Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2631

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Warrant Officer Harry Arthur McComish to be Bandmaster and Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 29th July, 1916.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Lieutenant Colvin Stewart Algie to be Captain. Dated 22nd July, 1916.

Company Sergeant-major Edward Lowell Fooks to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th July, 1916.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Albert Edward Napier Smith to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), No. 4 Company, vice 2nd Lieutenant Standish. Dated 18th July, 1916.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert Worden Wills to be Lieutenant. Dated 30th May, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be temporary Captains :-

Arthur Kidd, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 10th July, 1916.

Geoffrey Stuart Moore, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Dated 17th July, 1916.

John Edward Llewellyn Simcox, M.B., Ch.B., N.Z., F.R.C.S. Eng. Dated 25th July, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :-

Leo Paul Haywood. Dated 5th May, 1916.

Robert Foster Johnston. Dated 9th June, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-

Eric Henry Walcott. Dated 23rd August, 1915.

William Jefferson Petchell. Dated 26th February, 1916.

Honorary Lieutenant Thomas Henry Jones is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and absorbed, and his name retained on the General List during the period of the war with his present rank. Dated 31st May, 1916.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants on probation are confirmed :-

Oliver James Begg.

Alfred Saunders Farquhar.

Sergeant Colin Lillie Gillies to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26th July, 1916.

Harry Robson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) vice Lieutenant Hancox, on active service. Dated 7th July, 1916.

Thomas William Doolan to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 28th June, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th August, 1916.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

WAIMARINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Poll.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that the result of the poll of ratepayers of the Mangaeturoa Special-rating Area, in the Parapara Riding of the County of Waimarino, taken on the 31st day of July, 1916, on the proposal to borrow £2,000 for the purpose of trimming, forming, and metalling the Mangaeturoa Road from its junction with the Pipiriki-Raetihi Road southwards to the Tupapanui Block, is as follows: For the proposal, 9; against the proposal, 7; informal, nil.

The total number of valid votes recorded for the proposal was 9, being less than three-fifths of the total of valid votes recorded.

I therefore declare the proposal lost.

Dated at Raetihi this 31st day of July, 1916.

PETER BRASS, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th August, 1916.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Pakarae Riding of the County of Cook taken on the 27th day of March, 1916, on the proposal of the Cook County Council to borrow the sum of £7,000 for the construction of a series of works on the line of the main East Coast Road, in the Pakarae Riding, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 47, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 13.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 1st day of August, 1916.

THOMAS JEX-BLAKE,
Chairman of the Cook County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th August, 1916.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

CASTLEPOINT COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Castlepoint taken on the 27th day of July, 1916, on the proposal of the Castlepoint County Council to borrow the sum of £1,200 for the purpose of purchasing road machinery, including stone-crusher and road-roller, the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 78; against the proposal, 22; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 29th day of July, 1916.

H. H. S. RYDER,
Chairman, Castlepoint County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th August, 1916.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Patea, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF PATEA.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Patea taken on the 26th day of July, 1916, on the proposal of the Patea Borough Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of completing the water and drainage system, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 78, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1, and there were no informal votes.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 31st day of July, 1916.

C. A. LARCOMBE, Mayor.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Masterton, under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops within the Borough of Masterton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 p.m.; and that on Thursdays (the statutory closing-day) such shops