New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 78

Page 2427

✨ Post and Telegraph Notices



JULY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2427

Offices opened and closed, &c.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 18th July, 1916.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, &c., are published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

OFFICES.

Office. District. Date.
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE AND SAVINGS-BANK OPENED.
Patoka Napier 1 June, 1916.
POSTAL-NOTE (ISSUING) OFFICE OPENED.
Te Awaite Blenheim 6 June, 1916.
BRITISH POSTAL-ORDER OFFICE OPENED.
St. Albans Christchurch 7 June, 1916.
BRITISH POSTAL-ORDER OFFICE CLOSED.
Renwicktown Blenheim 11 June, 1916.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OPENED.
Tai Tapu Christchurch 1 June, 1916.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE AND BUREAU CLOSED.
Rangiotu Military Camp Wellington 30 May, 1916.
TELEPHONE OFFICES AND BUREAUX CLOSED.
Moewhare Auckland 31 December, 1915.
One Tree Hill * " 18 May, 1916.
Opoho Dunedin 10 April, "
Taumatawaenga Auckland 31 December, 1915.
TELEPHONE OFFICES AND BUREAUX OPENED.
Caroline Invercargill 19 May, 1916.
Greenwood’s Corner Auckland 18 " "
Owhiro " 30 " "
Russell’s Flat † Christchurch 9 June, "
Waikaraka Auckland 5 " "

*Receiving office only. † Bureau opened at Post and Telephone Office.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th July, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Avondale Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

AVONDALE ROAD DISTRICT.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise certain Loans.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Avondale Road District taken on 1st July, 1916, on the following proposals the following votes were recorded :—

Proposals to borrow the sum of £14,000 for the purpose of constructing a main sewer: For, 91; against, 253.

Proposal to borrow the sum of £8,000 for the purpose of reticulation sewers for a defined part of the district: For, 45; against, 69.

Proposal to borrow the sum of £16,160 for the purpose of water-supply: For, 98; against, 246.

Proposal to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of roads improvement: For, 198; against, 151.

Proposal to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of repayment of overdraft in connection with the Avondale Public Hall and offices: For, 208; against, 142.

As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of either of the proposals is less than three-fifths of the valid votes recorded at the poll, I declare that the proposals are not carried.

R. B. NESBITT,
Chairman, Avondale Road Board.

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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1916.

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:—

DOUGLAS ST. GEORGE, Chief Postmaster, Invercargill.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS EMPSON, Chief Postmaster, Thames.
JAMES CROSBIE DALE, Chief Postmaster, Westport.
ARTHUR ELDRED McGREGOR, Chief Postmaster, Hokitika.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Telegraphs.



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🚂 Post and Telegraph Offices Opened and Closed

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 July 1916
Post offices, Telegraph offices, Savings banks, Telephone exchanges, Openings, Closures
  • J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General

💰 Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

💰 Finance & Revenue
13 July 1916
Loan proposals, Poll results, Avondale Road District, Sewers, Water supply, Roads
  • J. G. Ward, Minister of Finance
  • R. B. Nesbitt, Chairman, Avondale Road Board

🚂 Appointment of Transmitting and Receiving Officers for Telegraph Notices

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 July 1916
Telegraph notices, Transmitting officers, Receiving officers, Appointments
  • Douglas St. George, Chief Postmaster, Invercargill
  • George Augustus Empson, Chief Postmaster, Thames
  • James Crosbie Dale, Chief Postmaster, Westport
  • Arthur Eldred McGregor, Chief Postmaster, Hokitika
  • J. G. Ward, Minister of Telegraphs