Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 527

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Bernard Magee .. .. .. .. Waihi.
Arthur Henry Hayman .. .. .. Ellesmere.
(Miss) Kate Adelaide Rountree .. .. Mangapai.
J. L. PALETHORPE, Acting Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office.—Termination of Agency at Balclutha and Appointment of District Manager.

IT is notified, for public information, that the agency of the Public Trust Office at Balclutha has been terminated, and a permanent branch established under the control of Mr. D. L. Overbye.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of February, 1923.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 12th February, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Waitara, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF WAITARA.

Results of Polls on Proposal to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at polls of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waitara taken on the 16th day of January, 1923, on the proposal of the Waitara Borough Council to borrow the sum of—

(1.) £5,000 for the purpose of effecting the necessary re-organization of the electric plant and reticulation of the Borough of Waitara to receive electric current from the New Plymouth Borough Council;

(2.) £5,000 for the purpose of (a) renovating and tar-sealing the main streets, and (b) chipping and painting the Waitara River Bridge;

the number of votes recorded for and against the respective proposals was :

Loan No. 1: For the proposal, 156; against the proposal, 30; informal, 10.

I therefore declare that the electric supply proposal was carried.

Loan No. 2: For the proposal, 87; against the proposal, 95; informal, 14.

I therefore declare that the streets and bridge proposal was rejected.

Dated this 17th day of January, 1923.

R. MORGAN, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th February, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

HUNGAHUNGA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

North Waihekau Special Rating Area Loan of £1,100.—Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the North Waihekau Special Rating Area, Hungahunga Drainage District, taken on the 5th day of February, 1923, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £1,100 for the purpose of cleansing, widening, and deepening existing watercourses, drains, and outfalls, and to make and construct new watercourses, drains, and outfalls, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 18, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 3.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 6th day of February, 1923.

F. E. HUGHES, Chairman.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 9th February, 1923.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Tamaki West Road District, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TAMAKI WEST ROAD BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Tamaki West Road District taken on the 14th day of December, 1922, on the proposal of the Tamaki West Road Board to borrow the sum of £32,000 for improvements to Long Drive and various other roads in the Tamaki West Road District (as more particularly described in notice published in the New Zealand Herald of 9th day of November, last), the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 161, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 86; informal, 3.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the St. Heliers-Kohimarama Drainage Loan Special Rating Area, more particularly defined in notice published in the New Zealand Herald of Saturday, 11th November, 1922, taken on the 14th day of December, 1922, on the proposal of the Tamaki West Road Board to borrow the sum of £90,000 for laying and completing of sewerage-drain and drainage of the watershed in the St. Heliers-Kohimarama Special Drainage Area, including purchase of all necessary material and plant, together with the provision of all necessary storage and outlet for sewerage, also engineering charges and contingencies, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 166, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 49; informal, 5.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Tamaki West Road District taken on the 14th day of December, 1922, on the proposal of the Tamaki West Road Board to borrow the sum of £12,000 for improvements and extension of reticulation and plant of electric light and power service, and engineering charges and contingencies in connection therewith, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 190, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 59; informal, 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of December, 1922.

M. G. McARTHUR, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th February, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Thames, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF THAMES.

Notice of Result of Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Thames taken on the 12th day of December, 1922, on the proposal of the Thames Borough Council to borrow the sum of six thousand five hundred pounds (£6,500) for the following purposes :—

(a.) The acquisition of lands required for approach roads to proposed new Kauaeranga Traffic-bridge, from Pollen, Mackay, Fenton, Banks, and Bowen Streets; the fencing, forming, and metalling of such roads; and the construction of bridges, culverts, drains, stop-banks, floodgates, and other minor works in connection therewith .. .. .. £5,750

(b.) The erection of slaughterman’s cottage, out-buildings, and fences at Municipal Abattoir, Parawai .. .. .. .. 750

£6,500

the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 441, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 203. The number of informal votes was 7.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 15th day of December, 1922.

ERNEST N. MILLER, Mayor.

L. W. PARSONS, Returning Officer.