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and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the person for the time in charge of the premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for a second offence the Council may revoke the license.

(7.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the expiry of the term for which a license has been granted.

(8.) Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence, not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not exceeding £1 for the third offence or for every subsequent offence.

(9.) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, without license from the Council, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £25.

(10.) Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game (except by billiards on licensed premises), within the precincts of any kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s. for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent offence.

(11.) Any person, the owner or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5 for every subsequent offence.

(N.) VILLAGE COMMITTEES.

67. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers under the prescribed rules or regulations to any Village Committee, and such Committee shall thereupon be enabled to exercise such powers within its own kainga.

The Village Committee shall have power to impose a penalty or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not paid within the prescribed period the Chairman of the Committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the Chairman of the Council.

68. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which no provision has been made.

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SCHEDULE

Form A.

To [Name and address].

GREETING: You are requested to cleanse or cause your house to be cleansed within __ days after service of this notice upon you, and you are warned that if after such service you refuse or neglect within the time specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a fine not exceeding £1. Dated the __ day of __, 19 __.

(SEAL.) Chairman [or Clerk] of Pewhairangi Council [or Village Committee].

Form B.

HAWKER’S LICENSE.

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to sell goods in the kaingas of the Pewhairangi District for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Pewhairangi Maori District, the __ day of __, 19 __.

(SEAL.) Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

Form C.

BILLIARD LICENSE.

Know all men that __, of __, is duly licensed to keep a billiard-room at __ for twelve months from the date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the Council.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council for the Pewhairangi Maori District, the __ day of __, 19 __.

(SEAL.) Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

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The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Pewhairangi Maori District held at Otiria on the 11th day of March, 1921, and are given under the seal of the said Council.

(L.S.) HOORI P. TANE, Chairman.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of October, 1921.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 15th December, 1921.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

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CAMBRIDGE ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £15,000.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Cambridge Electric-power District held on Wednesday, the 24th August, 1921, on a proposal to raise an additional loan of £15,000 for electric-power purposes, the voting was as follows: For the proposal, 68; against the proposal, 11; majority for, 57.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Cambridge this 25th day of August, 1921.

MERVYN WELLS, Chairman.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th December, 1921.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

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TARADALE TOWN BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, that a poll of the ratepayers of Taradale Town District was taken on the 26th day of January, 1921, on the proposal of the Boards to borrow the sum of £9,000 for the following purposes: (a) Widening Taradale-Napier Road, £5,250; (b) purchase of park, £2,000; (c) street improvements, £650; (d) soldiers memorial, £500; (e) ladies rest, £400; (f) public conveniences, £200.

The number of votes recorded for and against the above proposals was: (a) For 126, against 29; (b) for 126, against 28; (c) for 119, against 35; (d) for 114, against 38; (e) for 107, against 48; (f) for 128, against 29.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

W. G. JARVIS, Chairman.

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Notice declaring Naturalization void.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th December, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that by virtue of section 10 of the Aliens Act, 1908, the naturalization of Jure Kostanich, dated 12th February, 1914, automatically became void on his recent conviction for making a false declaration in respect of his memorial.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

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Permits to import and to export Opium, Morphine, Heroine, and Cocaine.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 20th December, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that permits to import and to export opium, morphine, heroine, and cocaine, and the salts thereof, have been issued to the undermentioned persons, firms, and companies, subject to the provisions of the Opium Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of the regulations issued under those Acts and the Treaties of Peace Act, 1919:—

Name. District.
Auckland Hospital Board.. Auckland.
Bagley, Harris, and Co. .. „
Baillies Limited „ (Hamilton).
Dental and Medical Supply Company (Limited) „
Fear, R. G. V. .. „ (Pukekohe).
Forsythe, H. N. .. „ (Hamilton).
Barnett and Co. .. Christchurch.
Loasby and Co. .. „
North Canterbury Hospital Board .. „
Price, C. W. .. „
Wallace and Co. .. „
Williams, W. E. .. Hokitika.
Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board Napier.
Hobson, A., and Co. .. „
Teed and Co. .. New Plymouth.
Scott, H. W. .. Wanganui (Palmerston North).
Mee, George .. Wellington,