MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 20 April 1910, Page 170

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Death. No. 674. - Sergeant McGuire, John Patrick Haokett, 14th April, 1910. Rewards. Wellington. Sergeant B. Rutledge, No. 489, and Con-table E. J. McKelvey, No. 832, have been awarded £2 10s. each by the Customs Department for services in connection with the conviction of Chin Ah Leong at Wellington for breaches of the Opium Act. (10/2.)

(Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 14th April, 1910.) “ The Public Service Glassification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1909.” —Election of a Member of the

Board by Police Department. \T OTICE is hereby given that, in conformity with the i> provisions of section 28, subsection (1), of “The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1909,” the Hon. the Minister of Justice has fixen that the first election of a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board by members of the Police Department shall be held on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, 1910.

1. Nominations will be closed on Thursday, the 12th day of May, 1910, at 5 o’clock p.m., and voting-lists will therefore be closed on that day (see Regulation 41). 2. The said election will be held on Tuesday, the 31st day of May, 1910, at the Public Service Superannuation Office, Government Buildings, Wellington. 3. The poll will be closed at 5 o’clock p.m. Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1910. AMELIUS M. SMITH, Returning Officer.

Extract from the Regulations tinder “ The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908.” The following extract from the Regulations under “ The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908,” is published for the information of the Police Force •

Election op Members op the Board. 38. The Secretary to the Board shall be the Returning Officer for the elect 1 on of the elective members of the Board. 39. There shall be -prepared by the Returning Officer separate alphabetical voting-lists, to wit,— (a.) Of all contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department; (6.) Of all contributors who belong to the other Departments of the Public Service ; (c.) Of all contributors who belong to any or each division hereafter created ; and such lists shall be open to inspection by contributors at all reasonable times.

A copy of such list shall be supplied to any centre making application for the same, in so far as such supply shall be practicable. 40. The Returning Officer shall from time to time as may be required issue supplementary lists correcting the principal voting-list: Provided that the validity of any election shall not be questioned on the ground that a name wrongly appears in a list or has been omitted therefrom.

41. For every election the voting-lists shall be closed on the day on which nominations close, and shall remain closed until the election is completed. 42. Any contributor may, by notice addressed to the Returning Officer posted or delivered so as to reach the Returning Officer not less than seven days before the lists are closed, object to any voting-list on some specified ground, and the Returning Officer shall forthwith after the receipt of any such objection inquire into and dispose of the same. The contributor aforesaid may appeal to the Minister of Internal Affairs against the decision of the Returning Officer, and the Minister’s decision shall be final, and the Returning Officer shall thereupon make the amendment or correction, if any, consequent upon such decision. 43. Every extraordinary election shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Returning Officer, being not later than the fiftieth day after the date upon which he receives notification of any vacancy having occurred. 44. Not less than forty days before any election the Returning Officer shall by advertisement in the New Zealand Gazette publicly notify in respect of the election—(a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations, being not more than twenty days before the day of election ; (b.) The number of vacancies ; (c.) The day on which the election, if necessary, will be held, and the hour at which the poll will be closed, which shall be 5 p.m. of that day ; (d.) The division in the Public Service for which the vacancy or vacancies occur.

45. No contributor shall be eligible for election unless he is nominated in writing by at least two other contributors belonging to the same division of the Public Service as that of which the candidate is a member.

46. Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following, and shall be delivered personally or by course of post to the Returning Officer. The Returning Officer (being the Secretary to the Board, Wellington). I, [Name and address ], being a contributor to the Public Service Superannuation Fund, and employed in the Department, do hereby nominate [Name, official title, and place where stationed'] as a candidate forelection to the Public Service Superannuation Board at the election to be held on the day of , 19 Dated this day of , 19 Candidate's consent, to be subscribed at foot of nominationpaper. I hereby consent to my nomination. [Signature of candidate nominated.] 47. If the nomination-paper does not bear the written consent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed ; and any nomination-paper shall be void if the consent of the candidate nominated therein is not duly given as aforesaid. 48. If in any division of the Public Service the number of persons nominated is not more than the number of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated shall be declared to be duly elected ; but if the number of persons nominated exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled, a ballot of the voters concerned shall be taken.

