3374

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 89

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 7th day of December, 1931, all the said shops within the said borough shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 12th day of January, 1911, fixing the closing-hours of all shops within the Borough of Mataura shall be and 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 17th day of November, 1931.

JOHN G. COBBE,

For Minister of Labour.

Despatch: Noble Peace Prize, 1932.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 11th November, 1931.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, is published for general information.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Internal Affairs.

NEW ZEALAND.

Circular Despatch C. No. 345.

Downing Street,

16th September, 1931.

My Lord,—With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 534, of the 7th October, 1930, I have the honour to transmit, for the information of His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand, the accompanying copies of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament regarding nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1932.

I should be glad if the conditions of the prize could be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

I have, &c.,

J. H. THOMAS.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Bledisloe, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., &c.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

All proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed 10th December, 1932, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the first of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified:

(a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) Members of Parliament and Members of Government of the different States, as well as Members of the Interparliamentary Union; (c) Members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague; (d) Members of the Council of the International Peace Bureau; (e) Members and Associates of the Institute of International Law; (f) University professors of Political Science and of Law, of History and of Philosophy; and (g) Persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to § 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Oslo.

(I.A. 8/37.)

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

Mining Registrar’s Office,

Nelson, 12th November, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 188 (4) of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed period of three months.

F. MITCHELL, Mining Registrar.

License No. 169. Date : 13/8/28. Locality : Extended river claim. Licensee : James William Trembath.

License No. 171. Date: 13/8/28. Locality : Extended river claim. Licensee : G. E. Thomas.

License No. 182. Date : 1/7/29. Special alluvial claim. Licensee : David Lawson.

Surveyors registered.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 17th November, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of section 18 of the Surveyors Registration Act, 1928, that the following persons have been registered as surveyors under the said Act.

The particular section of the Act under which the surveyors are registered is shown under the heading of qualifications.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

Name. Qualifications. Address.

Middleton, George Percival .. Section 7 .. 157 Featherston Street, Wellington.
Simm, Edric William .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. Williamson Road, Suva, Fiji.
Jackman, Raymond .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. 20 Dee Street, Island Bay, Wellington.
Sinclair, Eliot Orton .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. 58 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton.
Williams, Matthew Charles .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. 57 Hinemoa Avenue, Devonport, Auckland.
Arthurs, John Patrick .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. Lands and Survey Department, Napier.
Overington, James Reginald .. ,, 6 (1) (a).. State Forest Service, Rotorua.

(L. and S. 17/163.)

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

Mining Registrar’s Office, Queenstown, 13th November, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 188 of the Mining Act, 1926, that the mining privileges held under the licenses mentioned in the Schedule hereto, will, unless sufficient cause be shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register of Mining Privileges at the expiration of three months from the date hereof.

P. W. J. COCKERILL, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. Date. Nature of Privilege. Locality. Registered Holder.

12116 12/11/88 Tail-race .. The Falls, Pleasant Creek Egbert Sainsbury.
76 28/9/99 Tunnel .. Deep Creek, Upper Shotover Gilchrist McNay.
1159 26/11/08 Tail-race .. Shotover River, near Arthurs Point Bridge Radford H. Brodrick.
873 29/3/06 Ordinary claim .. Pleasant Creek Terrace .. Egbert Sainsbury.
909 31/5/06 Tail-race .. ,, ,,
932 26/7/06 By-wash .. Pleasant Creek Terrace, Shotover River ,,
2051 8/11/23 Dam .. About half a mile above Arthurs Point Bridge The Shotover Gold Claims, Ltd.
2540 3/10/29 Mineral license .. Mount Judah, Glenorchy Survey District James Christie Knowles and George Philp.