MAR. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

The Canterbury Regiment.
Ronald Eustace Murray to be 2nd Lieutenant (6th C. Battalion). Dated 23rd February, 1922.

The Otago Regiment.
Captain G. Myers, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain (7th C. Battalion). Dated 20th February, 1922.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), (7th C. Battalion). Dated 23rd February, 1922:
Harry Mitchell Dykes.
Alexander McGruer.
Ernest Hunter Diack.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Central Depot.
Patrick Francis Harry Hazledon to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 20th February, 1922.
Southern Depot.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 22nd February, 1922:
Ernest Blackmore.
James Cruse.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.
Lieutenant W. H. J. Poole is posted to the Retired List, wtih the rank of Captain, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 14th January, 1920.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend D. P. Buckley, Chaplain, 4th Class, from the Reserve List, to be Chaplain, 4th Class (R.C.). Dated 22nd February, 1922.
The Reverend Guy Dynevor Thornton to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Baptist). Dated 23rd February, 1922.
The Reverend C. H. Olds, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 10. Dated 23rd February, 1922.
The commission granted the Reverend I. A. Bernstein, Chaplain, 4th Class, is cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 23rd February, 1922.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Staff Nurse M. Coates to be Sister (Massage Branch). Dated 1st February, 1922.
Staff Nurse L. Turner to be Sister (Massage Branch). Dated 1st February, 1922.
Sister F. Gill is posted to the Retired List. Dated 6th March, 1922.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Central Command.
2nd Lieutenant H. J. Odell is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 25th February, 1922.

Southern Command.
2nd Lieutenant R. B. Brebner is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 1st March, 1922.

The commissions of the undermentioned are cancelled, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 1st March, 1922:
Class I (b), R.D. 9—
Captain G. N. Taylor.
Lieutenant W. R. D. Suckling.
2nd Lieutenant M. C. Bromell, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant W. B. Dixon, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant J. H. Addison.

Class II (b)—
Captain D. W. Brown.
Lieutenant F. L. Murray, M.C.
Lieutenant (temp.) T. Shankland.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. Anstice.
2nd Lieutenant H. Linklater.

Class I (b), R.D. 10—
Captain E. A. Scott.
Captain W. H. Stark.
Captain E. A. Winchester.
Lieutenant J. W. Burland.
Lieutenant J. C. Collins.
Lieutenant M. Hyland.
Lieutenant (temp.) E. B. Skevington.
Lieutenant A. G. Tait.
Lieutenant W. A. Stead.
Lieutenant J. A. McL. Roy, M.C.
Lieutenant T. E. Brown.
2nd Lieutenant S. D. Barr, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant C. E. Gilmore.

2nd Lieutenant C. Harris, M.C.
2nd Lieutenant C. M. Pinfold.
2nd Lieutenant A. Stanley.

Class II (b)—
Captain B. J. Ager.
Lieutenant E. H. Eccles.
Lieutenant F. W. Morgan.

Class I (b), R.D. 11—
2nd Lieutenant F. R. Combes.
2nd Lieutenant A. J. Fairmaid.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Munro.
2nd Lieutenant M. J. Forde, D.C.M.

Class II (b)—
2nd Lieutenant W. Mann.

Class I (b), R.D. 12—
Lieutenant E. R. McKillop.
Lieutenant F. H. Grace.
2nd Lieutenant F. J. Brooks.
2nd Lieutenant S. B. Paterson.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Adams.

Class II (b)—
Major J. Jenkins.
Captain J. B. McKinley.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Resignation of an Officer of the Naval Forces.
Navy Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1922.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment of the undermentioned officer of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy:
Mr. KENNETH WILLIAM HARTMAN ELLICOTT, Probationary Schoolmaster.
Dated 2nd March, 1922.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 7th March, 1922.
The following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Mangahoe Drainage District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

MANGAHOE DRAINAGE BOARD.
Result of Poll on Proposal to raise £2,000.
Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Mangahoe Drainage District taken on Wednesday, the 15th day of February, 1922, on the proposal of the Mangahoe Drainage Board to borrow the sum of £2,000 for the purpose of deepening, widening, clearing, straightening, diverting, and otherwise generally improving the Mangahoe Stream, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 64, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 15.
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 15th day of February, 1922.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Chairman.

The Banking Amendment Act, 1921-22.
Treasury Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that, in terms of the Banking Amendment Act, 1921-22, I have consented that the hours on Saturdays for which the banks in New Zealand shall be open for business shall be altered from "10 a.m. to 12 noon" to "9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.," the alteration to commence as on and from the 11th March proximo.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

Result of Election of Member of Taieri River Trust.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1922.
The following result of the election of a member of the Taieri River Trust has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.
J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Lakes Subdivision: William John Marshall, jun.