Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 271

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—Elections to Administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 30th January, 1928. J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:—

Commissioned Gunner (T) Harold James Taylor, R.N. to H.M.S. “Philomel,” vice Deverill, to date 25th November, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of Butchers’ Shops within the Borough of Hawera.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the butchers’ shops within the Borough of Hawera, 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 o’clock p.m., on Wednesdays at 12 noon, and on Saturdays at 8.30 o’clock p.m., and, during the months affected by the Summer Time Act, 9 o’clock 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 6th day of February, 1928, all the butchers’ shops within the Borough of Hawera shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5 o’clock p.m., and on Saturdays at 8.30 o’clock p.m., with the exception that during the period affected by the Summer Time Act, 1927, the closing-hour on Saturdays shall be 9 o’clock p.m.

The notice dated the 27th June, 1927, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 30th June, 1927, fixing the closing-hours of butchers’ shops within the Borough of Hawera is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of February, 1928.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Rotorua on 27th February, 1928.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 28th January, 1928.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Rotorua on the 27th day of February, 1928, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

T. ANARU, Registrar.

[Waiariki, 1927–17.]

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION.

No. 45. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Otaramarae Nos. 3 and 4. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a quarry.

No. 46. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works. Name of land: Rotomahana-Parekarangi 6A 2/5B 3. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a quarry.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, March, 1928, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 26th January, 1928.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Surveyors Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates completing sittings for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 19th March, 1928, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Thursday, 8th March, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms, and other particulars may be obtained. Candidates desiring to sit in other centres than Wellington must forward a double fee of £2 2s.

At this examination no candidates sitting for the first time will be accepted, only those completing former sittings.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors Board.

Government Buildings, Wellington.