Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2265

Result of Poll for proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th August, 1925.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF LOWER HUTT.

Result of Poll.—Recreation-grounds Loan, 1925 : £5,000.

THE following is the result of the count of votes recorded at the above loan poll taken on the 23rd day of July, 1925 :- For the proposal, 275 ; against the proposal, 67; informal, 1 : total, 343.

There being 208 votes more in favour of the proposal than against, I hereby declare the above poll to have been carried.

W. T. STRAND, Mayor.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1925.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Hokio Drainage District, County of Horowhenua— Cyril Bartholomew. Francis Henry Best.
Lindsay Graham McDonald. John William Proctor. George Thompson.

Prohibition of Issue of Money-order and Transmission of Postal Correspondence in New Zealand for Miss C. McNamara and Miss M. McNamara, Hobart.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the persons whose names and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of either of the said persons shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to either of the said persons (either by her own or any fictitious or assumed name) shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.
Miss C. McNamara, 174 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Miss M. McNamara, 174 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania.
Dated this 29th day of July, 1925.
C. J. PARR, Postmaster-General.

Regulations as to Drainage and Plumbing under the Health Act, 1920, applied to the Borough of Hawera. (H. 2/19).

Department of Health,
Wellington, 28th July, 1925.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made on the 3rd day of September, 1923, and gazetted on the 6th day of the same month, regulations (to be cited as "the Drainage and Plumbing Regulations") were made under the Health Act, 1902, prescribing the conditions to be observed in the construction of approved drains, septic tanks, sanitary conveniences, and sanitary appliances :

And whereas by the said regulations it was provided that the same were suspended as provided in the said Act:

And whereas by section 133 of the said Act it is enacted that the operation of any such regulations may, if so provided therein, be wholly suspended until they are applied by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to any part of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, Maui Pomare, Minister of Health, in exercise of the power and authority given by the said regulations and by section 133 of the said Act, do hereby apply the said regulations to the Borough of Hawera, and do hereby declare that this notice shall take effect on the 1st day of August, 1925.
M. POMARE, Minister of Health.

Notice fixing an Additional Scale of Charges with respect to the Waikokopu Wharf on the Waikokopu Harbour.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1923, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do hereby fix the following additional scale of charges for the use of the Waikokopu Railway Wharf on the Waikokopu Harbour in addition to those gazetted on the 15th day of January, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

IN addition to the scale of charges published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 2, of the 15th day of January, 1925, wharf dues shall be payable by any person who shall use the said wharf for the purpose of landing goods thereon, or of shipping any goods at a rate according to the following scale:-

General cargo .. ... 2 6 per ton. Wool and flax ... 0 9 per bale. Timber (other than hardwood) . 0 6 per 100 ft. sup. Hardwood timber ... ... 0 9 per 100 ft. sup. Great cattle (in box) ... 4 0 Horse-boxes (empty), each ... 3 6

Where it is found necessary for the more convenient loading or unloading of sheep or cattle to erect a race from the yards to the vessel, an additional charge of £1 shall be payable for each time such race is erected.

The foregoing charges shall include the receiving by the Department from the vessel, hauling, discharging, and tallying cargo at shed, and delivering into railway-trucks or to consignees.

In cases of full shipments or special shipments, consignees may supply their own labour, but in all cases such labour shall be subject to the supervision of the Wharfinger in charge.

It shall be at the option of the Wharfinger on behalf of the Department to charge in respect to general cargo according to weight or measurement and if he thinks fit to disregard the weight or measurement mentioned in the manifest.

In all cases the Department reserves the right of refusing to supply labour.

The by-laws of the Waikokopu Harbour Board (now the Wairoa Harbour Board) shall apply to the control and working of the said wharf.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 5th day of August, 1925.
J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Cancellation of Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiters' Shops in the Borough of Onehunga.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fruiterers' shops in the Borough of Onehunga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the notice gazetted on the 11th December, 1924, fixing the closing-hours of fruiterers' shops in the said borough be cancelled:

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops in the said borough:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, I do hereby direct that the notice gazetted on the 11th December, 1924, fixing the closing-hours of fruiterers' shops in the Borough of Onehunga shall be and is hereby cancelled as from the date hereof.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of August, 1925.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

Cancellation of Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, fixing the Closing-hours of Fruiterers' Shops in the One Tree Hill Road District.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the fruiterers' shops in the One Tree Hill Road District, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the notice gazetted on the 11th December, 1924, fixing the closing-hours of fruiterers' shops in the said road district be cancelled:

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops in the said road district: