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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 140

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.
James Archer to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 30th September, 1918.

N.Z. FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.
Motor-car Section (Canterbury).
Lieutenant Smith Laughlin Patrick Free is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 18th September, 1918.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
The undermentioned to be Captains (temp.). Dated 24th September, 1918:—
Edward Joseph Moore, F.R.C.S., Irel.
Robert Samuel Trotter, M.D.
Herbert Barraclough, M.B.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class:—
The Reverend Gerald Francis Neligan. Dated 28th June, 1918.
The Right Reverend Bishop Matthew Joseph Brodie. Dated 24th September, 1918.
Charles Wilcox Bear to be Salvation Army Chaplain, ranking as Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (temp.). Dated 12th September, 1918.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Sister Jean McClure Ross Gilmer, A.R.R.C., from the Retired List, to be Sister. Dated 25th September, 1918.
Sister Jean McClure Ross Gilmer, A.R.R.C., to be Matron (temp.) whilst acting as Matron of the Miramar Convalescent Home. Dated 25th September, 1918.
Staff Nurse Isabella Munro is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to date 15th October, 1918, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th October, 1918.
Jessie M. Wright to be Staff Nurse. Dated 16th August, 1918.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Alfred Francis Blackburn to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 25th September, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Cuthbert Trelawder Maclean resigns his commission. Dated 31st August, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) James Fanning resigns his appointment. Dated 20th September, 1918.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.
Charles Rutherford Orr Walker is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Military Representative to a Military Service Board. Dated 8th November, 1916.

OFFICERS STRUCK OFF STRENGTH OF N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with effect from the dates mentioned:—
Captain Munro May Hockin, M.B. Dated 25th July, 1918.
Lieutenant Henry William Hubert Coates. Dated 7th October, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Peter James Wilson. Dated 29th July, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Claude Berthow Willis. Dated 15th October, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Bertram William Millier. Dated 1st October, 1918.

OFFICERS FROM N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE REPORTED TO TERRITORIAL FORCE.
The undermentioned, struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, are reported to their Territorial units:—
N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Munro May Hockin, M.B. Dated 25th July, 1918.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Lieutenant Henry William Hubert Coates. Dated 7th October, 1918.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.
2nd Lieutenant Peter James Wilson. Dated 29th July, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant Claude Berthow Willis. Dated 15th October, 1918.
Bertram William Millier (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 31st July, 1917.

ERRATUM.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5, of 17th January, 1918, under the headings “Employment of Officers from Reserve and Retired Lists, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment,” delete the words “Captain Thomas Benjamin Slipper (Reserve of Officers).”
J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Huntress Creek Drainage District, County of Opotiki.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th October, 1918.

It is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Land Drainage Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be included in the Huntress Creek Drainage District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed inclusion which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN HUNTRESS CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Huntress Creek Drainage District as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1916, page 3933, from the northernmost corner of Section 4, Block II, Opotiki Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of Section 404, Block VI, Opotiki Survey District; thence to and by the northern boundary of Block VI aforesaid to its intersection with the western boundary of Block VII, Opotiki Survey District; thence towards the east by the western boundary of that block to its south-eastern corner; thence towards the south generally by the northern boundary of Block X, Opotiki Survey District, to the western boundary of Section 399, Block X aforesaid; thence by the western boundary of that section, the north-eastern, southern, and western boundaries of Section 490, the northern boundary of Section 489, Block X, to a public road forming the north-western boundary of that section; thence towards the west generally by that road to the place of commencement.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 16th October, 1918.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of a poll of ratepayers of the South Riding of the County of Stratford, taken on Wednesday, 25th September, 1918, on the proposal to raise special loans as follows:—

1. To reconstruct bridges on roads in the South Riding of the County of Stratford, under the jurisdiction of the Stratford County Council.
2. To borrow for such purpose, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and its amendments, amounts that may from time to time be required.
3. To pledge as security for such loans, together with interest thereon, a special annual-recurring rate over the whole of the South Riding of the County of Stratford, to be called a “bridge rate”; such rate not to exceed in any one year the amount of ½d. in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property comprised within the South Riding of the County of Stratford.
4. The cost of raising the rate and raising the loans to be charged against the General County Fund.
   Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 53.
   Number of votes recorded against the proposal, 18.
   As the number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the valid votes recorded at the poll, I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

CHAS. PENN,
Returning Officer.

E. WALTER,
Chairman.