2524
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

tion of machinery, plant, and equipment for the getting and
obtaining of roadmaking material, for the transport of same,
and for the construction of roads,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 245;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 141.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Ngatea this 7th day of October, 1924.
JAMES C. MILLER, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th October, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF TE AROHA.

Result of Poll for Proposed 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
Borough of Te Aroha, taken on Tuesday, the 7th day of
October, 1924, on the proposal of the Te Aroha Borough
Council to borrow the sum of £12,000 for constructing and
improving, including forming, grading, metalling, bitumen-
sealing, channelling, bridging, and culverting the various
and several streets within the Borough of Te Aroha, and for
the purchase of roadmaking machinery for the before-men-
tioned street-works (£11,500), and for the erection of a ladies’
rest-room (£500),—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 185;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 66;
informal, 3.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
R. COULTER, Mayor.

Dated this 8th day of October, 1924.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 21st October, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

LEESTON TOWN BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the
Leeston Town District was taken on the 17th day of Sep-
tember, 1924, on the proposal of the Leeston Town Board
to borrow the sum of £4,000 for the purposes as set out on the
voting-paper attached.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 49;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 15;
the number of informal votes recorded was 2.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated at Leeston this 14th day of October, 1924.
A. J. GRAY, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 22nd October, 1924.

THE following notice, received from the Deputy Mayor
of the City of Dunedin, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.

Result of Loan Poll.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1913, public notice is hereby given that a loan proposal to
borrow the sum of £100,000 for tramway-extensions, &c.,
was submitted to a vote of the ratepayers on Wednesday, the
14th May, when the voting was as follows :—
For the proposal, 1,644; against the proposal, 927;
informal, 19.
I have, therefore, to declare the proposal to be carried.
J. S. DOUGLAS, Deputy Mayor.

Dated at Dunedin this 19th day of May, 1924.

Special Order made by the Cheviot County Council declaring Broom and Gorse to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. Ag. 2418.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st October, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Cheviot County
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1908, the Cheviot County Council hereby re-
solves and declares by way of special order, that the plants
mentioned in the Schedule hereto (being plants mentioned
in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended from time
to time by the Governor-General in Council) are noxious
weeds within the County of Cheviot.

Schedule.

Broom (Cytisus scoparius).
Gorse (Ulex europoeus).

The above special order was passed at a special meeting
of the Council held on the 16th day of August, 1924, and
confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on the 11th day of
October, 1924.

Special Order made by the Waitomo County Council declaring that Californian Thistle shall be deemed not to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2419.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st October, 1924.

THE following special order, made by the Waitomo
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED that the Waitomo County Council hereby declares
that Californian thistle (Cnicus arvensis), a plant mentioned
in the Second Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908,
shall be deemed not to be a noxious weed within the district
of the County of Waitomo.

The above special order was passed at a special meeting
of the Council held on the 12th day of September, 1924,
and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 10th
day of October, 1924.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Orahiri Drainage Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint

Frederick Phillips, Esquire, LL.B., of Otorohanga,

to be the person to prepare the electors’ roll for the purpose
of conducting the first election of five members of the Board
of Trustees of the Orahiri Drainage District as constituted
under the Land Drainage Act, 1908; also to appoint Friday
the seventh day of November, 1924, to be the day, and the
Town Hall, Otorohanga, to be the place, for holding such
election; also to appoint Friday, the 14th day of November,
1924, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the day and hour,
and the office of Messrs. Phillips and Patterson, Barristers
and Solicitors, Otorohanga, to be the place, at which the first
meeting of the Board of Trustees so elected shall be held.

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

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws.—Cheviot County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd August, 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 Cheviot County Council and sealed on the 16th
day of August, 1924, as appoints the several sums to be
paid to the Cheviot County funds for the licensing of vehicles
plying for hire has this day been approved by His Excellency
the Governor-General.

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