18 JANUARY

Mitre Hotel, Lyttelton—
Monday to Saturday inclusive, open at 8 a.m., and close at 7 p.m. (grant limited until 30 November 1968).

Bonners Hotel, Christchurch—
Monday to Saturday inclusive, open at 9 a.m., and close at 8 p.m. (grant limited until 30 November 1968).
Dated at Wellington this 15th day of January 1968.
E. A. MISSEN, Acting Secretary for Justice.
(J. 18/25/237)

Notice of Varied Hours for Sale of Liquor at Clevedon Hotel, Clevedon; Prince Arthur Hotel, Auckland; Britomart Hotel, Auckland; Ambassadors Hotel, Auckland

PURSUANT to section 221A (16) of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962, as inserted by the Sale of Liquor Amendment Act (No. 2) 1967, I, Eric Alderson Missen, Acting Secretary for Justice, hereby give notice that the Auckland Licensing Committee, on 12 December 1967, made orders fixing hours other than the usual hours for opening and closing of hotel premises for the sale of liquor to the public as follows:

Clevedon Hotel, Kawakawa Bay Road, Clevedon—
Saturday ... ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 1 p.m. Opening: 3 p.m. Closing: 10 p.m.
Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve (being a week day) ... ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 1 p.m. Opening: 3 p.m. Closing: 10 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (except Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) ... ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 8 p.m.
Wednesday ... ... ... {Opening: 11 a.m. Closing: 10 p.m.
Prince Arthur Hotel, Corner Hobson and Wellesley Streets, Auckland—
Monday to Saturday ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 8 p.m.
Britomart Hotel, Customs Street East, Auckland—
Monday to Saturday ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 8 p.m.
Ambassadors Hotel, Quay Street, Auckland—
Monday to Saturday ... ... {Opening: 9 a.m. Closing: 8 p.m.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of January 1968.
E. A. MISSEN, Acting Secretary for Justice.
(J. 18/25/237)

Consenting to Raising of Loans by Certain Local Authorities

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (as amended by section 3 (1) of the Local Authorities Loans Amendment Act 1967), the undersigned Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, acting under powers delegated to the Secretary to the Treasury by the Minister of Finance, hereby consents to the borrowing by the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto of the whole or any part of the respective amounts specified in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to $
Auckland Regional Authority: Bulk Water Supply Loan No. 16, 1967 1,000,000
Bulk Water Supply Loan No. 17, 1967 500,000
Birkenhead Borough Council: Sewer Completion Supplementary Loan 1967 8,598
Dunedin City Council: Dunedin Airport Runway Loan 1967 80,000
East Coast Bays Borough Council: Sewer Reticulation Additional Loan No. 3 Area 1967 160,000
Hawera Borough Council: Waingongora Pipe Bridge Replacement Loan 1967 23,000
Heathcote County Council: Special Loan 1967 200,000
Lower Hutt City Council: Bloomfield Terrace Extension Loan 1967 80,000
Property Acquisition Loan No. 7, 1967 64,000
Tilbury Street Development Loan 1967 60,000
Manukau City Council: Property Purchase and Library Supplementary Loan 1967 8,600
Mount Albert Borough Council: Sewer and Stormwater Drainage Redemption Loan 1967 30,800
Tram Track Roading Redemption Loan 1967 12,000
Otorohanga Borough Council: Flood Protection Renewal Loan No. 2, 1967 41,600

Local Authority and Name of Loan Amount Consented to
Tauranga City Council: Renewal Loan No. 4, 1967 35,600
Waikareao Bridge Renewal Loan No. 1, 1967 124,000
Thames Hospital Board: Redemption Loan 1967 123,000
Timaru Harbour Board: Development Loan No. 2, 1967 70,000
Upper Hutt City Council: Footpaths Construction Loan No. 4, 1967 20,000
Westland Hospital Board: Works Loan 1967 150,000

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of December 1967.
S. C. PARKER, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury.
(T. 40/416/6)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in the Manukau City Council (Notice No. Ag. 10179)

PURSUANT to section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 and to a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture under section 9 of the Department of Agriculture Act 1953 for the purpose of the said section, the following special order made by the Manukau City Council on 31 August 1967 is hereby published.

SPECIAL ORDER
THAT, in pursuance and in exercise of the provisions conferred on it by section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Manukau City Council hereby declares by way of special order that all plants mentioned or included in the First Schedule to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950 are noxious weeds within the district of the City of Manukau.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December 1967.
G. J. ANDERSON,
Assistant Director-General (Administration).
(3171)

Assignment of Foreshore Licence—Riverton Harbour—Jetty

PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950, the Secretary for Marine hereby gives notice that the licence granted to William John Heatherington on 25 May 1967* to use and occupy part of the foreshore and bed of the sea at Riverton as a site for a jetty is hereby assigned to Charles Lorne Waitiri and Mary Harriet Waitiri.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of January 1968.
W. A. CULLEN, for Secretary for Marine.
*Gazette, 8 June 1967, page 1000
(M. 54/3/363)

Returns of Insurance Premiums Required from Persons, etc., Insuring Property Against Fire Otherwise Than With an Insurance Company Carrying on Business in New Zealand

THE attention of all persons, firms, companies, and Associations being owners of property in respect of which premiums are paid to an insurance company not carrying on business in New Zealand is drawn to section 52 of the Fire Services Act 1949 (as amended by the Fire Services Amendment Acts 1953, 1956, and 1959) and furthermore the attention of all persons, firms, companies, and associations in possession of funds for insurance purposes is drawn to section 52 (2) of the Act which is quoted as follows:

“For the purpose of this section where an owner of any property within a united urban fire district, urban fire district, or a secondary urban fire district makes a payment in respect of that property to any fund established for insurance purposes either within or beyond New Zealand, the person in possession of the fund shall be deemed to be an insurance company and every amount paid to the fund shall be deemed to be a premium”.

By notice in the Gazette dated 11 January 1968 the Minister of Internal Affairs has fixed 29 February 1968 as the date by which returns showing the total gross amount of premiums received by or due to fire insurance companies during the year ended 31 December 1967 shall be transmitted to the Fire Service Council.

Returns accompanied by a statutory declaration must be lodged forthwith and should be addressed to the Secretary, Fire Service Council, G.P.O. Box 2133, Wellington.

R. C. TUCKER, Secretary, Fire Service Council.