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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

DARGAVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Dargaville Borough Council has been authorized by the ratepayers to borrow £600 for the purpose of establishing a municipal sanitary service in the borough, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Board has finally granted the application for such loan at the rate of £3 15s. per centum per annum: And whereas the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Office Superintendent is unable to advance such loan (namely, £600) at the said rate of interest, but can advance the same at the rate of £3 17s. 6d. per centum per annum :

Now, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and section 4 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, the Dargaville Borough Council hereby resolves: That, for the purpose of providing moneys sufficient to cover the increased payments in respect of such loan, the said Dargaville Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/320 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value (unimproved) of all rateable property of the Dargaville Borough; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of February in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six years and a half, or until such loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution made by the Dargaville Borough Council on the 14th day of March, 1913.

GEO. DARBYSHIRE,
Town Clerk.

The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Dargaville was affixed hereto on the 14th day of March, 1913, in the presence of—

F. J. DARGAVILLE,
Mayor.

R. BRYDON,
Councillor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th March, 1913.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Waipukurau, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.

W. FRASER,
Acting Minister of Finance.

WAIPUKURAU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, we hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waipukurau was taken on the 19th day of March, 1913, on the proposal to raise a special loan of £2,000 for the purpose of duplicating and extending water plant, providing water cart and meters, and repaying to General Account the amount spent in excess of water loan.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 44. The number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 8. The total number of valid votes recorded was 52.

We therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated at Waipukurau this 20th day of March, 1913.

W. A. CHAMBERS,
Mayor.

G. B. ASHLEY,
Returning Officer.

WAIPUKURAU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, we hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waipukurau was taken on the 19th day of March, 1913, on the proposal to raise a special loan of £500 for the purpose of improving Russell Park and paying off balance of amount owing on pavilion.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 29. The number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 22. Informal, 1.

We therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Waipukurau this 20th day of March, 1913.

W. A. CHAMBERS,
Mayor.

G. B. ASHLEY,
Returning Officer.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Huia, Kiwi, Walmer, and Moa Streets, and Tui Avenue, in the Town of Meola Extension No. 9, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th March, 1913.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Huia, Kiwi, Walmer, and Moa Streets, and Tui Avenue, in the Town of Meola Extension No. 9, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of News-agents’ Shops in the Borough of Tauranga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the news-agents’ shops in the Borough of Tauranga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, at 1 p.m.; Saturday, at 9.30 p.m.:

And whereas the Tauranga Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the news-agents’ shops within the Borough of Tauranga:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 31st day of March, 1913, all news-agents’ shops in the Borough of Tauranga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of certain Shops in the Borough of Tauranga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) drapers and mercers, (2) grocers, (3) boot and shoe merchants, (4) tailors, (5) butchers, (6) bakers, (7) watchmakers, (8) furnishers, and (9) engineers and plumbers, in the Borough of Tauranga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5.30 p.m.; Thursday, at 1 p.m.; Saturday, at 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Tauranga Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades mentioned within the Borough of Tauranga:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 31st day of March, 1913, all such shops in the Borough of Tauranga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of March, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Permits to import Opium.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 20th March, 1913.

IT is hereby notified for public information that permits to import opium in forms which though not suitable for smoking may be made suitable have been granted to the undermentioned persons, subject to the provisions of the Opium Act, 1908, the Opium Amendment Act, 1910, and the regulations made thereunder:—

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.