May 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1415

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1923.

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 Condon Fouhy .. .. Little River.
Eric Edward Nansett .. .. Castlepoint.
John McGregor .. .. Karamea.
William Alexander McMillan .. .. Stewart Island.
Tom Douglas Barron.. .. .. Blueskin.
John William Ahern .. .. .. Karamea.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st May, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

Captain S. H. Crump, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, with seniority as from the 1st January, 1920, next below Captain D. H. W. H. Donaldson.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant-Colonel N. Falla, C.M.G., D.S.O., relinquishes command of the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, and is appointed to command the 2nd N.Z. Field Artillery Brigade. Dated 7th May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant W. Moir to be Lieutenant (11th Battery). Dated 11th May, 1923.

2nd Lieutenant E. L. Y. Cockroft (11th Battery) resigns his commission. Dated 11th May, 1923.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Central Depot.

Lieutenant H. J. Hobbs to be Captain. Dated 2nd May, 1923.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant W. B. Stewart to be Lieutenant (7th C. Battalion). Dated 2nd May, 1923.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (5th C. Battalion). Dated 2nd May, 1923 :

Raymond William Firth.
Frank Charles Rauch.
Kenneth Noel Treacher.
Henry Wilfrid Wedding.

The Wellington Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :

Edward Gooch Caigou (1st Battalion). Dated 2nd May, 1923.
Alvan Willmette White (1st Battalion). Dated 2nd May, 1923.
Leslie William Francis Crane (5th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
Arthur Leonard George (9th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
Gilbert Samuel Kirker (9th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
Francis Leonard George McKenzie (13th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
Caswall John Walter Parsons (9th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
James Thomas Villers Steele (9th C. Battalion). Dated 4th May, 1923.
Robert Leslie McGaffin (3rd Battalion). Dated 7th May, 1923.
Stanley Arthur Cross to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (7th C. Battalion). Dated 11th May, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant R. Carkeek (10th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 6. Dated 28th April, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant A. B. Croker (9th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 11th May, 1923.
Captain G. W. Wardrop (3rd Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 7. Dated 4th May, 1923.

The commission granted Lieutenant C. T. Wildsmith (2nd Battalion) is cancelled under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 9th May, 1923.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (5th C. Battalion). Dated 11th May, 1923 :

Charles William Bernard Robbins.
Cleveland Latimer Edward Lilly Sheppard.
Charles Fenwick McAllum to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (5th C. Battalion). Dated 11th May, 1923.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. D. Salmond is transferred to the Otago Regiment. Dated 8th May, 1923.
Lieutenant J. D. Andrews (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 10. Dated 7th May, 1923.

The Otago Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) J. D. Salmond, from the Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (4th C. Battalion), with seniority as from the 21st March, 1921.
Lieutenant D’A. H. Moir (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 3rd May, 1923.
The commission granted Captain R. P. Jones (1st Battalion) is cancelled under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 11th May, 1923.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Colonel J. R. Purdy, C.B.E., M.B., (d), is retired under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th May, 1923.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 5th May, 1923 :

Captain N. H. M. Dalston, M.B.E. (Reserve of Officers).
Captain (temp.) R. C. Staples Brown (Reserve of Officers).
Captain (temp.) A. Hertz, M.D. (Reserve of Officers).

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Defence Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th May, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :

Trooper Arthur Gordon Kale, 7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Wellington East Coast).

Dated 4th May, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 18th May, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Council of the County of Waimea, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.

WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan of £3,000.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Waimea taken on the 9th day of May, 1923, on the proposal of the Waimea County Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of purchasing freehold land and for the erection of county offices thereon, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 382, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 730.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated at Nelson this 14th day of May, 1923.

PHILIP BEST,
Chairman, Waimea County Council.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 21st May, 1923.

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

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.