848
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 45

Situated in Belmont Survey District.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 80/101.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block II, Tauhara Survey District, for a Native School

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a Native school—and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Taupo and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P. Being

2 0 13 Part Waipahihi No. 11 Block.

1 3 26 Part Waipahihi No. 12B Block.

Situated in Block II, Tauhara Survey District (Auckland R.D.).

(S.O. 32560.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 120705, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 31/1128.)

Notice of Intention to take the Leasehold Estate or Interest in Land in the Borough of Hamilton for Housing Purposes

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the leasehold estate or interest in land described in the Schedule hereto, held from the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board by G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, of Hamilton, under and by virtue of Lease No. 14767, and being part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 49, folio 153, Auckland Land Registry Office, for housing purposes: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the said land in respect of which such leasehold estate or interest is required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Hamilton and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said leasehold estate or interest in the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of the said leasehold estate or interest, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land in respect of which a leasehold estate or interest is required to be taken: 8 acres 3 roods 21·8 perches.

Being part Allotment 86, Pukete Parish, on D.P. 23609.

Situated in Block XIII, Komakorau Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 32220.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 120910, deposited in the office of the Minister of Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1945.

R. SEMPLE, Minister of Works.

(P.W. 80/20.)

The Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and its Amendments.—Fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops within the Combined District of Auckland

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland, comprising the City of Auckland, the boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, New Lynn, Newmarket, Northcote, Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Otahuhu, and Takapuna, and the town districts of Ellerslie, Glen Eden, Henderson, and Papatoetoe, has been forwarded to the Minister of Labour, desiring that all such shops within the said combined district, save and except the shop (hereinafter referred to as “the exempted shop”) established at 155 Newton Road, within the City of Auckland, for the purpose only of the sale of medicines and surgical appliances that are urgently required, be closed as set out below, and that subsection (4) of section 35 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, should not apply to any shop within two miles and a half of the exempted shop while medicines and surgical appliances are obtainable from the exempted shop: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m., and on Sundays from the hour of 7 a.m., with the following exceptions: (1) On the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Good Friday, the closing-hour shall be 9 p.m.; (2) on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (3) on the evening of the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day the closing-hour shall be 10 p.m.; (4) there shall be no fixed closing-hour on Anzac Day; (5) should the occupier of any shop affected by this notice observe a whole or half-holiday and close his shop from not later than noon until seven o’clock in the evening of any of the special days mentioned in section 26 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, or of 2nd January, or of the Anniversary Day of the Auckland Province, or of any day generally observed in the district in lieu thereof, then the closing-hour for such shop in the evening of such day shall be 9 p.m.; (6) where notice of intention to keep any shop closed after noon, including during the evenings on Saturdays, has been given by the occupier to the Inspector of Factories at Auckland at least five days before the first Saturday on which the shop is to be so closed, and the shop is kept closed on Saturdays in accordance with such notice, then and in each such case the closing-hour on Fridays for such shop shall be 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Minister of Labour is satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said combined district, and that all the occupiers of the said shops within the said combined district affected by section 35 (1) of the said Act have been afforded an equal right to share at a reasonable cost in the profits of the business carried on by the exempted shop:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of sections 32 and 35 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and in pursuance of section 15 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1927, the Minister of Labour doth hereby direct that on and after the 16th day of July, 1945, all the chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland, save and except the exempted shop, shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 9th day of December, 1942, fixing the closing-hours of chemists’ shops within the Combined District of Auckland shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into force of this notice.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1945.

JAS. O’BRIEN,
For the Minister of Labour.

NOTES

(1) Pursuant to section 21 (e) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, a chemist may keep his shop open (but only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances) between the hours of 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the statutory closing-day.

(2) Pursuant to section 35 (4) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, a chemist in the combined district whose shop is more than two miles and a half from the exempted shop may supply medicines and surgical appliances that are urgently required on Sundays and on working-days outside the hours specified above: Provided that the shop is opened for such purpose only and is closed immediately the sale is effected, and that the door of the shop is kept locked, except for the admission and exit of the customer.