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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend M. Howard, Chaplain, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 29th August, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th September, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—
Stratford Defence Rifle Club, with Headquarters at Stratford.
Date of disbandment : 31st August, 1923.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th September, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Picton is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

RESULT OF POLL.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Picton, taken on the 29th day of August, 1923, on a proposal of the Picton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,600 for electrical plant and reticulation, and £1,000 for meters.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal, 71 ; the number recorded against the proposal, 35 ; informal votes, 3.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
Picton, 8th September, 1923.
JNO. L. JONES, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th September, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Wanganui, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

WANGANUI BOROUGH COUNCIL.—NOTICE UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE LOCAL BODIES’ LOANS ACT, 1913.

I HEREBY publicly notify that at the poll taken on the 7th day of September, 1923, on the proposal of the Wanganui Borough Council to borrow the sum of £40,000 for the following purposes, namely :—
The making, constructing, providing, and supplying of poles cables, substation transformers, meters, switchboard-panels, lamps, service materials, appliances, plant, or other materials necessary, convenient, or expedient for supplying or furnishing electric current for lighting or power and the reticulation of the same, and for supplying electric street-lighting as provided by sections 281 and 282 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the making, constructing, and supplying of machinery, plant, apparatus, and appliances for the generating and working of electric current and the extending, adding to, altering, and improving of the existing lines of tramway in the Borough of Wanganui, and the doing of all things necessary, expedient, or convenient for all or any of the purposes aforesaid, and all things incidental thereto or used in connection therewith, £38,000 ;
The making of advances in the manner for the purposes and as provided by section 283 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, £2,000 :
The following votes were recorded :—
For the proposal, 390.
Against the proposal, 228.
Informal, 6.
I hereby declare the proposal carried.
T. BOSWALL WILLIAMS, Mayor.

By-law of the Westport Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1923.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Westport Borough Council on the 8th August, 1923.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Certificate of Confirmation.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of September, 1923.
Dated this 15th day of September, 1923.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Rongonui.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th September, 1923.

PURSUANT to section 131 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fifth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, praying that the said area may be constituted a borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and that the said borough, if constituted, be divided into wards. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed constitution which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF RONGONUI.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Hutt River in line with the eastern boundary of Section 121, Block I, Rimutaka Survey District, thence proceeding in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the said Section 121 to its south-eastern corner ; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the said Section 121 to the eastern boundary of Section 217, Block I aforesaid ; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Section 217 to its south-eastern corner ; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Sections 217, 128, 127, 126, and 125 to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section ; thence north-westerly along the western boundary of Section 125 to the Wellington-Wairarapa Railway Reserve ; thence westerly along that railway reserve to the north-eastern boundary of Section 99 ; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections 99 and 103, south-westerly and north-westerly along the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 103 and the south-western boundary of Section 99 to the easternmost corner of Section 96 ; thence south-westerly, south-easterly, and south-westerly along the south-eastern boundary of Section 96 and the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Section 101 ; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundary of Section 101 to the south-eastern boundary of Section 142, Block IV, Belmont Survey District ; thence south-westerly, north-westerly, north-easterly, and north-westerly along the south-eastern, south-western, and northern and western boundaries generally of that part of Section 142 as shown on plan A/2236 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Wellington to a public road ; thence north-westerly along the south-eastern side of said public road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Section 84, Block IV, Belmont Survey District ; thence to and along the said south-eastern boundary to the middle of the Hutt River ; thence north-easterly up the middle of the aforesaid Hutt River to the place of commencement.
RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for W. Jansen, Melbourne.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery