SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2303

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend R. M. Ryburn, Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 19th August, 1921.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Southern Command.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87, of 21st October, 1920, relating to 2nd Lieutenant P. L. Bennett, is cancelled. Dated 26th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant P. L. Bennett is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 26th August, 1921.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 19th August, 1921:—

Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] S. G. Scoular, with rank of Captain.

Lieutenant [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] G. H. Gray, with rank of Major.

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] H. W. Newman, M.C., with rank of Captain.

2nd Lieutenant B. W. Hewat.

2nd Lieutenant S. D. Barr, M.M.

2nd Lieutenant M. J. Forde, D.C.M.

Class II (b)—

2nd Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] J. G. Greenwood, with rank of Captain.

2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) L. Parkinson, M.C., with rank of Lieutenant.

Lieutenant J. G. Paterson is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56, of 30th April, 1921. Dated 19th August, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) H. G. Alexander is posted to the Retired List, with rank of Lieutenant, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56, of 30th April, 1921. Dated 19th August, 1921.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (Temp.).

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 19th August, 1921:—

Captain A. M. Wright, Class I (b).

Lieutenant W. Korner, Class I (b).

Lieutenant W. Mann, Class II (b).

Lieutenant L. V. Lawrence is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56, of 30th April, 1921. Dated 19th August, 1921.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).

Southern Command.

Captain (temp. Major) C. McG. Littlejohn relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 19th August, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 56, of 30th April, 1921. Dated 19th August, 1921:—

Captains—

H. Holderness, M.C.

E. G. Norman, M.C.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. E. Ashby, with rank of Lieutenant.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. F. McPadden, with rank of Lieutenant.

Lieutenants—

H. C. Knubley, M.C. S. J. Hearn.

C. H. S. Johnston. U. J. Bartlett.

H. A. Lockington, M.B.E. W. O’Connell.

S. C. Beasley, M.C. C. S. Beilby.

J. W. Fraser, M.C. A. R. Manchester.

F. L. Brophy. F. C. Knubley.

E. R. Guiness. W. M. Hocking.

2nd Lieutenants—

G. A. Hayden. A. G. Holder, M.C.

M. W. Beaven. D. C. Guthrie.

W. Brierley, M.M. R. McDowell, M.M.

J. L. Dewar, M.M. E. T. Reading.

P. Nicol. R. C. Fenemor.

E. O. Harrison. G. F. Leahy.

S. Taylor. T. G. T. Hamilton.

H. A. Mazey. W. B. Hutton.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Change of Headquarters of a Regimental District.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st September, 1921.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to cancel the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 14th July, 1921, transferring the headquarters of No. 7 Regimental District from Napier to Dannevirke.

R. H. RHODES, Minister of Defence.

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Notice making and levying Rates under the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908.

I, DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated pursuant to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto, according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 15th day of September, 1921, to the Collector of Rates for the Hauraki Plains Rating District, at the Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, 43 Safe Deposit Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at which office the rate-book will be open for inspection.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer at Kerepeehi at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Twopence (2d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: One penny and fourteen one-hundredths of a penny (1d. and 14/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Twenty-eight one-hundredths of a penny (28/100d.) in the pound.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notice making and levying Rates under the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910.

I, DAVID HENRY GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, do hereby make and levy upon the unimproved value of all lands liable to be rated pursuant to that Act a rate on a graduated scale as specified in the Schedule hereto according to the classification of the land.

The said rates will be payable in one sum on the 15th day of September, 1921, to the Collector of Rates for the Rangitaiki Land Drainage District, at the Chief Drainage Engineer’s Office, Safe Deposit Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at which office the rate-book will be open for inspection.

A copy of the rate-book may be inspected by ratepayers at the office of the Chief Drainage Engineer at Thornton, near Whakatane, at all times at which that office is open for the transaction of public business.

SCHEDULE.

Class A.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class A by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Sixpence and sixty-five one-hundredths of a penny (6d. and 65/100d.) in the pound.

Class B.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class B by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Threepence and eighty one-hundredths of a penny (3d. and 80/100d.) in the pound.

Class C.—On the unimproved value of all lands classified as Class C by the arbitrators appointed under the said Act: Ninety-five one-hundredths of a penny (95/100d.) in the pound.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Drapers’ Shops in the Borough of Featherston, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the drapers’ shops within the Borough of Featherston has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Subject to closing at not later than 1 p.m. on the day observed as the statutory closing-day, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at 8 p.m., with the exception that in the evening of the working-day that first precedes any of the special days (other than Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) mentioned in or coming within the meaning of section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, the closing-hour shall be 8 p.m., and in the evening of the