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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of

The Christchurch Working-men’s Club Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Christchurch, Canterbury Military District. Date of acceptance 1st August, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14 (1), Appendix IX, of the General Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a long-service and good-conduct medal to

Staff Sergeant-major EDWARD KENNEDY, New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Dismissal of Territorials from the New Zealand Defence Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss the undermentioned Territorials from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—

Private EDWARD NICHOLLS, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
Private ARTHUR YOUNG, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

Dated 20th July, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Redefining Boundaries of Borough of Invercargill and of the County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs.
Wellington, 17th August, 1914.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the Borough of Invercargill are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by an Order in Council dated the 7th day of July, 1914, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, as amended by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, and published in Gazette No. 66, of the 9th day of July, 1914

And also in pursuance of the said section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the County of Southland, affected by the alteration made by the said Order in Council dated the 7th day of July, 1914, are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Waihopai River from the New River Estuary to a point in line with the western boundary of Section No. 26, Block I, Invercargill Hundred; thence by a right line to the western boundary of that section; thence by the said Section No. 26 to Albert Street; thence by the production of the northern side of Albert Street to Elles Road; thence by the western side of Elles Road to a point in line with the northern side of Layard Street; thence across Elles Road and by the northern side of Layard Street to a point in line with the western boundary of Section No. 35, Block I, Invercargill Hundred; thence towards the east generally by a right line across Layard Street, and by Sections Nos. 35 and 34, Block I aforesaid, to a point on the northern side of Princess Street in line with the south-western boundary of Section No. 6; thence across Princess Street and by Sections Nos. 6, 5, and 4, Block I aforesaid, to Bamborough Street; thence by the north-eastern side of Bamborough Street to Tay Street East; thence by the north-western side of Tay Street East to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Inglewood Estate; thence across Tay Street East, by Inglewood Estate, and across Tweed Street East to its southern side; thence by the southern side of that street to the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 17, Block I aforesaid; thence by the eastern side of that road to a point in line with the southern side of John Street; thence towards the south generally by a right line across the said road and by the southern side of John Street to Frederick Street; thence by the eastern side of Frederick Street to a point in line with the southern side of Martin Road; thence across Frederick Street, by the southern side of Martin Road, across Elles Road, and by the southern side of Janet Street to Bluff Road; thence by the eastern side of Bluff Road to Dalrymple Road; thence by the southern side of Dalrymple Road to the New River Estuary; and thence towards the west generally by the said New River Estuary to the Waihopai River, the place of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND.

BOUNDED towards the north generally by Lake County and Vincent County respectively, as described in the First Schedule to the Counties Act, 1876, from the eastern boundary of Wallace County to the north-western corner of Tuapeka County, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 111, of the 30th December, 1882; thence towards the east generally by the said Tuapeka County and Clutha County, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the 6th February, 1913, to the ocean; thence towards the south generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream; and thence towards the west generally by Wallace County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 4th February, 1897: excepting the Boroughs of Invercargill, South Invercargill, Winton, Gore, Mataura, Campbelltown, and the Town District of Wyndham.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Dates of Election of Members of the Tauranga Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th August, 1914.

PURSUANT to section 18 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Monday, the 14th day of September, 1914, to be the day for the holding of an election of three members of the Tauranga Fire Board by the contributing local authority.

And I do further appoint Monday, the 31st day of August, 1914, to be the day for the holding of an election of three members of the Tauranga Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies which for the time being are carrying on business within the said Tauranga Fire District.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Election of a Member of the Auckland Fire Board by Fire-insurance Companies.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th August, 1914.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Auckland Fire Board by fire-insurance companies has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is notified in accordance with the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Auckland Fire Board :
John James Kingston, vice Horace Walker, deceased.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th August, 1914.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the County of Heathcote, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

HEATHCOTE COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Special Loan of £2,000, Avonside Special Asphalt ing Loan Area, Avonside Riding.

In pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Avonside