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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of Seedsmen and Plant Merchants’ Shops within the City of Wanganui.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour from the occupiers of seedsmen and plant merchants’ shops within the City of Wanganui, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

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 city :

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 December, 1928, all the said shops within the said city 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) The Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday, when the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m., and (2) the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.

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

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, prohibiting the Sale within the City of Wanganui of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Seedsman and Plant Merchant.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the seedsmen and plant merchants’ shops within the City of Wanganui, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a seedsman and plant merchant—namely, seeds, plants (other than pot plants), and flower-pots—be prohibited during such time as the shops in such trade are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas the Minister of Labour is satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the said trade within the said city, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said city :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I, for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 17th day of December, 1928, the sale of the said goods within the said city shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 5.30 p.m.,

on Fridays after the hour of 9 p.m., and on Saturdays after the hour of 1 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) On the Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday, after the hour of 9 p.m., and (2) on the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and on the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, after the hour of 10 p.m.

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

R. A. WRIGHT, for Minister of Labour.

Officiating Ministers for 1928.—Notice No. 37.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1928.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Eric Herschell Atkey.
The Reverend Reginald James Boyt.
The Reverend Charles William Clark.
The Reverend Sidney William Golding.
The Reverend Hemi Kiro Pou.
The Reverend George Lionel Bramwell Wilkinson.

The Pentecostal Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Charles Somers Wilson.

The International Bible Students Association.

Mr. Nils Edward Nelson.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1928.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 27th November, 1928.

IT is hereby notified that the names of the following Officiating Ministers have been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, by request :—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend John Richard Clark.
Mr. Tom Flower.
Mr. Claude C. Hoskin.
The Reverend Daniel James Murray.
Mr. John Hobson White.
Mr. Nicholas Whitfield.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Certificates of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 29th November, 1928.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that certificates of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Act, 1923, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

M. POMARE, Minister of Internal Affairs.

SCHEDULE.