JUNE 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

Legislative Councillor appointed.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has in His Majesty's name summoned

The Honourable Mark Fagan

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by Writ of Summons under the Seal of the Dominion of New Zealand dated the 11th day of June, 1937.

P. FRASER,
For the Prime Minister.

Appointment of Honorary Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 25th May, 1937.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Peter Fraser, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint the following persons as Honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act for the period ending 31st December, 1937 :—

Name. District.
Reverend Eruera te Tuhi .. .. Tuakau.
Reverend R. S. C. Fussell .. .. Kawhia.
James McAllister .. .. Millerton.

P. FRASER, Minister of Education.

Promotion and Appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned promotion and confirmation of appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—

Sub-Lieutenant John Neat Allan promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 23rd March, 1937.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Arthur George Newell confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.), to date 1st February, 1936.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Member of the Flaxbourne Rabbit Board appointed.—(Notice No. Ag. 3478.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 10th June, 1937.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 56 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1928,—

William James Marfell

to be a member of the Flaxbourne Rabbit Board established under the said Act, vice William Stuart Morrin, resigned.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1937.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Name. District.
Frederick George Coates .. .. Kurow.
Cyril Lynn McLean .. .. Kurow.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 14th June, 1937.

THE Public Service Commissioners have made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Harold George Jamieson,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Wairoa for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, Official Assignee at Wairoa for the Supreme Court District of Wellington for the purposes of the Bankruptcy Act, 1908, Registrar of Marriages for the District of Wairoa under the Marriage Act, 1908, Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Wairoa under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wairoa under the Maori Births and Deaths Registration Regulations dated 4th February, 1935, as from the 27th day of May, 1937.

John George McKay,
Alexander Stuart, and
John Oscar Wallace,

to be Inspectors for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1928, as from the 1st day of June, 1937.

Hugh McCann,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Factories Act, 1921–22, and an Inspector for the purposes of the Weights and Measures Act, 1925, as from the 2nd day of June, 1937.

Leonard Frederick Round,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Seddon, as from the 1st day of July, 1937.

Arthur Frederick Bent,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Wairau, as from the 1st day of July, 1937.

Jack Watford Malcot Dickson,*

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kurow, as from the 18th day of May, 1937.

• Amending entry in New Zealand Gazette No. 37, page 1296, of 3rd June, 1937.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Boot and Shoe Dealers’, (2) Clothiers’, (3) Cycle-dealers’, (4) Drapers’, (5) Fancy-goods Dealers’, (6) Grocers’, (7) Hardware-dealers’, (8) Radio-dealers’, (9) Stationers’, and (10) Seedsmen’s Shops within the Borough of Paeroa.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded to me from the occupiers of shops in each of the trades of (1) boot and shoe dealer, (2) clothier, (3) cycle-dealer, (4) draper, (5) fancy-goods dealer, (6) grocer, (7) hardware-dealer, (8) radio-dealer, (9) stationer, and (10) seedsman within the Borough of Paeroa, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas I, Patrick Charles Webb, Acting Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the said trades within the said borough :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I do hereby direct that on and after the 5th day of July, 1937, all the shops in each of the said trades within the said borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5 p.m., and on Fridays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions —(1) When Anniversary Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day, or the King’s Birthday falls on the day upon which the late night is usually observed, then the closing-hour on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding such day shall be 9 p.m. ; (2) on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 20th March, 1930, fixing closing-hours of (1) boot and shoe dealers’, (2) cycle-dealers’, (3) drapers’, (4) fancy-goods dealers’, (5) grocers’, (6) hardware-dealers’, and (7) stationers’ shops in the Borough of Paeroa shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of June, 1937.

P. C. WEBB, Acting Minister of Labour.