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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

The Reverend J. A. Ryburn, Reserve List, Class II, from R.D. 2 to R.D. 8.
The Reverend J. E. Lopdell, Reserve List, Class II, from R.D. 12 to R.D. 5.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.

Captain S. Cory-Wright, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th October, 1927.
Lieutenant W. Roberts is retired. Dated 10th October, 1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Major J. K. Lowe resigns his commission. Dated 19th October, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 26th October, 1927.

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

Enfield Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Enfield.
Dated 28th September, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st October, 1927.

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

No. 1/A5/954 Private S. E. Andrews, 1st Battalion, Hauraki Regiment. Dated 19th October, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Despatch, Nobel Peace Prize, 1928.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th October, 1927.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, is published for general information.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

NEW ZEALAND.
Dominions No. 514.

Downing Street, 20th September, 1927.

SIR,—With reference to Mr. Amery’s despatch, Dominions No. 470 of the 15th October, 1926, I have the honour to transmit for the information of His Majesty’s Government in New Zealand, copies of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament regarding nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1928.

2. I should be glad if the conditions of the prize may be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

I have, &c.,
(For the Secretary of State),
LOVAT.

Governor-General, His Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., &c.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed December 10th, 1928, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the first of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified : (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute ; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union ; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague ; (d) members of the Council of the Permanent International Peace Bureau ; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law ; (f) university professors of political science and of law, of history and of philosophy; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, par. 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to par. 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Oslo.

(I.A. 8/37.)

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Borough of Woodville.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th October, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Borough of Woodville, and included in the County of Woodville. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration of boundaries which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF WOODVILLE.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District bounded by a line commencing at the point where the Palmerston North – Woodville Railway-line intersects the eastern side of Lower Woodlands Road; thence south-easterly generally along the said railway-line to the Manguatua River; thence generally westerly down the Manguatua River to the eastern side of Lower Woodlands Road; thence northerly along the eastern side of that road to the railway-line, the point of commencement.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 19/1/206.)

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Ohakune, the County of Waimarino, and the Ohakune Riding of the County of Waimarino.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 26th October, 1927.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Borough of Ohakune are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Orders in Council dated the 20th day of June, 1927, and the 19th day of September, 1927, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and published in Gazette No. 43 of the 23rd day of June, 1927, and Gazette No. 65 of the 22nd day of September, 1927.

And also in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the County of Waimarino affected by the said Orders in Council dated the 20th day of June, 1927, and the 19th day of September, 1927, are hereby defined as set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

And in further pursuance of the provisions of the said section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Ohakune Riding of the County of Waimarino affected by the said Orders in Council dated the 20th day of June, 1927, and the 19th day of September, 1927, are hereby defined as set out in the Third Schedule hereto.

This notice shall take effect as on and from the 1st day of April, 1928.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF BOROUGH OF OHAKUNE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost corner of Section No. 2, Block V, Kariol Survey District; thence along the north-western boundary of that section and across a railway and road reserve to the easternmost corner of Section No. 9, Block V aforesaid; thence along the north-eastern boundary of the said Section 9 for a distance of 3100 links; thence along a