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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loans.

IN pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Palmerston North taken on the 28th day of January, 1920, the result of the voting on each proposal was as hereunder separately stated :—

Loan of £39,500.—For concrete water-tables, laying-down of roadways in tarred macadam or other process, construction or reinstatement of bridges in concrete, new footways and repairs to existing footways, and cycle-tracks : For the proposal, 520 ; against the proposal, 263.

Loan of £25,000.—For the extension of the sewerage system, water reticulation, and sewerage system for Hokowhitu : For the proposal, 538 ; against the proposal, 249.

Loan of £24,500.—For providing electrical traction, extension of lavatory accommodation, and the erection of a destructor : For the proposal, 520 ; against the proposal, 267.

Loan of £19,475.—For the widening, straightening, and deepening of the Kawau drain, the carrying-out of the storm-water scheme, the construction of conduits, and the straightening, widening, and deepening of the Hokowhitu lagoons : For the proposal, 440 ; against the proposal, 342.

Loan of £10,000.—For the purchase of land at Terrace End and north-western part of borough for recreation purposes : For the proposal, 429 ; against the proposal, 357.

Loan of £7,300.—For the purchase of land for municipal buildings and public library : For the proposal, 458 ; against the proposal, 328.

Loan of £5,000.—For the carrying-out of extensions, alterations, and additions at abattoirs and boiling-down works : For the proposal, 484 ; against the proposal, 302.

I therefore declare the proposals in respect of all the foregoing loans to be carried.

J. A. NASH,
Mayor of Palmerston North.

Palmerston North, 9th February, 1920.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 25th February, 1920.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Akitio, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

AKITIO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposed Loan of £14,000.—Pongaroa-Akitio Road.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Akitio taken on the 31st day of January, 1920, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £14,000 for the purpose of metalling the Pongaroa–Akitio Road and deviating the said road at the Blue Cutting and Waiotiaki Section : The number votes recorded for the proposal was 77, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 132 ; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

R. B. ROBERTSON, County Chairman.

Pongaroa, 7th February, 1920.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 25th February, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Acting Minister of Finance.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD.

Tramway Loan Poll.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Christchurch Tramway District taken on the 11th day of February, 1920, on the proposal of the Christchurch Tramway Board to borrow the sum of £340,000 for tramway extensions and improvements, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 2,316, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 668.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 19th day of February, 1920.

JOHN BARR, Chairman.

Status of Medical Officers returned from Active Service and employed by the Defence Department.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1920.

ALL officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps employed by the Defence Department on full-time duties, who returned to New Zealand on or before the 3rd January, 1920, excepting those in medical charge or on sick-leave on account of disabilities due to or aggravated by service, are struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and are posted temporarily to the New Zealand Army Medical Department as from the 1st February, 1920, but will continue to be paid at the rates laid down in General Headquarters Instruction No. 50, dated 4th August, 1919.

The same procedure will be adopted in the case of all officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps who may subsequently be employed by the Defence Department on full-time duties, subject to the reservations enumerated in the preceding paragraph.

Officers of the New Zealand Medical Corps who, owing to the exigencies of the service, did not receive their privilege leave at an earlier date will be credited with such on the termination of their paid temporary employment, whenever that may occur.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Status of Nurses returned from Active Service and employed by the Defence Department.

Defence Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1920.

ALL members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service employed by the Defence Department on full-time duties, who returned to New Zealand on or before the 3rd January, 1920, excepting those in medical charge or on sick-leave on account of disabilities due to or aggravated by service, are struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and are posted temporarily to the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (Territorial) as from the 1st February, 1920, but will continue to be paid at the same rates as heretofore.

The same procedure will be adopted in the case of all members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service who may subsequently be employed by the Defence Department on full-time duties, subject to the reservations enumerated in the preceding paragraph.

Members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service who, owing to the exigencies of the service, did not receive their privilege leave at an earlier date will be credited with such on the termination of their paid temporary employment, whenever that may occur.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Forces Motor-service Corps disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th February, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved, under section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, of the disbandment of the New Zealand Forces Motor-service Corps. Dated 11th February, 1920.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Warkworth Town Board.—Notice No. 1998.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th February, 1920.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Warkworth Town Board has, by special order, declared gorse (Ulex europæus) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY,
Minister of Agriculture.