SEPT. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2631

The commission granted the Reverend E. K. Mules, Chaplain, 4th Class, Reserve List, Class I, is cancelled. Dated 30th August, 1922.

ADDENDA.

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68, of 21st July, 1921, relating to Honorary Lieutenant J. G. W. Salt, after the words “Retired List” add “with the rank of Captain.”

With reference to the notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 65, of 31st August, 1922, relating to the transfer of 2nd Lieutenant L. J. O’Connell to the Canterbury Regiment, after the words “2nd Lieutenant” add “on probation.”

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Military Defaulters’ List.

IN pursuance of the provisions in that behalf of the Expeditionary Forces Amendment Act of 1918, the Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby amend the Military Defaulters’ List, as published in the Gazette of the 14th May, 1919, by deleting therefrom the name set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and by adding thereto the name set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

Dated this 16th day of September, 1922.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

DELETION UNDER SECTION 10 OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES AMENDMENT ACT, 1918.

10/479/519 McKenzie, James, Farmer, Woodlands, Masterton.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ADDITION UNDER SECTIONS 8 AND 10 OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES AMENDMENT ACT, 1918.

57435 McKenzie, James, Flax-cutter, Siefert’s Mill, Tokomaru.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th September, 1922.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

KAITANGATA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise 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 Kaitangata was taken on the 5th day of September, 1922, on the proposal of the Kaitangata Borough Council to borrow the sum of £1,150 for the purpose of purchasing material and making a transmission-line to carry electric energy to light the streets and houses in the borough, and purchasing meters and transformers and erecting substations for the working of the line.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 105, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 52. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 9th day of September, 1922.

ROBERT AITCHISON, Mayor.

Result of a Poll for Proposed Loan.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1922.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Gisborne Harbour Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Gisborne Harbour Board Enabling Act, 1919.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GISBORNE HARBOUR BOARD.

Result of Loan Poll.

NOTICE is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Gisborne Harbour District was taken on the 9th of August, 1922, under the provisions of the Gisborne Harbour Board Enabling Act, 1919, and the following votes were recorded: For the proposal, 2,187; against the proposal, 816; informal, 79.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated 31st August, 1922.

GEO. SMITH,
Chairman, Gisborne Harbour Board.

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Notification of Issue of Certificate of Registration of Grey District Acclimatization Society.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 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 Grey District Acclimatization Society, and that the said society has been duly registered under the said Act as from the 15th day of September, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill One Extraordinary Vacancy on Waitara Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th September, 1922.

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, William Downie Stewart, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday, the 4th October, 1922, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Waitara Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. A. B. Bragg.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Town District of Cobden confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 15th September, 1922.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Cobden Town Board on the 30th day of March, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the within-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 8th day of April, 1922.

Dated this 15th day of September, 1922.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Waikohu County Council.—Notice No. 2210.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 20th September, 1922.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Waikohu County Council has, by special order, declared Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, fixing Closing-hours of (1) Confectioners’ and (2) Fruiterers’ Shops in the Orepuki Riding of the Wallace County.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) confectioner and (2) fruiterer in the Orepuki Riding of the Wallace County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the riding be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 10.30 p.m., and Saturday 11 p.m., except on the evenings immediately preceding the following days—namely, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day, when there shall be no fixed closing-hour:

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour, am satisfied that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in each of the trades of (1) confectioner and (2) fruiterer within the Orepuki Riding of the Wallace County:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, I do hereby direct that on and after the 28th day of September, 1922, all the shops in each of the trades of (1) confectioner and (2) fruiterer in the Orepuki Riding of the Wallace County shall be closed accordingly.