JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1787

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 27th June, 1923.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Newmarket, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NEWMARKET.

Results of Polls.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Newmarket taken on the 12th day of June, 1923, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of completing the erection of the municipal building in Broadway, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 425, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 41; informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Newmarket taken on the 12th day of June, 1923, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £26,500 for street-improvement works in the Borough of Newmarket, namely:—

(a.) The paving of Manukau Road, Khyber Pass Road, Park Road, Claremont Street, King Street, and Station Street in concrete;

(b.) The paving of Broadway in concrete or other approved material, and the construction of George Street and Huntly Avenue in bituminous material;

(c.) Alterations to the existing levels of Manukau and Maungawhau Roads, and the taking-up and relaying of water-mains in Manukau Road, Khyber Pass Road, Claremont Street, King Street, and Station Street;

the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 436, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 32; informal, 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

S. DONALDSON, Mayor.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VII, Maungakaretu Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

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 road in Block VII, Maungakaretu 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 Hihitahi, 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 areas of the pieces of land required to be taken: 2 roods 14·9 perches and 0·02 perches.

Portion of Raketapauma 1d 2, Block VII, Maungakaretu Survey District. (S.O. 1755.)

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 57149, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Notice appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Borough of Feilding.

WHEREAS the poll held on the 26th day of April, 1923, to determine the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Feilding was declared void at the hearing of a petition presented pursuant to section 45 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908:

And whereas it was ordered by the Magistrate presiding at the hearing that a fresh poll be taken under section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

And whereas such poll was duly taken on the 14th day of June, 1923, in accordance with section 53 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Feilding has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Feilding:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Feilding as from the 2nd day of July, 1923.

The notice gazetted on the 10th May, 1923, appointing Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Feilding is hereby cancelled.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June, 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 Newmarket.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Newmarket, 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 the closing at not later than 1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6.30 p.m., on Fridays at 9 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) the working-day immediately preceding Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, birthday of the reigning Sovereign, and any day which, pursuant to Proclamation by the Governor-General or Act of Parliament, or declaration by the Government, or on the request of the Mayor or Chairman of the local authority, is generally observed as a public holiday, when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) 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.; (3) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to the said Act, Saturday 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 9 p.m.; (4) should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe, pursuant to section 21 (b) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Friday 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 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 tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Newmarket:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 9th day of July, 1923, all the tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Newmarket shall be closed accordingly.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st July, 1919, fixing the closing-hours of (1) hairdressers’ and (2) tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Newmarket is hereby superseded, in so far as it relates to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale in the Borough of Newmarket of certain Goods comprised 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 Newmarket, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, smoking requisites—be prohibited 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 occupiers 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 9th day of July, 1923, the sale of the said goods in the Borough of Newmarket shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays after the hour of 6.30 p.m., and on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the hour of 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) on the working-day immediately preceding Good Friday, Easter Monday,