the expiration of twenty-one years from the raising of
the loan; and to pay out of the said loan the cost of
raising the loan and the first year's interest thereon.
The number of votes recorded for the said proposal was
408, the number of votes recorded against the said proposal
was 102, and there were 32 informal votes.
I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Wanganui East, this 28th day of April, 1911.
J. JONES,
Mayor of Wanganui East Borough.
WANGANUI EAST BOROUGH.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 13 of the Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, that a poll of the ratepayers of
the Borough of Wanganui East was taken on Wednesday,
the 26th day of April, 1911, on the proposal of the
Wanganui East Borough Council to raise a special loan
of £11,500 for the following purpose, that is to say : The
erection, construction, and completion of a traffic-bridge
across the Wanganui River, connecting the Borough of
Wanganui East with the Borough of Wanganui from a
point on the left bank of the Wanganui River abutting
on Lot 3 or Lot 5 of Section 63 on the plan of the left
bank of the Wanganui River, in the Borough of Wanganui
East, to a point in the Wanganui Borough at the junction
or intersection of Dublin Street and the River Bank Road,
and the necessary approaches thereto, according to a
design, plans and specifications, and conditions prepared
by the Public Works Department of the Dominion of New
Zealand, and in accordance with Order in Council pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette of date the 16th day
of March, 1911.
The said bridge is to be constructed by the Wanganui
Borough Council in conjunction with the Wanganui East
Borough Council, and is to be so constructed as to allow
of vehicular, tramway, pedestrian, and sheep and cattle
traffic. The superstructure of the bridge is to be built
in steel. The work to be undertaken and to be under the
control and management of the Wanganui Borough
Council.
It is proposed to appropriate and pledge as security for
the said loan and the interest thereon by the periodical
payments as required by the New Zealand State-
guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and the amendments
thereof, and the charges and expenses incident to or con-
nected therewith, an annually recurring special rate of
8d. in the pound on the annual value of all rateable
property within the Borough of Wanganui East.
The whole of the said loan is to be repaid, in manner
as by the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act,
1909, provided, within thirty-six years and a half from the
raising thereof. It is also proposed to pay out of the
said loan the cost of the raising thereof and the first
year's interest thereon.
The number of votes recorded for the said proposal was
412, the number of votes recorded against the said proposal
was 97, and there were 32 informal votes.
I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Wanganui East, this 28th day of April, 1911.
J. JONES,
Mayor of Wanganui East Borough.
Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in.
Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.
IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under the Government Railways Act, 1908, I, John
Andrew Millar, Minister of Railways, do hereby make
the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and
charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways
open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and
after the 4th day of May, 1911 :-
PART I : PASSENGERS.
Cancel Regulation 27 : Newspaper Reporters' Tickets.
Insert-
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS' TICKETS.
27. Tickets will be issued to newspaper reporters perma-
nently engaged on the staff of any newspaper registered and
published in New Zealand at the rates and subject to the
conditions specified below, viz. :-
Ordinary single.. At one-fourth of the ordinary fares. Mini-
and return mum charge, 6d. first class, 4d. second
tickets class, single or return.
Season tickets .. At one-fourth of the ordinary or annual
season-ticket rates (Regulations 18 and
19). Maximum charge, £10.
No reduction in charge will be made for Commutation
Tickets.
Newspaper reporters' tickets will be available for use only
when the holder is travelling for the purpose of reporting.
Application for newspaper reporters' ordinary and season
tickets must be accompanied by a certificate in the following
form, signed by the editor or proprietor of the newspaper :-
" Please issue to reporter of the newspaper a re-
porter's(a) class(b) ticket at one-fourth of the
ordinary rates, and available between Station and
Station from(c)
"I certify that the ticket referred to above is required for
Press-reporting purposes only ; that it will be used only by a
bona fide reporter permanently employed on the staff of the
newspaper, and exclusively engaged on Press business.
, Editor [or Proprietor] Newspaper."
(a) Insert "first" or "second." (b) Insert "single," "return,"
"monthly," "quarterly," "half-yearly," or "yearly," as required.
(c) Insert date ticket required.
Newspaper proprietors must furnish the General Manager
of Railways with a list giving names and signatures of the
persons on the staff of their respective papers who are autho-
rized to sign certificates. Certificates signed by persons other
than those so notified to the General Manager of Railways will
not be recognized.
Newspaper reporters' £10 tickets will be available for travel
over Lake Wakatipu.
PART III : REGULATIONS.
Insert-
THE CORONATION NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION,
1911.
In consideration of their being carried solely at the risk
of consignors, and of the Government being freed of all
liability in connection therewith, exhibits consigned for
exhibition at the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, to
be opened at Wellington on 24th May, 1911, will be carried
free on the New Zealand Government railways, provided
that each package shall be consigned to the Secretary of
the Exhibition, and marked legibly "For exhibition at
New Zealand Industrial Exhibition."
Under similar conditions, and on the production of a
certificate from the Secretary of the Exhibition stating
that the exhibits have not been transferred, exchanged,
or sold, and are still the property of the original con-
signors, free railage will be granted on the return journey.
All loading and unloading shall be done at the risk and
expense of the consignors.
In the event of any portion of the exhibits being sold,
the full ordinary railage charges must be paid on the whole
of the exhibits as originally consigned to the Exhibition,
and also on the unsold portion which is returned from the
Exhibition.
As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Railways.
Notice to Mariners No. 49 of 1911.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st May, 1911.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, is pub-
lished for general information.
J. A. MILLAR.
DECAPOLIS REEF.-TORRES STRAIT.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Decapolis Reef beacon is
reported to be down. A new beacon will be erected as
soon as practicable.
Chart affected: No. 2923; "Australia Directory,"
Vol. ii.
JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster,
Marine Department,
Brisbane, 8th April, 1911.