JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2283

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th July, 1928.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Special Loan.

IN pursuance of section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough of Palmerston North, taken on the 29th day of June, 1928, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £11,000 to enable the Council to erect a building for a library and to include therein shops and offices, the result of the voting was as follows: For the proposal, 948; against the proposal, 382; informal, 4; majority in favour, 566.

I therefore declare that the above-named proposal was duly carried.

A. J. GRAHAM, Mayor.

2nd July, 1928.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th July, 1928.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Napier Borough Council, is published in accordance with 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 the ratepayers of that part of the Borough of Napier called in the voting-paper “The Napier South Extension Special-rating Area,” taken on the 11th day of July, 1928, on the proposal to raise by way of loan the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of carrying out in the Napier South Extension Special-rating Area the following works and things:—

Kerbing and channelling and drainage-pits .. £ 785
Forming up and tarring paths and metalling road- ways where necessary .. .. .. 1,060
Sewerage-pumps, pumping-station, reticulation, and man-holes .. .. .. .. 2,535
Water mains, valves, hydrants, trenching and laying 1,260
Laying drainage services up to the boundaries of properties .. .. .. .. 360

£6,000

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 42; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of July, 1928.

J. VIGOR BROWN, Mayor.

Awards of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th July, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to the undermentioned officers:—

Lieut.-Colonel R. G. Milligan, D.S.O., Commanding Northern Coast Artillery Group.

Major J. L. Saunders, D.S.O., The Wellington Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st July, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Cushen, The Southland Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th July, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Wickens, D.S.O., Commanding, Southern Artillery Group.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th July, 1928.

HIS 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:—

Private T. J. Cannon, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment.

Private C. H. Valler, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment.

Private C. V. Wickenden, Central Depot, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

Dated 19th July, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Justices of the Peace authorized to exercise Jurisdiction in Children’s Courts.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th July, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to authorize the Justices of the Peace named in the first column of the Schedule hereto to exercise jurisdiction in the Children’s Courts established at the places named in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of each such Justice of the Peace respectively.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
Roy Nathaniel Barton, Esquire .. Featherston.
Archibald Clark, Esquire .. Martinborough.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1928.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid.

Duncan Black, Chief Postmaster, Thames.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Telegraphs.

Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927.

IN pursuance of the power vested in me by section 6, subsection (1), of the Child Welfare Amendment Act, 1927, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, do hereby notify that the premises set forth in the Schedule below have been registered as from the date hereof as a children’s home for the purposes of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

LITTLE Children’s Home, “The Nest,” situate at Tawa Street, Hamilton.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of July, 1928.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.