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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
Leslie Lawrence Cook, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd June, 1911.
Arthur Gibson, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th July, 1911.
Lieutenant Frederick Craven Batchelor retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 1st August, 1911.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.
2nd Lieutenant Percy St. John Keenan to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th May, 1911.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
Lieutenant Herbert Sam Newman retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 1st August, 1911.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
The undermentioned officers retire under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911 :—
Captain John McNab. Dated 1st August, 1911.
Lieutenant Charles Jacob Jackson. Dated 1st August, 1911.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
2nd Lieutenant Charles William Mirfin resigns his commission. Dated 12th July, 1911.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
Lieutenant William Shattock Jones resigns his commission. Dated 6th July, 1911.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :—
Alexander Gerald Beere. Dated 16th May, 1911.
William Simm. Dated 16th May, 1911.
Henry Francis Skey, to complete establishment. Dated 16th May, 1911.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—
George Walter Cockroft, vice Skey, promoted. Dated 16th May, 1911.
Herbert Hart, to complete establishment. Dated 16th May, 1911.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.
Lieutenant Albert Bottom retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 1st August, 1911.

The notification in the New Zealand Gazette No. 61, of the 21st July, 1911, page 2333, is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted :—
Captain William Winchester is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th January, 1911.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Herbert Donald Robertson, Esq., M.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th July, 1911.
Philip Randal Woodhouse, Esq., M.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th July, 1911.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Paul Wynyard Fairclough to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 27th July, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Date of Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancy in Gisborne Fire Board by Insurance Companies.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th August, 1911.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, David Buddo, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Monday, the 11th day of September, 1911, to be the day for holding an election of one member of

THE GISBORNE FIRE BOARD

by the insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the death of Alexander Francis Kennedy, a member of the said Fire Board.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th August, 1911.

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

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Borough of St. Kilda.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1911.

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 included in the Borough of St. Kilda. 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.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF ST. KILDA.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District bounded towards the north-west by Bowen Street from the western boundary of the Borough of St. Kilda to the south-western boundary of Bay Town District; thence towards the north-east by Bay Town District to a point opposite the easternmost corner of Section No. 56, Block V, Township of Tainui; thence towards the south by a right line across a road to the easternmost corner of the said Section No. 56; thence by Tahuna Road to the western boundary of the Borough of St. Kilda; and thence towards the north-west by the Borough of St. Kilda to the place of commencement.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.