JAN. 7. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 45

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd December, 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

Waimate District Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Waimate (Canterbury Military District). Date of acceptance, 23rd December, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1914.

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Herbert Steadman, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 23rd July, 1914, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and twenty-five days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

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

Captain Edwin Taylor Chapman, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 31st May, 1914, entitling him thereto of twenty years and thirty-three days.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

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

John Ashton, late Private, Sydenham Rifles,

he having a total service to the 28th February, 1902, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 746, Sergeant Joseph Arthur Head, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 655, 2nd Class Master Gunner Egbert Henry Sawle, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 768, Quartermaster-Sergeant Artificer Joseph Oliver Pringle Southgate, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 764, Sergeant Richard Powell Morgan, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 14, Appendix IX, of the Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces, 1913, of the award of a Long-service and Good-conduct Medal to

No. 688, Quartermaster-Sergeant Farrier Robert Irvine, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

Dismissal of a Member of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss Corporal David William John Brocklehurst, No. 8 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, from the New Zealand Defence Forces, he having been convicted by the civil power. Dated 4th August, 1914.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st December, 1914.

THE following result of the election of a member of the Tauranga 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.

Tauranga Fire Board—

Charles Edgar Palmer, vice Cyril Thomas Lovett, resigned.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st December, 1914.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.