Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 435

Appointment of Assistant Law Draftsman.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, as from 1st March, 1938,

Douglas James Dalglish, Esquire,

to be an Assistant Law Draftsman, in terms of the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act, 1920.

M. J. SAVAGE, Prime Minister.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th March, 1938.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Francis James Hull, Esquire,

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Hawke’s Bay, vice W. R. Holder, Esquire, resigned.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1938.

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.
Raymond Aubrey Austin Prater .. Dannevirke.
James Barrington Bateman .. Levin.
Daphne Beamsley (Miss) .. Wainui.
James Philip Nolan .. Waimate.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1938.

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

Alfred George Rush,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Herekino, as from the 24th day of February, 1938.

Gavin Eugene Pollock,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Palmerston North, as from the 25th day of January, 1938.

Edwin Greensmith,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Omarumutu, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Moulton Hewitson,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Motiti Island, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

William Alan Bertie Goodwin,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mohaka, as from the 11th day of October, 1937.

Hugh Musgrove Hunter,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Parapara, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Annie Astall (Mrs.),

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Pamapuria, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Arthur Boswell,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Poroporo, as from the 1st day of October, 1937.

Mary Elizabeth Johnston (Mrs.),

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waima, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Oscar Allen Holyoake,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waikare, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Charles Henry Kingsford,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whangaruru, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

John Neil Little,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Wharekahika, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Mamari Augusta Lane Lockett (Mrs.),

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Rangiahua, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Ronald Herschel Walker,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Te Kao as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

Alfred Francis Lavington Sheeran,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Waioweka, as from the 1st day of February, 1938.

James Barrington Bateman,

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Levin, as from the 26th day of November, 1937.

John Douglas Surman,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Mercury Bay, as from the 23rd day of February, 1938.

Arthur Frederic Owen Clarke,

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Stratford for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Stratford Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 28th day of February, 1938.

Ernest Claude Adams,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Auckland Suburbs for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Auckland Suburbs Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 25th day of February 1938.

Erwin Sharman Molony,

to be Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, as from the 28th day of February, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22.—Prohibiting the Sale within the City of Wellington of certain Goods in the Trade of a Florist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the florists’ shops within the City of Wellington, has been forwarded to me desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a florist—namely, flowers (whether fresh-cut or made up), artificial flowers, pot-plants, and raffia—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, Hubert Thomas Armstrong, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the said trade within the said city, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said city :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 28th day of March, 1938, the sale of the said goods within the said city shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows :

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 6.30 p.m., on Fridays after the hour of 9 p.m., and on Saturdays after the hour of 7 p.m., with the following exception :

On the working-days immediately preceding Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Good Friday, the sale of the said goods is prohibited after the hour of 10 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of March, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.