JULY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2443

Cancellation of Establishments of New Zealand Staff Corps and Royal New Zealand Artillery, and Annulment of certain Appointments on the General Headquarters and District Staffs, N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve that all previous establishments of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Royal New Zealand Artillery be hereby cancelled, and that the following appointments on the General Headquarters and District Staffs of the Department of Defence cease to exist, with effect from the 1st August, 1919, inclusive:—

APPOINTMENTS AT GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
Chief of the General Staff.
Deputy Officer in Charge Administration and Deputy Quartermaster-General.
Director of Military Operations.
Inspector of Coast Defences and Assistant Quartermaster General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Director of Base Records.
Director of Organization.
Inspector of Recruiting Services.
Deputy Director of Recruiting.
Assistant Director of Recruiting.
Deputy Director of Base Records.
Assistant Director of Base Records.
Provost-Marshal.
Director of Military Hospitals.
Director of Movements and Quartering and Assistant Quartermaster-General.
Director of Supplies and Transport.

APPOINTMENTS AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS.
General Staff Officer, Auckland Military District.
General Staff Officer, Canterbury Military District.
General Staff Officer, Otago Military District.
General Staff Officer, Wellington Military District.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Auckland Military District.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Canterbury Military District.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Otago Military District.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Wellington Military District.
Assistant Quartermaster-General, Auckland Military District.
Assistant Quartermaster-General, Canterbury Military District.
Assistant Quartermaster-General, Otago Military District.
Assistant Quartermaster-General, Wellington Military District.
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Auckland Military District.
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Canterbury Military District.
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Otago Military District.
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Wellington Military District.
Assistant Provost-Marshal, Auckland Military District.
Assistant Provost-Marshal, Canterbury Military District.
Assistant Provost-Marshal, Otago Military District.
Assistant Provost-Marshal, Wellington Military District.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Promotions and Relinquishing of Temporary Ranks of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and Permanent Staff.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th July, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the promotions and relinquishing of temporary rank granted to the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps, the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, and N.Z. Permanent Staff. Dated 1st August, 1919.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenant-Colonels:—
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Oswald Chesney, p.s.c., g.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) John Evelyn Duigan, D.S.O., p.s.c., g.

The undermentioned to be Majors:—
Captain (temp. Major) William Charles Finnis.
Captain (temp. Major) Francis Henry Lampen, D.S.O.
Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Halbert Cecil Glendining, D.S.O.
Captain Robert Nicholas Johnston Fraser.

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The undermentioned to be Captains:—
Lieutenant (temp. Major) Henry Peacock, O.B.E.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Henry Joseph Redmond, O.B.E.

The undermentioned relinquish the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel:—
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Halbert Cecil Glendining, D.S.O.
Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Duncan Barrie Blair, D.S.O., M.C.

The undermentioned relinquish the temporary rank of Major:—
Captain (temp. Major) George Bertram Banks, O.B.E.
Captain (temp. Major) Jesse Alfred Wallingford, M.C.
Captain (temp. Major) Henry Peacock, O.B.E.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) Robert Logan.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) Arthur Hugh Carrington.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) George Hansbrow Hume, M.C.

The undermentioned are granted the temporary rank of Captain:—
Lieutenant Robert Logan.
Lieutenant Arthur Hugh Carrington.
Lieutenant George Hansbrow Hume, M.C.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenant-Colonels:—
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Murray Menzies Gard’ner, D.S.O., p.s.c., g.
Major (Lieutenant-Colonel N.Z.E.F.) Frank Symon, C.M.G., D.S.O.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Quayle Kewish, g.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Donald MacDonald.
Major (temp.) Thomas Farr, D.S.O., M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain until further notice.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.
Major (temp.) Edward Tingey, M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain until further notice.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th July, 1919.

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

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 the majority of the ratepayers of the Papatoetoe Road District, resolves by way of special order that the said Papatoetoe 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 20th day of June, 1919, in the presence of—

ALEX. D. BELL, County Chairman.
FRANK M. WATERS, County 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.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th July, 1919.

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

ARTHUR M. MYERS,
Acting Minister of Finance.