Aug. 20. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2469

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Clothiers’ and (2) Drapers’ Shops in the Borough of Morrinsville.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) clothier and (2) draper in the Borough of Morrinsville has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows—On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this requisition observe Saturday as the statutory half-holiday in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, then, and in such case, the closing-hour on Wednesday for any such shop shall be 5.30 p.m. and on Friday at 8.30 p.m.; (2) on the evening of the working-day that first precedes Good Friday the closing-hour shall be 8.30 p.m.; (3) when Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, or the birthday of the reigning Sovereign falls on the day on which any shop may remain open until 8.30 p.m. in accordance with this requisition, then, and in such case, the closing-hour for such shop on the day preceding such day shall be 8.30 p.m.: Provided that the right to remain open till the time mentioned in exceptions (2) and (3) shall in each case be subject to the shop being closed all day on the holiday on the day following:

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) clothier and (2) draper within the Borough of Morrinsville:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 31st day of August, 1925, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) clothier and (2) draper in the Borough of Morrinsville shall be closed accordingly. The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st August, 1922, fixing the closing-hours of (1) clothiers’ and (2) drapers’ shops in the Borough of Morrinsville is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August, 1925.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Regulations as to Drainage and Plumbing under the Health Act, 1920, applied to the Borough of Northcote. (H. 2/20.)

Department of Health,
Wellington, 15th August, 1925.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made on the 3rd day of September, 1923, and gazetted on the 6th day of the same month, regulations (to be cited as “the Drainage and Plumbing Regulations”) were made under the Health Act, 1920, prescribing the conditions to be observed in the construction of approved drains, septic tanks, sanitary conveniences, and sanitary appliances:

And whereas by the said regulations it was provided that the same were suspended as provided in the said Act:

And whereas by section 133 of the said Act it is enacted that the operation of any such regulations may, if so provided therein, be wholly suspended until they are applied by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to any part of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, Maui Pomare, Minister of Health, in exercise of the power and authority given by the said regulations and by section 133 of the said Act, do hereby apply the said regulations to the Borough of Northcote, and do hereby declare that this notice shall take effect on the 1st day of September, 1925.

M. POMARE, Minister of Health.

Result of Election of Members of River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th August, 1925.

THE following result of election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Wai oeka River District, County of Opotiki—
Thomas Valentine Anstis.
William Cathcart Beattie.
Joseph Edward Greaves.
Hubert Roughton Hogg.
John Gow Murray.
Percy Edward Rumble.
James Wilson.

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The Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

I, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Napier Spiritualistic Church (Incorporated), 1916/2, is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Napier this 13th day of August, 1925.

W. JOHNSTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.—Declaration of Election of Producers’ Representative for the Canterbury-Marlborough-Nelson Provincial Districts.

I, ROBERT WILLIAMSON ATKINSON, Returning Officer for the purposes of the Fruit Control Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, hereby declare

Thomas Cuddie Brash,

who was the only person nominated on the 17th day of August, 1925, for the above provincial districts, to be duly elected the producers’ representative on the Board.

Dated this 18th day of August, 1925.

R. W. ATKINSON, Returning Officer.

New Zealand Fruit-export Control Board.—Declaration of Election of Producers’ Representative for the Hawke’s Bay-Wellington Provincial Districts.

I, ROBERT WILLIAMSON ATKINSON, Returning Officer for the purposes of the Fruit Control Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, hereby declare

Alexander Morris Robertson,

who was the only person nominated on the 17th day of August, 1925, for the above provincial districts, to be duly elected the producers’ representative on the Board.

Dated this 18th day of August, 1925.

R. W. ATKINSON, Returning Officer.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto:

And whereas I have not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner, and believe that such owner or an agent of such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land as required by the said Act:

I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £500.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of August, 1925.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that undivided share or interest of Francis Whitnall Smith and Andrew Dionisius Fitzpatrick in that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Ruarangi, containing by admeasurement 135 acres 2 roods 36 perches, more or less, and being part Allotment 85, Block XVI, Tangihua Survey District; bounded on the north side by the south part of Allotment 84, 8801 links; on the east by Allotment 115, 1817 links; on the south by the northern part of Allotment 86, 4283 links; and on the west generally by a public road 100 links wide, 801 links, 730 links, 457 links, 1259 links, 501 links, 835 links, 270 links, and 391 links; and being all the land included in Crown grant registered No. 210051 to Francis Whitnall Smith, Andrew Dionisius Fitzpatrick, Edmund Fitzpatrick, and Thaddeus Vickers Fitzpatrick, all of Auckland, as tenants in common; excepting out of the said grant an area of 3 acres 1 rood 4 perches taken for road purposes by Proclamation registered No. 5714.