Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4047

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Stores.

Wellington, 6th November, 1914.

SEPARATE tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 6th January, 1915, for the supply and delivery, C.I.F. and E., main ports, of 3,000 telephones, B.B. wall, 1,000 ohms, and 80,000 cups, insulator, post-office. The successful tenderer will be required to give security for the due performance of the contract. Particulars and conditions of tendering may be obtained at the office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch; or the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin; where samples of the cups may be seen.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Education Board of the District of North Canterbury.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

Education Office,
Christchurch, 27th October, 1914.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 24 of the Education Act, 1908, that the number of valid votes recorded for the several candidates at the election of member of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury (South Ward), held on the 12th October, 1914, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. Studholme, is as follows, to wit:—

Andrews, George William .. .. .. 145
Dalziel, Matthew .. .. .. .. 170

The total number of valid votes recorded is 315. The total number of votes rejected as informal is 8.

I therefore declare the said MATTHEW DALZIEL to be duly elected member of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury for the South Ward.

H. C. LANE,
Returning Officer.

Education Board of the District of Nelson.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

Education Office,
Nelson, 3rd November, 1914.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that THOMAS SYMES has been elected a member of the Nelson Education Board, representing the Middle Ward, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late J. D. Beuke. The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was as follows:—

Symes, Thomas .. .. .. 77
Beuke, Henry Conrad .. .. .. 36
Tunncliffe, Ivanhoe .. .. .. 36
Patterson, Robert .. .. .. 17
Clough, Enoch Richard .. .. .. 6

Total number of valid votes recorded, 172. Total number of votes rejected as informal, 1.

N. R. WILLIAMS,
Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 101 of 1914.

HOKIANGA BAR SOUNDINGS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that soundings taken on 7th November, 1914, show some further changes in the channels across Hokianga Bar off the harbour entrance as follows:—

North Channel, with lighthouse bearing east magnetic, soundings showed 14 ft. at mean low-water springs. Lighthouse bearing E. by N. 11 ft.

South Channel, with lighthouse bearing N.E. magnetic, 16 ft. bank inside on this bearing now clear and has 8 ft. over it. Channel, with lighthouse on north-east by north bearing, has materially changed, and is impracticable to notify.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1091A and 2525; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 201; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1914, page 422, and plan facing page 422; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1915, page 444, and plan facing page 444.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 9th November, 1914.

THE Ashburton United Friendly Societies Association, situated at Ashburton, is registered as a friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 9th day of November, 1914.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case:—

Gibbs, Solomon, late of Leithfield, Canterbury, labourer. Filed 11th September, 1914.

Churton, Charles Arthur, late of Mount Eden, Auckland, accountant. Filed, 11th September, 1914.

Clyne, Christina, late of Wellington, cook. Filed 11th September, 1914.

Walkling, Emily Ellen, late of Nelson, spinster. Filed 12th September, 1914.

Cochrane, William, late of Motu, Auckland, labourer. Filed 15th September, 1914.

Dobbins, William, late of Whangarei, Auckland, blacksmith. Filed 16th September, 1914.

Corke, George, late of Fendalton, Canterbury, hawker. Filed 21st September, 1914.

John Ah Wing, late of Whangarei, Auckland, market gardener. Filed 21st September, 1914.

Mahr, Adam, otherwise known as Mahr, Adam Joahana, late of Lyell, Westland, carpenter. Filed 21st September, 1914.

James, David Henry, late of Christchurch, Canterbury, porter. Filed 23rd September, 1914.

Tear, Charles James, late of Sydenham, Canterbury, journeyman butcher. Filed 23rd September, 1914.

O’Brien, Kathleen Clifford Murchison, late of Nelson, married woman. Filed 23rd September, 1914.

Farrow, George, late of Hobart, Tasmania, baker. Filed 25th September, 1914.

King, Joseph Henry Luddington, late of Caversham, Otago, accountant. Filed 2nd October, 1914.

Crutchley, Isaac Lyster, late of Ngakawau, Nelson, miner. Filed 2nd October, 1914.

Brown, Broughton, known as Roberta Rowe or Miniz, late of Christchurch, Canterbury, widow. Filed 8th October, 1914.

Hogg, Alexander Wilson, late of Gore, Otago, millwright. Filed 8th October, 1914.

Ollerenshaw, Edith King, late of Nelson, married woman. Filed 8th October, 1914.

Erskine, Andrew, s.s. “Whangape,” who was drowned at Tatarariki, Auckland, steward. Filed 10th October, 1914.

Hughes, Isaac, or Morgan, Isaac, late of Scott’s Ferry, Rangitikei, Wellington, labourer. Filed 14th October, 1914.

Waugh, Alexander, late of Mananui, near Hokitika, Westland, sawmiller. Filed 14th October, 1914.

Winter, Mordant Crommelin, late of Gisborne, Auckland, drover. Filed 14th October, 1914.

Lester, Lydia, late of Murchison, Nelson, married woman. Filed 14th October, 1914.

Mackersey, William Edward, late of Seddon, Marlborough, farmer. Filed 16th October, 1914.

O’Beirne, Francis, late of Otairi, Wellington, blacksmith. Filed 16th October, 1914.

Griffiths, Thomas, late of Ponsonby, Auckland, carter. Filed 16th October, 1914.

Young, Ann, late of Christchurch, Canterbury, widow. Filed 19th October, 1914.

Geeson, Archibald, late of Oaro, Hundalee, Canterbury, labourer. Filed 19th October, 1914.

Williams, Henry Wallis, late of Pahiatua, Wellington, clerk. Filed 21st October, 1914.

Saunders, Anna Maria, or Saunders, Annie Maria, late of Auckland, boardinghouse-keeper. Filed 21st October, 1914.

McDonald, John, late of Auckland, seaman. Filed 21st October, 1914.

Jones, Catherine, late of Wakahara, Northern Wairoa, Auckland, married woman. Filed 21st October, 1914,