JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2127

Masterton Borough Council applying to the Purpose of Open Space Portion of Donald Street stopped by said Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th June, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 191, Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, to approve of the Masterton Borough Council applying to the purpose of an open space within the meaning of section 298 of the said Act the unsold residue of that portion of Donald Street in the Borough of Masterton stopped by the said Council on the 21st day of May, 1921.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/204/61.)

Plant declared not to be a Noxious Weed in the Maniototo County.—Notice No. Ag. 2729.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1928.

THE following special order, passed by the Maniototo County Council at a meeting held on the 2nd day of December, 1925, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 27th day of January, 1926, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, and the Noxious Weeds Amendment Act, 1923, the Maniototo County Council resolves and declares by way of special order that gorse is not a noxious weed within the County of Maniototo, and the special order passed on the 2nd day of February, 1910, and confirmed on the 2nd day of March, 1910, declaring certain noxious weeds in the county, shall, in so far as it relates to gorse, be, and is hereby rescinded.

Members of Plumbers’ Board elected.

Office of Minister of Health,
Wellington, 18th June, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that, pursuant to the provisions of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, and the Regulations thereunder, the undermentioned persons have been elected as members of the Plumbers’ Board of New Zealand by the Federated Association of Master Plumbers and the Federated Association of Journeymen Plumbers respectively, as from the 26th June, 1928.

James Sandilands Douglas, Dunedin.
John Clark, Auckland.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough of Pahiatua.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Pahiatua, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.50 p.m., and on Saturdays at 8 p.m.:

And whereas the Minister of Labour is 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, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of July, 1928, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Pahiatua shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of June, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough of Waipukurau.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Waipukurau, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour, desiring that all such shops within the said 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 6 p.m.:

And whereas the Minister of Labour is 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, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of July, 1928, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Waipukurau shall be closed accordingly.

The notice dated the 23rd July, 1920, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th July, 1920, fixing the closing-hours of (1) grocers, (2) drapers, (3) clothiers, (4) milliners, (5) jewellers, (6) tailors, (7) stationers, (8) booksellers, (9) furnishers, (10) ironmongers, and (11) hardware shops in the Borough of Waipukurau, is hereby cancelled in so far as it relates to the shops affected by this notice as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough of Featherston.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Featherston, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour desiring that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the evening of four working-days of each week at 5.30 p.m. and in the evening of one working-day of each week at 8.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Minister of Labour is 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, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of July, 1928, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Featherston shall be closed accordingly.

The notice dated the 31st August, 1921, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 8th September, 1921, fixing the closing-hours of grocers’ shops in the Borough of Featherston shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of June, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough of Taihape.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Taihape, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour, desiring that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 5.30 p.m. and on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Minister of Labour is 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, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of July, 1928, all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Taihape shall be closed accordingly.

The notice dated the 15th October, 1918, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 17th October, 1918, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the Borough of Taihape shall be and is hereby cancelled, in so far as it relates to the shops affected by this notice, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of June, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Surveyor licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 20th June, 1928.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a license under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, has been issued by the Surveyors’ Board, to the following surveyor:—

Albert Edward Ashcroft, of Auckland.

M. CROMPTON SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board,