Kowai County Council.
We hereby give notice that on Thursday, the 5th day of
March, 1925, a proposal was submitted by the Kowai County
Council to the ratepayers of the North Riding of the county
to raise a special loan of £10,000 for the purpose of erecting
bridges over the North Kowai River on the site of Tobin’s
Ford in Tobin’s Road and Gray’s Ford in Gray’s Road, and
that the total number of votes recorded respectively for and
against the proposal was as follows :—
For the proposal, 95 ; against the proposal, 35 ; informal,
Nil : total, 130.
And we declare the said proposal to be carried.
Dated at Balcairn this 6th day of March, 1925.
J. D. WYLLIE, Chairman.
JOHN FITZPATRICK, Returning Officer.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 24th March, 1925.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Board of the Tamaki Road District, is published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
TAMAKI ROAD 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 Tamaki Road District taken on the 12th day of February,
1925, on the proposal of the Tamaki Road Board to borrow
the sum of £20,000 for the following objects—To provide the
cost of the acquisition as a recreation-ground of part Farm
Sections 32 and 40A, District of Tamaki, situate at Mission
Bay, Kohimarama, and improving and laying out such
grounds, £20,000,—
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 277 ;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 191.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1924.
M. G. MCARTHUR, Chairman.
Result of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 25th March, 1925.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the
Council of the County of Hobson, are published in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
HOBSON COUNTY.
Neck Road Loan.
NOTICE is hereby given that at the poll of ratepayers taken
on the 10th March, 1925, on the proposal to borrow £150 for
the purpose of forming and metalling a portion of the Neck
Road the number of votes recorded was as follows :—
For the proposal, 1 ; against the proposal, 2.
I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.
Mount Wesley Coast Road Loan.
NOTICE is hereby given that at the poll of ratepayers taken on
the 10th March, 1925, on the proposal to borrow £700 for the
purpose of forming and metalling the Mount Wesley Coast
Road to Mr. Hilliam’s western boundary, the number of votes
recorded was as follows :—
For the proposal, 4 ; against the proposal, 0.
I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.
V. TROUNSON, Chairman.
Varying Notification declaring an Open Season for Deer-
shooting, Westland Acclimatization District.
IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, I, Richard Francis
Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby vary the notification dated the 21st day
of February, 1925, declaring an open season for deer-shooting
in the Westland Acclimatization District, and do hereby
declare that the number of licenses which may be issued by
the Chief Postmaster, Hokitika, shall not exceed nineteen.
As witness my hand at Wellington, this 19th day of March,
1925.
RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers Decoration.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary
Forces Officers’ Decoration to Quartermaster (Honorary
Major) S. Jickell, 6th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Manawatu).
W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Defence.
Defence Rifle Club accepted.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence
Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :-
Unutoke Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Broadwood, Hokianga.
Date of acceptance, 12th January, 1925.
W. NOSWORTHY, for Minister of Defence.
Dismissals from the Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of
the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New
Zealand Defence Forces under section 6 (b), Defence Act,
1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—
No. 19/3305. Gagliano Bitossi, 1st Battalion, Wellington
Regiment.
No. 7B/210. Arthur George Henry Sunnex, Non-effective
List (Territorial Force), No. 5 Regimental District.
Dated 5th March, 1925.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Dismissal from the Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of
the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New
Zealand Defence Forces under Section 6 (b), Defence Act,
1909 :—
No. 1A/5. Private Frederick Maurice Dix, 1st Battalion,
the Auckland Regiment.
Dated 4th March, 1925.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908.—Public Auditor
appointed.
Head Office, Stamp Duties Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1925.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
John Leopold Stewart Wright
a Public Auditor under the Industrial and Provident Societies
Act, 1908.
F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Stamp Duties.
Public Service Entrance.—Special Examination, July, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given that it has been decided to
hold a special Public Service Entrance Examination
for male candidates commencing about the 14th July, 1925.
The examination will most probably be held at the following
centres : Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Thames, New
Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Gisborne,
Napier, Dannevirke, Masterton, Wellington, Blenheim,
Nelson, Reefton, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christ-
church, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Gore, and Invercargill ;
but, should sufficient candidates offer, the examination will
be held also at other centres. If necessary, candidates will
be required to attend at some centre other than the one men-
tioned in their application form.
Entries on proper forms, obtainable from the offices of the
Public Service Commissioner, the Education Boards, or the
Education Department, will be received by the Director of
Education, Wellington, up to the 15th May.
An entrance fee of £1 is payable at any post-office money-
order office.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Public Service Commissioner.