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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Order in Council validating Proceedings in connection with the proposed Loan of £5,000 by the Christchurch Tramway Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Christchurch Tramway Board lately commenced proceedings to raise a loan of five thousand pounds under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), for the purpose of contributing to the cost of constructing a new bridge over the River Avon in line with Seaview Road, New Brighton, and Page’s Road, Bexley, and removing its existing tramway-line and laying a double line at a different level to conform to the requirements of the proposed new bridge :

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular or defective in that the special roll of the ratepayers in the special-rating area created by the Board as to part thereof did not follow the appropriate form prescribed in the regulations made under the said Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, at page 1574, as amended by regulations made on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at page 1866 :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularity or defect as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the special roll of the ratepayers had been prepared in the appropriate form prescribed in the regulations made under the said Act and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, at page 1574, as amended by the regulations made on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, at page 1866, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or the validity of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity or defect aforesaid.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/222/5.)

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £300 by the Feilding Fire Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Feilding Fire Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) is desirous of raising the sum of three hundred pounds by a loan to be known as “Hose Truck Loan, 1930,” for the purpose of purchasing a “Ford” chassis and fire-hose-carrier body :

And whereas the said local authority has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council under the said Act should be given to the raising of the said loan on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth :

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, to the borrowing by the said local authority of the said sum of three hundred pounds, at a rate or rates of interest being such as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of six pounds per centum per annum :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act and by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority of the said loan up to the amount of three hundred pounds for a term of five years, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of six pounds per centum per annum, subject to the condition that the said sum shall be repaid by equal instalments of one hundred and fifty pounds, the first such payment to be made not later than the first August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and the second not later than the first August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and subject to the further condition that no portion of interest shall be paid out of loan-moneys.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/511.)

Order in Council validating Proceedings in connection with the Wairarapa Electric-power Board’s Loan of £9,400.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Wairarapa Electric-power Board lately proceeded to raise a loan of nine thousand four hundred pounds under section seventeen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, by a loan known as “Redemption Loan No. 1, 1930,” for the purpose of redeeming the outstanding liability in respect of a loan of ten thousand pounds, maturing the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty :

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular or defective in that after the Local Government Loans Board had notified the Power Board of its sanction of the proposed loan pursuant to section six of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926, but before the consent of the Governor-General in Council had been given thereto, the Power Board, contrary to section ten of the said Act, took further steps to raise the proposed loan :

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities or defects as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though after the local Government Loans Board had notified the said Power Board of its sanction of the proposed loan no further steps had been taken by the Power Board to raise the proposed loan until after the consent of the Governor-General in Council had been given thereto :

And that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or the validity of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/133/7.)

Vesting Reserves in the Havelock Town Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1930.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been duly set apart for cemetery purposes :
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Havelock Town Board :