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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

ratepayers of the County of Akitio, a constituent district of
the Tararua Electric-power Board, taken on the 11th day of
May, 1938, on the proposal of the Board to borrow the sum
of forty thousand pounds (£40,000) for the purpose of dis-
tributing electrical energy throughout the County of Akitio
by the erection of transmission lines and services, the con-
struction of generating station or stations, the purchase of
all necessary material, goods, equipment, and plant, acquiring
land and erecting buildings, advances to consumers for instal-
lations, all engineering, legal, and clerical charges and con-
tingencies, and generally carrying out such works or under-
takings as are authorized by the Electric-power Boards Act,
1918, and its amendments:—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 181
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 14

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of September, 1938.

J. D. WILSON, Chairman.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 28th September, 1938.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor, Cromwell
Borough Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF CROMWELL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
of the Borough of Cromwell taken on the 21st day of Sep-
tember, 1938, on the proposal of the Cromwell Borough
Council to borrow the sum of £1,500 for the provisions of
advances to ratepayers to enable them to connect up
premises with the sewerage system :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 102
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was .. 4

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Cromwell, this 22nd day of September, 1938.

JAS. C. PARCELL, Mayor.

BOROUGH OF CROMWELL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
of the Borough of Cromwell taken on the 21st day of Sep-
tember, 1938, on the proposal of the Cromwell Borough
Council to borrow the sum of £8,000 for the purpose of the
installation of a sewerage system within the Borough of
Cromwell :—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 101
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was .. 5

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Cromwell, this 22nd day of September, 1938.

JAS. C. PARCELL, Mayor.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments—
Fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Hairdressers’ and (2)
Tobacconists’ Shops within the Combined District of Dunedin.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded
to me from the occupiers of shops in each of the
trades of (1) hairdresser and (2) tobacconist within the com-
bined district of Dunedin, comprising the City of Dunedin
and the boroughs of St. Kilda, Port Chalmers, West Harbour,
and Green Island, pursuant to section 32 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1921–22 :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I,
Mark Fagan, acting for the Minister of Labour, do hereby
direct that on and after the 17th day of October, 1938, all
the shops in each of the trades of (1) hairdresser and (2)
tobacconist within the said combined district shall be closed
in the evening of working-days as follows : Subject to closing
at not later than 1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory
half-holiday, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs-
days at 6.15 p.m., on Fridays at 11 p.m., and on Saturdays
at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions :—

(1) Should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice
observe Saturday as the statutory closing-day in any week,
then, and in such case, the closing-hour on Wednesday for
any such shop in that week shall be 9 p.m.

(2) The closing-hour shall be not later than 11 p.m. on
(a) The working-day immediately preceding any day generally
observed in the combined district of Dunedin as a public
holiday except that on the working-day preceding New Year’s
Day there shall be no fixed closing-hour ; (b) The working-
days immediately preceding Anzac Day and Christmas Day ;
(c) The working-day immediately preceding and the day on
which is held in Dunedin an international or interprovincial
football match.

(3) The closing-hour shall be not later than 8 p.m. on
(a) The working-days of the weeks in which the Winter and
Summer shows and February carnival are held, excepting
where a later hour is herein provided ; (b) The working-day
immediately preceding and the day of any race meeting at
Wingatui or Forbury Park ; (c) The working-days from 17th
to 23rd December (both days inclusive) other than Friday
and Saturday.

The notice gazetted on the 29th March, 1928, fixing the
closing-hours of hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops within
the combined district of Dunedin is hereby cancelled as from
the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1938.

MARK FAGAN,
For the Minister of Labour.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments.—
Prohibiting the Sale within the Separate Districts of the
City of Dunedin and the Borough of St. Kilda, of certain
Goods comprised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS petitions in writing, signed by a majority
of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within
each of the separate districts of the City of Dunedin and the
Borough of St. Kilda, have been forwarded to me desiring
that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a
tobacconist—namely, cigarettes and tobacco—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 each of the said
districts, and that the signatures to such petitions represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within each
of the said districts :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act,
I, Mark Fagan, acting for the Minister of Labour, do hereby
direct that on and after the 17th day of October, 1938, the
sale of the said goods within each of the said districts shall
be and is hereby prohibited as follows : On Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Thursdays after the hour of 6.15 p.m., on
Fridays after the hour of 11 p.m., and on Wednesdays and
Saturdays after the hour of 9 p.m., with the following
exceptions :—

(1) The sale of the said goods is not prohibited until after
the hour of 11 p.m. on (a) The working-day immediately
preceding any day generally observed in the combined
district of Dunedin as a public holiday except that on the
working-day preceding New Year’s Day the sale of the said
goods is not prohibited ; (b) The working-days immediately
preceding Anzac Day and Christmas Day ; (c) The working-
day immediately preceding and the day on which is held in
Dunedin an international or interprovincial football match.

(2) The sale of the said goods is not prohibited until after
the hour of 8 p.m. on (a) The working-days of the weeks in
which the Winter and Summer shows and February carnival
are held, excepting where a later hour is herein provided ;
(b) The working-day immediately preceding and the day of
any race meeting at Wingatui or Forbury Park ; (c) On the
working-days from 17th to 23rd December (both days
inclusive) other than Friday and Saturday.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1938.

MARK FAGAN,
For the Minister of Labour.

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments.—
Fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops within the Borough
of Gisborne.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded
to me from the occupiers of grocers’ shops within the
Borough of Gisborne pursuant to section 32 of the Shops
and Offices Act, 1921–22 :

And whereas I am satisfied that the signatures to such
requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the
said shops within the said borough :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 32, I,
Mark Fagan, acting for the Minister of Labour, do hereby
direct that on and after the 17th day of October, 1938, all
the said shops within the said borough shall be closed in the
evenings of working-days as follows : On Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5.15 p.m., and on Fridays
at 8 p.m. : Provided that during the period from 18th
December in each year to 3rd January in the following year,
the closing-hours shall be as provided by the provisions of
the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of September, 1938.

MARK FAGAN,
For the Minister of Labour.