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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 52

Whangarei Urban Area
Jacob Tallentire Teesdale (unopposed).

North Ward of the Rural Area
Ronald Morrison Barclay.

East Ward of the Rural Area
Alexander Bell (unopposed).

West Ward of the Rural Area
Walter Irving Bowyer (unopposed).

The result of the voting for the North Ward of the Rural Area is as follows—

Votes.
Ronald Morrison Barclay .. .. .. .. 289
Robert Henry Culpan .. .. .. .. 194
Mervyn Archibald Kingdon .. .. .. .. 155
Stafford Mason May .. .. .. .. 100
Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 738
Number of votes rejected as informal .. .. 37

Auckland, 26th July, 1950.
G. H. SHORLAND, Returning Officer.

Hawke’s Bay Education Board.—Election of Members

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that the following have been elected as members of the Education Board of the District of Hawke’s Bay:—
For the Gisborne Urban Area: Thomas Alston Coleman.
For the Napier Urban Area: George Benjamin Stephenson.
For the Hastings Urban Area: Edmond Wilder Ormond.
For the North Ward of the Rural Area: William Smith.
For the Middle Ward of the Rural Area: Donald McLean Cambell.
For the South Ward of the Rural Area: Herbert Sydney McGowan Quigley.

No poll was required for the Gisborne Urban Area, the Middle Ward of the Rural Area, or the South Ward of the rural Area.

The result of the polls held on the 19th day of July, 1950, was as follows:—

Napier Urban Area

Votes.
Evans, Lionel Somerville .. .. .. .. 24
Stephenson, George Benjamin .. .. .. .. 35
Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 59
Total number of votes rejected as informal .. .. 1

Hastings Urban Area

Duncan, George .. .. .. .. 7
Ormond, Edmond Wilder .. .. .. .. 34
Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 41
Total number of votes rejected as informal .. .. Nil.

North Ward of the Rural Area

Brown, George .. .. .. .. 81
Smith, William .. .. .. .. 115
Total number of valid votes recorded .. .. 196
Total number of votes rejected as informal .. .. 11

Napier, 27th July, 1950.
P. L. PAGE, Returning Officer.

Otago Education Board.—Election of Members

IN accordance with the Second Schedule to the Education Act, 1914, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the Education Board of the District of Otago:—

Urban Area: John Veitch Riach and Francis Spencer Hanger.
North Ward: Douglas William Meldrum.
South Ward: George Swan Fincham.
Central Ward: John Ira Fraser.

The number of votes recorded in favour of the respective candidates was as follows:—

Urban Area

Votes.
Riach, John Veitch .. .. .. .. 143
Hanger, Francis Spencer .. .. .. .. 129
Darracott, Cyril John Ernest .. .. .. .. 59

North Ward

Meldrum, Douglas William .. .. .. .. 150
Stewart, Ian Warren Macbean .. .. .. .. 47

South Ward

Fincham, George Swan (returned unopposed).

Central Ward

Fraser, John Ira (returned unopposed).

Education Office, Dunedin, 26th July, 1950.
C. R. McLEAN, Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in the Taranaki Land District for Sale or Lease

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 7th August, 1950.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or lease under the Land Act, 1948, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 11th September, 1950.

Applicants may be required by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth, acting on behalf of the Land Settlement Board, to appear personally in support of their applications at a time and place to be advised.

The ballot will be held at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 2 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 13th September, 1940, and persons who so wish may attend.

The successful applicant is required to pay, immediately on notification of result of ballot, a deposit comprising broken-period and first half-year’s rent and deposit on improvements, or deposit on deferred payments, together with lease or licence fee, or the purchase-price plus title fee.

SCHEDULE

PARITUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.—TARANAKI COUNTY.—FARM LAND

SECTION 23, Block VI: Area, 15 acres 2 roods 19 perches. Rental value £250. Purchase-price, £1,710. Deposit on deferred payments, £210. Half-yearly instalment on deferred payments (term: 30 years), £46 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £5 12s. 6d.

Situated on this land and included in the purchase-price are improvements valued at £1,460, comprising 7-roomed dwelling, cowshed, garage, sheds, 55 chains fencing, plantation, 18 chains drain, 10 acres cleared and grassed, access road, well troughs and piping, electric installation. If he selects on renewable lease, the successful applicant is required to purchase these improvements for cash or, after payment of a deposit of £185, by half-yearly instalments of principal and interest of £39 10s. 6d. each over a period of 30 years.

This property is situated on the Smart Road, about 3 miles east of New Plymouth. Soil 6 inches medium loam on clay sub-soil. The land falls away from the road to a well-sheltered basin, about 10 acres easy land, the balance fairly steep and in trees, pastures fair. Gorse requires attention. Electric power installed. Suitable as a worker’s home on which poultry and a cow or two could be run.

Priority will be given to applications from ex-servicemen of World War II or the wives or widows of such ex-servicemen.

Any further particulars may be obtained from the undersigned.

O. H. BURNS, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
(L. and S. H.O. 36/1444/260; D.O. S.F.S. 28.)

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICE

Land in the North Auckland Land District Acquired as Permanent State Forest Land

New Zealand Forest Service,
Wellington, 7th August, 1950.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the Forests Act, 1949, as permanent State forest land.

SCHEDULE

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—AUCKLAND CONSERVANCY

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Mangonui County, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Section 5, Block XII, Takahue Survey District, being formerly Patiki No. 2 Block, and being all the land comprised and described in Certificate of Title, Volume 292, folio 268 (Auckland Land Registry). As the same is delineated on plan No. 4/20, deposited in the Head Office of the New Zealand Forest Service at Wellington, and thereon bordered red. (North Auckland plan S.O. 16107L.)

ALEX. R. ENTRICAN, Director of Forestry.
(F.S. 9/1/109.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES

In Bankruptcy.—Supreme Court

EDWARD FREDERICK WRIGHT, of 73 Anzac Street, Takapuna, near Auckland, Drainlayer, was adjudged bankrupt on the 2nd August, 1950. Creditors’ meeting will be held at my office on Wednesday, the 16th August, 1950, at 10.30 a.m.

V. R. CROWHURST, Official Assignee.
4th Floor, Dilworth Building, Customs Street East, Auckland.