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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th January, 1936.

THE following notice, received from the Town Clerk,
Rotorua, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ROTORUA.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough
of Rotorua taken on the 8th day of January, 1936, on the
proposal of the Rotorua Borough Council to borrow the sum of
£11,500 for sealing and other improvements—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was ... 274
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 94

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Rotorua, this 9th day of January, 1936.

THOS. JACKSON, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th January, 1936.

THE following notice, received from the Town Clerk,
Rotorua, is published in accordance with the provisions
of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF ROTORUA.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926,
I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the Borough
of Rotorua taken on the 8th day of January, 1936, on the
proposal of the Rotorua Borough Council to borrow the sum of
£2,500 for kerbing and channelling—

Votes.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was ... 275
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was... 94

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Rotorua, this 9th day of January, 1936.

THOS. JACKSON, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 13th January, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Antheneum Rebuilding Loan, 1935, of £1,200.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926,
I declare the result of the poll on the proposal to raise a
special loan of £1,200 held on 11th December, 1935, was as
follows :—

Votes.
For the proposal ... ... ... ... ... 67
Against the proposal ... ... ... ... 5
Informal ... ... ... ... ... 3

As a majority of the total valid votes recorded have been
recorded in favour of the proposal, I declare the proposal
carried.

Dated at Palmerston, this 12th day of December, 1935.

W. B. GALLOWAY, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th January, 1936.

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

W. NASH, Minister of Finance.

GREY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of ratepayers of the
Grey Electric-power Board district taken on the 4th day of
December, 1935, on the proposal of the Grey Electric-power
Board to borrow sixteen thousand pounds (£16,000) for the
purpose of increasing the height of the Kaimata Dam and
further reticulation—

Votes
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was ... 676
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 78
The number of informal votes was ... ... ... 2

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 11th day of December, 1935.

WILLIAM CLAYTON, Chairman.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 2

Honours conferred by His Majesty the King.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th January, 1936.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of the Honours conferred by His Majesty the King as follows :—

Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire—
George Shirtcliffe, Esquire, O.B.E., of Wellington.

Knight Bachelor—
James Hutchison, Esquire, Editor of Otago Daily Times, Dunedin.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George—
Cecil Albert Jeffery, Esquire, Chief Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Willi Fels, Esquire, of Dunedin.

Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire—
Charles John McKenzie, Esquire, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington.

Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire—
Mrs. Maude Elizabeth Parkes, of Auckland.
Mrs. Ann Gilchrist Strong, Dean of Home Science Department, Otago University.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
(I.A. 1933/200/1.)

Prohibition of Issue of Money-orders and Transmission of Postal Correspondence.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable grounds for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 32 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his own or any assumed or fictitious name), or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

Mr. W. J. Gill, 6 Wade Street, Moonah, Tasmania.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1935.

F. JONES, Postmaster-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1936.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th January, 1936.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORTLAND ISLAND.

Direction-finding Signals.

Position : Lat., 39° 18' S.; long., 177° 53' E. (approx.).
Details : On and after the 10th February direction-finding signals will, on request, be sent from Portland Island Radio-station at midnight, 4, 8, and 9.30 a.m., noon, 4, 4.30, and 8 p.m., New Zealand time.

As Portland Island Radio-station does not communicate with ships, masters requiring signals should forward their request to Wellington Radio-station (ZLW) stating the times for which signals are required. Requests should be made on week-days before 9.15 a.m. for the 9.30, noon, and 4 p.m. signals, and before 4.15 p.m. for the 4.30 p.m., 8 p.m., midnight, 4 a.m., and 8 a.m. signals. As only a morning communication is held with the island on Sundays and holidays, all requests should be made before 9.15 a.m. for signals between 9.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning.

Signals will be sent continuously for three periods of 2 minutes each, with an interval of 1 minute between the periods, and consist of the signal group ZLOE sent three times, 1 to 3 dots for the number of period, a series of the letter O, and a long dash of about 7 seconds duration ending each minute, thus :—

1st period, ZLOE, 3 times, ., — — — — —, &c.
3rd period, ZLOE, 3 times, ..., ", ",

The signals are of type A 2, wave-length 390 Kc/s. (769 m.), and should be effective at a distance of about 50 miles.

A charge of 5s. will be made by the Post and Telegraph Department for the request messages.

L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
(M. 8/47/12/1.)