Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2925

BOROUGH OF TAURANGA.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at polls of the ratepayers taken on 7th November, 1923, the number of votes was as follows:—
Streets loan, £33,100 : Against, 298 ; for, 119 ; informal 6.
Baths loan, £4,100 : Against, 265 ; for, 153 ; informal, 5.
Town Hall improvements, £570 : Against, 294 ; for, 122 ; informal, 7.
Conveniences, £500 : Against, 214 ; for, 201 ; informal, 8.
And I declare all of the above proposals to be rejected.

17th November, 1923. B. DIVE, Mayor.

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Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 1st December, 1923.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Whangamomona, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

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WHANGAMOMONA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Ohura Road Loan No. 2, of £3,700, Special-rating Area in the County of Whangamomona was taken on the 7th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Whangamomona County Council to borrow the sum of three thousand seven hundred pounds (£3,700) for the purpose of metalling portion of the Ohura Road between the end of the present metal at Kohuratahi and Tahora Township.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 37 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 7.
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 County of Whangamomona was taken on the 7th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Whangamomona County Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of purchasing machinery and plant for the construction and maintenance of roads.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 73 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 56.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 10th day of November, 1923.

N. R. CLELAND, Chairman.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st December, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

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WANGANUI-RANGITIKEI ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Result of Poll on Special Loan of £375,000.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power District, exclusive of the area comprised within the Borough of Wanganui, taken on Wednesday, the 7th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board to raise a special loan of £375,000 for the following purposes : (1) To supply and distribute electric energy for the benefit of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power District, exclusive of the area comprised within the Borough of Wanganui, and for such purpose to do all or any of such matters and things which the Board is empowered to do by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, and its amendments, except such matters and things it is empowered to do by sections 88 and 90 thereof, and, in particular, but without limiting in any way any of the aforesaid powers, to provide, erect, and construct a system of electrical distribution and reticulation, to purchase plant, land, easements, general equipment, and any existing electrical installations and plants, and to erect generating-stations, buildings, and offices within or without such district as hereinbefore defined, £355,000 ; (2) to make provision for financial assistance to consumers and for trading purposes as provided by sections 88 and 90 of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, £20,000.

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 1,315 ; the number of valid votes recorded against the proposal was 214.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1923.

B. P. LETHBRIDGE, Chairman.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 3rd December, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

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UAWA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at the poll of ratepayers of the Tolaga Riding of the County of Uawa taken on the 8th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Uawa County Council to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds sterling (£6,000), for the purpose of providing an electric lighting and power supply for the Township of Tolaga Bay and adjoining portions of the Uawa County,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 62 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 21 ; informal vote, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Tolaga Bay this 10th day of November, 1923.

E. B. BOLAND, Chairman of the County.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 3rd December, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

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TE PUKE TOWN BOARD.

Result of Poll on 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 Town District of Te Puke, taken on the 13th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Te Puke Town Board to borrow the sum of £325 for the purpose of constructing a bridge over the Raymond’s Gully Stream, Jellicoe Street, Te Puke, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 12, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 14th day of November, 1923.

H. O. COONEY, Chairman.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th December, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

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KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.—MANGAONE RIDING.

Result of a Poll on a 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 Mangaone Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 15th day of November, 1923, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000) for the purpose of widening and remetalling Napier Road and Kairanga–Bunnythorpe Road, Mangaone Riding, and treating surface with tar and asphalts, the number of votes recorded for proposal was 78 ; the number of votes recorded against proposal was 60.

I therefore declare the proposal was lost.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1923.

P. J. SMALL,
Chairman of the County Council.