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The date of the coming into force of any such extension shall be one month from the date of such notification.

(c) Either of the High Contracting Parties may, at any time after the expiry of three years from the coming into force of an extension of this Convention to any of the territories referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article, terminate such extension on giving six months’ notice of termination through the diplomatic channel.

(d) The termination of the Convention under Article 13 shall, unless otherwise expressly agreed to by both High Contracting Parties, ipso facto terminate it in respect of any territories to which it has been extended under paragraph (a) of this Article.

Article 15.

(a) The High Contracting Parties agree that His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, may at any time, while the present Convention is in force, either under Article 13 or by virtue of any accession under this Article, by a notification given through the diplomatic channel, accede to the present Convention in respect of any Member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, whose Government may desire that such accession should be effected, provided that no notification of accession may be given at any time when the Federal President of the Republic of Austria has given notice of termination in respect of all the territories of His Majesty to which the Convention applies. The provisions of Article 14 (b) shall be applicable to any such notification. Any such accession shall take effect one month from the date of its notification.

(b) After the expiry of three years from the date of the coming into force of any accession under paragraph (a) of this Article either of the High Contracting Parties may, by giving a six months’ notice of termination through the diplomatic channel, terminate the application of the Convention to any country in respect of which a notification of accession has been given. The termination of the Convention under Article 13 shall not affect its application to any such country.

(c) Any notification of accession under paragraph (a) of this Article may include any dependency or mandated territory administered by the Government of the country in respect of which such notification of accession is given; and any notice of termination in respect of any such country under paragraph (b) shall apply to any dependency or mandated territory which was included in the notification of accession in respect of that country.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present Convention, in English and German texts, and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at London on the 31st day of March, 1931.

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ARTHUR HENDERSON.
G. FRANCKENSTEIN.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale within the City of Auckland and the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the Town Districts of Ellerslie and Henderson, of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Butcher.

WHEREAS petitions in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the butchers’ shops within each of the following districts—namely, the City of Auckland and the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the Town Districts of Ellerslie and Henderson—have been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a butcher—namely, fresh meat, other than pork—be prohibited during such time as the said shops are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the trade of a butcher within each of the said districts, and that the signatures to such petitions represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within each of the said districts :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 29th day of January, 1934, the sale of the said goods within each of the following districts—namely, the City of Auckland and the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the Town Districts of Ellerslie and Henderson—shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the hour of 4.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, for the Minister of Labour.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of Postal Correspondence.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in a fraudulent undertaking, it is hereby ordered, under section 32 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

A. Badia, Lista Correos 319, Sta. Coloma Farnes, Spain.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of January, 1934.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, for Postmaster-General.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of Postal Correspondence.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the persons whose names and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 32 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in favour of any of the said persons shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to any of the said persons (either by their own or any fictitious or assumed names), or addressed to any of the addresses in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

George Downs, Post-office Box 684, Auckland C. 1.
Miss Vera Eberhard, 272 Penshurst Street, Willoughby, Sydney, N.S.W.
Miss W. Evans, 10 McMahon Street, Willoughby, Sydney, N.S.W.
Miss I. Grove, St. Lucia, Buller Road, Artarmon, N.S.W.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of January, 1934.

CHAS. E. MACMILLAN, for Postmaster-General.

Regulations respecting the Blue Ensign of H.M. Fleet (Naval Reserve Flag).

ADMIRALTY REGULATIONS (ARTICLE 126).

WITH reference to clause 1 (b) of the above regulations, as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 51, dated 29th July, 1926, the number of reservists who must form part of the crew in order that a ship may be eligible to fly the Blue Ensign will, for the year 1934, be six.

By direction of the Naval Board—
R. F. DURMAN, Naval Secretary.
Navy Office, Wellington, 21st December, 1933.

Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1933.

INCOME-TAX PAYABLE.

BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 17th day of October, 1933, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the duty by way of income-tax, leviable under section 3 of the said Act, should be paid in one sum on Thursday, the 8th day of February, 1934, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington C. 1; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duty will be payable accordingly. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 1st March, 1934. The liability to pay is not suspended by any objection. The tax should be paid on or before the prescribed date, otherwise the additional percentage accrues; any overpayment will be adjusted by refund.

The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 2nd February, 1934. Demands must be presented with all payments, and taxpayers who expect a demand and do not receive one should notify me of the fact.

C. E. DOWLAND, Commissioner of Taxes.