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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

Appointment in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointment in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division) :—
Basil Herbert Alexander, as Sub-Lieutenant, with seniority of 10th August, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1925.

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

COMMAND.

Major H. C. Hemphill, 9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland), is appointed to command the Regiment. Dated 9th September, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Warrant Officer Class I (R.S.M.) C. H. Gallagher is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 9th October, 1925.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Southern Depot.

The seniority of 2nd Lieutenant I. F. C. Hamilton is antedated to 4th July, 1924.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).

Captain D. Glanfield (4th C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D.I. Dated 9th October, 1925.

The Hauraki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. Royal (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 2. Dated 14th October, 1925.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) H. J. Priestly (2nd C. Battalion) lapses. Dated 14th October, 1925.

The Waikato Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant A. G. C. Wallace (1st C. Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 4. Dated 14th October, 1925.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. G. Caigou (1st Battalion) resigns his commission. Dated 16th October, 1925.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) O. Warnock, N.Z. Air Force, is attached for duty to the 1st Battalion. Dated 14th October, 1925.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

The seniority of Major A. R. C. Claridge (1st Battalion) is antedated to 18th February, 1925.

Captain E. J. J. Welch, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, 1st Battalion. Dated 16th October, 1925.

William Edward Grant to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. Dated 14th October, 1925.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 1st C. Battalion :—
Frank Cromwell Moore. Dated 14th October, 1925.
Edward Britton Butcher. Dated 15th October, 1925.

The Taranaki Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), 1st C. Battalion. Dated 17th July, 1925.
James Earl.
Thomas Morrison McDonald.
Ralph Conrad Wilson.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Harry Hyde to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), 3rd C. Battalion. Dated 8th October, 1925.

The Southland Regiment.

George Henry Chittock to be 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 16th October, 1925.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 16th October, 1925.
Henry Cecil Drewe (1st C. Battalion).
Clement Alfred Hill (2nd C. Battalion).

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain F. W. B. Fitchett, M.D., is posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 30th September, 1925.

Lieutenant L. G. Bell, M.B., Reserve of Officers, is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain, under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th October, 1925.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 12th March, 1925, relative to Captain W. H. Simpson, M.B., after the words “Central Depot” add “Corps of N.Z. Engineers.”

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains 4th Class to be Chaplains 3rd Class :—
The Reverend E. Evans. Dated 24th June, 1925.
The Reverend L. B. Neale. Dated 5th August, 1925.

The Reverend W. B. Scott, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 11. Dated 7th October, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th October, 1925.

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, they having been convicted by the Civil power :—
Gunner G. McEwen, 12th Field Battery, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Private J. Thompson, 1st Battalion, the Southland Regiment.
Dated 7th October, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th October, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—
Balfour Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Balfour.
Date of acceptance, 25th September, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Defence.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans.

Wellington, 22nd October, 1925.

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

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF HAMILTON.

Library Loan of £2,000.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and their amendments, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hamilton taken on the 22nd day of September, 1925, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,000 to purchase part of Allotment 77 of the Town of Hamilton East, with the building formerly used as a masonic hall thereon, and to alter and fit such building for the purpose of a public library, —
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 251 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 750 ; informal, 25 : total number of votes, 1,026.
I therefore declare that the proposal was lost.

Streets and Stormwater Drainage Loan of £13,550.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and their amendments, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Maeroa Special-rating Area of the Borough of