If the time and place for a hearing are fixed by the board under this article, and for any reason the hearing is not held or regularly adjourned to a specified time and place, the authority of the board is not divested or lost. The board may thereafter fix a time and place for the hearing and cause notice to be given by publication by at least one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in the district as designated by the board. The publication shall be at least five days before the date of the hearing.