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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Stanley Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant (2nd “C” Battalion). Dated 2nd November, 1923.
John Donald Cameron to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (2nd “C” Battalion). Dated 5th November, 1923.
Basil Roland Page to be 2nd Lieutenant (1st Battalion). Dated 7th November, 1923.
Stewart M. Kinross to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) (2nd “C” Battalion). Dated 12th November, 1923.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS (CENTRAL DEPOT.)
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) P. F. H. Hazeldon is confirmed.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend F. B. Dobson, Chaplain, 3rd Class, retires under the provisions of G.O. 184/1921, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 19th October, 1923.
The Reverend W. E. Connolly, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 2. Dated 19th October, 1923.

MEMORANDUM.
Hon. Captain (temporary Major) G. A. Gibbs, attached to N.Z. Staff Corps, is confirmed in the rank of Major, and transferred to the N.Z. Army Medical Corps as Quartermaster, with seniority as from the 1st November, 1919.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned defence rifle club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Waianakarua Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Waianakarua, Otago.

Dated 11th October, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909, the services of the undermentioned defence rifle club :—

Mataura Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Mataura.

Dated 16th October, 1923.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Result of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 19th November, 1923.

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

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF INGLEWOOD.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise Loans.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Inglewood, taken on the 17th day of October, 1923, on the proposal to raise a loan of £6,000 for the purpose of streets-improvements and purchasing the necessary plant for carrying out such improvements, and a loan of £5,000 for the purpose of erecting a library building, such building to contain apartments for municipal offices, the number of votes recorded were as follows :—

Streets-improvement Loan : The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 117, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 10 ; informal, 1.

Library Building Loan : The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 119, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 8 ; informal, 1.

I therefore declare that both the proposals were carried.

Dated this 20th day of October, 1923.

J. SUTHERLAND, Mayor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 19th November, 1923.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Wanganui Harbour District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Finance.

WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD.

In the matter of the Harbours Act, 1908, the Wanganui Harbour District and Empowering Act, 1913, the Wanganui Harbour District and Empowering Amendment Act, 1923, and the Acts amending the same respectively, and of all other Acts and powers (if any) enabling the Board in that behalf.

I HEREBY give notice that on the 10th day of October, 1923, a proposal was submitted by the Wanganui Harbour Board to the ratepayers of the Wanganui Harbour District for the raising of a special loan of two hundred thousand pounds (£200,000) for the construction of harbour-works at the Port of Wanganui as set out in the Schedule to the Wanganui Harbour District and Empowering Amendment Act, 1923, being works authorized by and defined in section 5 of the Wanganui Harbour District and Empowering Act, 1913, namely : Construction of harbour-works detailed in plans deposited with the Marine Department and numbered M.D. 5218, M.D. 4294, and M.D. 5692 ; purchase of electric travelling-cranes, purchase of tug, purchase of dredge (balance of purchase-money), erection of accommodation for watersiders, &c.

And the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal was as follows :—
For the proposal, 872 ; against the proposal, 71 ; informal votes, 7.

And I declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated at Wanganui this 16th day of October, 1923.

A. G. BIGNELL, Chairman.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary Vacancies on Wanganui and Ohakune Fire Boards.

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

PURSUANT to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 7th December, 1923, to be the date for holding the election of one member of each of the Wanganui and Ohakune Fire Boards by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancies caused by the death of Mr. Robert Murdoch.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Meetings of Gisborne Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Gisborne Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Gisborne, on Thursday the 10th January, 14th February, 13th March, 10th April, 8th May, 12th June, 10th July, 14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December, during the year 1924.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Lands.

Meetings of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 17th November, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of section 48 of the Land Act, 1908, approved of meetings of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 9.30 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 10th January, 14th February, 13th March, 10th April, 8th May, 12th June, 10th July, 14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, and 11th December, during the year 1924.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, for Minister of Lands.