APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1657

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
1 rood 38·9 perches.
Portion of R.S. 11, Block XV, Christchurch Survey District.

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37280, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon bordered pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1915.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

HARLE, GEORGE HUTCHINSON, Postmaster, Ashburton.
LECHNER, RICHARD ERNEST, Postmaster, Reefton.
MISSEN, BATEMAN THOMAS, Postmaster, Taihape.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Telegraphs.

Election of Member of Wellington Land Board.

I, THOMAS NOEL BRODRICK, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Wellington Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was Henry Thomas Ellingham, Esq., of Horoeka.

I do therefore hereby declare the said HENRY THOMAS ELLINGHAM to be duly elected a member of the Wellington Land Board for a term of two years from the 5th day of June, 1915.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of April, 1915.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Returning Officer.

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

Wellington, 20th April, 1915.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Monday, the 10th May, 1915, for the supply and delivery at Blenheim of cement, lime, drainpipes, bricks, &c., for the period ending 30th June, 1916.

Forms and conditions of tender may be obtained at the office of the Public Works Department, Blenheim.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

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

Wellington, 20th April, 1915.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Monday, the 10th May, 1915, for the supply and delivery at Tauranga of cement, lime, drainpipes, bricks, &c., for the period ending 30th June, 1916.

Forms and conditions of tender may be obtained at the office of the Public Works Department, Tauranga and Auckland.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

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

Wellington, 20th April, 1915.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Monday, the 10th May, 1915, for the supply and delivery at Whangarei of cement, lime, drainpipes, bricks, &c., for the period ending 30th June, 1916.

Forms and conditions of tender may be obtained at the office of the Public Works Department, Whangarei and Auckland.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

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

Wellington, 26th April, 1915.

SEPARATE tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th May, 1915, for the supply and delivery at Post and Telegraph Stores, Wellington, of the following material:—

10,000 six-hole special telegraph arms, of rata, tallow-wood, spotted-gum, or black-butt timber.
3,000 clamps, messenger wire, complete.
200,000 hooks, galvanized wire.
250 parcel-post bags, style “E.”
200 ,, “F.”

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.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

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

Education Office,
Auckland, 15th April, 1915.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that

RICHARD CHRISTIE SMITH,

has been duly elected a member of the North Ward of the Education Board of the District of Auckland, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edmund Campbell Purdie, Esq.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate is as follows:—

Richard Christie Smith .. .. 666
John Hawthorn McCarroll .. .. 237
William Percival Storey .. .. 33

Total number of valid votes recorded, 936. Number of voting-papers rejected as informal, 25.

R. P. J. RAY,
Returning Officer.

Applications invited for the Position of Storeman, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Christchurch.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th April, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 6th May for the position of Storeman, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Christchurch.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants to have an experience in—
   (a.) General storeman’s work, especially in connection with cereal and other seeds, and fertilizers.
   (b.) Packing and despatching goods.
   (c.) Rough carpentering.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary, £140, rising by annual increments of £5 to £160 per annum.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.