May 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1519

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers’ and (2) Tobacconists’ Shops within the Combined District of Invercargill.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded to me from the occupiers of shops in each of the trades of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist within the Combined District of Invercargill, comprising the City of Invercargill and the Borough of South Invercargill, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour, do hereby direct that on and after the 17th day of June, 1935, all the shops in each of the said trades within the said combined district shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) On the working-day immediately preceding any of the following days, viz., Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Good Friday, there shall be no fixed closing-hour; (2) should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe, pursuant to section 21 (b) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, any day other than Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Saturday for any such shop shall be 9 p.m., and the closing-hour on each of the other working-days (other than the day observed as the statutory closing-day) for any such shop shall be 6 p.m.:

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

The notice gazetted on the 14th August, 1930, fixing the closing-hours of (1) hairdressers’ and (2) tobacconists’ shops within the Combined District of Invercargill shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of May, 1935.

ADAM HAMILTON, Minister of Labour.

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Notice of Intention to take the Leasehold Interest in Land in Block I, Tarawera Survey District, for the Purposes of a Gravel-pit.

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WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required for the purposes of a gravel-pit: And whereas such land was subject to a lease registered in the Land Registry Office at Auckland as Volume 78, folio 129, to Horace Freestone, of Rotorua, Carrier, for a term which expired on the 1st day of July, 1934: And whereas the said lessee is entitled to a renewal of the said lease and has given notice to the lessor of his acceptance of a renewal of the said lease but such renewal has not been completed:

Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take all the estate or interest in the said land held by the said Horace Freestone under the said lease or any renewal thereof for the purposes of a gravel-pit; and notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land affected is deposited in the post-office at Rotorua, and is there open for inspection, and that all persons affected by the taking of the said estate or interest should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking thereof, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land in respect of which the leasehold interest is required to be taken: 4 acres.

Being Lot 59, D.P. 7049, being part Owhatiura South No. 1 Section 2b.

Situated in Block I, Tarawera Survey District.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 89617, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 29th day of May, 1935.

JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 54/624.)

Results of Elections of Members of River Boards.

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Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 29th May, 1935.

THE following results of elections of members of River Boards have been received from the Returning Officers and are published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

J. W. HEENAN, Under-Secretary.

Kaikoura River District, County of Kaikoura—

Henry Bleasdale.

Alexander Keenan.

Charles John Moran.

Ethelbert Augustine William Smith.

Jesse Taylor.

(I.A. 1933/131/2.)

Waimatuku River District, Counties of Southland and Wallace—

Waimatuku Subdivision—

James Sutherland Anderson.

Monte Cristo Subdivision—

Alexander McKenzie.

Alexander John George McLeod.

Drummond Subdivision—

Robert Kennedy.

Ian Charles Lindsay.

Otahuti Subdivision—

Robert Ironside Hector.

William Young.

(I.A. 1933/131/41.)

Hutt River District, County of Hutt—

John Brasell.

Michael Joseph Hodgins.

Frederick James Jones.

John Mitchell.

Victor Albert Noble.

(I.A. 1933/131/4.)

Inch-Clutha River and Drainage District, County of Bruce—

A. Renton.

J. F. Bell.

R. White.

W. I. Mosley.

O. S. Mosley.

A. Anderson.

(I.A. 1933/131/9.)

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Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1935.

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Marine Department,

Wellington, N.Z., 29th May, 1935.

NEW ZEALAND.—COOK STRAIT.—STEPHENS ISLAND.

Direction-finding Signals.

Position: Lat. 40° 40′ S., long. 174° 01′ E. (approx.).

Details: On and after 17th June, 1935, direction-finding signals will, on request, be sent from Stephens Island Lighthouse Radio-station at midnight, 4, 8, 9.15 a.m., noon, 4, 4.25, and 8 p.m., New Zealand time.

As Stephens Island Radio-station does not communicate with ships, masters requiring signals should apply to Wellington Radio-station (ZLW) stating the time for which signals are required and forward their request, on week-days (including holidays), before 4.15 p.m. for the 4.25, 8 p.m., midnight, 4, and 8 a.m. signals, and before 9 a.m. for 9.15 a.m., noon, and 4 p.m. signals. On Sundays, as no communication is held with the island after 9.10 a.m., all requests for signals between 9.15 a.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning should be made before 9 a.m.

Signals will be sent continuously for five minutes at the rate of about six words per minute and consist of the signal group ZLOD sent three times, 1 to 5 dots for the number of minute, a series of the letter D and a long dash of about seven seconds’ duration at the end of each minute, thus—

1st minute ZLOD 3 times, ·, — · · — ·, &c., — — — —

5th minute ZLOD 3 times, · · · · ·, — · · — ·, &c., — — — —

The signals are of type B, wave-length 300 kc./s. (1000 m.), and should be effective at a distance of about 50 miles.

A charge of 5s. will be made by the Post and Telegraph Department for the request messages.

NOTE.—An approximate calibration of this station within a distance of 12 miles in a sector, 130° to 300° through south, bearings were found to be reliable until about 3 miles off. Within this distance errors, which increased to about 3° at a mile off, were found.

No information is available as to the accuracy of the bearings elsewhere.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

(M. 8/51/9.)