Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2621

Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 16th October, 1923.

THE Public Service Commissioner notifies that he has made the following appointment in the Public Service :—

William Henry Davys, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Taumarunui for the purpose of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of October, 1923.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 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. :—

Hugh Brownlie .. .. .. Aorere.
James Francis Paton .. .. .. Huntly.
Dominick Patrick Jenkins .. .. .. Apti.
Cecil Leonard Brice.. .. .. .. Cust.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 15th October, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

CENTRAL HAWKE’S BAY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and all and any amendments to the same.

I, CHARLES PATTISON, Chairman of the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power Board, hereby give notice that on the 3rd day of October, 1923, a poll of the ratepayers of the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power District was duly held and taken on the proposal of the above Board to raise a special loan of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds (£150,000) for the following purposes: For the reticulation, &c., of the Board’s District, £125,000; and the loaning to consumers of money to install electrical and other equipment, £25,000.

At such poll the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 543; against the proposal, 41; informal, 4: total, 588: majority for the proposal, 502.

As the number of votes cast for the proposal exceeds in number the three-fifths of the valid votes recorded, I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated this 8th day of October, 1923.

C. PATTISON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 15th October, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Rangitikei, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Special Loan, £17,500.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Rangitikei taken on the 26th day of September, 1923, on the proposal of the Rangitikei County Council to borrow the sum of £17,500 for the following purposes: (1) To provide a gravel-pit or quarry adjacent to the Rangitikei River near Kakariki and in connection therewith to purchase lands or easements, acquire and construct railway-sidings, install machinery and plant, erect buildings, and generally to do all or any of such other things as may be necessary for procuring, crushing, treating, or hauling stone, shingle, gravel, or sand, at such pit or quarry; also to defray costs of survey and fencing and legal charges in connection therewith (£15,000), (2) to provide public offices and county buildings at Taihape and additional public offices and county buildings at Marton (£2,500)—

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 432; the number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 158.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Marton this 4th day of October, 1923.

BEN P. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman of Rangitikei County.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 15th October, 1923.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Otahuhu, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF OTAHUHU.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Otahuhu was taken on the third day of October, 1923, on the proposal of the Otahuhu Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of park-improvements as follows: To construct playing-fields and facilities for sports in the Otahuhu Public Park.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 305, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 164; the number of informal votes was 22.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Otahuhu was taken on the third day of October, 1923, on the proposal of the Otahuhu Borough Council to borrow the sum of £42,850 for the purpose of street-improvement works as follows: (a) The sum of £22,400 for the purpose of the permanent concrete construction at permanent levels of the Great South Road and the completion of both footpaths therein; (b) the sum of £6,665 for the purpose of the permanent concrete construction of Station Road at permanent levels and the construction of two footpaths therein; (c) the sum of £6,800 for the purpose of the permanent construction of Walmsley Road at permanent levels and the construction of two footpaths therein; (d) the sum of £5,635 for the purpose of the concrete construction of Mangere Road at permanent levels from its junction with Great South Road to its intersection with Walmsley Road and the formation of one footpath from its said intersection with Walmsley Road to the railway-crossing; (e) the sum of £1,350 for the construction of footpaths in Avenue Road, Princes Street, Luke Street, and Panmure Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 374; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 102; the number of informal votes was 15.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Otahuhu was taken on the third day of October, 1923, on the proposal of the Otahuhu Borough Council to borrow the sum of £21,500 for the purpose of drainage works as follows: (a) The sum of £11,200 for the purchase of a site for and the construction of a septic tank and the installation of drainage in the following streets in the borough—Huia Road, Moa Street, Station Road from the the railway-station to its intersection with Moa Street, Seddon Road, Clevedon Road, and Walmsley Road from its intersection with Clevedon Road to its junction with Station Road; (b) the sum of £10,300 for the purchase of a site for and the construction of a septic tank and for the installation of drainage in the following streets in the borough—viz., Chelsea Avenue, Golf Avenue, Middlemore Street, Mangere Road from a point 8 chains south of its intersection with Middlemore Road to a point 12 chains north of its intersection with Walmsley Road, and Walmsley Road from its junction with Mangere Road to its intersection with Nikau Road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 354; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 123; the number of informal votes was 14.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Otahuhu was taken on the third day of October,