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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

Waimate Fire Board—
Arthur Langdon Parsons.
William Midway Joynt.
Charles James Cooper.

Hokitika Fire Board—
John James Jeffray Mallard.
George Henry Eisfelder.
William Devenish Meares.

Alexandra Fire Board—
William Isaac Bolam.
Joseph Skottowe Webb.
Harold Livingston Tapley.

Lawrence Fire Board—
Archibald James Sullivan.
Henry Robert Law.
Joseph Skottowe Webb.

Milton Fire Board—
Thomas Chalmer.
Gordon James Reid.
Joseph Skottowe Webb.

Maori Hill Fire Board—
Frederick George Cray.
Thomas Chalmer.
William Isaac Bolam.

Institution of the Edward Medal.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th February, 1908.

THE following Warrant which His Majesty the King has been pleased to issue instituting a Medal, to be called the Edward Medal, for courage in saving or attempting to save life in Mines or Quarries within His Majesty’s Dominions, Protectorates, &c., is published for general information.

Applications for the Award of the Medal addressed to His Excellency the Governor will be forwarded for transmission to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, by whom they will be submitted for His Majesty’s consideration in terms of the fourth paragraph of the Warrant.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Whitehall, October 17, 1907.

THE King has been pleased to issue a Warrant under His Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual to the following effect:—

EDWARD, R. & I.

EDWARD THE SEVENTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come: Greeting!

WHEREAS We are desirous of distinguishing by some mark of Our Royal Favour the many heroic acts performed by Miners and Quarrymen and others who endanger their own lives in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from perils in Mines or Quarries within Our Dominions and in territories under Our Protection or Jurisdiction, We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, institute and create a new Medal to be awarded for such acts of gallantry:

Firstly.—It is ordained that the Medal shall be of two classes, which shall be designated and styled “The Edward Medal of the First Class” and “The Edward Medal of the Second Class.”

Secondly.—It is ordained that the Edward Medal of the First Class shall consist of a circular Medal of Silver, with our effigy on the obverse, and on the reverse a design representing the rescue of a miner, with the inscription “For courage.”

Thirdly.—It is ordained that the Edward Medal of the Second Class shall consist of a Circular Medal of Bronze of a similar design.

Fourthly.—It is ordained that the Medals shall only be awarded to those of Our Faithful Subjects and others who, in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from perils in Mines and Quarries within our Dominions and in territories under our Protection or Jurisdiction, have endangered their own lives, and that such award shall be made only on a recommendation to Us by our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Fifthly.—It is ordained that the names of those upon whom We may be pleased to confer either of these Decorations shall be published in the London Gazette, and that a Register thereof shall be kept in the Office of our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Sixthly.—It is ordained that each Medal shall be suspended from the left breast, and the riband, of an inch and three-eighths in width, shall be dark blue with a narrow yellow stripe on either side: Provided that when the Medal is awarded to a woman it shall be worn on the left shoulder, suspended from a riband of the same width and colour, fashioned into a bow.

Seventhly.—It is ordained that any act of gallantry which is worthy of recognition by the award of the Edward Medal, but is performed by one upon whom the Decoration has already been conferred, may, on a recommendation to Us by Our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, be recorded by a Bar attached to the riband by which the Medal is suspended; and for every such additional act an additional Bar may be added.

Eighthly.—In order to make such provision as shall effectually preserve pure these most honourable Decorations, it is ordained that if any person on whom either of such Decorations is conferred be guilty of any crime or disgraceful conduct which, in Our judgment, disqualifies him for the same, his name shall, by an especial Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual, be forthwith erased from the Register of those upon whom the said Decoration shall have been conferred, and his Medal shall be forfeited. And every person to whom the said Medal is given shall, before receiving the same, enter into an agreement to return the same if his name shall be so erased as aforesaid under this regulation. It is hereby further declared that We, Our Heirs and Successors, shall be the sole judges of the circumstances demanding such forfeiture. Moreover, We shall at all times have power to regrant a Medal to any person whose Medal may at any time have been forfeited.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, the thirteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, in the seventh year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s command,

H. J. GLADSTONE.

Special Order made by the Johnsonville Town Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 14th February, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Johnsonville Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

JOHNSONVILLE TOWN BOARD.

I, FRANK THOMAS MOORE, Chairman of the Town Board of the Town District of Johnsonville, do hereby certify that at a special meeting of the Town Board of the Town District of Johnsonville held on the 7th day of February, 1905, the resolution hereinafter set out was duly passed, and, after the same had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” regulating the making of special orders, such resolution was duly confirmed at a meeting of the said Town Board held on the 7th day of March, 1905, such resolution being in the words and figures following:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and the amendments thereof, the Johnsonville Town Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorised to be raised by the Johnsonville Town Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of acquiring as pleasure-grounds for the enjoyment and recreation of the inhabitants of the Johnsonville Town District all those parcels of land being Allotments Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22, and 25 of Native Reserve No. 8 on the plan of the Porirua Survey District, and for the purpose of providing access thereto; and roading and planting the same, and providing such stands and other conveniences as may be necessary and desirable for the purpose of completing and providing a recreation-ground thereon, the said Johnsonville Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 3d. in the pound sterling on the capital value of all rateable property within the Johnsonville Town District; and that such annual rate be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 30th day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

Dated the 7th day of March, 1905.

F. T. MOORE,
Chairman, Town Board.