Nov. 22.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Meetings of Marlborough Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Marlborough Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, at ten o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 10th January, 14th February, 13th March, 10th April, 8th May, 12th June, 10th July, 14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December, during the year 1924.

RICH.D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Nelson Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Nelson Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at ten o'clock a.m. on Thursday, the 10th January, 14th February, 13th March, 10th April, 8th May, 12th June, 10th July, 14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December during the year 1924.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of East Coast Rabbit Board elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2321.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th November, 1923.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer (Mr. W. A. Robertson) that, on the 3rd instant, Alexander Jerome Cameron, Thomas Holden, Edward Massey Hutchinson, Marggrave Thomas Trafford, and Henry Williams were duly elected trustees of the East Coast District constituted under the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block I, Hamilton Survey District, for Recreation-grounds.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for recreation-grounds. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Hamilton, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections 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 area of the piece of land required to be taken : 56 acres 0 roods 4 perches.

Being portion of Allotments 363 and 365, Parish of Te Rapa. Situated in Block I, Hamilton. Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 22714).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58309, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 16th day of November, 1923.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Cancellation of 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 the notice gazetted on the 19th April, 1923, fixing the closing-hours of tobacconists' shops in the Borough of Cambridge be cancelled :

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 the notice gazetted on the 19th April, 1923, fixing the closing-hours of tobacconists' shops in the Borough of Cambridge shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of November, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Hairdressers and Tobacconists' Shops in the Borough of Te Kuiti.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers and tobacconists' shops in the Borough of Te Kuiti, 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 at the hour of 1 p.m. on the day on which the statutory half-holiday is observed, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Fridays, 9 p.m.; with the following exceptions: (1) The closing-hour on the five working-days (excluding Fridays) last preceding Christmas Eve or the day observed as such by shops shall be 8 p.m.; (2) the closing-hour on the last working-day preceding Christmas Day and the last working-day preceding New Year's Day shall be 11 p.m.; and (3) when a registered race meeting is held on the Te Kuiti Racecourse on any day other than Saturday the hour of closing on such day shall be 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 hairdressers and tobacconists' shops within the Borough of Te Kuiti:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 3rd day of December, 1923, all the hairdressers and tobacconists' shops within the Borough of Te Kuiti shall be closed accordingly.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th January, 1916, fixing the closing-hours of hairdressers', tobacconists', booksellers and stationers', newsagents', and fancy-goods dealers' shops in the Borough of Te Kuiti 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 21st day of November, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, prohibiting the Sale in the Borough of Te Kuiti of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Hairdresser and Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the hairdressers and tobacconists' shops within the Borough of Te Kuiti has been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, and smokers' requisites—be prohibited during such time 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 3rd day of December, 1923, the sale of the said goods in the Borough of Te Kuiti shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays after the hour of 6 p.m., and on Fridays after the hour of 9 p.m., with the following exceptions: (1) On the five working-days (excluding Fridays) last preceding Christmas Eve or the day observed as such by the shops, the sale of the said goods is prohibited after the hour of 8 p.m.; (2) on the last working-day preceding Christmas Day and the last working-day preceding New Year's Day the sale of the said goods is prohibited after the hour of 11 p.m.; (3) when a registered race meeting is held on the Te Kuiti