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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

and excepting also all that area of land in the Huangarua Survey District, being Sections 29 to 41 (inclusive), 59, 71, 72, 75, 79, 83, 90, 93, 97, 98, and part of Sections 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 87, and 84 (in the occupation of Mr. John Martin and Mr. Featherston Johnston, and known as the Puruatanga Estate or Station).

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 25th day of January, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 25/20/10.)

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary Vacancy on the Gisborne Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th January, 1928.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, I, Francis Joseph Rolleston, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Monday, 13th February, 1928, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Gisborne Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the seat of Mr. Alan George Seddon having been declared vacant.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 11/5/14.)

Kaitaia Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, to make and levy a special rate to meet interest and sinking fund on capital for the period from the 1st April, 1927, to the 31st March, 1928, on the unimproved value of the land comprising the Kaitaia Town District within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 16th February, 1928.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Waihi Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, to make and levy a rate to meet maintenance costs for the period from the 1st April, 1927, to the 31st March, 1928, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 16th February, 1928.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Waihi Drainage District.—Notice of Intention to make and levy Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, pursuant to the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and its amendments, to make and levy a special rate to meet interest and sinking fund on capital for the period from the 1st April, 1927, to 31st March, 1928, on the unimproved value of all land within the district constituted under the said Act.

The amount of such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 16th February, 1928.

The valuation roll of the district is open for inspection at the office of the Collector of Rates, Chief Drainage Engineer's Office, 5 Law Court Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Clothiers’ and (2) Drapers’ Shops within 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 within the Borough of Morrinsville 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., on Fridays at 9 p.m., and on Saturdays at 1 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) On the evening of the working-day that first precedes Good Friday the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) when Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, or the birthday of the reigning Sovereign falls on the day on which any shop may remain open until 9 p.m. in accordance with this requisition, then, in such case, the closing-hour for such shop on the day preceding such day shall be 9 p.m.: Provided that the right to remain open till the time mentioned in exceptions (1) and (2) 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 1st day of February, 1928, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) clothier and (2) draper within the Borough of Morrinsville shall 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—(1) On the evening of the working-day that first precedes Good Friday the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) when Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, or the birthday of the reigning Sovereign falls on the day on which any shop may remain open until 9 p.m. in accordance with this notice, then, and in such case, the closing-hour for such shop on the day preceding such day shall be 9 p.m.: Provided that the right to remain open till the time mentioned in exceptions (1) and (2) shall in each case be subject to the shop being closed all day on the holiday on the day following.

The notice dated the 19th August, 1925, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th August, 1925, 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 25th day of January, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Applying the Provisions of Section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, to the Aorangi River Bridge on the Greatford-Woodville, via Feilding and Ashhurst, Main Highway.

WHEREAS it is provided by section 7 of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, that the Minister of Public Works may, on the recommendation of the Main Highways Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), by notice in the Gazette, declare that the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, in so far as it provides for the apportionment of the cost of construction of any bridge forming part of a main highway, shall apply with respect to the apportionment of the cost of construction of any bridge forming part of a main highway in so far as such cost is not provided for out of the Main Highways Account:

And whereas on the 8th December, 1927, the Board resolved as follows: “That, in accordance with the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1925, the Hon. Minister of Public Works be recommended to apply the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act to the Aorangi Bridge on the Greatford-Woodville, via Feilding and Ashhurst, Main Highway”:

Now, therefore, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, acting for Kenneth Stuart Williams, Minister of Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 7, and of every other power in any-wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the provisions of section 119 of the Public Works Act, 1908, in so far as they provide for the apportionment of the cost of construction, shall apply with respect to the apportionment of the cost of construction of the Aorangi Bridge on the Greatford-Woodville, via Feilding and Ashhurst, Main Highway.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of December, 1927.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister of Public Works.