May 21.

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 Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the said borough as from the 25th day of May, 1925.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of May, 1925.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments.

To the owners of the respective shares in the following land, that is to say: Two undivided quarter shares or interests in all that piece or parcel of land situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by ad-measurement 150 acres, more or less, being Section 9, Block XI, Hastings Survey District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title Vol. 83, folio 151, the registered proprietors of which respective quarter shares or interests are Andrew Dewar Douglas, Agent, and John Andrew Wauchope, Mining Engineer, both of Auckland, respectively, holding as tenants in common in equal shares.

WHEREAS after due inquiry the respective owners of the said respective shares in the above-described land cannot be found:
And whereas the said respective owners have no known agent in New Zealand:
Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls on such respective owners in the Gazette to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee their respective titles to the said shares in the said land, and if such respective owners or either of them fail or neglect to do so the Public Trustee will, as regards each of the respective shares in the said land to which such title is not so established, exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments.

Dated this 19th day of May, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Election of Member of North Auckland Land Board.

North Auckland District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th April, 1925.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Henry James Lowe, Commissioner of Crown Lands for the North Auckland Land District, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the North Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on 28th April, 1925, to be as follows:

Dargaville, Francis Joseph.. 243
Hunt, William Thomas .... 316

Total number of valid votes .. 559
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 19

And I do hereby declare that William Thomas Hunt, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the North Auckland Land Board as from the 24th May, 1925.

H. J. LOWE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Returning Officer.

Election of a Member of the Gisborne Land Board.

VINCENT IGNATIUS BLAKE, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Gisborne Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and regulations thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 9th day of May, 1925, for the election of a member of the Gisborne Land Board to be as follows:-

Valid Votes recorded.
Davey, Tom .. 42
Donovan, George Oswald .. 149
Trafford, Margrave Thomas .. 76

267

Rejected as informal .. 5

And I do hereby certify that George Oswald Donovan, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected as a member of the Gisborne Land Board.

VINCENT I. BLAKE, Returning Officer.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1565

Election of Member of Wellington Land Board.

THOMAS BROOK, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Wellington Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was Henry Thomas Ellingham, Esq., of Mangatoro Valley.

I do therefore hereby declare the said Henry Thomas Ellingham to be duly elected a member of the Wellington Land Board for a term of two years from the 6th day of June, 1925.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of April, 1925.
THOS. BROOK, Returning Officer.

Election of Members of the Board of Appeal under the Public Service Act, 1912.

Office of Returning Officer,
Public Service Commissioner's Office,
Wellington, 15th May, 1925.

HEREBY give notice that an election of members of the Board of Appeal under the Public Service Act, 1912, was held on the 4th instant, when the following votes were recorded:

Hulme, Harold Clive .. 3,009
Andrews, Charles de Rant .. 2,774
Fleming, Pierce .. 1,284
Informal .. 14

Messrs. H. C. Hulme and C. de R. Andrews having received the highest number of votes, I declare them to be duly elected as members of the Public Service Board of Appeal.

T. MARK, Returning Officer.

Trade-marks.-Goods prohibited to be imported.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 18th May, 1925.

IT is hereby notified for public information that under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1908, goods of the nature set forth hereunder, to which the trade-marks described below have been falsely applied, are prohibited from importation into New Zealand.

If any such goods are imported they will be detained and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

A person is deemed, for the purposes of the aforesaid Act, to falsely apply to goods a trade-mark who, without the assent of the proprietor of a trade-mark, applies such trade-mark.

Nature of Goods.
Talking-machines, talking-machine records, needles, and other accessories and parts

Descripton of Trade-mark.
The representation of a dog adjacent to a talking-machine, or the words "His Master's Voice," in infringement of trade-marks Nos. 5478 and 9300, the property of the Gramophone Company (Limited), London.

Safety razors and blades thereof

The device of a diamond or the word "Gillette" or the combination of both, either on the labels or on the goods themselves, in infringement of the registered trade-mark No. 7433, the property of the Gillette Safety Razor Company of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Preparations for female diseases
Files, originating in Canada or the United States of America
Disinfectants

The words "Orange Blossom" in infringement of the registered trade-mark "Blossom," No. 611, the property of C. W. Hawkins (Limited), Dunedin, or a mark so nearly resembling the said registered trade-mark as to be calculated to deceive.

The device of a globe or the word "Globe" or the combination of both, either on the labels or on the goods themselves, in infringement of the registered trade-mark No. 5065, the property of Ibbotson Brothers and Company (Limited), of Sheffield, England.

The word "Lysol" in infringement of the registered trade-mark "Lysol," the property of Lysol Limited, London.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.