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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:—

Blenheim Rifle Volunteers.

Russell Gerald William Adams to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 11th June, 1908.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Hugh Earnshaw Finch to be Captain. Date of commission, 1st March, 1909.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

Henry Lord Marsack (Member of Ontario Veterinary College) to be Captain. Date of commission, 6th January, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers :—

Christchurch City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Thomas Edward Currie. Date of resignation, 1st March, 1909.

A Company, Waitaki High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Captain Malcolm Kennedy McCulloch. Date of resignation, 1st May, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain Ernest Edward Pappill, Kaiapoi Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain, and with effect from 1st March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Headquarters of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps transferred.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the headquarters of the

Geraldine Mounted Rifle Volunteers

be transferred from Temuka to Geraldine, and with effect from 16th July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Lyttelton Marine Band Volunteers accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 370, Amended General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th April, 1908, the services of the

Lyttelton Marine Band Volunteers,

and to approve that they be attached to the Canterbury Division of New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers, with effect from 1st March, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 187, Gunner Joseph Graham, No. 1 Company, Canterbury Division of New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

he having a total service to 30th January, 1909, entitling him thereto of twenty years and four days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 249, Quartermaster-Sergeant George John Sowden, No. 1 Company, Canterbury Division of New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers,

he having on 18th January, 1909, a total service entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and eighty-nine days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1908,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Otaki Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington; 23rd March, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Otaki Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1908.”

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

OTAKI ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” the Otaki Road Board hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £200, authorised to be raised by the Otaki Road Board, under the above-mentioned Act, for metalling and forming streets and footpaths of Kirk, Bell, and Lemon Streets, the said Otaki Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅝d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable properties of the Special District No. 9, comprising Sections Nos. 1 to 36, 40 to 55, 57 to 69,