And whereas he is 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 section 32 of the Shops and
Offices Act, 1921-22, the Minister of Labour doth hereby direct that
on and after the 25th day of October, 1943, all the said shops within
the said borough shall be closed accordingly.
The notice gazetted on the 19th June, 1941, fixing the closing-
hours of fruiterers' shops within the Borough of Hastings shall be
and is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation
of this notice.
Dated at Wellington, this lst day of October, 1943.
J. G. BARCLAY,
For the Minister of Labour.

The Shipping Safety (Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Order
1943
PURSUANT to Regulation 4A of the Shipping Safety Emergency
Regulations 1940,* the Minister of Defence doth hereby make
the following Order :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Shipping Safety (Hauraki
   Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Order 1943.
   (2) This Order shall take effect on the day following the date
   of publication thereof in the Gazette.
2. (1) This Order is in substitution for the Shipping Safety
   (Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Order 1942f, and that Order
   is hereby consequentially revoked.
   (2) The revocation of the said Order shall not affect the liability
   of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before
   the date of the taking effect of this Order.
3. Except where otherwise specially provided, this Order shall
   apply with respect to all small craft, as defined in the Shipping
   Safety Emergency Regulations 1940t, to which the Shipping Control
   Emergency Regulations 1939§ do not apply.
4. No master or person in charge of any small craft to which
   this Order applies shall cause or permit the vessel to be in any part
   of the waters described in the First Schedule hereto.
5. No master or person in charge of any small craft to which
   this Order applies shall cause or permit the vessel to be anchored
   in any part of the waters described in the Second and Third Schedules
   hereto.
6. Except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a
   written permit granted by the Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland,
   no master or person in charge of any small craft to which this Order
   applies shall cause or permit the vessel to enter or move in any part
   of the waters described in the Third Schedule hereto.
   7.. Except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a
   written permit granted by the Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland,
   no master or person in charge of any small craft to which this Order
   applies shall cause or permit the vessel to enter or move in any part
   of the waters described in the Fourth Schedule hereto : Provided
   that nothing in this clause shall apply with respect to—
   (a) Vessels engaged on Government or Harbour Board service :
   (b) Trading vessels :
   (c) Vessels being used during a period of emergency, within the
   meaning of the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations
   1941||, for the purposes of any emergency precautions
   service established under those regulations.
7. The provisions of this Order are in addition to and not in
   derogation of the provisions of the Public Traffic Regulations 1939¶
   for the Port of Auckland.

FIRST SCHEDULE
PROHIBITED PASSAGE
THE waters of Hauraki Gulf within the following limits : From
Bollon's Rock (on the western side of Tiritiri Island) in a 175°
direction to Gardiner’s Gap between Rangitoto Island and Motu-
tapu ; thence along the northern shore of Motutapu to Home Bay
Point on the eastern side of Motutapu ; thence along the limit of
the Auckland Harbour to Waiheke Island; thence along the
northern shore of Waiheke Island to Thumb Point ; thence in a
326° direction for a distance of approximately fourteen miles to a
position in latitude 36° 33’ S., longitude 175° 01’ E.; thence in a
270° direction to longitude 174° 55’ E. ; thence in a 220° direction to
Bollon’s Rock, the commencing point.

SECOND SCHEDULE
PROHIBITED ANCHORAGES
FIRSTLY, the waters of Hauraki Gulf within the following limits :
From Rakauananga Point on the southern side of Whangaparaoa
Peninsula by a line in a 120° direction for a distance of approximately
five miles to the point of its intersection with a line in a 175° direction
from Bollon's Rock (on the western side of Tiritiri Island); thence
in a 355° direction to Bollon's Rock; thence in a 040° direction to
longitude 174° 55’ E.; thence in a 090° direction to a position in
latitude 36° 33' S., longitude 175° 01' E.; thence in a 326° direction
to Flat Rock; thence in a 310° direction to Kawau Island; thence
along the southern shore of Kawau Island to the southern entrance
point of Bon Accord Harbour; thence by a straight line to Fish
Point (latitude 36° 26' 2" S., longitude 174° 47' E.); thence along
the coast of the mainland to Rakauananga Point, the commencing
point; excluding, however, the waters of Mahurangi Harbour,
Waiwera Creek, and all other rivers, creeks, or streams entering the
Gulf between Fish Point and Whangaparaoa Peninsula :

Secondly, the waters of Auckland Harbour within the following
limits : From North Head by a straight line to Hill 230 on Motu
Korea Island ; thence along the western limit of the explosives
anchorage to Rangitoto Island; thence along the southern and
western shore of Rangitoto Island to its intersection with the
northern limit of Auckland Harbour between Rangitoto Island and
the mainland ; thence along the said northern limit of Auckland
Harbour to the mainland ; thence along the coast of the mainland
to North Head, the commencing point.

