SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3503

Radio-telegraphic Regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirty-first day of August, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), inter alia, fixing charges for the transmission of radio-telegrams: And whereas it is desirable to amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and all other powers in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulation numbered three under the heading “Charges” in the Schedule to the above-recited Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that the regulation so made shall be read as part of the hereinbefore-mentioned regulations, and shall have effect on and after the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

CHARGES.

Ordinary, Urgent, and Relaying.

3. Ordinary.—THE charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from ships (other than ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand) from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand shall be 10d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 4d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 6d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or (except as hereinafter provided) between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand, from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand shall be 5d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 2d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 3d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from ships trading exclusively between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand, while such ships are voyaging between the ports of Wellington and Lyttelton, from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand shall be 2½d. per word, with a minimum charge of 1s. 3d. for each radio-telegram, equal to a message of six words, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 1d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 1½d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from the mainland of New Zealand from or to Chatham Islands, Macquarie Island, Adelie Land, or to His Majesty’s ships (when in New Zealand waters) shall be 6d. per word.

Urgent.—The charge for an urgent radio-telegram is the charge for an ordinary radio-telegram plus the rates charged for urgent telegrams over the telegraph systems the message has to traverse.

Relaying. — Whenever Chatham Islands Radio-station is used as a relaying-station the charge shall be 4d. per word.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £38,000 proposed to be raised by the Council of the Borough of Whangarei.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangarei Borough Council lately proposed to raise a loan of thirty-eight thousand pounds to provide additional waterworks and extensions and improvements to the present waterworks, &c., under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas the voting-paper used at the poll of ratepayers taken in respect of the said loan was not in the form numbered one set forth in the First Schedule to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, as required by paragraph four of section ten of the said Act:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and that it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the voting-paper so used as aforesaid, and doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings with reference to the said loan shall be and shall be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as though the said voting-paper had been in the prescribed form.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of Sixty-eight Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds (£68,250) proposed to be raised by the Council of the Borough of Hastings.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hastings Borough Council lately proposed to raise a loan of sixty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£68,250) for streets improvements, footpaths, water and sewer extensions, and electric-light extensions, &c., under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas four notices setting forth the day on which the poll of the ratepayers was to be taken were published in the newspaper circulating the district, but the first of the aforesaid notices was published thirteen days instead of not less than fourteen days before the date of the poll, as required by section ten, subsection two, of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the proceedings in connection with the said poll of ratepayers shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said notifications of the date of the poll had been legally given in the proper manner, and that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £787 10s. to Form and Metal the Waipawa Road, proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Awakino.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Awakino County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of seven hundred and eighty-seven pounds ten shillings (£787 10s.), under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the purpose of constructing the Waipawa Road:

And whereas the special roll, though deposited for public inspection, was not deposited prior to the steps being taken under section sixteen (e) to obtain the ratepayers’ consent, as required by the above-mentioned Act and the regulations made thereunder: