JULY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2055

the proposal of the Taihape Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,250 for—

1. To pay legal expenses in connection with the transfer of portions of Lot 3, Section 4, Lot 1, Section 4, Lot 6 of S.O.P. plan 68/36 of Section 3, Taihape Suburban, for street purposes, and expense incurred in dedicating same;
2. To pay the cost of forming footpaths on both sides, and the street to the full width, from Thrush Street through the above-mentioned sections to Kaka Road, also to metal the footpath on one side and the street 16 ft. wide right through;
3. To pay the cost of fencing the proposed street where required from Thrush Street to Kaka Road;
4. The cost of raising the loan and the first year's interest on same;
   the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 95, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 68.
   I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
   Dated this 27th day of June, 1923.
   J. R. CUNNINGHAM, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 13th July, 1923.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Taranaki Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TARANAKI ELECTRIC-POWER DISTRICT.
In the matter of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and in the matter of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918; and also in the matter of the Taranaki Electric-power Board's proposal to raise a special loan of £350,000, as more particularly described in advertisement appearing in the Taranaki Daily News, Stratford Evening Post, Hawera Star, and Eltham Argus newspapers of the 28th, May, 1923, and subsequent dates.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the following is the result of the poll taken on above-mentioned proposal held on 5th July, 1923 : Number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 635 ; number of valid votes recorded against the proposal, 190 ; number of informal votes, 11.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
Dated at Eltham this 9th day of July, 1923.
H. G. CARMAN, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 16th July, 1923.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Waitemata, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.
Result of Poll on Proposed Loan.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, I hereby notify that a poll of ratepayers of the Waipareira Riding in the County of Waitemata was taken on the 30th day of June, 1923, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £4,000 for road-construction, bridge and culvert building, and constructing and metalling the approaches thereto in the said Waipareira Riding.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 134, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 64 ; the number of informal votes recorded was 1.
The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total of valid votes recorded at the poll, I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Auckland this 2nd day of July, 1923.
PETER THREETF, Chairman.

Offices opened and closed, &c.
Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 13th July, 1923.
THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, &c., are published for general information.
J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.

OFFICES.
Office. | District. | Date.
--- | --- | ---
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Cobden | Greymouth | 1 June, 1923.
Rotowaro | Hamilton | 5 " "
Surfdale | Auckland | 30 May, "
Waitapu* | Nelson | 14 " "
Wharerakau | Auckland | 21 " "

POST-OFFICES CLOSED.
Ahuriri Flat | Dunedin | 12 May, 1923.
Awamarino | Hamilton | 31 " "
Dallington | Christchurch | 30 April, "
Makeokeo | Hamilton | 5 June, "
Oparure | " | 4 May, "
Pleasant Valley | Timaru | 12 " "
Tawhiti | Dunedin | 31 " "
Te Akatea | Hamilton | 31 " "
Te Weka | Blenheim | 16 " "

MONEY-ORDER OFFICE AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANK OPENED.
Eskdale | Napier | 16 May, 1923.

TELEPHONE OFFICE AND BUREAU OPENED.
Pukerua Bay | Wellington | 22 May, 1923.

TELEPHONE OFFICES AND BUREAUX CLOSED.
Ahuriri Flat | Dunedin | 12 May, 1923.
Kainga | Wellington | 31 December, 1922.

CONVERTED FROM TELEPHONE-OFFICE TO TELEGRAPH-OFFICE.
Kaipara Flats | Auckland | 28 May, 1923.

REDUCED TO RECEIVING OFFICE.
Northland | Wellington | 28 May, 1923.

• Reopened.