Mar. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 919

Regulations.—Technical Instruction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of March, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section one hundred and twenty-five of the Education Act, 1914, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations relating to free instruction for discharged soldiers; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force as from the date hereof.

REGULATIONS.

(1.) WHERE a controlling authority or a Technical School Board agrees, after consultation with the Discharged Soldiers’ Information Department, to admit, without payment of fees, discharged soldiers duly certified by the said Department to be (a) unfitted to re-enter on their previous occupations, (b) likely to benefit by attendance at courses of instruction as offered and approved, a payment of 3d. for each attendance at a class included in an approved course may be made to the controlling authority in respect of each student so admitted; such payment to be in addition to the capitation payable under the Act: Provided that under these regulations not more than £10 per student may be paid in any year: Provided further that the provisions of the Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction limiting the number of hours of attendance at a grouped course that may be counted for purposes of capitation under the Act shall not apply in the case of students admitted under these regulations.

(2.) A free place under these regulations shall be tenable for one year from the 1st January preceding the actual date of admission, but the period may be extended by the Minister for one year or more on the recommendation of the controlling authority or the Technical School Board and the Discharged Soldiers’ Information Department.

(3.) If on a report from the controlling authority or the Technical School Board it appears that the conduct, diligence, or progress of any student is unsatisfactory the Minister may determine that his free place under these regulations shall cease at the end of the term or quarter in which such report is received. In any case under review a special report may be required.

(4.) Free railway tickets will be granted where necessary to students holding free places under these regulations.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Proposal of the Whangamomona County Council to levy a “Bridge Rate” for the Purpose of reconstructing from time to time all or any of the Bridges situate in the Strathmore Riding.

LIVERPOOL, Governor

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first day of March, 1916.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. H. HERRIES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Whangamomona County Council did on the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, advertise the last notice of intention to make a bridge rate over all the rateable property in the Strathmore Riding for the purpose of reconstructing from time to time all or any of the bridges situate in the Strathmore Riding:

And whereas the Chairman of the said Whangamomona County Council did, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, advertise notice of the said poll to be taken on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve:

And whereas the date fixed in the said notice to take the said poll, and the date of the taking of the said poll, were more than three weeks from the date of the last publication of the notice aforesaid, contrary to the provisions in that behalf contained in section eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908:

And whereas the voting-paper used at the said poll was made out in the form prescribed by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, instead of form one in the Second Schedule to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities, 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 conferred 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 said notice and the said poll shall be and be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as if the said notice had expired and the said poll had been taken within the three weeks from the date of the said last meeting, and the voting-papers used at such poll had been in the form given in the Second Schedule to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908; and that the proceedings shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council