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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 10]

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed:

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1922.
IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons
have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:-
William Morrison Allan . . . . Mount Cook.
George Frederick Church . . . . Paparoa.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.
Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th February, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force.
THE N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES.
4th N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Waikato).
2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) A. F. Meldrum to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st February, 1922.
5th N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Otago).
Major F. Waite, D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 21st December, 1921.
THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Major C. V. Leeming, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), (R.D. 10). Dated 6th February, 1922.
THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
Auckland Regiment.
Lieutenant J. A. McDonald to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 1st February, 1922.
Parekura Tureia to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (10th C. Battalion). Dated 3rd February, 1922.
Canterbury Regiment.
Captain P. H. Morey, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (2nd Battalion). Dated 27th January, 1922.
Major G. C. Dailey, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 7th February, 1922.
Otago Regiment.
Captain S. G. Scoular, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (1st Battalion). Dated 3rd February, 1922.
Lieutenant A. J. Whyte is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), (R.D. 11). Dated 3rd February, 1922.
N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve List Dated 31st January, 1922:-
Matrons:-
E. G. Brooke, R.R.C.
L. M. Bird, A.R.R.C.
Sisters:-
L. M. Bowie.
M. Mills.
A. A. Evans.
G. M. Petre.
E. A. Aitkenhead.
C. E. Turnbull.
E. J. Hanan.
I. Grey.
Staff Nurse M. Hancock (temp. Reserve).
Sister R. G. McRae is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd January, 1922.
N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend F. J. Ferry, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), (R.D. 9). Dated 20th January, 1922.
The Reverend T. A. Joughin, Chaplain, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 28th January, 1922.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class:-
The Reverend Cyril Edgar Ardagh (R.C.). Dated 8th January, 1922.
The Reverend James Long (R.C.). Dated 1st February, 1922.
RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21:-
Northern Command.
Captain (temp. Major) F. L. Hindley, with the rank of Major. Dated 31st January, 1922.
Lieutenant T. R. Overton. Dated 7th February, 1922.
Central Command.
Lieutenant A. H. Ellingham, with the rank of Captain. Dated 30th January, 1922.
Lieutenant L. Miles, with the rank of Captain. Dated 7th February, 1922.
Captain M. W. Horton. Dated 7th February, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant R. A. Ridley, Dated 7th February, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant A. G. Familton. Dated 7th February, 1922.
Southern Command.
Lieutenant H. H. Hanna. Dated 3rd February, 1922.
Lieutenant A. C. Rout. Dated 24th January, 1922.
MEMORANDA.
2nd Lieutenant R. B. Sparrow (late N.Z. Rifle Brigade, Earl of Liverpool's Own) is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 26th January, 1922.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 90, of 4th November, 1920, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (late Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) A. F. Meldrum is cancelled.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Disbandment of N.Z. Expeditionary Forces.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th February, 1922.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to disband, under section 4 of the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, the N.Z. Expeditionary Forces raised in connection with the late war with Germany.
Date of disbandment, 31st December, 1921.
R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.
Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.
Wellington, 14th February, 1922.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Hauraki Plains, are published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
COUNTY OF HAURAKI PLAINS.
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 Hauraki Plains taken on the 18th day of January, 1922, on the proposal of the Hauraki Plains County Council to borrow the sum of £30,600 for the purchase of land, erection of County Chambers, purchase of furniture, machinery, plant, and purchase of quarries, quarry-sites, machinery, and other equipment therefor, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 398, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 265.
I therefore declare that the proposal was 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 Turua-Netherton Roads Loan Special Rating Area, within the County of Hauraki Plains, taken on the 18th day of January, 1922, on the proposal of the Hauraki Plains County Council to borrow the sum of £33,000 for the construction of tar macadam roads in the said special rating area, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 51, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 43.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 4th day of February, 1922.
JAMES C. MILLER, Chairman of the County.
Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 14th February, 1922.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Teviot Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
TEVIOT ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £35,000.
PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Teviot Electric-power District held on Thursday, the 19th day of January, 1922, on a proposal to raise a loan of £35,000 for electric-power purposes, the voting was as follows: For the proposal, 191; against the proposal, 27; majority for, 164.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
Dated at Roxburgh this 31st day of January, 1922.
J. H. WRIGHT, Jun., Chairman.