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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

after the hour of 8.30 p.m."; and (2) by adding the following exception—On the evening before Good Friday and on the evening before Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, or King's Birthday when any such day falls on a Friday, the sale of the said goods is prohibited after the hour of 8.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, for Minister of Labour.

Varying Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers' Shops within the Borough of Hamilton.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Hamilton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the notice fixing the closing-hours of such shops, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st August, 1922, shall be varied in the following manner—viz., by deleting the reference to closing at 6 p.m. on Fridays, and substituting therefor the hour of 8.30 p.m.; and by adding the following exception—When Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, or King’s Birthday falls on a Friday the hour of closing on the evening prior to such day shall be 8.30 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 said shops within the said borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that the notice dated the 28th August, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 31st August, 1922, fixing the closing-hours of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Hamilton shall be and is hereby varied as from the 21st day of December, 1925, (1) by deleting the words “ on Fridays at 6 p.m.,” and substituting therefor the words “ on Fridays at 8.30 p.m.” ; and (2) by adding the following exception—When Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, or King’s Birthday falls on a Friday the hour of closing on the evening prior to such day shall be 8.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, for Minister of Labour.

Varying Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists' Shops within the Borough of Newmarket.

WHEREAS a requisition 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 notice fixing the closing-hours of such shops published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th June, 1923, be suspended for the period from the 21st December, 1925, to the 9th January, 1926, both days inclusive :

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:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th June, 1923, fixing the closing-hours of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Newmarket shall be and is hereby varied as follows—During the period 21st December, 1925, to 9th January, 1926 (both inclusive), there shall be no closing-hour.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, for Minister of Labour.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908. - Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registration.

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 14th December, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Waikokopu Water-side Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1284, situated at Waikokopu, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

C. A. BERENDSEN,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Public Service Superannuation Fund.--Election of Members of the Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held on Monday, the 1st day of March, 1926, for the purpose of electing, as members of the Public Service Superannuation Board, two representatives of the contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department, one representative of the contributors who belong to the Police Force, and three representatives of the contributors who belong to other Departments of the Public Service.

The said election will be held at the office of the Public Service Superannuation Board, Government Insurance Building, Wellington.

A separate ballot will be taken of the contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department, of the contributors who belong to the Police Force, and of the contributors who belong to other Departments of the Public Service.

Nominations will be received by the Returning Officer, in the form prescribed by Regulation 43 under the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908, until Monday, the 1st day of February, 1926, at 4.30 o'clock p.m. The voting-lists will be closed on the same date.

The poll will be closed at 5 o'clock p.m. on the 1st March, 1926. Ballot-papers posted to the Returning Officer must reach him not later than 5 o'clock p.m., on the fifteenth day after the date of the closing of the poll. Ballot-papers, if delivered to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered in a sealed envelope not later than 5 o'clock p.m. on the day of the closing of the poll.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of December, 1925.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

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 admeasurement 150 acres, more or less, being Section 9, Block XI, Hastings Survey District, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 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 within six months of the date of the publication of this notice 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 15th day of December, 1925.
J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1925.—Notice No. 37.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1925.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :-

Church of the Province of New Zealand commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Edward Barnes.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William Fulton Falconer.
The Reverend George Alfred Naylor.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Percival James Bothwell.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.