550 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 16

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, as to the Statutory Closing-day in the Combined District of Taumarunui and Manunui.

WHEREAS the local authorities of the Borough of Taumarunui and the Town District of Manunui, comprising the combined district of Taumarunui and Manunui, have failed to decide what working-day in the week shall be the statutory closing-day for shops in their district :

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 18 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the statutory closing-day for shops in the said combined district of Taumarunui and Manunui.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of February, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops within the Borough of New Plymouth.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of New Plymouth, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions: On the evening of the working-day preceding any of the special days mentioned in section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, the closing-time shall be 9 p.m., except Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 10 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 on and after the 12th day of March, 1928, all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of New Plymouth shall be closed accordingly.

The notice dated the 23rd January, 1923, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 25th January, 1923, fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops in the Borough of New Plymouth is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of February, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amendment, fixing the closing-hours of Seedsmen’s Shops within the Combined District of Dunedin.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the seedsmen’s shops within the Combined District of Dunedin, comprising the City of Dunedin and the Boroughs of St. Kilda, Port Chalmers, West Harbour, and Green Island, has been forwarded to me desiring that all such shops within the said combined district be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays, at 9 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 combined district.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 12th day of March, 1928, all the seedsmen’s shops within the Combined District of Dunedin shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of February, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Officiating Ministers for 1928.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1928.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Pentecostal Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Alfred James Jackson.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Applying Section 31 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, to Combined and Separate Districts.

IN pursuance of section 14 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, do hereby declare that on and after the 12th day of March, 1928, the provisions of section 31 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, shall apply to the following combined districts and separate districts having a population of five thousand and upwards, that is to say,—

COMBINED DISTRICTS.

Ashburton and Tinwald.
Greymouth and Cobden.
Otahuhu and Papatoetoe.
Whangarei and Kamo.

SEPARATE DISTRICTS.

Blenheim.
Oamaru.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of February, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1928.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1928.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—FIJI ISLANDS.—SUVA HARBOUR.

Alteration in Light.

Date of Alterations: 1st day of April, 1928.

Position.—Lat. 18° 08′ S., long. 178° 25′ E. (approx.).

Alteration.—The light will be altered from flashing white every ten seconds to flashing white every five seconds, thus: Light, 0·5 sec.,; eclipse, 4·5 sec.

Charts affected.—Nos. 1660 plan—1757.

Publications.—List of Lights, Part VI, 1927, No. 3761.

Authority.—Comptroller of Customs, Suva, 28/1/28.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting Secretary.

(M. 25/656.)

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, HAROLD BEANLAND WALTON, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Auckland Radio Association (Incorporated) 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 Auckland, this 21st day of February, 1928.

H. B. WALTON,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROY FELLOWES BAIRD, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Hastings Orchestral Society (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on business, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Napier, this 21st day of February, 1928.

R. F. BAIRD,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1928.

THE Rawhiti Lodge, No. 145, situated at Point Chevalier, Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 24th day of February, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.