THIRD SCHEDULE
PROHIBITED ANCHORAGE: RESTRICTED PASSAGE FOR ALL SHIPS
THE waters of Auckland Harbour within the following limits:
From Emu Point at the southern end of Motutapu, in a 090° direction
to the western shore of Waiheke Island ; thence along the western
shore of Waiheke Island to its intersection with the northern
limit of Auckland Harbour at the western entrance point of Owhanaki
Bay ; thence along the said northern limit of Auckland Harbour to
Home Bay Point on the eastern side of Motutapu ; thence along the
shore of Motutapu to Emu Point, the commencing point.

FOURTH SCHEDULE
RESTRICTED PASSAGE FOR PLEASURE VESSELS
THE waters of Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour within the
following limits : From East Tamaki Head (latitude 36° 50’ 7” S.,
longitude 174° 54’ E.) in a 064° direction to Park Point on Waiheke
Island ; thence along the western shore of Waiheke Island to the
intersection of that shore with a line projecting 090° from Emu
Point (at the southern end of Motutapu); thence in a 270° direction
along the aforesaid line to Emu Point; thence along the western
shore of Motutapu to Gardiner’s Gap between Motutapu and
Rangitoto Island; thence in a 355° direction to Bollon’s Rock
(on the western side of Tiritiri Island); thence in a 040° direction
to longitude 174° 55' E.; thence in a 090° direction to a position in
latitude 36° 33' S., longitude 175° 01' E.; thence in a 146° direction
to Thumb Point on Waiheke Island ; thence in a 000° direction to
latitude 36° 30' S.; thence in a 285° direction to Flat Rock; thence
in a 310° direction to Kawau Island; thence along the southern shore
of Kawau Island to the southern entrance point of Bon Accord
Harbour; thence by a straight line to Fish Point. (latitude
36° 26' 2" S., longitude 174° 47’ E.); thence along the coast of the
mainland and the shores of Auckland Harbour to East Tamaki
Head, the commencing point; including also the waters of Maha-
rangi Harbour, Waiwera Creek, Weiti River, and all other rivers,
creeks, and streams entering the Gulf or Auckland Harbour between
Fish Point and East Tamaki Head.
'Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of September, 1943.
F. JONES; Minister of Defence.
*Statutory Regulations 1941, Serial number 1941/258, page 838.
† Gazette, 10th December, 1942, Vol. III, page 2875.
‡ Statutory Regulations 1941, Serial number 1941/258, Regulation 2,
page 838.
§ Statutory Regulations 1939, Serial number 1939/126, page 585.
See Amendment No. 3, Statutory Regulations 1942, Serial number
1942/260, page 645.
|| Statutory Regulations 1941, Serial number 1941/234, Regulation 2,
page 777.
¶ Gazette, 4th September, 1939, Vol. III, page 2409.

The Shipping Control (Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Notice
1943
PURSUANT to the Shipping Control Emergency Regulations
1939,* the Naval Board of New Zealand hereby gives notification as follows :—
1.(1) This notification may be cited as the Shipping Control
(Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Notice 1943.
(2) This notification shall take effect on the day following the
date of publication thereof in the Gazette.
2. (1) This notification is in substitution for the Shipping
Control (Hauraki Gulf and Auckland Harbour) Notice 1942f, and
that notice is hereby consequentially revoked.
(2) The revocation of the said notice shall not affect the liability
of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before
the date of the taking effect of this notification.
3. No master or person in charge of any ship to which the
Shipping Control Emergency Regulations 1939 for the time being
apply‡ shall cause or permit the ship to be in any part of the waters
described in the First Schedule hereto.
4. No master or person in charge of any ship to which the said
regulations for the time being apply shall cause or permit the ship
to be anchored in any part of the waters described in the Second
and Third Schedules hereto.
5. Except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a
written permit granted by the Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland,
no master or person in charge of any ship to which the said regu-
lations for the time being apply shall cause or permit the ship to
enter or move in any part of the waters described in the Third
Schedule hereto.
6. (1) This clause shall apply with respect to all ships to which
the Shipping Control Emergency Regulations 1939 for the time
being apply, except—
(a) Vessels engaged on Government or Harbour Board service:
(b) Trading vessels :
(c) Vessels being used during a period of emergency, within the
meaning of the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations
1941§, for the purposes of any emergency precautions
service established under those regulations.