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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Walter Cade
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Kaitaia, as from the 7th day of May, 1929.

Frederick Kerry Caterer
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of West Taieri, as from the 6th day of May, 1929.

Maxwell Roy Meldon
to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Herekino, as from the 1st day of June, 1929.

Patrick John Eccleton
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Riverton and Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Riverton, as from the 20th day of April, 1929.

Constable Peter Fallon
to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Little River, for the purpose of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1928, as from the 19th day of April, 1929.

William Nimmo
to be Registrar of Births and Deaths of Maoris at Whakarewarewa, as from the 25th day of February, 1929.

William Murray Fraser
to be the Registrar of Electors for the Electoral District of Waipawa for the purposes of the Electoral Act, 1927, as from the 1st day of July, 1929.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th May, 1929.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

CAMBRIDGE ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

I HEREBY certify that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Cambridge Electric-power District, held on the 1st day of May, 1929, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £9,600 for the purpose of (a) constructing further capital works; and (b) repayment of amount advanced by Thames Valley Electric-power Board for reticulation of Karapiro territory—

The numbers of votes recorded for and against the proposal were as follows: For the proposal, 288; against, 52; informal, 3. Majority for, 236.

I declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 3rd day of May, 1929.

MERVYN WELLS, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th May, 1929.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF WHANGAREI.

Result of Loan Poll.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Whangarei taken on Wednesday, the 8th May, 1929, on the proposal of the Whangarei County Council to borrow the sum of £9,500 for the purpose of—

(a) Remodelling and rebuilding on up-to-date lines the existing County Chambers situated in Bank Street, Whangarei, for letting for commercial purposes, including architect’s fees in connection therewith, the sum of £3,625;

(b) Erecting chambers for the accommodation of the Whangarei County Council and its office staff on county land situated in Rose Street, Whangarei, including architect’s fees in connection therewith, the sum of £5,725;

(c) Office furniture and floor covering, the sum of £150,—

the number of votes recorded was as follows: For the proposal, 720; against the proposal, 619; informal, 48.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 11th day of May, 1929.

L. WEBB,
Chairman, Whangarei County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 17th May, 1929.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF PETONE.

Notice of Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and its amendments, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of that portion of the borough not comprised and included in the Korokoro Special-rating Area, and taken on the 1st day of May, 1929, on the proposal of the Petone Borough Council to borrow the sum of £61,000 for the purposes of replacing with larger mains the principal water-mains of the borough, making provision for additional supplies of water, and the purchasing of the necessary plant and machinery for the purpose, the voting was as follows: For the proposal, 1,355; against the proposal, 291; informal, 90.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated at Petone this 7th day of May, 1929.

DAVID MCKENZIE, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 22nd May, 1929.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF DARGAVILLE.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Dargaville, taken on the 1st day of May, 1929, on the proposal of the Dargaville Borough Council to borrow the sum of £2,000 for gasworks improvements, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 315; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 158; informal, 14.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 4th day of May, 1929.

FRANCIS A. JONES, Mayor.

Retention of Title of “Honourable.”

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1929.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, is published for general information.

W. A. VEITCH,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)

SIR,—
Downing Street, 27th March, 1929.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s despatch, No. 20, of the 30th of January, and to request you to inform your Ministers that approval has been given by the Counsellors of State, on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the retention of the title of “Honourable” by—

Mr. William Downie Stewart,
Mr. George James Anderson,
Mr. Alexander Donald McLeod, and
Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G.,

who have served for periods of more than three years as members of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

2. A notification to this effect will be published in the London Gazette.

3. Notification of the approval of the retention of the title by Mr. William Nosworthy was conveyed to you by my telegram of the 22nd of February.

I have, &c.,
L. S. AMERY.

Governor-General His Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., &c.
(I.A. 12/7.)