JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1559

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 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.
Gordon Findlay Beaver .. .. Mercury Bay.
Alan William Brain McNaughton .. Mercer.
Gilbert Eric Jamieson .. .. Naseby.
Ivy Griffiths (Miss) .. .. Waimangaroa.

G. G. HODGKINS, Deputy Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1938.

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

William Adam Wilson,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Waitemata for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Waitemata Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 20th day of June, 1938.

Wilfred Leonard Oliver,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Health Act, 1920, and an officer for the purposes of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as from the 19th day of April, 1938.

John Henry Victor Carr,

to be Registrar of Marriages for the District of Auckland under the Marriage Act, 1908, and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Auckland under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, as from the 1st day of July, 1938.

Cyril Frederic Ray,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Tuparoa, as from the 30th day of May, 1938.

Hineawe Keane (Mrs.),

to be Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Horoera, as from the 23rd day of May, 1938.

Roy William Hamlyn,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Omaio, as from the 23rd day of May, 1938.

Percy Alpheus Eaton,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Mangatuna, as from the 23rd day of May, 1938.

Ronald Paget Martin,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Maraeroa, as from the 23rd day of May, 1938.

Frank O’Connor,

to be Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Roskill for the Electoral Act, 1927, and its amendments, and Returning Officer for the Roskill Licensing District for the purposes of the Licensing Act, 1908, and its amendments, as from the 20th day of June, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioners,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1938.

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

Ernest Francis Carpenter, Esquire, A.M.I.Ae.E.,

to be Chief Inspector of Aircraft, vice Roy Champion Kean, Esquire, on leave of absence, as from 27th day of June, 1938.

G. T. BOLT, Secretary.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th June, 1938.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman, Bay of Islands County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the County of Bay of Islands taken on the 11th day of May, 1938, on the proposal of the County Council to borrow the sum of ten thousand pounds for the purpose of constructing, in concrete, bridges throughout the county—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 529
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 132
Informal votes .. .. .. .. 7

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of May, 1938.

H. T. ATKINSON, Chairman.

Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22.—Fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Boot Retailers’, (2) Drapers’, (3) Fancy-goods Dealers’, (4) Furniture-dealers’, (5) Hardware-dealers’ and (6) Mercers’ Shops within the Borough of Wairoa.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded to me from the occupiers of shops in each of the trades of (1) boot retailer, (2) draper, (3) fancy-goods dealer, (4) furniture-dealer, (5) hardware-dealer, and (6) mercer, within the Borough of Wairoa, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas, I, Hubert Thomas Armstrong, 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 11th day of July, 1938, 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, Thursdays, and Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of June, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.

Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22—Fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Boot and Shoe Dealers’, (2) Clothiers’, (3) Cycle-dealers’, (4) Drapers’, (5) Fancy-goods Dealers’, (6) Furnishers’, (7) Grocers’, (8) Hardware-dealers’, (9) Jewellers’, (10) Radio-dealers’, (11) Saddlers’, (12) Stationers’ Shops within the Borough of Tauranga.

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) furnisher, (7) grocer, (8) hardware-dealer, (9) jeweller, (10) radio-dealer, (11) saddler, and (12) stationer, within the Borough of Tauranga, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas I, Hubert Thomas Armstrong, 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 18th day of July, 1938, 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 5.15 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 gazetted the 5th December, 1929, fixing the closing-hours of grocers’ shops within the Borough of Tauranga and the notice gazetted the 24th August, 1933, fixing the closing-hours of (1) boot and shoe retailers’, (2) clothiers’, (3) drapers’, (4) fancy-goods sellers’, (5) furniture and furnishings retailers’, (6) jewellers’, and (7) stationers’ shops within the Borough of Tauranga shall be and are hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of June, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.