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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 154

The undermentioned are placed on the N.Z. Roll. Dated 24th August, 1918:—
The Reverend P. J. Minogue.
The Reverend H. T. Peat.
The Reverend A. J. Seamer.

The following postings of Chaplains have been approved:—
The Reverend E. C. W. Powell, from N.Z. Discharge Depot, to 4th N.Z. Infantry Reserve Brigade, vice the Reverend F. Dunnage, returning to New Zealand on duty.
The Reverend H. L. B. Goertz, Reinforcement Officer from New Zealand, to N.Z. Discharge Depot.
The Reverend P. F. Cullen, from 4th N.Z. Infantry (Reserve) Brigade, to N.Z. Command Depot, vice the Reverend F. S. Bartley, returning to New Zealand on account of ill health.
The Reverend J. A. Jermyn, from No. 2 N.Z. Field Ambulance, to 2nd (Army) Brigade, N.Z.F.A.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th November, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain John Godfrey Cook, Unattached List (b), he having a total service to the 10th October, 1918, entitling him thereto, of twenty years one hundred and fifty-three days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Manukau County Council merging Papakura Road District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th November, 1918.

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

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

MANUKAU COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Manukau County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Papakura Road District, resolves by way of special order that the said Papakura Road District be merged in the County of Manukau, and the Board thereof dissolved.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Manukau was hereunto affixed this 31st day of October, 1918, in the presence of—

ALEX. D. BELL, County Chairman.
S. W. HOUSE, Councillor.
ALEX. BELL, County Clerk.

I, Alexander Bell, Clerk to the Manukau County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

ALEX. BELL,
Clerk, Manukau County Council.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 11th November, 1918.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of South Invercargill, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF SOUTH INVERCARGILL.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of a special area of the Middle Ward of the Borough of South Invercargill taken on 30th October, 1918, on the proposal to borrow by way of a special loan £5,900 for the purpose of public works within that area, the following was the result of the voting: For the proposal, 91; against the proposal, 26; majority for, 65.

I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.

JOHN MITCHELL, Mayor.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of a special area of the North Ward of the Borough of South Invercargill taken on the 30th day of October, 1918, on the proposal to borrow by way of a special loan £3,900 for the purpose of public works within that area, the following was the result of the voting: For the proposal, 57; against the proposal, 22; majority for, 35; informal, 1.

I therefore declare the proposal duly carried.

JOHN MITCHELL, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th November, 1918.

THE following notices, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Picton, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

PICTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

IN pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give public notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Picton taken on the 29th day of October, 1918, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £800 for the purpose of procuring a stone-crusher, motor, and motor-lorry for the Borough of Picton, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 69, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 28; informal, 5.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

R. G. DAWKINS, Mayor.

Picton, 2nd November, 1918.

PICTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

IN pursuance of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Picton taken on the 29th day of October, 1918, upon the proposal to raise a loan of £2,200 for the purpose of extending and providing machinery and buildings for electrical purposes for the residents of the borough, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 81, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 17; informal 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

R. G. DAWKINS, Mayor.

Picton, 2nd November, 1918.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th November, 1918.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

KAITANGATA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers was taken at the Council Chambers, Kaitangata, on the 30th day of October, 1918, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., on a proposal to raise a special loan of £650 (six hundred and fifty pounds), under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of making a culvert to act as a bridge and flood-lock in the Kaitangata Creek.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 49, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 14.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

THOMAS S. CAIRNS, Mayor.

31st October, 1918.