July 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2223

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
2nd Lieutenant Ethelbert Joseph James Welch, with the temporary rank of Captain.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
Lieutenant Stephen Glanville Cowles.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Edward Aroha Boscawen, with the rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenants—
Hugh Linklater.
Leslie Turner Wylie.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp).
Major William Hamilton Turnbull, O.B.E.
Lieutenants—
Launcelot Basil Lowe.
Blair Cleveland Hastedt.

RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS.
CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
No. 1 Field Company.
Lieutenant (temp.) William Frederick Bridgman resigns his commission. Dated 6th July, 1920.

1st (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.
Hon. Major (Quartermaster) Harry Stacpoole Batchelor is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th July, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
No. 4 Company.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Gifford Sydney Remington resigns his commission. Dated 6th July, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant [temp. Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Robert Roy Douglas Milligan, M.B., resigns his commission. Dated 7th July, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) Cyril Edgar Heaphy resigns his appointment. Dated 7th July, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
2nd Lieutenant [Lieut., Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Aubrey Counsell Stephens resigns his commission. Dated 14th November, 1919.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920:—

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp).
Lieutenant Allen Henry King, M.C. Dated 23rd March, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).
Lieutenant Ernest Malcolm. Dated 5th July, 1920.

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:—
Major Stephen Charles Phillip Nicholls, D.S.O. Dated 9th September, 1919.
Captain Thomas James Denton. Dated 22nd January, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Albert Plumley. Dated 25th November, 1919.

OFFICERS FROM N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE REPORTED TO PERMANENT AND TERRITORIAL FORCES.
The undermentioned, struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, are reposted to their respective units as under:—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Major Stephen Charles Phillip Nicholls, D.S.O. Dated 9th September, 1919.

N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF.
Captain Thomas James Denton, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant until further notice. Dated 22nd January, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
Albert Plumley (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7th October, 1918.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp).
The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z.E.F., and are posted to the Reserve of Officers (temp.):—
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Frederick William Medcalf, and relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 9th February, 1920.
Lieutenant William Rewi Elston Hally. Dated 29th September, 1919.

MEMORANDA.
The Christian names of Colonel Edmund Robinson Smith, v.d., are as now described, and not as stated in New Zealand Gazette No. 33, of 1st April, 1920.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of 1st July, 1920, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) William Arthur Izard to be Lieutenant, for the the words “Dated 14th June, 1920,” read “Dated 14th June, 1919.”

J. G. COATES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th July, 1920.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

TE AWAMUTU ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.
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 ratepayers of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board District taken on the 30th day of June, 1920, on the proposal of the Te Awamutu Electric-power Board to borrow the sum of £120,000 for—
(1.) Purchase of yards and offices, and equipment of same with plant, tools, &c., and the payment of initial expenses: £8,000
(2.) Construction under license and Order in Council of electric transmission and reticulating lines within the power district: £104,000
(3.) Payment of the first year’s interest and sinking fund, and expenses of raising the loan: £8,000
the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 359, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

J. T. JOHNSON, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th July, 1920.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Otamatea, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Tokatoka Riding of the Otamatea County was taken on the 30th day of June, 1920, on the proposal of the Otamatea County Council to borrow the sum of £5,000 for the purpose of the metalling and the general improvement of the roads in the Tokatoka Riding of the Otamatea County. The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 44, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 23. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried. Dated at Paparoa this 7th day of July, 1920.

RODNEY COATES, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 14th July, 1920.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Awakino, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

AWAKINO 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 Mahoenui, Puketiti, and Mangaohae Ridings of the County of Awakino taken on the 3rd day of July, 1920, on the proposal of the Awakino County Council to borrow the sum of £6,000 for the purpose of purchasing road-making, quarrying, and stone-breaking machinery, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 54, the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 45, and the number of informal votes recorded was 4. I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected. Dated at Piopio this 9th day of July, 1920.

R. BODDY, Chairman.