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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the Service :—
Matron Mabel Thurston, R.R.C., C.B.E. Dated 20th February, 1920.
Sister Vera Dawson. Dated 1st February, 1920.
Sister Margaret Annie Trask. Dated 1st February, 1920.
Sister Florence May McMahon. Dated 1st February, 1920.

The undermentioned Sisters are posted to the Temporary Reserve List :—
Vera Dawson. Dated 23rd December, 1920.
Margaret Annie Trask. Dated 30th December, 1920.
Florence May McMahon. Dated 26th December, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Leonard James Bancroft Chapple to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1920.
Lieutenant John Edgar Wade is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 6th December, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List) :—
Captain Gordon James Rust. Dated 9th December, 1920.
Lieutenant William Tailby. Dated 3rd December, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Bertram Wanless Strain resigns his commission. Dated 3rd December, 1920.
William Foster to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919. Dated 29th November, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Rikihana Carkeek, from the Unattached List (General List), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th July, 1919.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 125, of 23rd October, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Allen George Tait, should read “Lieutenant Allen George Tait.”

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 8th December, 1920 :—
Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Mawson Swan Cameron, with the rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Harry Arthur Woolf, with the rank of Lieutenant.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
2nd Lieutenant Oswald Lovell Ferens is transferred to the Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 13th February, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant John James Kean is transferred to the N.Z. Field Artillery “ D ” Battery. Dated 25th August, 1920.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 8th December, 1920 :—
John Frederick Riches.
Edward John Ferguson.
Louis Leslie Robertson, M.M.

2nd Lieutenant Rikihana Carkeek is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 18th July, 1919.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 8th December, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] John Mortimer Trevor Downey, with the rank of Captain.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Cecil Bertrand Lockyer, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant Philip Henry George Bennett, D.C.M., with the rank of Lieutenant.

2nd Lieutenants—
Sidney Harold Gould. Herbert Perry.
Claude Channon Hill. Richard Bruce Townley.
Thomas Alton Macalister. Onslow Garth Thornton.
Huia Heslop Mackrell. Jack Hughes.
Hohepa Jacob, M.C. Alfred George Harvey.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 8th December, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenant Arthur James Ridler, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenants—
Frederick George Tott.
John Vivian Walker.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 8th December, 1920 :—
Captain Norman Bell, M.B.E.
Lieutenant Hawea Mason.
Lieutenant Harold Walter Kerr.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Paul Rodolfe Noseda is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 10th December, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th December, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under the provisions of section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—
Waikouaiti Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Waikouaiti, Otago.

Date of acceptance, 3rd December, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Clubs disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th December, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Clubs, in accordance with section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—
Horoeka Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Horoeka.
Wanganui Returned Soldiers’ Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Wanganui.

Dated 3rd December, 1920.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 15th December, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF PUKEKOHE.

Result of Poll.

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 Pukekohe taken on the 8th day of December, 1920, on the proposal of the Pukekohe Borough Council to borrow the sum of £4,100 for the purpose of purchasing land in the Borough of Pukekohe for the purpose of a public domain and scenic reserve, and to make roads adjacent to and approaching such land, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 40, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 43.

I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

Dated this 9th day of December, 1920.

C. K. LAWRIE, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 15th December, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MANGONUI COUNTY COUNCIL.

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 at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Mangonui taken on the 10th day of November, 1920, on the proposal of the Mangonui County Council to borrow the sum of £4,500 for the erection of Council Chambers on Lot 1, part of subdivision of Section 25 of Block V, Takahue Survey District, and for the erection of machinery-sheds and stables on Section 20 of Block V, Takahue Survey District, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 528, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 327.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 24th day of November, 1920.

ALFRED H. LONG, Chairman.