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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 139

Henry Morton Foster, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 16th March, 1916.

Andrew Douglas Wilkie. Dated 8th August, 1917.

Launcelot Logan Thompson Bush. Dated 8th August, 1917.

Ernest Henry Lovell Bernau, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 8th August, 1917.

Harold Rolleston Brittan. Dated 8th August, 1917.

Frank Roland Bushell. Dated 8th August, 1917.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Newton Calvert Jones to be Captain. Dated 30th July, 1917.

Lieutenant John Cecil Hill is transferred to the Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 1st September, 1914.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Lieutenant James Blyth Macfarlane to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 17th August, 1917.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Andrew John Thompson, from the 14th (South Otago) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 9th August, 1917.

11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).

The notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 102, of the 21st June, 1917, relating to Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Thomas John Linton Buxton, is cancelled.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Frederick Milroy, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 31st August, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Lieutenant, as from the 8th December, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 4, of the 11th January, 1917).

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Andrew John Thompson is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 9th August, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—

John Reid Burt. Dated 18th August, 1917.

Stuart Allan Noble-Campbell. Dated 29th August, 1917.

David Egerton Thomas. Dated 3rd September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class, retire under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913 :—

The Reverend William John Elliott. Dated 18th August, 1917.

The Reverend James Johnston. Dated 20th August, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Wake to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th May, 1917.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Harold Buller Lusk is confirmed.

James Flannery to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 22nd August, 1917.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) lapse under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 22nd August, 1917 :—

Lovis Grenville Whitehead.

Alfred Ernest McNarn.

Ernest Partridge.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

Lieutenant John Cecil Hill, from the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Lieutenant John Charles Tikao, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 18th September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority —viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 3rd April, 1915 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 81, of the 8th July, 1915).

The appointment of Lieutenant (on probation) George Milne Spence is confirmed, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Digory Warne Pearse, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 22nd September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 29th April, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 54, of the 4th May, 1916).

MEMORANDUM.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Thomas John Linton Buxton ceases to act as Ship’s Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. Transports, as from the 9th June, 1917, and retains the honorary rank of Captain until further notice.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Hawera County Council altering Ridings and readjusting Representation.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th September, 1917.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

HAWERA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notice of Special Order.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Hawera County Council held on Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1917, a resolution was passed, under sections 23, 25, and 60 of the Counties Act, 1908, and submitted for confirmation as a special order at a special meeting of the Council held on Saturday, the 11th day of August, 1917, at 11 a.m., at the office of the County Council in Princes Street, Hawera.

The effect of the said resolution is—

1. The present division of the county into four ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the county shall be divided into three ridings, to be called respectively Hawera Riding, Ararata Riding, and Mokoia Riding.

The Hawera and Ararata Ridings shall comprise the whole of the Hawera and Ararata Ridings respectively as they existed immediately before the passing of the said special order. The Mokoia Riding shall comprise the whole of the Mokoia and Meremere Ridings respectively as they existed immediately before the passing of the said special order.

2. In lieu of six members the said Hawera County Council shall consist of eight members, who shall be elected as follows : The electors of the Hawera and Mokoia Ridings shall each elect three Councillors, and the electors of the Ararata Riding shall elect two Councillors.

3. The alterations made by the said special order in the ridings and in the number of the Council and in the number of members of the said ridings respectively shall take effect at the general election of Councillors to be held in the month of November, 1917, except in so far and to such extent as may be necessary for preparing any roll or otherwise providing for that election.

Dated this 17th day of July, 1917.

GEO. STRINGER, County Clerk.

SCHEDULE.

Mokoia Riding.

Bounded on the north-west generally by the Ararata Riding from Patea River to the Hawera Borough boundary, on the west by the Hawera Borough boundary and the Hawera Riding, on the south-west by the Tasman Sea, on the south-east generally by the Patea County, and on the north generally by the Eltham County from its junction with Eltham and Patea Counties to point of commencement of Ararata Riding at the Patea River.

I certify that the above special order has been submitted to me for approval, and that the description of the boundaries of the proposed Mokoia Riding of the Hawera County is sufficient for my requirements.

FOLLETT CARRINGTON, for Chief Surveyor.
19th July, 1917.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made.

GEO. STRINGER, County Clerk.