Oct. 29.] \n\n\nTHE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. \n\n\n3057 \n\nHamilton taken on the 22nd day of September, 1925, on the \nproposal to borrow the sum of £13,550 for forming, paving, \nmetalling, and improving streets, including laying-down and \nconstructing same with bituminous compounds or otherwise, \n£10,300; for making and constructing drains and drainage- \nworks for draining surface-water, £3,250 : total, £13,550,— \nThe number of votes recorded for the proposal was 25; \nthe number of votes recorded against the proposal was 162 ; \ninformal, 3: total number of votes, 190. \nI therefore declare that the proposal was lost. \nDated this 8th day of October, 1925. \nJOHN R. Fow, Mayor. \nResult of Poll for Proposed Loan. \nWellington, 27th October, 1925. \nTHE following notice, received from the Mayor of the \nBorough of Timaru, in published in accordance with \nthe provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913. \nW. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance. \nBOROUGH OF TIMARU. \nTimaru Borough Road and Asphalt Loan (No. 1) £4,000. \nPURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, \n1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the \nBorough of Timaru was taken on the 14th day of October, \n1925, on a special loan proposal of the Timaru Borough \nCouncil to borrow the sum of £4,500 for the purpose of pur- \nchasing road and asphalt machinery and appliances; and the \nvotes recorded for the proposal were 410; and the votes \nrecorded against the proposal were 73. \nI therefore declare that the said proposal was duly carried. \nDated this 15th day of October, 1925. \nGEO. J. WALLACE, Mayor. \nResult of Poll for Proposed Loan. \nWellington, 27th October, 1925. \nTHE following notice, received from the Mayor of the \nBorough of Levin, is published in accordance with \nthe provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913. \nW. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance. \nLEVIN BOROUGH COUNCIL. \nMunicipal Buildings Loan Poll. \nPURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, \n1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of \nthe Borough of Levin, taken on the 14th day of October, \n1925, on the proposal of the Levin Borough Council to borrow \nthe sum of £3,000 for the completion of the erection of \nmunicipal buildings, the provision of drainage for the founda- \ntion thereof, and furnishings, — \nThe number of votes recorded for the proposal was 165; \nthe number of votes recorded against the proposal was 40; \nthe number of informal votes was 2. \nI therefore declare that the proposal was carried. \nDated this 15th day of October, 1925. \nTHOS. HOBSON, Mayor. \nTrustees of Akitio Rabbit District elected.—Notice No. \nAg. 2529. \nDepartment of Agriculture, \nWellington, 27th October, 1925. \nNOTICE has been received, under the hand of the \nReturning Officer of the Akitio Rabbit District, con- \nstituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, that \nJoseph Henry Berry, \nGordon Chatfield, \nStanley Frederick Herbert, \nCyril Paul Hunter, \nHenry Robert Pool, and \nPhilbrick Valentine Smith \nhave been duly elected trustees of the said district. \nW. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture. \nBy-laws, Te Puna to Opotiki Section, East Coast Main Trunk \nRailway. \nIN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me \nby section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, \n1909, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, G.C.M.G., K.C., a \nmember of the Executive Council, for and on behalf of \nJoseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do \nhereby order and declare that the by-laws to be enforced \non the Te Puna to Opotiki Section of the East Coast Main \nTrunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the \nGovernment Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the \nSchedule hereto, such by-laws to come into force on the 2nd \nday of November, 1925, from which date all previous by-laws \nfixed or imposed in respect of the said railway or any portion \nthereof are declared to be hereby revoked. \nSCHEDULE. \n1. THE by-laws to be enforced on the Te Puna to Opotiki \nSection of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway prior to its \nbeing opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, \n1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as those made by \nthe Minister of Railways on the 29th day of May, 1909, for \nthe management of the railways open for traffic in the Do- \nminion of New Zealand, and for the regulation and control of \nall traffic on or upon the same (hereinafter called “the Railway \nDepartment's By-laws”), a copy of which by-laws has been \npublished in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of the 10th day \nof June, 1909, and as altered and extended from time to time \nby publication in the New Zealand Gazette as hereinafter \nmentioned. \n2. Where the words mentioned in the first column below \nappear in the Railway Department's By-laws, the words \nmentioned in the second column below shall be read in lieu \nthereof :— \n1st Column. \n“Department” \n“Board of Management of the New \nZealand Government Rail- \nways ” or “General Manager” \n“District Manager” or “District \nRailway Manager” \n“Railway” or “Railways” \n“Minister” \n2nd Column. \nPublic Works Depart- \nment. \nEngineer-in-Chief and \nUnder-Secretary, Pub- \nlic Works Department. \nDistrict Engineer. \nPublic Works. \nMinister of Public Works. \n3. Paragraph (2) of clause 40 and Part VI of the Railway \nDepartment’s By-laws shall be omitted from the by-laws to \nbe imposed on the Te Puna to Opotiki Section of the East \nCoast Main Trunk Railway. \n4. The alterations and extensions hereinbefore referred to \nare those published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st \nSeptember, 1911, 15th February, 1912, 5th February, 1914, \n31st July, 1919, 15th September, 1921, 15th June, 1922, \n8th November, 1923, 20th December, 1923, and the 15th \nApril, 1924. \nGiven under my hand at Wellington, this 27th day of \nOctober, 1925. \nF. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Public Works. \nScale of Fares, Rates, and Charges, Te Puna to Opotiki Sec- \ntion, East Coast Main Trunk Railway. \nIN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me \nby section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, \n1909, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, G.C.M.G., K.C., a \nmember of the Executive Council, for and on behalf of \nJoseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Public Works, do \nhereby order and declare that the regulations, scale of \nfares, rates, and charges for passengers and goods, and the \nconditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on \nthe Te Puna to Opotiki Section of the East Coast Main \nTrunk Railway prior to its being opened for traffic under the \nGovernment Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the \nSchedule hereto, such regulations, scale, and conditions to \ncome into force on the 2nd day of November, 1925, from \nwhich date all previous regulations, scale of fares, rates, \ncharges, and conditions for the carriage of passengers and \ngoods fixed or imposed in respect of the said railway or any \nportion thereof are declared to be hereby revoked, saving \nand excepting the berthage charges for the use of the Mount \nMaunganui Railway-wharf issued by Order in Council dated \nthe 10th day of April, 1922, and published in New Zealand \nGazette No. 29, dated the 13th of April, 1922. \nSCHEDULE. \nPART 1. \nTHE regulations, scale of fares, rates, and charges, and the \nconditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on \nthe Te Puna to Opotiki Section of the East Coast Main Trunk \nRailway prior to its being opened for traffic under the \nGovernment Railways Act, 1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be \nthe same, subject to the exceptions set out hereafter, as the \nfollowing parts or portions of the parts of the regulations