JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1725

Approval of Testing Officers under the Motor-drivers' Regulations, 1940.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers' Regulations, 1940, the Minister of Transport does hereby approve, until further notice, of the persons named in Column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being Testing Officers under the said regulations for the authority specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. .. Wairoa County Council .. Wairoa County Council ..
Column 2. .. Errol Clarence Welch, of Wairoa, Assistant Engineer. .. Ian Dudley Mackay, of Wairoa, Engineer's Assistant.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of July, 1940.
R. SEMPLE, Minister of Transport.
(TT. 9/4/3.)

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th July, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours conferred by His Majesty the King, as follows:—

MILITARY DIVISION.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) —
Major-General John Evelyn Duigan, C.B., D.S.O., N.Z.S.C., Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) —
Colonel Owen Herbert Mead, D.S.O., N.Z.S.C., A.D.C., Adjutant-General, New Zealand Military Forces.
Group Captain Leonard Monk Isitt, R.N.Z.A.F., A.D.C.
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) —
Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Edward Conway, N.Z.S.C., Director of Mobilization, New Zealand Military Forces.
Major James George McKay, V.D.
Wing Commander Hugh Bartholomew Burrell, R.N.Z.A.F.
The Reverend George Trevor Robson, M.C., Chaplain, New Zealand Naval Forces.
Lieutenant Herbert Albert Haynes, R.N. (Retired).
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) —
Alfred James Harvey, Esquire, Commissioned Gunner, Royal Navy.
Flight Lieutenant Ivan Edward Rawnsley, R.N.Z.A.F.
Flying Officer Albert Tom Giles, R.N.Z.A.F.
Squadron Sergeant-Major Charles Ethelbert Howell.
Staff Sergeant-Major William Leonard Glanville, New Zealand Permanent Forces.
Regimental Sergeant-Major Frank Allan Wetherall, R.N.Z.A.
Warrant Officer James Edward Duncan, R.N.Z.A.F.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 164/1.)

Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Rotorua) Order 1940.

PURSUANT to the Oil Fuel Retail Hours Emergency Regulations 1940, and pursuant to a requisition in writing received in that behalf, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby direct as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Rotorua) Order 1940.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 22nd day of July, 1940.

3. This Order shall apply to all establishments engaged in the sale by retail of oil fuel and situate within six miles of the Post-office in the Borough of Rotorua.

4. On and after the coming into force of this Order all such establishments except as hereinafter provided shall be closed for the sale of oil fuel for the whole of every Sunday and shall on every Friday be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. and closed at all other times on every Friday and on every other day of the week be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. and closed at all other times on the said respective days.

5. This Order shall not apply to Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Labour Day, the birthday of the reigning Sovereign,

the Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding Labour Day and, if the birthday of the reigning Sovereign be celebrated on a Monday, the Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding that Monday.

6. In every successive week commencing upon the coming into force of this Order two of the establishments hereinafter named shall in the weekly rotation hereinafter set out be opened on Sunday from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. and on every other day of the week from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. and closed at all other times on the said respective days.

Order of Rotation. Name of Establishments.
First week .. Rotorua Rental Cars (Proprietor : A. J. Andrews). Cadman's Parking Station, Limited.
Second week .. Jones Brothers Garage, Limited. Rotorua Tyre and Rubber Company (Proprietor : J. L. Witherow).
Third week .. Thermal Garage (Proprietor : R. C. Avery). Wells Arawa Service Station (Proprietor : J. S. Wells).
Fourth week .. Rotorua Motor Transport Co., Ltd. De Luxe Service Station (Proprietor : J. Geaney).
Fifth week .. Hall Nicholls, Limited. Duffy Service Station (Proprietor : H. F. Preston).
Sixth week .. J. C. Bates and Son, Limited. Geyser Service Station (Proprietor : J. B. Rassmussen).

7. In alternate weeks as hereinafter set out commencing upon the coming into force of this Order the establishments hereinafter named shall on Sunday be opened from 8.30 a.m. till 9.30 a.m. and from 5.30 p.m. till 6.30 p.m. and be closed at all other times on Sunday.

Order of Rotation. Name of Establishments.
First week .. Mr. A. J. Isdale, Ngongotaha.
Second week .. Mr. K. Davies, Ngongotaha.

8. Nothing in this Order shall affect the opening of the establishment of Mr. J. G. Blackmore at the Rotorua Aero-drome for the supply of oil fuel to aircraft.

9. Nothing in this Order shall affect the supply of fuel oil to any person at any time on the authority of an officer of Police.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

This notice is in substitution for that of the same name gazetted on 11th July, 1940, New Zealand Gazette No. 72, page 1665.

Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Christchurch) Order 1940.

PURSUANT to the Oil Fuel Retail Hours Emergency Regulations 1940, and pursuant to a requisition in writing received in that behalf, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour, do hereby direct as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Christchurch) Order 1940.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 29th day of July, 1940.

3. This Order shall apply to all establishments engaged in the sale by retail of oil fuel and situate within the area defined as Area “A” in the Motor-spirits Prices (North Canterbury) Regulations 1936, Amendment No. 2, Serial Number 236/1937.

4. On and after the coming into force of this Order all such establishments except as hereinafter provided shall be closed for the sale of oil fuel for the whole of every Sunday and for the whole of every Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Anzac Day and shall on every Friday be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. and closed at all other times on every Friday, and on every other day of the week be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. and closed at all other times on the said respective days: Provided that (1) on Christmas Eve and on the Thursday immediately preceding Good Friday all such establishments shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7 a.m. till midnight and closed at all other times on such days; (2) when Christmas Day or Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or a Monday all such establishments shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel on Christmas Day or on Anzac Day, as the case may be, from 7 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. and shall be closed at all other times on such day; and (3) the establishments in the Boroughs of Sumner and New Brighton shall on every Friday be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7 a.m. till 6.30 p.m. and shall be closed at all other times on such day, and on every Saturday shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. and shall be closed at all other times on such day.

5. This Order shall not apply to the establishment operated by Rink Taxis, Ltd., at 104 Armagh Street, Christchurch.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of July, 1940.

P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.