Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2711

And whereas the said requisition is signed by not less than two-thirds of the occupiers of tobacconists' shops within the said borough, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 25 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, all other shops within the said borough in which smoking requisites are sold shall be closed at the same hours as are set out herein for tobacconists' shops.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th July, 1917, and the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 27th June, 1929, fixing the closing-hours of hairdressers and tobacconists' shops and of tobacconists' shops, respectively, in the Borough of Hastings, and the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th June, 1922, prohibiting the sale in the said borough of goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist, shall be and are hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of December, 1932.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Labour.

Canterbury Land Board.—Election of Crown Tenants' Representative.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Christchurch, 8th December, 1932.

I, WILLIAM STEWART, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Canterbury Land Board do hereby notify in accordance with section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations made thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 7th December, 1932, to be as follows:—

David Campbell Kidd, of Burkes Pass .. 656
Hugh Lowry, of Timaru .. 467
Frank Morrison, of Hunter .. 43
Informal votes, rejected .. 48

1,214

And I therefore declare that David Campbell Kidd, having received the greatest number of votes, is duly elected a member of the Canterbury Land Board as from the 13th December, 1932.

W. STEWART, Returning Officer.
(L. and S. 22/748/8.)

Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 7th December, 1932.

I, in accordance with the provisions of section 47 of the Land Act, 1924, and the regulations thereunder, I, Kenneth Montrose Graham, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 7th day of December, 1932, to be as follows:—

Dawson, Balfour .. 145
Jamieson, Herbert Drummond .. 68
Kneebone, Francis Alexander .. 105
MacDougall, Neil .. 28
Parfitt, Charles Walter .. 140
Prescott, John Henry .. 22
Sutherland, Andrew Sinclair .. 424

Total number of valid votes .. 932
Informal .. 73

1,005

And I do hereby declare that Andrew Sinclair Sutherland, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Auckland Land Board as from the 7th day of December, 1932.

K. M. GRAHAM, Returning Officer.
(L. and S. 22/748/1.)

The Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Assistant Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, JOHN CARADUS, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Otakeho and District Farmers Association, Incorporated (1927/9), is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 9th day of December, 1932.

J. CARADUS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Member of House of Representatives elected, Motueka Electoral District.

Office of the Clerk of the Writs,
Wellington, 13th December, 1932.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the Writ issued on the 4th day of November, 1932, for the election of a Member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Motueka, and by the endorsement on such Writ it appears that

Keith Jacka Holyoake

has been duly elected to serve as a Member for the said District.

MALCOLM FRASER, Clerk of the Writs.
(I.A. 14/3/33.)

Officiating Ministers for 1932.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 13th December, 1932.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Brothren.
Mr. H. Guillard.

R. P. WARD, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1932.—Notice No. 39.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th December, 1932.

IT is hereby notified that the following names of 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 Gordon Richard Bowden.
Mr. George Henry Marr.

R. P. WARD, Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 62 of 1932.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th December, 1932.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—FIJI ISLANDS.
Udu Point.—Alteration in Light.
Position : Lat. 16° 08′ S., Long. 179° 56¾′ W.
Abridged description : Gp. Fl. (2) cv. 16 sec., 127 ft., 17 M. (U).
Alteration: On or about 26th December the character of the light will be altered from fixed to group flashing every sixteen seconds, thus: flash 0·8 sec., eclipse 2·0 sec., flash 0·8 sec., eclipse 12·4 sec.
During the alteration a temporary fixed white light will be exhibited.
Charts affected: Nos. 440, 1829, 2691.
Publications: Admiralty List of Lights Part VI, 1930, No. 3724; Pacific Islands Pilot, Vol. II, page 336.
Authority: Notice to Mariners, Suva, 17/11/32.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.
(M. 25/656.)

Notice to Mariners No. 63 of 1932.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th December, 1932.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.
Bluff Harbour.—Area being Reclaimed.

MARINERS are hereby informed that an area inside the western part of the wharf is being reclaimed, and that it is dangerous to get inside of a line drawn 117° from an approximate position 92 yards 240° from the inner corner of the western end of Main Wharf.

Charts affected: 3484.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot 1930, page 364; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1932, page 304, 1933 ed. page 308; and plan of harbour.
Authority: Bluff Harbour Board, 8/12/32.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.
(M. 4/2213.)