816 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 20

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th March, 1924.

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

James Joseph McGahey, Esq.,

to be the Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Christchurch North, for the purposes of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 1st April, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th March, 1924.

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

Thomas Leslie Earnshaw

to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district of Te Araroa, as from the 1st April, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris appointed.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th March, 1924.

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

(Mrs.) Jane Sword Hutton-Potts

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Parapara, as from the 4th February, 1924.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1924.

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.:—

Daniel Lynch .. .. .. Gabriel’s.
Ernest Blackwell Gasson .. .. Little River.
William Harold Elliott .. .. Karamea.
Edward Thomas Silverwood .. .. Pongaroa.
Leslie Grant McDonald .. .. Rangitikei.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th March, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:—

Waimangaroa Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Waimangaroa, Nelson.
Date of disbandment, 5th February, 1924.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 1st April, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

OSTEND ROAD BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Ostend Road District was taken on the 7th day of February, 1924, on the proposal of the Ostend Road Board to borrow the sum of £3,700 for the following objects:—

1. Erecting and completing retaining-wall on Wharf Road .. .. .. .. £60
2. Forming, making, and metalling Wharf Road from wharf to junction of Onetangi and Wharf Roads .. .. .. .. 150
3. Forming, making, and metalling Onetangi Road .. 2,500
4. Forming portion of Zig-zag Road .. .. 45
5. Forming portion of Short Street .. .. 15
6. Provision of public offices for the district, including the purchase of all necessary land and erection of all necessary buildings, also the purchase of roadmaking plant .. .. 300
7. Provision and acquisition of a quarry, together with all necessary plant .. .. .. 200
8. Expenses of raising the loan and payment of first year’s interest and sinking fund, also engineering charges, expenses, and contingencies .. .. .. .. 430

Total .. .. .. .. £3,700

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 229;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 39;
the number of informal votes was 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1924.

H. L. GARRATT, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 2nd April, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

THAMES VALLEY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Thames Valley Electric-power Board District taken on the 12th day of March, 1924, on the proposal of the Thames Valley Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £150,000 for the purpose of purchasing and constructing electric works within the meaning of and pursuant to the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 471;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 154.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 19th day of March, 1924.

FRANK H. CLAXTON,
Chairman of the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 2nd April, 1924.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Westport, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF WESTPORT.

Result of Poll on Loan Proposals.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Westport, taken on the 21st day of March, 1924, on the proposals of the Westport Borough Council to borrow the sum of £29,500 for the following purposes:—

Loan No. 1: £23,500 for the purpose of installing electric light and power within the Borough of Westport—
The number of votes recorded for this proposal was 430;
the number of votes recorded against this proposal was 203;
the number of informal votes, 53.

Loan No. 2: £3,000 for the purpose of advances of money to ratepayers for private electric connections—
The number of votes recorded for this proposal was 383;
the number of votes recorded against this proposal, 202; the number of informal votes, 101.

Loan No. 3: £3,000 for the purpose of purchasing machinery, bins, elevators, and crusher for street-improvements—
The number of votes recorded for this proposal was 413;
the number of votes recorded against this proposal, 188; the number of informal votes, 85.

I therefore declare that each of the above proposals was carried.
Dated this 25th day of March, 1924.

JOHN MENZIES, Mayor.