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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

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

Lieutenant JAMES ALFRED NORTHCOTE, Amuri Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 24th February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

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

Lieutenant ALFRED HEWSON, No. 4 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Auckland Engineer Volunteers),

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 28th February, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

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

Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY BOYES, Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 2nd March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Regimental Staff.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

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

Captain GEORGE MITCHELL, Clutha Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 4th Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 1st October, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with section 6. (b), “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the disbandment of the undermentioned Volunteer corps:—

Waitaki Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

with headquarters at Oamaru. Date of disbandment, 17th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with section 6. (b), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the disbandment of the undermentioned Volunteer corps:—

Invercargill Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Invercargill. Date of disbandment, 10th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Cancellation of Appointments of Trustees, Palmerston South Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel, under “The Defence Act, 1908,” the appointments of Trustees to the Palmerston South Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, of 12th October, 1905, as from 1st April, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

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

Captain JOHN FLAUS, Invercargill City Guards Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total service to 31st December, 1908, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years and eighty-six days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES GEORGE FREDERICK MORICE, 2nd Battalion, Nelson Infantry Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with effect from 8th March, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

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

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Robert Haldane Makgill to be Captain. Date of commission, 10th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Celebration of St. George’s Day.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st March, 1909.

THE Government offices throughout the Dominion will be closed on Friday, the 23rd April, 1909, being St. George’s Day.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Boroughs of Lower Hutt and Petone.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1909.

PURSUANT to section 118 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be excluded from the Borough of Lower Hutt and included in the Borough of Petone. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.