SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2047

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22.—Prohibiting the Sale
within the Borough of Waimate of certain Goods comprised
in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

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WHEREAS a petition in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within
the Borough of Waimate, has been forwarded to me desiring
that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a
tobacconist—namely, tobacco, cigarettes, and smokers’
requisites—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 am satisfied that the sale of the said goods
is comprised in the said 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, Hubert Thomas Armstrong, Minister of Labour, do hereby
direct that on and after the 3rd day of October, 1938, 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 5.30 p.m.,
and on Fridays after the hour of 9.30 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of September, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.

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Master and Apprentice Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—
Notice declaring the Post and Telegraph Department to be a
Department in which Apprentices may be taken.

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NOTICE is hereby given that in exercise of the powers
conferred on me by the Master and Apprentice Act,
1908, and its amendments, I, Hubert Thomas Armstrong,
Minister of Labour, do hereby declare that the arts and
trades used and exercised in the department mentioned in
the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be arts and trades
within the meaning of Part II of the Master and Apprentice
Act, 1908, and that the officer named in the said Schedule
shall be deemed to be the master for the purposes of the said
Part II of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NAME of Department in which art or trade used or exercised :
Post and Telegraph Department.

Name of officer to whom persons shall be apprentices : The
Chief Engineer, General Post Office, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of September, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.

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Master and Apprentice Act, 1908, and its Amendments.—
Notice declaring the Department of Industries and Commerce,
Tourist and Publicity, to be a Department in which Apprentices
may be taken.

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NOTICE is hereby given that in exercise of the powers
conferred on me by the Master and Apprentice Act,
1908, and its amendments, I, Hubert Thomas Armstrong,
Minister of Labour, do hereby declare that the arts and
trades used and exercised in the department mentioned in
the Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be arts and trades
within the meaning of Part II of the Master and Apprentice
Act, 1908, and that the officer named in the said Schedule
shall be deemed to be the master for the purpose of the said
Part II of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

NAME of Department in which art or trade used or exercised :
Department of Industries and Commerce, Tourist and
Publicity.

Name of officer to whom persons shall be apprentices : The
District Manager, Rotorua.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of September, 1938.

H. T. ARMSTRONG, Minister of Labour.

Approval of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers’
Regulations, 1931.

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IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers’ Regulations,
1931, the Minister of Transport does hereby approve,
until further notice, of the person named in Column 2 of the
Schedule hereunder being Testing Officer under the said
regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said
Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

Column 1. Column 2.
Egmont County Council . . Ngaiō Marsden Johnston, of
Opunake, County Council
employee.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of September, 1938.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4/3.)

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Fire Brigades Act, 1926.—List of Persons, Companies, &c.,
carrying on Fire-insurance Business in New Zealand.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th September, 1938.

IT is hereby notified that the name of

J. B. Westray and Company (New Zealand), Limited,
Maritime Buildings, 4 Customhouse Quay, Wellington,

has been added to the list of persons, firms, and companies
carrying on fire-insurance business in New Zealand.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/7.)

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Date of Election by Fire Insurance Companies to fill Extra-
ordinary Vacancy on the Wanganui Fire Board.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th September, 1938.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, and the rules
made thereunder, the Minister charged with the
administration of the said Act, doth hereby appoint Friday,
the 30th day of September, 1938, to be the date for holding
the election of one member of the Wanganui Fire Board by
the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being
held to fill the extraordinary vacancy by the death of the
late Mr. A. B. Jamieson.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 76/4/39.)

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Constituting a recognized Aviation Authority.

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Air Department,
Wellington, 6th September, 1938.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred on me by section 3 of the Local Authorities
Empowering (Aviation Encouragement) Act, 1929, I, Frederick
Jones, Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby recognize, for the purposes of that Act, the under-
mentioned aviation authority :—

The Auckland City Council.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Member of the Blue Mountain Rabbit Board elected.—(Notice
No. Ag. 3606.)

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th September, 1938.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning
Officer of the Blue Mountain Rabbit Board that

Dallas Checkley

has been duly elected to be a member of the said Board, vice
Humphrey Joseph Palmer, resigned.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister of Agriculture.