SEPT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3627

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Frederick Malcolm.
Alfred Ernest Horwood.
Thomas Farr.

Regimental Sergeant-major Henry Alexander Wilson (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff, to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 7th September, 1914.

Regimental Sergeant-major William Orton Bradley (Warrant Officer) to be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1914.

New Zealand Permanent Staff.

Regimental Sergeant-major Henry Alexander Wilson (W.O.) to be Honorary Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Artillery. Dated 7th September, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.
(New Zealand Railway Battalions.)

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Henry Monkley resigns his appointment. Dated 7th April, 1914.

(New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.—North Island Battalion.)

The undermentioned to be Honorary 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
William Lawrence Bourke.
William Robinson Henry Clarke.
Harry Brocton Harrison.
Ralph Stanley Wheeler.

(South Island Battalion.)

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Bertram Eustace Silke Brodie resigns his appointment. Dated 1st April, 1914.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).

The notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette dated 25th June, 1914, relative to the retirement of Captain Edwin Harrowell, Reserve of Officers, is cancelled.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major Donald Johnstone McGavin to be Acting Principal Medical Officer (Wellington Military District) during the absence from the Dominion of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mackie Begg, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Henry William Martindale Kendall, M.R.C.S. Eng., to be Captain. Dated 17th September, 1914.

Captain William Martindale Kendall, M.R.C.S. Eng., is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed as Medical Officer with the Samoan Expeditionary Force. Dated 17th September, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to be Captains. Dated 1st September, 1914:—
Aubrey Vincent Short.
Wilfred Stanley Wallis.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class:—
Reverend Harry Gordon Blackburn. Dated 22nd August, 1914.

The Very Reverend Thomas Walter Price. Dated 3rd September, 1914.

Reverend James Francis Coursey. Dated 5th September, 1914.

Unattached List (b).

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Goldsborough Stockwell to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
George Stuart Thomson. Dated 3rd August, 1914.
Thomas Gains Vincent. Dated 31st August, 1914.
George Gilbert Hancox. Dated 1st September, 1914.
Cyril Edwin Bell. Dated 2nd September, 1914.
Frank Forrester Adamson. Dated 2nd September, 1914.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—
Lieutenant William John Copeland. Dated 1st June, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Nicol Cook. Dated 18th June, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Donald Gerard Dickson. Dated 4th September, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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Members of Tauranga Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1914.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the Tauranga Fire Board, constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:—

Appointed by the Governor—
Benjamin Conrad Robbins.

Elected by the fire-insurance companies—
Cyril Thomas Lovett.
Clinton Irving McKean.
Harry Sedcole Malcolm.

Elected by the Tauranga Borough Council—
Henry Theodore Castaing.
Charles Edward Macmillan.
John George Green.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Endowment Reserve for Education sanctioned by Parliament.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1914.

THE following resolutions, passed by the Legislative Council and by the House of Representatives, are published in accordance with section 324 of the Land Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1914.

RESOLVED, “That this Council sees no objection to the proposal contained in Paper 24 of this session—namely, that Section 10, Block VIII, Matiri Survey District, Nelson Land District, should be permanently reserved as an endowment for primary education.”

On motion of the Hon. Mr. Moore.

A true extract.

L. STOWE,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.

EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THURSDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1914.

RESOLVED, “That this House approves of Section 10, Block VIII, Matiri Survey District, Nelson Land District, as specified in Parliamentary Paper No. 35, laid upon the table of the House on the 30th day of June, 1914, being permanently reserved as an endowment for primary education.”

On the motion of the Right Hon. Mr. Massey.

A true extract.

H. OTTERSON,
Clerk, House of Representatives.

Special Order made by the Thames County Council altering Ridings and fixing Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1914.

THE following special order, made by the Thames County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

THAMES COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers conferred on it by sections 23 and 60 of the Counties Act, 1908 (as amended by section 5 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913), the Thames County Council resolves by way of special order as follows, that is to say:—

1. That the number of ridings in the county be increased to ten, by dividing into two separate ridings that portion of the county now included in the Turua Riding, such new ridings to be called respectively Turua Riding and Piako Riding, which said ridings are hereafter respectively described.