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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 75

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) G. T. Hall, C.M.G., C.B.E.,
(D) relinquishes the temporary rank of Colonel under the
provisions of General Order No. 184/21. Dated 3rd
October, 1923.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 55, of 4th
June, 1920, relating to Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel,
Reserve of Officers) J. W. Hutchen, C.M.G., C.B.E., is cancelled,
and the following substituted :-
Captain (Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve of Officers temp.)
J. W. Hutchen, C.M.G., C.B.E., with the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel). Dated 1st March,
1920.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) J. W. Hutchen, C.M.G.,
C.B.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of Colonel under
the provisions of General Order 184/21. Dated 3rd October, 1923.

Captain (temp. Major) W. C. I. Sumner relinquishes the
temporary rank of Major under the provisions of General
Order No. 184/21. Dated 3rd October, 1923.

Lieutenant R. V. Hackworth, retires with the rank of Captain
under the provisions of General Order No. 184/21, with
permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th
October, 1923.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant S. S. M. Bish is
cancelled under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909.
Dated 3rd October, 1923.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 16 of 9th March,
1922, relating to 2nd Lieutenant J. A. Adams is hereby
cancelled.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Clubs accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th October, 1923.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence
rifle clubs, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:-
Utiku Defence Rifle Club, with Headquarters at Utiku.
Date of acceptance, 23rd August, 1923.
Rata Defence Rifle Club, with Headquarters at Rata,
Rangitikei.
Date of acceptance, 12th September, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th October, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Hamua-Hukanui Road (Deviation) Loan.

Pursuant to section 12 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers in the Hamua-
Hukanui Road (Deviation) Special-rating Area in the County
of Eketahuna was taken on the 11th day of October, 1923,
on the proposal of the Eketahuna County Council to borrow
the sum of £1,000 for the purpose of forming and metalling
the Hamua-Hukanui Road (deviation), purchasing the land,
and paying all other expenses pertaining to the purchase and
legalization of the road.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 66 ;
the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 12.

I therefore declare the proposal was carried.

Dated this 13th day of October, 1913.

J. B. CARRUTHERS, Chairman.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Castlecliff.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th October, 1923.

Pursuant to section 131 of the Municipal Corporations
Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition in
accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-
fifth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule
hereto, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-
General praying that the said area may be constituted a
borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, by name
the Borough of Castlecliff. All persons affected are hereby
called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions
against the proposed constitution, which they desire to lodge,
within one month from the first publication of this notice.
Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded
to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF CASTLECLIFF.

All that area in the Wellington Land District being the
Town Districts of Castlecliff and Gonville as defined in the
New Zealand Gazette, 1922, page 2649.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-law
No. 10.-Inangahua County Council.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 20th October, 1923.

It is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of
the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of by-law No. 10
made by the Inangahua County Council on the 26th day of
September, 1923, and sealed on the same day, as appoints the
several sums to be paid to the Inangahua County fund for the
licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His
Excellency the Governor-General.

RICHD. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustees of Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District elected.-Notice
No. Ag. 2303.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 19th October, 1923.

Notice has been received, under the hand of the Returning
Officer of the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District,
constituted under Part III of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,
that

John Doole,
William Doole,
Ernest Gilbert,
John Law,
Arnold Kirk Overton, and
Harold Stephenson Shepherd
have been duly elected trustees of the said district.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Special Order made by the Hauraki Plains County Council
declaring Plants to be Noxious Weeds.-Notice No. Ag. 2304.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1923.

The following special order, made by the Hauraki Plains
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of section 2 of the Noxious Weeds Amendment
Act, 1910:-

In exercise of the powers vested in it by the Noxious
Weeds Act, 1908, and amendments thereof, and of every
other power it thereunto enabling, the Hauraki Plains County
Council hereby resolves and declares, by way of special order,
that gorse (Ulex europoeus), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea),
and ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), being plants
mentioned in the Third Schedule to the said Act as extended
from time to time by the Governor-General in Council, are
noxious weeds within the County of Hauraki Plains.

The above is a true copy of a resolution passed by way of
special order at a special meeting of the Hauraki Plains
County Council held in the 30th day of August, 1923, and
confirmed on the 9th day of October, 1923.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

Result of Poll under the Dairy-produce Export Control Act,
1923.-Notice No. Ag. 2305.

Wellington, 24th October, 1923.

In accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Dairy-
produce Export Control Act of 1923, it is hereby
notified that the poll under the said Act taken on the 17th
October, 1923, has resulted in the proposal that the said Act
be brought into operation being carried.

The following declaration has been forwarded to me by the
Returning Officer under the said Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.