FEB. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 599
Plains County Council to borrow the sum of £46,190 for the
construction of bitumen roads in the said area,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 18;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 62.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 30th day of January, 1924.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
of the Machinery Loan No. 2 Special-rating Area, taken on
the 12th day of December, 1923, on the proposal of the
Hauraki Plains County Council to borrow the sum of £25,000
for the purpose of acquiring machinery and plant,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 158;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 124.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 30th day of January, 1924.
JAMES C. MILLER,
Chairman of the County.
Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 23rd February, 1924.
THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the
Council of the Borough of Lower Hutt, is published
in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.
Notice of Result of Poll 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 Borough of Lower Hutt was taken on the 18th day of
December, 1923, on the proposals of the Lower Hutt Borough
Council to borrow the sums as set out hereunder :—
No. 1: Borough Improvement Loan, 1923, of £42,000.—
For the proposal, 289; against the proposal, 151; informal,
5: total, 445.
No. 2: Fire Prevention Loan, 1923, of £31,620.—For the
proposal, 267; against the proposal, 169; informal, 9:
total, 445.
No. 3: Plunket Rooms and Dental Clinic Loan, 1923, of
£2,300.—For the proposal, 288; against the proposal, 150;
informal, 7: total, 445.
I therefore declare the three proposals duly carried.
W. T. SHAND, Mayor.
Dated at Lower Hutt this 19th day of December, 1923.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 26th February, 1924.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Ohura, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans
Act 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
OHURA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.
PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies'
Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the
ratepayers in the Ohura-Toitoi Special-rating District,
taken on the 19th day of January, 1924, on the proposal
of the Ohura County Council to raise a loan of £600 for
reforming, culverting, and metalling a portion of the Ohura
Main Road from the end of the present metal to Kopuha
North Road and about 20 chains of the Kopuha North Road
to the Toitoi Railway-siding,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 32,
and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Ohura this 23rd day of January, 1924.
F. H. SIMS, Chairman.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 26th February, 1924.
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.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan, Fitzherbert
Riding.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers
of the Fitzherbert Riding of the County of Kairanga, taken
on the 31st day of January, 1924, on the proposal of the
Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,000 for
the purpose of renewing culverts and bridges in the Fitz-
herbert Riding,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 16;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 6.
I therefore declare the proposal was carried.
Dated this 31st day of January, 1924.
P. J. SMALL, Chairman of County.
Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—
Ashburton County Council.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1924.
IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the
Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the by-laws made
by the Ashburton County Council and sealed on the 1st day
of February, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be paid
to the Ashburton County funds for the licensing of vehicles
plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency
the Governor-General.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Result of Election of Members of Taieri River Trust.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1924.
THE following result of the election of members of the
Taieri River Trust has been received from the
Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the
provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.
J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.
West Taieri Subdivision : Ninian Thomas Reid.
Momona Subdivision : Ian George Lindsay.
Snow Subdivision : John Miller.
Lee Creek Subdivision : Alexander Peter Fleming.
Lakes Subdivision : Richard Arnold Kempshell.
N.B.—The above notice is published in substitution for
that published on page 545 of New Zealand Gazette No. 11, of
the 21st February, 1924.
Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th February, 1924.
THE following result of the election of a trustee of a
drainage district has been received from the Returning
Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.
J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.
Tumu Kaituna District, County of Tauranga—
Edwin Lowther Broad.
Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for
J. R. Scott, Melbourne.
THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
having reasonable ground for supposing that the person
whose name and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder
is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme
of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post
and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of
the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet
addressed to the said person (either by his own or any
fictitious or assumed name), or addressed to either of the
addresses in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be
either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New
Zealand.
SCHEDULE.
J. R. Scott, Box 1632, G.P.O., Melbourne.
J. R. Scott, Box 733, G.P.O, Melbourne.
Dated this 27th day of February, 1924.
J. G. COATES, Postmaster-General.