49. In any case in which a ballot becomes necessary the Returning Officer shall, immediately after the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each contributor, through the head of his Department, a printed ballot-paper containing, in alphabetical order of surnames, a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such elector is entitled to vote ; and such ballot-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following :—■ Ballot-paper for Use at Election to be held on the Day of , 190 , of Members of the Public Service Superannuation Board by the Contributors employed in [Name of division of the Public Service concerned .] Candidates. [Full names, official titles, and place where stationed of all duly nominated candidates, in alphabetical order of surnames.'] Directions. The number of candidates to be elected is The voter must draw a line through the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, and the number of names left uncancelled must not exceed the number of candidates to be elected.

The voter’s name must not be written on the voting-paper. This ballot paper must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, and, if posted to the Returning Officer, must be posted on or before the day of the election, or, if delivered to him, must be delivered before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day. An envelope addressed “ The Secretary, Public Service Superannuation Board, Wellington,” and marked “Votingpaper,” is enclosed for your use. 50. The ballot-paper sent to each contributor shall bear his registered number, which shall also be written opposite his name on the voting-list. The number shall be written on the left-hand bottom corner of the ballot-paper by the Returning Officer, who shall fasten down with gum or otherwise such corner, and impress his official stamp thereon. 51. The ballot-paper, if delivered to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered in a sealed envelope before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day ; and, if posted to him, must be posted in a sealed envelope so as to reach him either before that day or not later than 5 o’clock of the afternoon of the fifteerrth day thereafter.

52. The poll shall close at 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the election ; but all valid ballot-papers shall be included and counted which are received by the Returning Officer in due course of post not later than 5 p.m. of the fifteenth day after the day of the election. 53. A ballot paper shall be informal in any of the following cases, that is to say,— (a.) If the name of the voter appears thereon ; or (6.) If the names of candidates left uncancelled exceed the number of candidates to be eleoted ; or (c.) If, being personally delivered to the Returning Officer, it is not delivered at his office before the close of the poll; or if, having been forwarded by post, it is not received at the office of the Returning Officer on or before 5 p.m. of the fifteenth day after the day of election ; (d.) If, from the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that id was not posted until after the day of the election ; (e.) If any such ballot-paper be returned mutilated in any essentiaFdetail, or if the official stamp of the Returning Officer be defaced or obliterated ; or (f.) If any such ballot-paper be delivered or sent by post unsealed.

54. On the sixteenth day after the day of the election the Returning Officer shall, in the presence of not more than three scrutineers appointed by the Board to be present, open and examine all the ballot-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal ballot-papers, shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected by each division of contributors) who have received the greatest number of the votes of such contributors, and shall declare the result of such election.

55. If by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more candidates the election is not complete, the Returning Officer shall complete the election by casting lots in the presence cf one of the non-elective members of the Board. 56. The voting - papeis shall, after being counted, be enclosed in a sealed packet, and, unless a scrutiny or recount is demanded, shall bo kept unopened in the custody of the Returning Officer for two months, and shall then be destroyed. A scrutiny or recount must be demanded in writing by not less than seven voters within fourteen days after the declaration of the result of the election, as provided for in Regulation 54, and in like manner any objection to the validitv of the poll or otherwise in pursuance of sec-

tion 23, subsection (1), clause ( b ), of the Act must be lodged with the Returning Officer within such fourteen days. 57. Forthwith after the completion of the election and the expiry cf such fourteen days, or upon the completion of any such recount or scrutiny, or the settlement of any such dispute as to the validity of the poll or otherwise, the Returning Officer shall notify in the New Zealand Gazette the result of the election, specifying the names of the persons elected in the case of each division of the Public Service, the names of the candidates, and the number of votes received by each candidate, and declaring the candidates who have received the greatest number of votes to be elected.

The present members of the Board are : Hon. D. Buddo (Chairman), G. Allport (Marine), H. W. Bishop (S.M., Christchurch), H. A. R. Huggins (Postal), W. C. Kensington, 1.5.0. (Lands and Survey), W. McNickle (Postal), J. W. Poynton (Treasury), J. H. Richardson (Government In surance), H. R. Spence (Customs).