3102
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendment, prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Ashburton of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Ashburton has been forwarded to me desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, tobacco and cigarettes—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 within the said borough, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said borough :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 25th day of November, 1935, the sale of the said goods within the said borough shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 6 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays after the hour of 10 p.m., with the following exception—On Christmas Eve and on New Year’s Eve the sale of the said goods is not prohibited, provided that if Christmas Day falls on a Sunday or on a Monday the sale of the said goods is not prohibited on the Friday immediately preceding Christmas Day, and on the Saturday immediately preceding Christmas Day shall be prohibited after the hour of 11 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1935.

GEO. W. FORBES, for Minister of Labour.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ Shops in the Combined District of Ashburton and Tinwald.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Combined District of Ashburton and Tinwald, comprising the Borough of Ashburton and the Town District of Tinwald, has been forwarded to me desiring that all such shops in the combined district be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Subject to closing at not later than 1 o’clock p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 6 p.m., and on Friday at 10 p.m., with the following exceptions: (1) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe, pursuant to section 21 (b) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, Friday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Saturday shall be 10 p.m.; (2) on Christmas Eve and on New Year’s Eve the closing-hour shall be midnight, provided that if Christmas day falls on a Sunday or a Monday the closing-hour on the Friday and on the Saturday immediately preceding Christmas Day shall be midnight and 11 p.m. respectively:

And whereas I, Adam Hamilton, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops in the said combined district:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 25th day of November, 1935, all the tobacconists’ shops within the Combined District of Ashburton and Tinwald shall be closed accordingly:

The notice gazetted on the 13th December, 1923, fixing the closing-hours of (1) hairdressers’ and (2) tobacconists, shops in the Borough of Ashburton 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 31st day of October, 1935.

GEO. W. FORBES, for Minister of Labour.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in Rangitikei County.—(Notice No. Ag. 3337.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1935.

THE following special order made by the Rangitikei County Council on the 31st day of October, 1935, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928.

CHAS E. MACMILLAN, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT pursuant to the provisions of sections 4 and 5 (c) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, the Rangitikei County Council hereby by special order declares variegated or milk-thistle (Silybum) to be a noxious weed within the County of Rangitikei, and that this special order shall take effect on the 14th day of November, 1935.

Agreement for Grant of Right of Way in favour of The New Zealand Soap Company, Limited, over Land in Belmont Survey District taken for the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway (Wellington–Tawa Flat Deviation) assented to.

WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the 3rd day of February, 1928, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9 of the 9th day of the same month, all those pieces of land comprising 1 acre 2 roods 29 perches, being portion of Lot 10, D.P. 3010, and Sub. C, Ngahauranga N.R., and 1·13 perches, being portion of other part Sub. C, Ngahauranga N.R., and being parts Section 9, Harbour District, Block XII, Belmont Survey District, were taken for the purposes of the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway (Wellington–Tawa Flat Deviation):

And whereas by a Proclamation dated the 13th day of June, 1929, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46 of the 20th day of the same month, all that piece of land containing 12·63 perches, being portion of Lot 10, D.P. 3010, and being part Section 9, Harbour District, Block XII, Belmont Survey District, was taken for the same purpose:

And whereas The New Zealand Soap Company, Limited, was entitled to compensation for its freehold interest in the said areas of 1 acre 2 roods 29 perches and 12·63 perches, and for loss of right of way over the said area of 1·13 perches:

And whereas the Minister of Public Works agreed to grant to the said The New Zealand Soap Company, Limited, a right of way over the land described in the Schedule hereto as part satisfaction of the compensation aforesaid, and to provide a sum of two hundred pounds in satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation:

And whereas the said The New Zealand Soap Company, Limited, agreed to accept such grant and sum of money in satisfaction of the said compensation:

Now, therefore, I, John Bitchener, Minister of Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of section 97 of the Public Works Act, 1928, that I assent to the above agreement.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land affected: 2 perches. Being railway land (part Sub. C, Ngahauranga N.R., and being part Section 9, Harbour District), situated in Block XII, Belmont Survey District.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 70592, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple.

Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of November, 1935.

JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 19/47/0.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block III, Matakaoa Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Hicks Bay, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, 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.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 1 0·1 Wharekahika 18H 1A Block; coloured red.
0 0 36·66 Wharekahika 18H 1B Block; coloured yellow.
0 1 33·21 Wharekahika 18H 2 Block; coloured blue.

Situated in Block III, Matakaoa Survey District (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 1472, brown.)

In the Gisborne Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 90633, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 6th day of November, 1935.

JOHN BITCHENER, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 62/4/474/0.)