Sept. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2763

Clerk of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Harold John Worthington

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Palmerston, vice G. H. Lang.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th September, 1926.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Osman Oliver Mackley, Esq.,

to be Registrar of Brands under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Mataura, Invercargill, Wallace, and Lake Branding Registration Districts as from the 12th day of August, 1926.

Sydney Herbert Fitchett, Esq.,

to be Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court at Marton for the purposes of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, as from the 8th day of September, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1926.

I T is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

Thomas Pearson Gardiner .. .. Kaeo.*
Edward Emberite Burgess .. .. Hororata.
Lindsay Alexander Murtagh .. .. Blackstone.
Joseph Downer Burns .. .. Hokitika.
Ivan Neill Barkle .. .. Hororata.
Royal John Arthur McConville .. .. Tolaga Bay.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldiers of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—

No. 31/2357 Company Sergeant-Major S. B. Reid, 2nd Cadet Battalion, Otago Regiment. Dated 27th August, 1926.

Private N. Baird, Central Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 30th August, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th September, 1926.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence rifle club, under Section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Whakataki-Tinui Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Whakataki. Dated 21st August, 1926.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917.—Closing of Registers.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th September, 1926.

N OTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 4½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1939, and the Register of New Zealand 5-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 20th April, 1929, will be closed from the 1st to the 20th October, 1926 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th September, 1926.

T HE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

TE AWAMUTU ELECTRIC-POWER 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 Te Awamutu Electric-power District, taken on the 25th day of August, 1926, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £25,000 for the erection of transmission-lines, transformer-stations, and other fittings and appliances for transmitting and distributing electricity in the Te Awamutu Electric-power District, and the equipping of such transmission-lines and existing transmission-lines with safety devices and static condensers, including the purchase of all necessary land, equipment, materials, plant, and tools, and all payments for labour, engineer’s fees, plans, and supervision,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 173 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 107. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Te Awamutu this 2nd day of September, 1926.

J. T. JOHNSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th September, 1926.

T HE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Dannevirke, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

DANNEVIRKE 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 County of Dannevirke taken on the 12th day of August, 1926, on the proposal of the Dannevirke County Council to borrow the sum of £25,000 for the construction of bridges of 20 ft. span and over,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 163 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 10 ; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

JAS. W. ELLINGHAM, Chairman.

Dated this 1st day of September, 1926.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 11th September, 1926.

T HE following notices received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Raglan, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Loan of £1,000 for metalling Steel’s Road.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Kaniwhaniwha Special-rating District of the County of Raglan taken on the 4th September, 1926, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of metalling Steel’s Road :—

The total number of valid votes recorded, 17 ; for the proposal, 2 ; against the proposal, 15.

As the total number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal are not equal to three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be rejected.

Loan of £1,000 for metalling Portion of Tuakau Bridge to Waingaro Road.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the following is the result of a poll of the ratepayers of the Naike Special-rating District of the County of Raglan taken on the