SEPT. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2473

Member of Court of Arbitration appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 29th September, 1909.

ON the recommendation of industrial unions of employers, and in accordance with the provisions of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor has appointed

WILLIAM SCOTT (of Dunedin)

member of the Court of Arbitration for the residue of the term of Samuel Brown, deceased. Appointment to date from the 29th September, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th September, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

The COURTHOUSE, Cambridge,

to be a place wherein a Magistrate’s Court shall be held, under the provisions of “The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908,” in lieu of the place previously appointed.

JOHN G. FINDLAY.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Battalion Staff.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1909.

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

Captain CHARLES BARHAM MORRIS, King’s Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 3rd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 28th August, 1909.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1909.

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

Honorary Chaplain the Reverend GEORGE WILLIAM DENT, Waitara Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Captain (Honorary Chaplain, Fourth Class), and with effect from 19th August, 1909.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1909.

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

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain Arthur George Harvey. Date of resignation, 3rd September, 1909.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1909.

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

2nd Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Paton Watt, V.D. Date of resignation, 6th September, 1909.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1909.

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

2nd Battalion, Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers.

John Paton Watt, V.D. (formerly Lieutenant-Colonel), to be Honorary Colonel. Date of commission, 7th September, 1909.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Taranaki County Council merging Carrington, Elliot, and Frankley Road Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th September, 1909.

THE following special order, made by the Taranaki County Council, is published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Taranaki dissolving the Carrington, Elliot, and Frankley Road Boards, and merging the said Areas into the County of Taranaki.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Council of the County of Taranaki, to accede to the prayer of the petitioners of the Carrington, Elliot, and Frankley Road Districts, hereby resolves as follows: That the Carrington, Elliot, and Frankley Road Boards be dissolved, and the areas of the said road districts be merged into the County of Taranaki, as from the 31st March, 1909.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Taranaki was affixed hereto by the Chairman, Joseph Brown, duly authorised by resolution of the Council, on the 7th day of September, 1908, in the presence of—

ROBERT ELLIS,
County Clerk, New Plymouth.

Signed on behalf of the Council.

J. BROWN,
Chairman.

J. R. HILL,
Councillor.

Witness to signatures of Chairman and Councillor.

ROBERT ELLIS,
County Clerk, New Plymouth.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 7th day of September, 1908.

Special Order made by the Spreydon Road Board, County of Selwyn.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th September, 1909.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs

SPREYDON ROAD BOARD.

Special Order making Special Rate.

RESOLVED, That, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1908,” the Spreydon Road Board hereby resolves, by way of special order, as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest at a rate not exceeding 4½ per cent. per annum and other charges on a loan of £20,000, authorised to be raised by the Spreydon Road Board, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” for the purpose of asphalting, channelling, and regrading the roads and footpaths in the special area (hereinafter described) of the Spreydon Road District, the said Spreydon Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 2¾d. in the pound upon all the rateable value of all rateable property of the special-rating area, comprising Blocks 14 and 15, situated in the Christchurch Survey District, and being Rural Sections Nos. 154 and 98 and part of Rural Section 76, in the Canterbury Land District, commencing at the junction of