2734
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Regulations as to Drainage and Plumbing under the Health Act, 1920, applied to certain Areas.—(H. 2/103.)

Department of Health,
Wellington, 28th August, 1928.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made on the 3rd day of September, 1923, and gazetted on the 6th day of the same month, regulations (to be cited as “The Drainage and Plumbing Regulations”) were made under the Health Act, 1920, prescribing the conditions to be observed in the construction of approved drains, septic tanks, sanitary conveniences, and sanitary appliances:

And whereas by the said regulations it was provided that the same were suspended as provided in the said Act:

And whereas by section 133 of the said Act it is enacted that the operation of any such regulations may, if so provided therein, be wholly suspended until they are applied by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to any part of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, James Alexander Young, Minister of Health, in exercise of the power and authority given by the said regulations and by section 133 of the said Act, do hereby apply the said regulations to the

Borough of Paeroa,
Borough of Te Awamutu,
Borough of West Harbour,
Helensville Town District,
Henderson Town District,
New Lynn Town District,
Howick Town District, and
Leamington District;

and do hereby declare that this notice shall take effect on the 30th day of September, 1928.

J. A. YOUNG, Minister of Health.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldiers of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power:—

Private R. V. Delaney, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment.
No. 11a Private D. B. Beveridge, Non-effective List, Territorial Force, No. 11 Regimental District.
No. 11A/2784 Sergeant F. S. Ward, 2nd Cadet Battalion, Otago Regiment.
Dated 15th August, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Defining Whangarei Extreme Limits for Vessels engaged in Deep-sea Sports-fishing.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon the Minister of Marine by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I do hereby define the Whangarei extreme limits within which vessels engaged in deep-sea sports-fishing, and to which restricted-limits certificates are issued, may ply, to be all that area embraced within the undermentioned true bearings, lines, and distances, in nautical miles:—

From 1st May to 31st October (both dates inclusive)—
Northern Limit.—A right line drawn from a point situated 090° 15 miles from the north-eastern extremity of Wide Berth Islands projected through such north-eastern extremity to the foreshore of the mainland.
Southern Limit.—A right line drawn from the northern extremity of Bream Tail (Paepaeotua) to a point situated 090° 12 miles.
Eastern Limit.—A right line drawn joining the eastern point of the northern limit to the eastern point of the southern limit.

From 1st November to 30th April (both dates inclusive)—
Northern Limit.—A right line drawn from the eastern extremity of Home Point to a point situated 090°, 25 miles.
Southern Limit.—A right line drawn from the northern extremity of Bream Tail (Paepaeotua) to a point situated 090° 20 miles.
Eastern Limit.—A right line drawn joining the eastern point of the northern limit to the eastern point of the southern limit.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 22nd day of August, 1928.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Marine.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers’ and (2) Tobacconists’ Shops within the Combined District of Whangarei and Kamo.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour from the occupiers of shops in each of the trades of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist within the Combined District of Whangarei and Kamo, comprising the Borough of Whangarei and the Town District of Kamo, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 17th day of September, 1928, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist within the said combined district shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Subject to closing at not later than 1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9.30 p.m., with the following exceptions: (1) On the working-days (other than those observed as the statutory closing-day) in the period from 15th December to 10th January of the following year, both days inclusive, there shall be no fixed closing-hour; (2) on the working-day immediately preceding any of the special days (other than Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) mentioned in section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (3) should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe, pursuant to section 14 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Friday shall be 9.30 p.m.

The notice dated the 11th December, 1919, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of that date, fixing the closing-hours of hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops in the Borough of Whangarei is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

And whereas the said requisition is signed by not less than two-thirds of the occupiers of tobacconists’ shops within the said combined district, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 25 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, all other shops within the said combined district in which smoking requisites are sold shall be closed at the same hours as are set out herein for tobacconists’ shops.

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

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

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

THE Loyal Mount Albert Lodge, No. 9563, situated at Mount Albert, Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 24th day of August, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

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

THE Loyal Ranfurly Lodge, No. 9562, situated at Epsom, Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 24th day of August, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 27th August, 1928.

THE Gisborne Rebekah Lodge, No. 8, situated at Gisborne, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 27th day of August, 1928.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.