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Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 24th February, 1936.

THE Acting Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service:—

John Kerr,

to be an Inspector of Machinery for the purposes of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928, and a Surveyor of Ships for the purposes of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, as from the 17th day of February, 1936.

Thomas Cagney,

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Southland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 17th day of February, 1936.

George Ivan Martin,

to be Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Westland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 14th day of February, 1936.

Charles Henry Morison,

to be Chief Surveyor for the Westland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 13th day of February, 1936.

Henry Ronald Mottram,

to be Chief Surveyor for the Southland Land District for the purposes of the Land Act, 1924, as from the 17th day of February, 1936.

T. MARK, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 20th February, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF TAIERI.

Highways Reconstruction Loan, 1936, £9,850.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I declare the result of the poll to raise a special loan of £9,850, taken on the 12th day of February, 1936, was as follows:—

Votes.
For the proposal .. .. .. 812
Against the proposal .. .. .. 108
Informal .. .. .. 6

As the total number of valid votes in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Mosgiel, this 15th day of February, 1936.

CHARLES FINDLAY,
Chairman, Taieri County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th February, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

MARLBOROUGH ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and the Acts amending the same respectively, I hereby give notice that the result of the poll of the ratepayers of the Marlborough Electric-power District taken on the 12th day of February, 1936, on the proposal of the Marlborough Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £22,000 to purchase and erect additional standby plant and to extend the present power-house situated at Murphy’s Road, Springlands, Blenheim, was as follows:—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was .. 253
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 131
The number of informal votes was .. .. .. 1

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 18th day of February, 1936.

HARRY J. STACE,
Chairman, Marlborough Electric-power Board.

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Removal of Name from the Commission of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th February, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 8 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, to direct the removal of the name of

Ronald Alexander Stewart, of Normanby,

from the Commission of the Peace; and it is hereby notified that such name has been removed accordingly, and that such removal will take effect on and from this 24th day of February, 1936.

H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.

Special Order made by Woodville County Council declaring Sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, not to apply to that Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1936.

THE following special order made by the Woodville County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1936/126/2.)

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf vested in it by section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931 (No. 36), the Woodville County Council hereby resolves by way of special order that on and after the 31st day of March, 1935, sections 121 and 131 of the Counties Act, 1920, shall not apply to the said Council, and that thereafter the separate Riding Accounts for the ridings of Woodville, Mangaatua, Kumeroa, and Maharahara shall be closed and the respective balances thereof incorporated in the General Account in the Woodville County Fund in accordance with the provisions of the said section 2 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1931.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

J. M. GRAHAM, County Clerk.

Special Order made by Ashburton County Council merging Coldstream Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th February, 1936.

THE following special order made by the Ashburton County Council merging the Coldstream Road District is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1935/132/2.)

SPECIAL ORDER.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 27 of the Counties Act, 1920, the Ashburton County Council, on a petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Coldstream Road District, resolves by way of special order that on or after the 31st day of March, 1936, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Ashburton and the Board thereof abolished.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

GEORGE KELLY, County Clerk.

13th February, 1936.

Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, licensed.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1936.

IN pursuance of section 10 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to license

Victor Ethelbert Duckers Thomson, Esquire,

of Dunedin, to act as a Public Auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909.

W. LEE MARTIN, Minister in Charge.