taratar, carbonate of soda, ginger, lemon peel, orange peel,
and washing powders—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, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour,
am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in
the said trade within the said town district, and that the
signatures to such petition represent a majority of the
occupiers of all the said shops within the said town district:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said
Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 26th day of
August, 1940, the sale of the said goods within the said
town district shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after the
hour of 5.30 p.m., on Fridays after the hour of 8.30 p.m., and on
Saturdays after the hour of 1 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of August, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Auckland Cement-Asbestos Workers' Labour Legislation
Suspension Order 1940.
WHEREAS it appears to me to be expedient for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of
the community, I, Patrick Charles Webb, Minister of Labour,
pursuant to the Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations
1940, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Auckland Cement-
   Asbestos Workers' Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1940.

2. This order applies to the cement-asbestos workers
   employed by James Hardie and Company Proprietary,
   Limited, Penrose, Auckland, and to the employer of such
   workers.

3. The provisions of subclause (b) of clause 3 of the Northern
   Industrial District Cement-Asbestos Workers' Award dated
   the 21st day of November, 1938, and recorded in Book of
   Awards, Volume XXXVIII, page 3351, shall be and are
   hereby suspended in respect of any week in which the
   employer desires that more shifts than the five eight-hour
   shifts provided therein be worked, subject, however, to the
   conditions hereinafter prescribed.

4. When in any week the employer desires that more
   shifts than five be worked in pursuance of this Order, then
   and in such case shifts shall be worked on each of the seven
   days of that week: Provided that all time worked after
   1 p.m. on Saturdays shall be paid for at the rate of time
   and a half for the first three hours and double time thereafter, and all time worked on Sundays shall be paid for at
   the rate of double time.

5. This Order shall come into effect on and from the date
   of publication thereof in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of August, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Auckland) 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
   (Auckland) Order 1940.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 19th day of
   August, 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 3” in the Motor-spirits Prices (Auckland
   Provincial) Regulations 1938, Serial Number 1938/48.

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 during the whole of every Sunday
   and shall on every Friday be opened for the sale of oil fuel
   from 7.30 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 7.30 a.m. till 6 p.m. and closed
   at all other times on the said respective days: Provided
   that such establishments shall be closed for the sale of oil
   fuel during the whole of every Christmas Day, Good Friday,
   and Anzac Day, and on the day immediately preceding
   Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Anzac Day respectively,
   shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel from 7.30 a.m. till
   9 p.m. and closed at all other times on the said respective
   days.

5. This Order shall not apply to the establishment operated
   by Cadman’s Parking Station, Limited, at Greys Avenue,
   Auckland, or to the establishment operated by Shorter’s
   Rental Cars, Limited, at Shortland Street, Auckland, or to
   the establishment operated by the North Shore Transport
   Company, Limited, at Takapuna, Auckland.

6. Nothing in this Order shall apply to the establishment
   of the Air Transport and Touring Automobiles of New
   Zealand, Limited, at Auckland, or to the establishment of
   the Checker Taxi-cabs Society of New Zealand, Limited, at
   Auckland, in respect of the supply of oil fuel to the taxi-
   cabs operated by such two companies.

7. Nothing in this Order shall affect the establishment of
   the Lane Motor Boat Company, Limited, Auckland, or the
   establishment of Messrs. Collings and Bell, Auckland, in
   respect of the supply of oil fuel to launches.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of August, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.

Oil Fuel Retail Hours (Wellington) 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
   (Wellington) Order 1940.

2. This Order shall come into force on the 19th day of
   August, 1940.

3. This Order shall apply to all establishments engaged in
   the sale by retail of oil fuel and situate in the area comprising
   the City of Wellington, the Boroughs of Petone, Lower Hutt,
   Upper Hutt, and Eastbourne, the Town District of Johnson-
   ville, the Makara County, and that part of the Hutt County
   south of a line drawn between the trig. station named
   “Rimutaka” (situated in Block XVI, Akatarawa Survey
   District) and the trig. station named “Paekakariki”
   (situated in Section 53, Wainui District, Block III, Paekakariki
   Survey District) and produced to the sea.

4. On and after the coming into force of this Order all such
   establishments except as hereinafter provided shall be
   closed for the whole of every Sunday and for the whole of
   every Good Friday, Anzac Day, and Christmas Day, and
   shall on every Friday be opened for the sale of oil fuel from
   7.30 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 7.30 a.m. till 6 p.m. and closed at
   all other times on the said respective days: Provided that
   on the day immediately preceding Good Friday and Christmas
   Day respectively all such establishments shall be closed at
   midnight in lieu of the hour hereinbefore prescribed.

5. In every successive week commencing upon the coming
   into force of this Order one of the establishments hereinafter
   named shall, in the weekly rotation hereinafter set out, be
   opened for the sale of oil fuel on every Sunday from 7.30 a.m.
   till 9 p.m. and on every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
   Thursday, and Saturday shall remain open till 9 p.m. in lieu
   of 6 p.m.:—

Order of Rotation.
Name of Establishments.
First week .. Baigent Motors Limited, Upper Hutt.
Second week .. E. R. Menzies, Heretaunga Service
Station, Trentham.
Third week .. Upper Hutt Petrol Supplies Limited,
Upper Hutt.
Fourth week .. Howell Motors Limited, Main Road,
Trentham.
Fifth week .. E. Gething, Premier Motors, Upper Hutt.

6. The establishment of E. Gething, Premier Motors, Upper
   Hutt, and the establishment of E. R. Menzies, Heretaunga
   Service Station, Trentham, shall, notwithstanding the fore-
   going provisions of this Order, and in addition to the times
   hereinbefore specified, be opened for the sale of oil fuel on
   every day from midnight till 7.30 a.m. and from 9 p.m. till
   midnight.

7. Nothing in this Order shall apply to the establishments
   hereinafter named:—

Name of Establishments.
Woodman’s Service Station, Main Road, Tawa Flat.
C. E. Fisher’s V.I.C. Service Station, High Street, Lower
Hutt.

8. The establishment of Emergency Petrol Service, Limited,
   Jervois Quay, Wellington, shall be opened for the sale of oil
   fuel during the whole of every Sunday, and on every Friday
   shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel from midnight till
   7.30 a.m. and from 9 p.m. till midnight, and on every other
   day of the week shall be opened for the sale of oil fuel from
   midnight till 7.30 a.m. and from 6 p.m. till midnight.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of August, 1940.
P. C. WEBB, Minister of Labour.