Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1137

Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant F. N. Whitmore to be Captain. Dated 20th November, 1916.

Lieutenant (temp. Major) J. Hargest, M.C., to be Captain, and retains the temporary rank of Major. Dated 20th November, 1916.

Captain W. G. A. Bishop, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 20th October, 1916.

Lieutenant E. S. McIntyre is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 31st October, 1916.

Wellington Regiment.

10/2454, Quartermaster-Sergeant William Henry Moore to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th January, 1917.

No. 15657, Sergeant (Bandmaster) Malcolm Brunette to be Honorary 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th December, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant T. L. R. King to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st December, 1916.

New Zealand Rifle Brigade.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th January, 1917 :-

23/649, Sergeant Keith Gaster Williams.

25/25, Company Sergeant-major Lionel Matthew Tansey.

2nd Lieutenant H. G. Carter to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th December, 1916.

Captain H. M. W. Richardson, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 13th December, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND MACHINE-GUN CORPS.

12/1020, Sergeant Frederick Walter Watson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th January, 1917.

Captain J. H. Luxford to be Major. Dated 1st January, 1917.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 1st January, 1917 :-

L. C. Chaytor.

A. C. Finlayson (temp. Captain).

C. G. Hayter.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

14/96, Quartermaster-Sergeant Victor Joseph Cornaga to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th December, 1916.

Captain (temp. Major) H. H. Wright to be Major. Dated 14th December, 1916.

Captain (temp. Major) H. H. Wright retains the temporary rank of Major from 21st November to 14th December, 1916.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Staff Nurse E. P. Grey is taken on the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 30th December, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers for Duty with New Zealand Expeditionary Force on H.M.N.Z. Hospital Ship “Marama.”

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th March, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments of officers for duty with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on H.M.N.Z. Hospital Ship “Marama” (No. 2 Charter), with the ranks specified against their names. Dated 21st March, 1917:-

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

Captain John Hunter Strauchon.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Nicholas Bartholomew Moloney, Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class).

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Wanganui County Council merging Mangawhero Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1917.

THE following special order, made by the Wanganui County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Amendment Act, 1913.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WANGANUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order abolishing Road District.—Extract from the Minutes of a Special Meeting held on Wednesday, 14th February, 1917, at 11 a.m.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Wanganui County Council, on the petition of the majority of the ratepayers of the Mangawhero Road Board District, resolves, by way of special order, that, on and after the 31st day of March, 1917, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Wanganui, and the Board thereof abolished.

I hereby certify that the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Wanganui County Council held on Wednesday, the 14th day of February, 1917, at 11 a.m., and subsequently confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on Wednesday, the 21st day of March, 1917, at 11 a.m.

21st March, 1917. THOS. A. BAMBER,
Chairman, Wanganui County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd March, 1917.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

COUNTY OF HUTT.

Result of Poll on a Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the No. 12 Special-rating Area in Horokiwi Riding was taken on the 14th day of March, 1917, on a proposal of the Hutt County Council to borrow the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of road-construction, including formation, metalling, blinding, and culverting of roads and footpaths in Plimmerton and Plimmerton Extension; and that the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 7, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 36.

I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March, 1917.

JOHN WAKEHAM,
Chairman of the Hutt County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd March, 1917.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.

THAMES 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 Kopu Ferry Special-rating Area, a special district duly constituted within the County of Thames, taken on the 15th day of March, 1917, on the proposal of the Thames County Council to borrow the sum of £3,700 for the purpose of constructing, forming, and metalling the roads to connect with the Kopu Ferry, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 81, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 43.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 17th day of March, 1917.

R. W. BAGNALL,
Chairman of the Thames County.

WILLIAM H. POTTS,
Returning Officer.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 23rd March, 1917.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.