Nov. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2835

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
Southern Depot.
Robert Wiltshire to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 7th November, 1924.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The North Auckland Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant W. H. Potter to be Lieutenant (2nd C. Battalion). Dated 2nd September, 1923.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 10th November, 1924:—
Paul Coughlan Griffiths,
Charles Wells.
Lieutenant J. W. Williams (1st C. Battalion) retires under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913, and General Order 406/23, paragraph 2. Dated 10th November, 1923.

The Waikato Regiment.
Lieutenant E. W. Geissler (4th C. Battalion) is transferred to the 2nd C. Battalion with seniority as from the 7th September, 1914.

The Wellington Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (1st Battalion). Dated 12th November, 1924:—
Cecil John Bishop,
Charles Lawrence Brock,
Cecil Chetwyn Thomas Harris,
John George Charles Leach,
John Levy MacDuff.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
Captain R. S. Halliwell, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 22nd December, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant C. F. Stratford (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Taranaki Regiment (1st Battalion). Dated 12th November, 1924.

The Taranaki Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant C. F. Stratford, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion), with seniority as from the 25th October, 1921.

The Canterbury Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (4th C. Battalion). Dated 7th November, 1924:—
John de Lennie Lorimer,
Ulrich Sinclair Mackay,
Eric McCabe Rule,
Charles Edwin Webster,
Ralph William Wilson (3rd C. Battalion).

The Otago Regiment.
The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) (1st C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 10th November, 1924:—
R. S. M. Sinclair,
G. L. Taylor.

THE N.Z. AIR FORCE.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
James Wallace Craig. Dated 10th November, 1924.
Albert Charles Parson. Dated 14th November, 1924.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Southern Depot.
George Ambrose Iye to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 7th November, 1924.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain F. J. Borrie, M.R.C.S., Eng., relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Director of Medical Services (temp.), Southern Command. Dated 3rd November, 1924

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The undermentioned Chaplains 4th Class to be Chaplains 3rd Class:—
The Reverend W. F. Stent. Dated 4th July, 1920.
The Reverend B. Stephenson. Dated 25th August, 1923.
The Reverend L. H. Fenn. Dated 13th March, 1924.
The Reverend W. McLean. Dated 10th April, 1924.
The Reverend W. H. Walton. Dated 8th May, 1924.
The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 49, of 24th July, 1924, relating to the Reverend L. H. Fenn, Chaplain 4th Class, is hereby cancelled.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains 4th Class:—
The Reverend Martin Joseph Klimech (Roman Catholic). Dated 4th November, 1924.
The Reverend Louis Alfred Day (Baptist). Dated 7th November, 1924.
The Reverend Francis Charlton Lawrence (Church of England). Dated 7th November, 1924.
Charles Cubitt Neeve (Salvation Army). Dated 7th November, 1924.
The Reverend Kahi Harawira (Church of England). Dated 8th November, 1924.
The Reverend George Vincent Gerard (Church of England). Dated 12th November, 1924.
The Reverend Kingston Dudley Andrews-Baxter (Church of England). Dated 12th November, 1924.
L. J. Toomer, Chaplain 4th Class, from the Reserve List, Class I, to be Chaplain 4th Class. Dated 7th November, 1924.

The undermentioned Chaplains 4th Class are transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 10. Dated 12th November, 1924:—
The Reverend G. V. Gerard,
The Reverend K. D. Andrews-Baxter.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909, they having left the Dominion. Dated 7th November, 1924.

Reserve List, Class I.
The Reverend S. F. Hunter, Chaplain 4th Class.

Reserve List, Class II.
The Reverend C. A. Gray, Chaplain 4th Class.
The Reverend G. H. Balfour, M.A. (B.D.).

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 89 of 28th October, 1920, relating to Captain J. L. Ching resigning his commission, is hereby cancelled.
Captain J. L. Ching retires under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 11th October, 1920.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Hastings has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough (save and except the shop known as the Night Pharmacy, arranged for by the combined chemists of the Borough of Hastings for the sale only of medicines and surgical appliances that are urgently required, and being situate at number 105, Queen Street, Hastings) be closed in the evening of working-days as follows—On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 p.m. : Provided that if the occupier of any chemist’s shop within the Borough of Hastings observes Saturday as the statutory closing-day then and in such case the closing-hour on Wednesdays shall be 6 p.m. and on Fridays at 9 p.m. And it is also desired that subsection (4) of section 35 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, shall not apply to any chemists’ shop in the district which is within two and a half miles of the above-mentioned Night Pharmacy :
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 said shops within the said borough, and that all the occupiers of the said shops within the said borough affected by section 35 (1) of the said Act have been afforded an equal right to share at a reasonable cost in the profits of the business carried on by such specified shop :
Now, therefore, in pursuance of sections 32 and 35 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 1st day of December, 1924, all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Hastings, except such specified shop, shall be closed accordingly.
The notice gazetted on the 21st May, 1908, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Borough of Hastings is hereby cancelled insofar as it relates to the shops affected by this notice as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice, and the notice gazetted on the 25th March, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops in the Borough of Hastings is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of November, 1924.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.