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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Class C: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act, twenty one-hundredths of a penny (20/100ths d.) in the pound.

Class D: On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class D by the Arbitrators appointed under the said Act, seven one-hundredths of a penny (7/100ths 1d.) in the pound.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

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

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Rotorua, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the said borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: From the 1st January to the 30th April (both days inclusive) and from the 1st November to the 31st December (both days inclusive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 8.30 p.m., on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10 p.m. From 1st May to the 31st October (both days inclusive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m., on Wednesdays at 5 p.m., and on Saturdays at 10 p.m., with the following exceptions: (1) During the period 20th December to 8th January (both days inclusive) there shall be no fixed closing hour. (2) On the Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday and on the Thursday immediately preceding any of the following days—viz., Anzac Day, and King’s Birthday, when such day falls on a Friday, the closing-hour shall be 10 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 20th day of February, 1928, all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Rotorua shall be closed accordingly.

The notice dated the 13th October, 1926, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st October, 1926, fixing the closing-hours of (1) hairdressers’ and (2) tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Rotorua 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 8th day of February, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Rotorua of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Rotorua has been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars—be prohibited during such times as the said shops are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

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

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 20th day of February, 1928, the sale of the said goods within the said borough shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: From the 1st January to the 30th April (both days inclusive) and from the 1st November to the 31st December (both days inclusive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays after the hour of 8.30 p.m., on Wednesdays after the hour of 5 p.m., and on Saturdays after the hour of 10 p.m. From the 1st May to the 31st October (both days inclusive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays after the hour of 8 p.m., on Wednesdays after the hour of 5 p.m., and on Saturdays after the hour of 10 p.m., with the following exceptions: (1) During the period 20th December to 8th January (both days inclusive) the sale of the said goods is not prohibited; (2) On the Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday and on the Thursday immediately preceding any of the following days—viz., Anzac Day, and King’s Birthday, when such day falls on a Friday, the sale of the said goods is prohibited after the hour of 10 p.m.

The notice dated the 13th October, 1926 and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st October, 1926, prohibiting the sale within the Borough of Rotorua of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON,
For Minister of Labour.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, I General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

Esther Russell Newham,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Kaiaua, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

As witness my hand, this 31st day of January, 1928.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Cook Islands.—Warrant proclaiming Road under Section 607 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915.

WHEREAS by section 607 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, it is provided that the Minister for the Cook Islands may by Warrant proclaim any Crown, European, or Native land as a road:

Now, therefore, I, Maui Pomare, Minister for the Cook Islands, do hereby, in pursuance of the authority so conferred upon me, proclaim as a road the lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. ALL that parcel of land situate in the District of Avarua, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing one-half of a perch, be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named in the Native Land Court Tutakimoa, Section 15.

2. All that parcel of land situate in the District of Avarua, in the Island of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, containing one-half of a perch, be the same a little more or less, being part of the land named in the, Native Land Court Tutakimoa, Section 16.

The above-described parcels of lands are delineated and edged red and blue respectively in the plan numbered 24, signed by the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga, and deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High Court of the Cook Islands at Rarotonga.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Cook Islands, this 1st day of February, 1928.

M. POMARE,
Minister for the Cook Islands.

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1928.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th February, 1928.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.

Ariel Bank—Sweeping Operations in search of Obstruction.

Former Notice: Wellington Notice No. 15 of 1927.

Position: At a distance of 9·8 miles 196° from Gable Islet Light. Lat. 38° 41½′ S.; long. 178° 14½′ E. (approx.).

Details: The Commodore commanding New Zealand Station submits:—

“Mariners are warned that from daybreak on 13th February, 1928, sweeping operations will be conducted in the vicinity of the reported position of the Northumberland Rock, off Gisborne. These operations will probably last several days and the area will be marked by unlighted buoys.”

“Vessels are warned to keep well clear of the area.”

Further notice will be issued when the operations are completed and the buoys withdrawn.

Charts affected: Nos. 3343—2527—1212.

Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 259; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1928, page 289 et seq.

Authority: Commodore commanding New Zealand Station, 5/2/28.

B. W. MILLIER, Acting-Secretary.

(M. 13/1368.)