3696
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

R. J. Rutherford, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 16th September, 1927.

Lieutenant J. J. Kernohan, 1st Battalion, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 2nd December, 1927.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant A. R. C. Smart, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 39th November, 1927.

N.Z. AIR FORCE.

Arthur Hubert Keene to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 1st December, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th December, 1927.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

WAITOMO ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Notice of Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give public notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Waitomo Electric-power Board District, taken on the 30th day of November, 1927, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £20,000 (twenty thousand pounds) for the purpose of erecting offices and show-rooms in the Borough of Te Kuiti and the Township of Otorohanga, the purchase of static-condensers, and reticulation work, together with the first year’s interest on the loan and the cost of raising the loan, as set out fully in the issues of the King Country Chronicle on the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd November, 1927.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 196; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 32.

I hereby declare the proposal was carried.

Dated this 1st day of December, 1927.

W. A. LEE, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th December, 1927.

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

WM DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

HASTINGS BOROUGH COUNCIL.

£10,100 Waterworks Extension Loan, 1927.

RESULT OF POLL.

NOTICE is hereby given that, having received the precedent consent of the Local Government Loans Board thereto, a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hastings, including all other persons entitled to vote on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken on Wednesday, the 30th day of November, 1927, upon the following proposal:—

A proposal to borrow by way of special loan within the meaning of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and under the authority of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and the amendments thereof, the sum of £10,100, to be expended for the following purposes:—

Waterworks extension: Including reservoir and purchase of land therefor; the purchase of machinery in connection therewith; and sinking additional artesian wells .. .. .. .. £ 9,925
Cost of raising the loan and contingencies .. .. .. 175
£10,100

And at such poll the number of votes recorded was: For the proposal, 308; against the proposal, 34; informal vote, 1.

We do therefore hereby declare the said proposal carried.

Dated at Hastings, this 1st day of December, 1927.

M. JOHNSON, Deputy Mayor.

PERCY R. PURSER, Returning Officer,

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 7th December, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Putaruru Town District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Town District of Putaruru, taken on the 28th day of November, 1927, on the proposal of the Putaruru Town Board to borrow the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds (£7,500) for forming, draining, surfacing, and otherwise constructing roads, kerbs, and footpaths within the town district; and also laying out, planting, and general improvement of road reserves, open spaces, and other public lands within the said area. The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 83; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 9; informal 2.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 29th day of November, 1927.

G. GILMORE GRIFFITHS, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 12th December, 1927.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

PAEROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESULT OF POLL ON LOAN PROPOSAL.

Main Streets Improvements Loan of £4,500.

PURSUANT to sections of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Paeroa was taken on the 20th day of October, 1927, on the proposal of the Paeroa Borough Council to borrow the sum of four thousand five hundred pounds (£4,500) for the purpose of improvements to main streets.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 281; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 35.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

21st day of October, 1927.

WM. MARSHALL, Mayor.

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

The Treasury,

Wellington, 5th December, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of New Zealand 5½-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, maturing 15th January, 1933, will be closed from the 1st to the 15th January, 1928 (inclusive), for the purpose of the issue of half-yearly interest.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

Open Season for Deer-shooting, Feilding and District Acclimatization District.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I, Maui Pomare, Acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the period from the 15th day of March, 1928, to the 30th day of April, 1928 (both days inclusive), to be an open season in the Feilding and District Acclimatization District, described in the First Schedule hereto, for the taking or killing of the following imported game—viz., red-deer stags and hinds—subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. LICENSES to take or kill red-deer stags and hinds may be issued by the Secretary of the Feilding and District Acclimatization Society, on payment of a license fee of £2 2s., in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Act and regulations thereunder and this notification. Provided that not more than one such license shall be issued to the same person.