Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2245

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th August, 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.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S), WELLINGTON WEST COAST.

Major J. B. Davis, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 25th July, 1922.

6TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT (MANAWATU).

Captain J. F. B. Stevenson, from the Wellington Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 31st July, 1922.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

The promotion of Lieutenant J. N. Baxter, M.M. (2nd Battery), is amended to read “16th August, 1921.”

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

William Carl Frederick Temm to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (8th C. Battalion). Dated 6th July, 1922.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. L. Anderson (1st Battalion) is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant W. H. Allen (13th C. Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd December, 1921.

2nd Lieutenant H. L. Anderson (1st Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th August, 1922.

The Wellington Regiment.

Captain J. F. B. Stevenson (1st Battalion) is transferred to the 6th N.Z. Mounted Rifles Regiment (Manawatu). Dated 31st July, 1922.

Allan Hector Abernethy to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (6th C. Battalion). Dated 24th July, 1922.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) C. J. Bagley (6th C. Battalion) is confirmed.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. G. Jones (4th C. Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant L. F. N. Ward (5th C. Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st May, 1922.

2nd Lieutenant H. C. Sidford (9th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 26th July, 1922.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant H. C. Sidford, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (4th C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 9th December, 1921. Dated 26th July, 1922.

Archibald St. Clair Macgregor to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (7th C. Battalion). Dated 26th July, 1922.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Central Command.

2nd Lieutenant W. Smith to be Lieutenant. Dated 19th November, 1921.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Lieutenant J. H. Dines is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instruction No. 56/21. Dated 1st August, 1922.

RETIRED LIST.

Captain F. A. Raymond’s name is removed from the list. Dated 26th July, 1922.

MEMORANDA.

2nd Lieutenant J. A. Dean [late Unattached List (General List)] is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 10. Dated 27th July, 1922.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87, of 22nd September, 1921, relating to the posting of Captain W. K. R. Hamilton to the Retired List is hereby cancelled.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 12th August, 1922.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

Result 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 City of Auckland taken on the 26th day of July, 1922, on the proposal of the Auckland City Council to borrow the sum of ten thousand pounds for the purpose of the purchase of animals, cages, and accessories for the establishment of a zoological garden and the lay-out and development of an adequate area of land for a zoological garden and public recreation-grounds, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 2,449, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1,020.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 27th day of July, 1922.

J. H. GUNSON, Mayor of Auckland.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 10th August, 1922.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF MOUNT ALBERT.

Results of Polls on Proposals to raise Loans.

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 Mount Albert was taken on the 2nd day of August, 1922, on the proposal of the Mount Albert Borough Council:—

To borrow the sum of £22,000 for the following purposes: (1) Reticulation and extension of the water-supply system, £20,000; (2) contingencies, first year’s interest, and sinking fund, £2,000.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 567, and the number of votes recorded against the same was 152.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

To borrow the sum of £3,000 for the following purpose: Advances to property-owners for the installation of private drainage connections to public sewers under section 228 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 565, and the number of votes recorded against the same was 156.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

To borrow the sum of £4,950 for the following purposes: (1) Erection and furnishing of municipal offices, &c., £4,500; (2) contingencies, first year’s interest, and sinking fund, £450.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 248, and the number of votes recorded against the same was 460.

I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

Dated at Auckland this 3rd day of August, 1922.

ALFRED F. BENNETT, Mayor.

Registration of Aliens.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th August, 1922.

PURSUANT to the power conferred upon me by subsection (2) of section 3 of the Registration of Aliens Act, 1917, I have appointed the person referred to in the warrant published hereunder to be an additional Registration Officer under that Act.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

REGISTRATION OF ALIENS ACT, 1917.—ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION OFFICER APPOINTED.

PURSUANT to the Registration of Aliens Act, 1917, I, William Downie Stewart, Minister of Internal Affairs, being the Minister of the Crown for the time being charged by the Governor-General with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint the person for the time being acting as police constable in charge of the Tuatapere Police-station to be a Registration Officer under the said Act.

Given under my hand at Wellington this 11th day of August, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notification of Issue of Certificate of Registration of Waimarino Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th August, 1922.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 22 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, I hereby notify that I have issued a certificate of registration to the Waimarino Acclimatization Society, and that the said society has been duly registered under the said Act as from the 8th day of August, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.