Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2801

Lieutenant F. McIntosh, M.C., relinquishes his commission on appointment to the N.Z. Permanent Staff. Dated 1st October, 1919.

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 68, of 23rd October, 1924, relating to the transfer of 2nd Lieutenant R. W. Haddow, D.C.M., for the words “The Wellington Regiment” read “The Wellington West Coast Regiment.”

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th November, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Major O. W. Williams, M.C., the Canterbury Regiment.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th November, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF RANGIORA.

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 ratepayers of the Rangiora Borough held on the 5th day of November, 1924, on the proposal of the Rangiora Borough Council to borrow the sum of £8,000 for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a town hall, library, and reading-room,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 208; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 132; informal, 10.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 7th day of November, 1924.

W. A. ROWSE, Mayor.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 18th November, 1924.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

KAWHIA COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Waiharakeke, Taharoa, and Marakopa Ridings of the Kawhia County, taken on the 8th day of October, 1924, on the proposal of the Kawhia County Council to borrow the sum of £2,300 for the purpose of completing the metalling of the Mangapohue Road,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 119; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 5.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Waiharakeke, Taharoa, and Marakopa Ridings of the Kawhia County, taken on the 8th day of October, 1924, in the proposal of the Kawhia County Council to borrow the sum of £500 for the purpose of metalling portion of the Kinohaku-Waiharakeke Road,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 54; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 65; the number of informal votes was 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated at Kawhia, this 20th day of October, 1924.

ALFRED W. BABBAGE, Chairman.

By-law of the Hastings Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th November, 1924.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Hastings Borough Council on the 24th day of October, 1924.

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

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within written by-law of the Hastings Borough Council, and declare that the same shall come into force on the 15th day of November, 1924.

Dated this 14th day of November, 1924.

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

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1924.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed transmitting and receiving officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

Frank Aston, Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Auckland.
James Joseph Mulvey, Postmaster, Ashburton.
Alexander Dawson, Chief Postmaster, Blenheim.
Francis William Dingwall, Postmaster, Bluff.
William Leask Esson, Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Christchurch.
James Faulks, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Office, Christchurch.
Francis William Craig, Superintendent, Telegraph Office, Dunedin.
Richard May Doull, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Office, Dunedin.
William Fisher, Chief Postmaster, Gisborne.
Cecil Argrove Mathieson, Chief Postmaster, Greymouth.
John Patrick O’Gorman, Postmaster, Hawera.
John Thomas Williams, Postmaster, Masterton.
Frederick William Penlington, Chief Postmaster, Napier.
Michael O’Brien, Postmaster, Naseby.
Clarence Kershaw Holt, Chief Postmaster, Oamaru.
George Kilvington, Postmaster, Pahiatua.
William Robert Hamilton Steward, Postmaster, Russell.
Robert Peebles, Postmaster, Stratford.
Luther Hill, Postmaster, Taihape.
James Gillespie, Senior Supervisor, Telegraph Office, Wellington.
Horace Edward Manners Fildes, Chief Postmaster, Westport.
James Holmes, Postmaster, Whangarei.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Telegraphs.

Customs Tariff.—Conditions entitling Paper to Entry under the British Preferential Tariff.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 19th November, 1924.

WITH reference to the notification published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 2nd ultimo, setting out the alterations which are to be made in the conditions under which goods are to be admitted under the British Preferential Tariff, it is hereby notified for general information that the Minister of Customs has decided that, until 1st April, 1926, paper made wholly in Great Britain or other British possessions from foreign pulp will be regarded as wholly manufactured in such British countries for the purposes of clause 5 (a) of the combined certificate of value and of origin.

This means that paper made wholly in Great Britain or other British possessions from wood pulp of foreign origin will, if the other conditions are complied with, be entitled until 31st March, 1926, to be entered for duty on importation into New Zealand under the British Preferential Tariff, even though 75 per cent. of the factory or works cost is not represented by British material and/or labour.

GEO. CRAIG, Comptroller of Customs.