May 5.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1093

Purchase and installation of an electric sewage pump for the Napier South sewage works : £1,070.

Erection of public conveniences : £2,420.

For completing the construction of waterworks and for the purchase of water-meters, so as to provide a water-supply for Napier South : £9,930.

For sinking six artesian wells, constructing a receiving-tank and a collecting-main, and thus bringing the water from the said wells to the present pumping-station : £4,525.

For duplicating the water-main leading from the high-pressure reservoir on Bluff Hill via Napier Terrace to Hospital Hill : £5,585.

For extending the water-main in Wellesley Road, and also the water-mains in Bay View Road, Lighthouse Road, and certain other hill roads : £1,100.

For buying galvanized pipes for water services : £1,075.

Votes for, 337; votes against, 306; informal votes, 10.

Proposal No. 5.—To borrow £12,500 for the purposes following :-

Purchase of motor mower, tar-macadam mixer, tar-sprayer, motor wagons, shingle-crusher, boiler, tandem roller, concrete-mixer, and shingle-elevator, and erection of buildings for housing same.

Votes for, 134 ; votes against, 499; informal votes, 19.

Proposal No. 6.—To borrow £110,400 for the purposes following :-

Construction of certain permanent works in Napier South—viz., the making of storm-water drains, the kerbing, channelling, tar-sealing, and top-dressing of streets, and the asphalt ing of footpaths : £33,700.

Permanent construction of certain streets in concrete or tar-macadam; the widening of part of Shakespeare Road, and the payment of compensation for any land and buildings that may be taken in the course of and for the purposes of this work; the widening of part of Fitzroy Road; the widening of Park Road at its junction with Goldsmith Road; the permanent construction of certain hill roads and of Carlyle Street from Owen Street to Miller Street; the making of storm-water drains from Chaucer Road North to the Iron Pot, and from Milton Road to Outram Street; the making of culverts under divers roads and streets : £71,030.

The permanent construction in concrete of certain footpaths, and the kerbing and channelling of the adjoining street; the permanent construction in asphalt of certain footpaths : £5,670.

Votes for, 126 ; votes against, 509; informal votes, 19.

Proposal No. 7.—To borrow £11,150 for the purposes following :-

Extension of Faraday Street, and purchase of the land required for this purpose : £1,500.

Extension of Ashbridge Road, and payment of compensation for land and buildings taken in course of and for the purposes of the work : £2,560.

The purchase of a recreation reserve of the area known as the Napier Prison Site (Suburban Section No. 94, Napier), and the making of a road therethrough : £6,000.

The repayment of certain mortgages affecting portions of the Athenæum Reserve : £3,150.

The purchase for municipal purposes of Block No. 124 and portion of Block No. 122, Puketapu Crown-grant District : £950.

The purchase of Napier South sections numbers 562 and 563 now forming portion of Nelson Park, as well as of portion of Napier South sections numbers 415 and 416 now forming part of Shamrock Street: £1,390.

The purchase of Napier South section number 447 : £300.

The buying and installation of six additional private baths for and at the municipal bath-house on the Marine Parade, and the making of all necessary alterations in or additions to the bath-house : £600.

The making of certain improvements at Park Island Cemetery : £700.

Votes for, 138; votes against, 494; informal votes, 22.

Proposal No. 8.—To borrow £9,000 for the purpose following :-

Widening of Dalton Street from Dickens Street to Tennyson Street, and payment of compensation for land and buildings taken in the course of and for the purposes of the work.

Votes for, 76; votes against, 559; informal votes, 20.

Inasmuch as the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll on proposal No. l a majority were recorded in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare that proposal to be carried, and for the like reason I declare proposal No. 4 to be carried. I declare the remaining proposals to be rejected.

Dated at Napier this 19th day of April, 1921.

J. VIGOR BROWN, Mayor.

Appointing Thursday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Stratford.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Stratford was duly taken under the authority of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, on the 27th day of April, 1921:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the separate district of the Borough of Stratford has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Stratford:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as amended by section 5 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby appoint Thursday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Stratford as from the 9th day of May, 1921.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Waipukurau.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Waipukurau was duly taken under the authority of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, on the 27th day of April, 1921:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the separate district of the Borough of Waipukurau has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Waipukurau:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as amended by section 5 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Waipukurau as from the 9th day of May, 1921.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Timaru.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Timaru was duly taken under the authority of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, on the 27th day of April, 1921:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the separate district of the Borough of Timaru has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Timaru:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as amended by section 5 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Timaru as from the 9th day of May, 1921.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Appointing Saturday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Separate District of the Borough of Picton.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Picton was duly taken under the authority of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, on the 27th day of April, 1921:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the separate district of the Borough of Picton has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Picton:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 17 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, as amended by section 5 of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1920, do hereby appoint Saturday as the statutory closing-day in the separate district of the Borough of Picton as from the 9th day of May, 1921.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of May, 1921.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.