Nov. 29.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RETIREMENTS, ETC.--continued.

| Name. | Position. | Place. | Date left Service. | Reason left Service. |
|-------|-----------|--------|--------------------|---------------------|
| Morpeth, Allan ..| Land Drainage Engineer's Assistant | Thames | 2 Oct., 1917 | Killed in action. |
| Struthers, James, jun. .. | Attendant | Mental Hospital, Sea-cliff | 13 Oct., 1917 | Killed in action. |
| Burridge, Norman Bertie .. | Cadet | Blenheim | 6 Sept., 1917 | Absent without leave. |
| Burrell, William .. | Lineman | Wanganui | 3 ,, ,, | Deceased. |
| Doggett, James Edward .. | Telegraphist | Christchurch | 20 ,, ,, | Resigned. |
| Inder, Simeon .. .. | Postmaster | Palmerston North | 18 Oct., ,, | Retired on super-annuation. |
| Monahan, John James .. | Letter-carrier | Wellington | 25 Sept., ,, | Deceased (died of wounds). |
| O'Connor, Michael John .. | Junior Exchange Clerk | Marton | 30 ,, ,, | Absent without leave. |
| Paterson, George Stewart | Letter-carriers' Sorter | Nelson | 30 ,, ,, | Retired on compensation. |
| Snell, Henry Keith .. | Junior Exchange Clerk | Palmerston North | 9 Oct., ,, | Resigned. |
| Steventon, Arthur Oswald | Cadet | C.P.O., Auckland | 26 Sept., ,, | Absent without leave. |
| Stewart, Henry .. .. | Letter-carrier | Birkenhead | 18 ,, ,, | Deceased. |
| O'Gorman, John | Assistant, Stationery Office | Wellington | 12 Oct., 1917 | Killed in action. |
| Fitchett, F. .. .. | Public Trustee | Wellington | 9 Oct., 1917 | Retired on super-annuation. |
| Ronaldson, Thomas Sheriff | Deputy Public Trustee | Wellington | 8 ,, ,, | Appointed to position of Assistant Public Trustee, to which the Public Service Act does not apply. |
| Black, John Wilkinson .. | Clerk | Head Office, Wellington | 4 Oct., 1917 | Killed in action. |
| Stevenson, Allan .. | Architectural Draughtsman | Wellington | 3 ,, ,, | Killed in action. |

Polling-places for Grey Electoral District appointed.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
In pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Legislature Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish all existing polling-places in the Electoral District of Grey, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the said Electoral District of Grey.

SCHEDULE.
GREY ELECTORAL DISTRICT.
ATARUA, the Public School, Lower Moonlight.
Barrytown, the Public School.
Big River, Big River Company's Cottage, Big River.
Blackwater, the Public School.
Blackball, the Public School.
Blaketown, the Public School.
Canoe Creek, Mr. Langridge's House (Post-office, Barrytown).
Cobden, the Public School.
Dunollie, the Druids' Hall.
Globe Hill, the Public School.
Greymouth - The Courthouse (principal); Columbia Club Rooms, Alexander Street; County Council Chambers; District High School; The Town Hall; The United Club's Pavilion, Shakespear Street. Hukawai, the Boardinghouse. Ikamatua, the Public School. Maimai, the Railway-station. Mawheraiti, the Railway-station. Merrijigs, the Old Schoolhouse. Middle Flat, the Boardinghouse (Post-office, Roa). Moonlight, the Old Schoolhouse. Rapohoe, R. Wilson's House. Reefton - Perotti's Building, Lower Broadway; The County Council Chambers;

The Public School; Mr. Smith's House, Railway-station. Rewanui, the State Mine Office. Rewanui (Upper), the Miners' Hall. Roa, the Public School. Runanga, the Public School. Taylorville - The Public School; The North Brunner Mine Hut. Waitahu, the Public School (Post-office, Reefton).
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
W. F. MASSEY,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.

Soldiers' Property Boards of Trustees appointed.
National Efficiency Board,
Wellington, 26th November, 1917.
It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the regulations relating to the management of soldiers' properties made on the 2nd April, 1917, under the War Regulations Act, 1914, and its amendments, the Minister of Defence has constituted and appointed the following Soldiers' Property Boards of Trustees, namely:-
1. THE JOHN LAMONT (No. 2) SOLDIERS' PROPERTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.-Consisting of George Elliot, of Auckland, District Commissioner of the National Efficiency Board; Arthur William Gillies, Expert Adviser to the Auckland District Commissioner of the National Efficiency Board; and Joseph Greenwood, Fruitgrower, Henderson.
2. THE JOHN BIRMINGHAM SOLDIERS' PROPERTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.-Consisting of Thomas Moss, of Eketahuna, Wellington, District Commissioner of the National Efficiency Board; Edmund Whittle, New Plymouth, Hotel-proprietor; Frederick John Hill, New Plymouth, Retired Business Man; and Thomas Furlong, New Plymouth, Retired Business Man.
WILLIAM FERGUSON,
Chairman.