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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
Major Ernest Mitchell Gabites is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 9th January, 1920.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant John Weaver Ellis, M.C., from the Unattached List, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th January, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
No. 2 Field Ambulance.
Honorary Captain and Quartermaster Joseph Ernest Bone is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 20th December, 1919.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.
Lieutenant Owen Vivian Davies, from the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 6th January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List:—
Captain Alfred Gray. Dated 18th December, 1919.
Lieutenant Basil Arthur Woods. Dated 8th January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST, GENERAL LIST.
2nd Lieutenant John Weaver Ellis, M.C., is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 10th January, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Albert Stanley is transferred to the N.Z. Garrison Artillery. Dated 17th December, 1919.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant (temp.) James Joseph Kyne resigns his commission. Dated 13th March, 1920.

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant Alexander Augustus Swaffield resigns his commission. Dated 7th January, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Auckland G.A. Division.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Robert White resigns his commission. Dated 15th December, 1919.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Archibald Thomas Bacon resigns his commission. Dated 3rd January, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Thomas William Hammond resigns his commission. Dated 17th December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Hugh Muir relinquishes his commission. Dated 6th January, 1920.

12TH (NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH) REGIMENT.
Captain Arthur Thomas Johnson is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th January, 1920.
Captain George Henry Hammond, v.d., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th January, 1920.

N.Z. VETERINARY CORPS.
Captain William Christopher Barry, M.R.C.V.S., resigns his commission. Dated 8th January, 1920.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
John Rowbotham Dixon (Salvation Army), Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 12th December, 1919.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Captain (temp.) Charles Eustace Ishister ceases to be attached for duty with the Branch of Director of Supplies and Transport, is demobilized, and posted to the Retired List, with the honorary rank of Captain. Dated 28th January, 1920.

The undermentioned resign their commissions:—
Captain Harold James Wooller. Dated 11th December, 1919.
Lieutenant John Harold Kane. Dated 3rd January, 1920.
Lieutenant Percy Braithwaite. Dated 12th December, 1919.
Lieutenant Alfred James Garry. Dated 19th December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant Richard John Fuller. Dated 11th December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Henry Bell. Dated 19th December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Walter Webb Pullman Pearce. Dated 19th December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Adam David Edgar. Dated 10th December, 1919.

MEMORANDA.
William Hugh Montgomery, Esq., relinquishes the appointment of Director of Vocational Training, N.Z. Military Forces. Dated 30th November, 1919.

Lieutenant Ferdinand Wilson Lang, M.C., discharged in England and struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List. Dated 28th August, 1919.

Lieutenant J. M. R. Studholme is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Reserve of Officers, General List. Dated 7th October, 1919.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
2nd Lieutenant Royden Vivian McDowell to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of N.Z.E.F. Regulation 13. Dated 13th December, 1919.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
The undermentioned Captains are granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st January, 1920:—
Walter Sneddon Robertson, M.B.
Percy Chisholm, M.B.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend William Grigg, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class. Dated 9th October, 1919.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments to the N.Z. Staff Corps and Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th January, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments to the N.Z. Staff Corps and Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery.

APPOINTMENTS.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
The undermentioned Staff Cadets from the Royal Military College of Australia to be Lieutenants. Dated 11th December, 1919:—
William George Gentry.
Samuel Charles Vivian White Sugden.
Alec Wilkie Greville.
Arthur Keith Lambley.
Stanley Fairgrieve Allen.
Cyril Herbert Gottreux Davis.
Cyril Wilhelm Butterfield.
John Ingham Brooke.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
The undermentioned Staff Cadet from the Royal Military College of Australia to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th December, 1919:—
Arthur de Terrotte Nevill.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 12th January, 1920.

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

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

HAMILTON BOROUGH 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 Borough of Hamilton taken on the 12th day of December, 1919, on the proposal of the Hamilton Borough Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the following purpose:—
For the purchase, construction, erection, and laying of retort-beds, condensers, gas-mains, and other additions and extensions of the gasworks of the Borough of Hamilton
the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 314, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 116; informal, 7: total number of voters, 437.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hamilton taken on the 12th day of Decem-