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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

shall be 9.30 p.m.; (3) on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (4) on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (5) there shall be no fixed closing-hour on Anzac Day; (6) should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe a whole or half-holiday and close his shop from not later than one o’clock in the afternoon until seven o’clock in the evening of any of the special days mentioned in section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, or of 2nd January, or of the Anniversary Day of the Auckland Province, or of any day generally observed in the district in lieu thereof, then the closing-hour for such shop in the evening of such day shall be 9 p.m.:

And whereas I am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said combined district, and that all the occupiers of the said shops within the said combined district affected by section 35 (1) of the said Act have been afforded an equal right to share at a reasonable cost in the profits of the business carried on by the exempted shop:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of sections 32 and 35 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and in pursuance of section 15 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, I, Sydney George Smith, Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 21st day of July, 1930, all the chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland, save and except the exempted shop, shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of July, 1930.

S. G. SMITH, Minister of Labour.

NOTES.—(1) This notice is in substitution for the notices gazetted on the 13th December, 1928, and the 27th February, 1930, respectively, fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland, and for the notice gazetted on the 28th March, 1930, fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Otahuhu and Papatoetoe.

(2) Pursuant to section 21 (e) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, a chemist may keep his shop open (but only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances) between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the statutory closing-day.

(3) Pursuant to section 35 (4) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, a chemist in the combined district whose shop is more than two miles and a half from the exempted shop may supply medicines and surgical appliances that are urgently required on Sundays and on working-days outside the hours specified above: Provided that the shop is opened for such purpose only, and is closed immediately the sale is effected, and that the door of the shop is kept locked, except for the admission and exit of the customer.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1926.

Mining Registrar’s Office, Paeroa, 11th July, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given in pursuance of the provisions of section 188 (3) of the Mining Act, 1926, that unless sufficient cause to the contrary be shown to the Minister within three months from the date hereof, the mining privileges specified in the Schedule hereto will be struck off the Register.

R. T. McLEAN, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

PAEROA REGISTRY.

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, 14th July, 1930.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.