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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 68]

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section four hundred and forty-two of the Native Land Act, 1931, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prohibit all alienation of the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

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SCHEDULE.

Totoro Survey District.

Kahuwera B No. 2b, Section 7a: Area, 781 acres 1 rood 12 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations under the Government Railways Act, 1926.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section one hundred and twenty-seven of the Government Railways Act, 1926, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the regulations made under the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902, on the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three, and published in the Gazette on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three, prescribing the powers, functions, and procedure of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board, by revoking Regulations 2 and 3 thereof, and substituting the following:—

“2. Ordinary meetings shall be held quarterly on the second Wednesday in January, April, July, and October: Provided that the Chairman shall have power to postpone or to advance the date for the holding of any ordinary meeting for any period not exceeding fourteen days.

“3. Special meetings may be held at such times as the Chairman or the Board considers necessary.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Setting aside Native Land as a Native Reservation.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and ninety-eight of the Native Land Act, 1931, it is enacted, inter alia, that when any Native freehold land is owned at law or in equity by more than ten owners in common the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, set apart and reserve any part of that land for the common use of the owners thereof as in the said Act provided:

And whereas the Native Land Court has recommended that the land described in the Schedule hereto be set apart as a Native reservation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and all other powers thereunto him enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby set apart and reserve the Native freehold land described in the Schedule hereto for the common use of the owners thereof as a meeting-place.

SCHEDULE.

Block XII, Puniu Survey District.

All those areas of land situate in the Waikato-Maniapoto Native Land Court District called or known as Maungatautari 6n 1a and Maungatautari 6n 3c 6a Blocks, containing 3 acres 0 roods 22 perches and 3 acres 2 roods 9 perches, more or less, respectively, and being the whole of the land comprised in partition orders of the Native Land Court dated the 8th August, 1911, and the 21st May, 1923, respectively.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Suspending the Operation of certain Statutes in connection with the Canterbury Metropolitan Show.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1932.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Exhibitions Act, 1910 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the holding of a public exhibition of works of industry and art to be conducted by the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Incorporated), in the Showgrounds, Addington, from the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two to the eleventh day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two (both days inclusive), and to be known as the Canterbury Metropolitan Show; and doth hereby declare the said exhibition to be an exhibition within the meaning of the said Act, and doth hereby suspend, subject, however, to the conditions set out in the Schedule hereto, all the provisions of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, the Factories Act, 1921–22, and the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, and of all awards and industrial agreements in force under the last-named Act in so far as such provisions relate to the hours of commencing or ceasing work, or to the issue of permits for overtime or extended hours, or to holidays or half-holidays, or to the closing of shops to any person, and in so far as such provisions relate to hours of work done or business conducted or service carried out in or upon the premises aforesaid during the period aforesaid by or on behalf of the bodies conducting the said exhibition, or by or on behalf of any exhibitor of works of industry or art at the said exhibition, or by any person employed in or about the said exhibition.

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SCHEDULE.

(1) Eight hours shall constitute a day’s work in or about the exhibition, and, with the exception set out in clause 2 hereof, such hours shall be worked consecutively.

(2) No person shall be employed in or about the exhibition for more than four hours without an interval of at least three-quarters of an hour for a meal.

(3) Any person employed during any day in or about the exhibition who is employed on such day in excess of eight hours or before the hour of 8 a.m. or after the hour of 10.30 p.m. (whether such excess employment is in or about the exhibition or otherwise), shall be paid for such excess employment at not less than one-half as much again as the ordinary rate for the first two hours and at not less than twice the ordinary rate thereafter, and any person employed in or about the exhibition on any day that would, but for the provisions of this Order in Council, have been a whole holiday for such person by virtue of any Act or of any award or industrial agreement, shall be paid for all work done on such day at not less than twice the ordinary rate, whether such work is performed wholly in or about the exhibition or otherwise.

(4) No female shall be employed in or about the exhibition after the hour of 10.30 o’clock p.m.

(5) For the purposes of the enforcement of an award or industrial agreement, any provision of which has been suspended by this Order in Council, any officer of the industrial union or association concerned, who is authorized in writing in that behalf by such union or association, shall be entitled to interview at his place of employment any person employed in or about the exhibition under that award or industrial agreement at such time or times as may be agreed upon by and between such officer and the employer of such person, and for this purpose any such officer shall be entitled at any reasonable time to have access to the register of passes issued by the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

(6) Nothing in this Order in Council shall be deemed to affect any provisions in an award or industrial agreement relating to preference of employment.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.