FEB. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Mr. H. B. Colledge, Chaplain, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 29th November, 1921.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List. Dated 16th November, 1921:

The Right Reverend Bishop C. Julius, D.D., Chaplain, 2nd Class.
The Reverend F. Dunnage, Chaplain, 2nd Class.
The Reverend F. P. Fendall, Chaplain, 2nd Class.
The Reverend P. J. Cocks, B.A., Chaplain, 3rd Class.
The Reverend S. Hamilton, Chaplain, 3rd Class.
The Reverend J. R. Dart, Chaplain, 3rd Class.
The Reverend A. Wingfield, Chaplain, 3rd Class.
The Venerable Archdeacon G. W. York, Chaplain, 3rd Class.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled, under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 5th December, 1921:

The Venerable Archdeacon C. C. Harper, M.A., Chaplain, 3rd Class.
The Reverend H. A. W. Blathwayt, Chaplain, 4th Class.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned members of the Service and Temporary Reserve are transferred to the Reserve List. Dated 20th January, 1922, unless otherwise stated:

Matron E. B. Brown, A.R.R.C.
Sister C. Chamberlain.
Sister J. C. Dodds, A.R.R.C.
Sister J. Naismith.
Sister V. M. Trott, A.R.R.C.
Sister C. Williams.
Sister C. Wilson.
Sister M. Nixon (Masseuse).
Sister K. Welch. Dated 23rd January, 1922.
Staff Nurse F. M. Murray (Masseuse).

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Southern Command.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 12th January, 1922:

Captain T. H. Torode. Dated 17th January, 1922.
2nd Lieutenant E. Richardson. Dated 12th January, 1922.

Central Command.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) D. Kettle, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 12th January, 1922.

MEMORANDA.

Lieutenant N. C. Sheridan, M.B.E. (late New Zealand Expeditionary Force), is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 7th November, 1921.

Lieutenant W. S. McLaughlin, late Unattached List (b), is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/1921. Dated 17th January, 1922.

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 61, of 24th June, 1920, relative to the retirement of Lieutenant Alexander Byars Johnston, M.C., add the words "with the rank of Captain."

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Decorations conferred by the President of the French Republic on Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th January, 1922.

His Excellency the Governor-General has received advice from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the President of the French Republic has conferred the following decorations on the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Military Forces, for services rendered during the war.

His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in these cases to wear the decorations.

Officer of the Legion of Honour: Colonel the Hon. Sir James Allen, K.C.B., Retired List (late Minister of Defence).

Chevalier of the Legion of Honour: Major-General Sir Alfred W. Robin, K.C.M.G., C.B., Retired List (late Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces).

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th January, 1922.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the Borough of Waipawa, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WAIPAWA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Proposal to raise a Loan.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Waipawa was taken on the 19th day of January, 1922, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £600 for the erection of a clock-tower and the installation of a town clock on Lot 2, Section 108, Borough of Waipawa, as a permanent war memorial.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 65, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 13. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 23rd day of January, 1922.

H. M. RATHBONE, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 31st January, 1922.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Council of the City of Nelson, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CITY OF NELSON.

Poll for Electric Light Loan of £70,000.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll taken on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1922, for authority to raise a special loan of £70,000 for the purpose of providing an electric steam plant and electric reticulation for the City of Nelson, the result was as follows: For the proposal, 1,240 votes; against the proposal, 180 votes; informal, 10.

Majority in favour of the proposal, 1,060. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

26th January, 1922.

W. LOCK, Mayor.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Roads in Blocks VII and X, Mohaka Survey District, Hawke's Bay Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 234 of the Land Act, 1908, that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, on the 28th day of November, 1921, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor-General of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 20th day of October, 1921.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate areas of the pieces of land taken for a road:

A. R. P.
7 3 5.7
1 1 39.9
0 1 30.2
0 3 31.3
0 0 1.2
1 1 19.6
6 3 33.3
4 0 38.4
1 0 14.9
0 0 7.4
0 0 13
0 3 0
0 0 1
8 0 0
1 1 0
1 2 5
0 0 15
1 0 16
0 0 17
0 2 28
0 0 6
0 0 21
1 3 35

Portion of Pastoral Run 15, Block X; coloured yellow.

Portion of Pastoral Run 5, Block X; coloured blue.

Portion of Pastoral Run 5, Block VII; coloured purple.

Situated in Mohaka Survey District.

In the Hawke's Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked 633, 634, and 676, green, deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Napier, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated this 20th day of January, 1922.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.