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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I beg to advise you that at a poll of ratepayers of the whole of the borough, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £5,000, for the purpose of completing the kerbing and channelling in the old borough area, and also in the Hampstead and Netherby areas of the borough, the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 132; against the proposal, 223; informal, 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Robt. Galbraith, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th May, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Carterton, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

I HAVE the honour to inform you that a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Carterton was taken on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1927, on the proposal of the Carterton Borough Council to raise a special loan of £8,500 for the purpose of supplementing the existing high-pressure water-supply from the present terminal point of the 9 in. main on Chester Road to Pembroke Street, Carterton, by means of an 8 in. main.

The following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 284; against the proposal, 157; informal, 8.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Wm. Fisher, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th May, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Kairanga County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Mangaone Riding of the County of Kairanga, taken on the 28th day of April, 1927, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of building and renewing bridges and culverts in the Mangaone Riding, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 75; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 51.

I therefore declare the proposal was lost.

28th April, 1927.

Jos. Batchelor, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th May, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Central Electric-power Board is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

CENTRAL ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

IN pursuance of provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that the result of the poll of ratepayers of the Whangamarino Special-rating Area (being the Waerenga and Rangiriri Subdivisions of the Whangamarino Road District as the same are defined in the New Zealand Gazette of the 14th June, 1894) held on the 26th day of April, 1927, upon the proposal to raise a special loan of £20,000, was as follows:—

For the proposal, 112; against the proposal, 5.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Thomas Hinton, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 5th May, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Thames, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the Borough of Thames, taken on the 27th day of April, 1927, on the proposal of the Thames Borough Council to borrow the sum of £4,300 for the following purpose: The construction, erection, and equipment of new municipal swimming-baths and appurtenances (and demolition of the existing baths) upon the site of the existing municipal baths in Brown Street, Thames.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 306; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 633; the number of informal votes was 28.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

T. W. Rhodes, Mayor.

29th April, 1927.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th May, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Newmarket, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NEWMARKET.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Newmarket, taken on the 29th day of March, 1927, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £4,500 for the erection of a new fire-station, the purchase of a new fire-engine, and the installation of an alarm system, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 307; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 309; informal 9.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 4th day of April, 1927.

S. Donaldson, Mayor.

Notice appointing Wednesday as the Statutory Closing-day in the Borough of Wairoa.

WHEREAS a poll to determine the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Wairoa was duly taken under the authority of section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, on the 27th day of April, 1927:

And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Wairoa has notified me that the majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the appointment of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Wairoa:

Now, therefore, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 20 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, do hereby appoint Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in the Borough of Wairoa as from the 9th day of May, 1927.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of May, 1927.

G. Jas. Anderson,
Minister of Labour.

Customs Tariff Commission, 1926–27.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 9th May, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Tariff Commission appointed to report on the revision of the Customs Tariff will not hear any further evidence after 31st instant.

It is requested, therefore, that any persons wishing to make representations in this connection should communicate with the Chairman of the Tariff Commission at the above-mentioned address, before the 24th instant.

Geo. Craig, Chairman.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 9th May, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors:—

Lough, Royle Chalmers, of Auckland.
McKinlay, James Matthew, of Auckland.

M. Crompton Smith,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.