SEPT. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2697

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Nathaniel John Reed, from the Unattached List (b), to be Captain. Dated 8th September, 1920.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.
Captain Gordon Hope Allan to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th September, 1920.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Ernest Grenville Edwards to be Captain. Dated 30th July, 1920.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] William Hugh McLean, M.C., to be Major. Dated 10th September, 1920. Charles Thomas Wildsmith to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th September, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
Reserve of Officers.
Captain Walter Bertie O’Toole resigns his commission. Dated 7th September, 1920.

11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).
Captain Bernard Callcott Kirk, M.C., is transferred to the N.Z. Garrison Artillery. Dated 6th September, 1920.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Eugene Hamuera Ormsby to be Lieutenant. Dated 6th August, 1920.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 125, of 23rd October, 1919, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee, is cancelled, and the following substituted :—
2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 6th October, 1919.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN), TERRITORIAL.
John Hudson (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 7th October, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant John Hudson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 9th September, 1920.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Colonel William Edward Collins, C.M.G., M.B., (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 1st September, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Surgeon-General Sydney Skerman, M.R.C.S., (d), Reserve of Officers (temp.), 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 1st September, 1920.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edmund Russell Rendle, M.R.C.S., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 1st September, 1920.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.
Lieutenant (temp. Major) Bertram Sibbald Finn, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with the rank of Major. Dated 11th September, 1918.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Amos Reader, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class. Dated 25th April, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Staff Nurse Catherine Gibbon to be Sister. Dated 10th August, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Captain Jack Horneman is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 6th September, 1920.
Lieutenant (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) Nathaniel John Reed is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 8th September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Robert Hedley Biggar resigns his commission. Dated 9th September, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Athelstan Currey, M.M., is transferred to the N.Z. Field Artillery. Dated 1st December, 1919.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Herbert Alison Collins, M.C., is transferred to the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. Dated 6th September, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenants [Lieutenants, Reserve of Officers (temp.)]—
Arthur Lush, with the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 9th September, 1920.
Edward Austin Herbert Bisley, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 8th September, 1920.
2nd Lieutenants—
Frank Simpson Cooper. Dated 8th September, 1920.
Henry John Reid. Dated 6th September, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).
Major Arthur Charles Hinman is transferred to the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. Dated 6th September, 1920.
Captain Robert Charles Smith is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 14th August, 1920.

MEMORANDUM.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, of 8th July, 1920, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant Gerald Ireland Black, is cancelled.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 17th September, 1920.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Kairanga, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

KAIRANGA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Mangaone Riding.—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 Mangaone Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 9th day of September, 1920, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,250, for the purpose of renewing culverts and bridges in the Mangaone Riding hereinafter referred to as proposal No. 1; and to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of erecting workmen’s cottages in the Mangaone Riding, hereinafter referred to as proposal No. 2—

The number of votes recorded for proposal No. 1 was 49, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 1 was 11; informal, 2.
I therefore declare proposal No. 1 was carried.

The number of votes recorded for proposal No. 2 was 50, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 2 was 12; informal, 1.
I therefore declare proposal No. 2 was carried.

Fitzherbert Riding.—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 Fitzherbert Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 9th day of September, 1920, on the proposal of the Kairanga County Council to borrow the sum of £2,250 for the purpose of renewing culverts and bridges in the Fitzherbert Riding, hereinafter referred to as proposal No. 1; to borrow the sum of £450 for the purpose of widening and improving the road approaching the Fitzherbert Bridge, hereinafter referred to as proposal No. 2; and to borrow the sum of £1,200 for the purpose of erecting workmen’s cottages in the Fitzherbert Riding, hereinafter referred to as proposal No. 3—

The number of votes recorded for proposal No. 1 was 40, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 1 was 6.
I therefore declare proposal No. 1 was carried.

The number of votes recorded for proposal No. 2 was 41, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 2 was 8.
I therefore declare proposal No. 2 was carried.

The number of votes recorded for proposal No. 3 was 41, and the number of votes recorded against proposal No. 3 was 8.
I therefore declare proposal No. 3 was carried.

Taonui Riding.—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 Taonui Riding of the County of Kairanga taken on the 9th day of September, 1920, on the proposal of the Kairanga County