Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2503

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th August, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force :-

3RD (AUCKLAND) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Percy Wakeham Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 2nd August, 1920.

Major John Potter (Reserve of Officers) 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 2nd August, 1920.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 8th August, 1920.

N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY.
J Battery.

2nd Lieutenant Ronald Charles Abraham resigns his commission. Dated 6th August, 1920.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Wellington G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Wilfred Barton Rainey to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st June, 1919.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
N.Z. Post and Telegraph Corps (North Island).

Lieutenant John Thomas Herbert Edie Kerr is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th August, 1920.

Company Sergeant-Major Leslie Vincent Fisher is appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.). Dated 5th August, 1920.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Captain Alfred Coutts 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 August, 1920.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant-Colonel James Hislop is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 7th August, 1920.

Major [Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Hildebrand Holderness to be Lieutenant-Colonel and to command the regiment. Dated 7th August, 1920.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-
Stanley Cameron Roberts. Dated 4th May, 1920.
Thomas Ross Robertson. Dated 5th May, 1920.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Leslie James Smith is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th August, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.
(Earl of Liverpool’s Own) Territorial.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George Frederick Bertrand is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 3rd August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :-
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Norris Napier Fraser, with the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 4th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenants—
Bryce Conrad Hart. Dated 3rd August, 1920.
John Carswell Boyd. Dated 3rd August, 1920.
Arthur Nelson Heather. Dated 6th August, 1920.
William Simmons. Dated 6th August, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned Staff Nurses to be Sisters :-
Ruth Lindsay. Dated 12th February, 1920.
Mary Duirs Macnab. Dated 26th June, 1920.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and reposted to the service. Dated 1st February, 1920 :-
Sarah Louise Clark, R.R.C.
Mary Watson Anderson.
Norah Slater.

The undermentioned are posted to the Temporary Reserve List :-
Sisters—
Sarah Louise Clark, R.R.C. Dated 13th August, 1920.
Mary Watson Anderson Dated 2nd August, 1920.

Norah Slater. Dated 14th August, 1920.
Sister (temp.) Eileen Matilda Alice Nelson. Dated 31st July, 1920.

Staff Nurses—
Mildred Mary Symons. Dated 14th August, 1920.
Ida Mary Salter. Dated 14th August, 1920.
Muriel Evelyn Martin. Dated 14th August, 1920.
Noeline Mary Robinson. Dated 14th August, 1920.
Elizabeth Read. Dated 5th August, 1920.
Jane Read. Dated 31st July, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George Frederick Bertrand, from the N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own), to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd August, 1920.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List) :-
Harold Keith Corkhill. Dated 4th August, 1920.
George Welborne Hart. Dated 4th August, 1920.
Harold Wright Hodges, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 6th August, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :-
2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Walter William Chapman, M.C., with the rank of Captain. Dated 1st July, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Ashley Trevor Duncan, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 27th July, 1920.

2nd Lieutenants—
Walter Norris. Dated 6th August, 1920.
Charles Edmund Holmes. Dated 7th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Angus Mitchell Don, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Gordon Tate Lucas, M.B.E., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 5th August, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp).

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :-
Major Charles Edward May, O.B.E. Dated 5th August, 1920.

Captain John Booth Lea. Dated 5th August, 1920.

ERRATUM.

The notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 70, of 29th July, 1920, relating to the transfer of Officers from the N.Z. Medical Corps, should read “ Unattached List (a),” and not “ Unattached List (b) ” as stated therein.

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Routine Order No. 7.

The undermentioned officers, having been discharged in the United Kingdom, are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force :-
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. H. H. Lewis. Dated 15th May, 1920.

Lieutenant N. C. Sheridan, M.B.E. Dated 11th June, 1920.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 12th August, 1920.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the City of Auckland taken on the 4th day of August, 1920, on the proposal of the Auckland City Council to borrow the sum of £500,000 for electric-power extensions in the City of Auckland, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 928, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 392.

I therefore declare the proposal to be 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 City of Auckland taken on the 4th day of August,