (1) grocer, (2) soft-goods dealer, (3) boot and shoe
dealer, and (4) stationer in the Borough of Shannon :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and
after the 30th day of April, 1923, all the shops in each of
the trades of (1) grocer, (2) soft-goods dealer, (3) boot and
shoe dealer, and (4) stationer in the Borough of Shannon
shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of April, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Labour.

Notice of the Date of the Examinations for Teachers’ Class
“ C ” and Class “ D ” Certificates.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the examinations for the
Teachers’ Class “ C ” and Class “ D ” Certificates will
be held on the 28th August, 1923, and following days.

Applications to be examined must be made to the Director
of Education so as to be received in his office not later than
the 31st May, or, with a receipt for payment to the Public
Account of a late fee of £1, not later than the 15th June.

All entries must be made on the proper form, which may be
obtained shortly from the office of any Education Board.

J. CAUGHLEY, Director of Education.