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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 Mangonui 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 Mangonui District for one year from the date hereof.

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

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

The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori Council for the Mangonui Maori District held at Kaitaia on the 26th day of March, 1921, and are given under the seal of the said Council.

(L.S.) RATIMA APERAHAMA, Chairman.

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

J. G. COATES, Minister of Native Affairs.

Conscience-money received.

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The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th January, 1922.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the sum of 10s. forwarded to the Treasury, also 15s. forwarded to the State Coal Office, Wellington, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

J. J. ESSON, Secretary to the Treasury.

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Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

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Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th December, 1921.

THE following results of the elections of trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officer, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

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Uapoto Drainage District, County of Waikato—
Charles Stephen Gordon.
William Henry.
John McGregor.
George Rennie.
Arthur Henry Waring.

Wainono Drainage District, County of Waimate—
W. F. Henshaw.
Walter Hayman.
Peter Hunter;
H. Dohrmann.
H. B. S. Johnstone.

Wakapuaka Drainage District, County of Waimea—
James Morrison.

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The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908.—Election of a Member of the Board to represent Contributors belonging to the Police Force.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an extraordinary vacancy having been created, an election will be held for the purpose of electing as a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board one person from among the contributors who belong to the Police Force; and notice is further given that—

(1.) The said election will be held on Wednesday, the 1st day of March, 1922, at the Public Service Superannuation Board’s Office, Wellington ;

(2.) The poll will close at 5 o’clock p.m. ;

(3.) Nominations will be closed on Monday, 30th January, 1922, at 5 o’clock p.m., and the voting-lists will be closed on that day ;

(4.) Candidates must be nominated by two other contributors belonging to the Police Force. The nomination-paper must be in the form prescribed by regulation, and must contain the consent of the candidate to his nomination.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of January, 1922.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

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Southern Maori By-election, 1922.—Nominations of Candidates for Maori Representation.

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Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Legislature Act, 1908, and amendments thereof, that the following nominations of candidates for the Southern Maori Electoral District have been received, viz. :—

1. Henare Whakatau Uru.
2. Teone Matapura Erihana.
3. Wereta Tainui Pitama.
4. William Daniel Barrett.

J. HISLOP, Chief Electoral Officer.

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Southern Maori Electoral District.—Notice of Polling-day.

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IN pursuance of the Legislature Act, 1908, and its amendments, I, Samuel Ernest McCarthy, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby give notice that, more than one candidate having been duly nominated for election as member of Parliament for the said district, the poll will be taken at the several polling-places of the said district on the 25th day of January, 1922, being the date fixed by the writ.

Hours of polling are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Dated this 11th day of January, 1922.

S. E. McCARTHY, Returning Officer.