May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1103

a poll was taken on the 28th September, 1923) to raise a special loan under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, of £25,000 for—(a.) The construction of a high-tension transmission-line from the Teviot power-station, including step-down station, and reticulation of the inner area to the consumers’ premises; (b) Payment of preliminary expenses incurred in connection with the scheme for which the special loan is to be raised; (c) Payment of the cost of raising the loan, and the part of the half-yearly instalments for the first year which is interest,—
The votes recorded on the proposal, as certified to by the Returning Officer, were—For the proposal, 126; against the proposal, 4; majority for the proposal, 122.
The proposal was therefore carried.

WILLIAM BLACK, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 6th May, 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.

Otangiwai No. 2 Loan £22,700.—Result of Poll on Proposal to raise 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 Otangiwai Special-rating District, taken on the 12th day of April, 1924, on the proposal of the Ohura County Council to borrow the sum of £22,700 for the purpose of metalling, re-forming, and culverting roads within the Otangiwai Special District,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 59; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 16th day of April, 1924.

F. H. SIMS, Chairman.

Empire Day to be observed as a Holiday on King’s Birthday.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st May, 1924.

EMPIRE DAY will be celebrated on Tuesday, the 3rd June, 1924, in conjunction with the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of Members of Mangawara River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th April, 1924.

THE following result of election of members of the Mangawara River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Mangawara River District, Counties of Waikato, Ohinemuri, and Piako,—
Central Subdivision—
Walter S. Carter.
Cecil C. Green.
William D. Thompson.
Eastern Subdivision—
Lionel R. Reid.
Lower Subdivision—
Francis R. Catley.
Frank Herbert.
James Law.
Tauhei Subdivision—
Archibald Noble.
E. C. Pilkington.

Appointment of Customs Wharf and Examining-place.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1924.

I, WILLIAM DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do by this Warrant appoint the place named in the First Schedule hereto to be a wharf for the lading and unlading of goods within the Port of Wanganui; and do likewise appoint, at the said Port of Wanganui, the building named in the Second Schedule hereto to be a place for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WHARF.

THE wharf known as the Castlecliff Wharf, abutting on the Wanganui River.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

SITUATION: Castlecliff. Description: The wharf-shed, adjacent to Castlecliff Wharf, known as Harbour Board Wharf-shed No. 1.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Customs.

Trustees of the Tokoroa Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2382.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th May, 1924.

NOTICE has been received under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Tokoroa Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

John Campbell,
Derick Carr-Rollett,
Lionel John Gordon Hamilton,
Alfred Sloper, and
John Edward West

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustees of Kihikihi Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. Ag. 2383.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th May, 1924.

NOTICE has been received, under the hand of the Returning Officer of the Kihikihi Rabbit District, constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that

Joseph Corboy,
Richard George Brotherhood,
Thomas Hastings,
Lewis Claude Eyre,
Thomas Raine, and
Edmund George Humphrey

have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Promotions in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotions in the New Zealand Naval Forces:—

Warrant Writer Charles Edward Joy, promoted to Commissioned Writer; to date 10th May, 1924.
Acting Warrant Writer Charles Joseph Reynolds, confirmed as Warrant Writer; to date 10th May, 1923.
Probationary Schoolmaster William Thomas Adair Longhurst, confirmed as Schoolmaster; to date 10th March, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Election of Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

I, JAMES DUNCAN THOMSON, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board, was Robert Beatson Ross, Esq., of Porangahau.

I do, therefore, hereby declare that the said Robert Beatson Ross is duly elected a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board as from the 26th day of May, 1924.

Dated at Napier this 28th day of April, 1924.

J. D. THOMSON, Returning Officer.