Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2755

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th October, 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 for a criminal offence :—

Private R. W. J. Pippen, 1st Battalion, Hauraki Regiment.

Dated 28th September, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th October, 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 for a criminal offence :—

No. 2A/3246 Private Charles Henry Willoughby Shortland, Non-effective List (Territorial Force).

Dated 19th October, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Rangiora.

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

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto, being now part of the Borough of Rangiora, may be excluded from the said borough and included in the County of Rangiora. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed exclusion, 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.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM BOROUGH OF RANGIORA.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing on the boundary of Borough of Rangiora at the intersection of the eastern side of East Belt and the production of the southern side of Brook Street, then westerly to and along the said southern side of Brook Street, along the south-eastern side of Victoria Street to its junction with Percival Street; thence easterly across said junction of streets and northerly along the western side of Percival Street to and along the northern boundary of the area of land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 276, folio 80, to King Street; thence westerly along the production of and the northern side of John Street to the western side of Church Street; thence northerly along the said western side of Church Street to a point in line with the southern side of George Street; thence westerly along the production of said southern side of George Street to the western side of White Street, and northerly along that side of White Street and its production to the northern side of High Street; thence westerly along that side of High Street to a point 500 links west of the western boundary of Rural Section 1045; thence northerly along a right line parallel to the said western boundary of Rural Section 1045 for a distance of 1600 links; thence easterly along a right line at right angles to aforesaid western boundary till it meets that boundary; thence northerly along the aforesaid western boundary of Rural Section 1045 for a distance of 400 links; thence easterly along a right line at right angles to the aforesaid western boundary to the eastern boundary of Rural Section 1045 aforesaid; thence northerly along the said eastern boundary of Rural Section 1045 to the northern boundary of the Borough of Rangiora; thence westerly, southerly, easterly, and northerly along the northern, western, southern, and part of the eastern boundaries respectively of the said Borough of Rangiora as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1878, page 595, to the point of commencement.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Paeroa.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1923.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto, being now part of the Borough of Paeroa, may be excluded from the said borough and included in the County of Ohinemuri. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against proposed alteration of boundaries 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.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF PAEROA.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the westernmost corner of Taiwhakare-wakauri Block and proceeding south-easterly along the southern boundary of that block to a point in line with the middle-line of Ainslie’s Road; thence along a right line to and along the said middle-line of Ainslie’s Road to Aorangi Road; thence along a right line across that road to the boundary between Sections 2 and 3 of Aorangi A Block; southerly along that boundary and its production to Town of Paeroa; thence along the boundaries of said Town of Paeroa in a south-easterly, a southerly, and a south-westerly direction to the right bank of the Ohinemuri River; thence along a right line to the intersection of the middle line of No. 2 Road with the western side of old Te Aroha Road, and along the said middle-line of No. 2 Road to the eastern boundary of Papaturoa No. 7; thence southerly along that boundary and easterly along the southern boundaries of Papaturoa Nos. 7 and 8 to the eastern side of the Paeroa-Waihi Railway Reserve; thence south-easterly, north-easterly, northerly, north-westerly and south-westerly generally along the boundaries of the Borough of Paeroa to the point of commencement. Also all that area on the east by the eastern boundary of Waihi-Paeroa Railway Reserve, on the north by the middle of the Ohinemuri River, and on the west and south by the boundary of the Borough of Paeroa.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice as to Areas in Canterbury Land District declared to be Fire Districts.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921–22, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the areas described in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared by me to be fire districts; and I do further specify the period from the 1st day of November in any year to the 28th day of February in the following year (inclusive) as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said districts, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—CANTERBURY-OTAGO FOREST CONSERVATION REGION.

Hanmer Plantation Fire District.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 19,500 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks XIV and XV, Percival Survey District, and Blocks II, III, VI, and VII, Lyndon Survey District, and bounded as follows: Commencing on the right bank of the Hanmer River at a point intersected by the block boundary dividing Blocks III and IV, Lyndon Survey District, and running in a northerly direction along the aforesaid block boundary and the boundary dividing blocks XV and XVI, Percival Survey District, to its intersection with the boundary-line dividing Pastoral Runs 14 and 17; thence by a line due west to the block boundary dividing Blocks XIII and XIV, Percival Survey District; thence running in a southerly direction by the last-mentioned block-boundary and its continuation to the south-west corner of Reserve 3661, Block II, Lyndon Survey District; thence bounded generally towards the west by