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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1819, 27 April 1918, Page 3

FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD. PROPOSAL to raise ;i Special Loan under the provisions of “The Fox lon Harbour Board Amendment Act, 1917” and “The Local Bodies Loans Aet, 1913/’ upon which a poll will be taken on TUESDAY,'the 21st day of May, 1918. ‘The foxton harbour board hereby gives public; notice that such Board proposes to raise a Special Loan under the authority and subject to the provisions of the above-named Acts for the purposes and under the conditions following; The particular purposes for which the said special loan is required are: The payment by the Board to His Majesty the King of the sum of £5,000 for the transfer of the lands and assets mentioned in Section 8 of “The Foxton Harbour Board Amendment Act, 1917,” and more particularly described in the Second Schedule to the said Act. The construction and purchase of a dredge and the construction and performance of the works or any of them authorised by Section 9 of “The Foxton Harbour Board Amendment Act, 1917.” The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purposes is £16,000, and the rate of interest is £s:} per centum per annum. The security proposed to he pledged for such special loan is an annually recurring differential special rate on the capital value of all rateable property within the following areas comprising the Foxton Harbour District of the fractional part of a penny in the pound sterling set opposite the name of each of such areas respectively, viz.— Manawatu County .. 3/80ths, Kairanga County .. 1/801 h. Palmerston North Borough 3/100ths Feilding Borough .. 3/200ths. Levin Borough .. .. 1 /40th. Foxton Borough .. 21/80ths. The provision for the repayment, of the said loan will he: — An annual sinking fund of £1 per centum on the amount of such loan, and the balance of the said loan which has not been provided for by such sinking fund at the maturity of the said loan which will have a currency of 36 years, will be provided by a fresh special loan, or as (he Foxton Harbour Board may at such maturity decide. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cosl of raising the loan and the interest and sinking fund for the first year. It is (he intention of the Foxton Harbour Board under and in pursuance of Section 21 of “The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1913,” to pay the interest and sinking fund out of the general fund of the Board so far as the same may be available for that purpose in any particular year. Dated at Foxton this 11th day of April, 1918. W. BOCK, Secretary to the Foxton Harbour Board. a16,23,30,m7

FOXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOMINATION 0P COUNCILLOR S. Pursuant to section 39 of “Tim Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908,” t hereby give notice Hint an election will be held on MONDAY, the 6th day of May, 1918, for the purpose of electing two Councillors for I lie Borough of Foxton, in place of Messrs .John McColl and James William Stevenson, resigned; and I hereby appoint the Town Clerk’s Office, Main Street, Fox I bn. ns the place, and TUESDAY, the 301 h day of April, 1918 (before noon) as the day, for the nomination of candidates for such office. Dated this 17th day of April, 1918. W. WATERS, Returning Officer for the Borough of Foxton. .18,27 JPOR SALE—4O purebred While, Leghorn hens (Bowers’ Poultry Farm, Levin), 18 months old. Apply W. Sapsford, c/o Woodroofe's. •There is a coupon in every tin of Hudson’s Balloon Brand Baking Powder that entitles you to receive a free copy of the famous “Balloon” Raking Book. Buy a tin today.—W. D. Bauckhara, Foxton.® W^ANTED —by capable woman, employment washing or charring. Apply this office. jSJUITS made to measure, guaranteed lit and smart style, new range of Tweed patterns and Navy Serges. Order now before further advance in prices; 75/- to 100/-, ut J. M. Barr’s. FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD. PENDERS, are invited up to Ist May for grazing rights on Signal Station Reserve (Round Bush), a'bout 400 aeres, for twelve months. Conditions may be seen at the office of the Board. W. BOCK, Secretary. Foxton, April 23rd, 1918. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. Private P. W. Stratford, Bth A.D.U.S., A.1.F., in a recent letter, states: —“The most valuable thing I took away in my kit when embarking for the front was Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, It has eased many a pain for me as well as for my comrades, and I certainly think that every soldier leaving for the front should take a bottle ’'yiih him/’ 1 For sale everywhere. —Advt,