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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S WELLINGTON WEST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major G. C. Wells is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 6. Dated 25th October, 1927.

Lieutenant H. L. Spratt resigns his commission. Dated 29th October, 1927.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant H. B. Fowler, 8th Field Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 25th October, 1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant E. C. Schnackenberg to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th October, 1927.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Captain V. F. Maxwell, 1st C Battalion, to be Major. Dated 20th October, 1927.

Lieutenant W. S. Hill, 4th C Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 20th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant J. S. Matthews, 5th C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 20th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant A. G. Coulam, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 16th October, 1922, and is seconded for duty with the 5th C Battalion, Dated 22nd October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) L. E. K. Averill, from the Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), with seniority as from the 14th March, 1927, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 22nd October, 1927.

The Waikato Regiment.

Victor Reginald Raines to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 27th October, 1927.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant E. L. Adams, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 9th December, 1925, and is seconded for duty with the 1st C Battalion. Dated 29th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant C. D. A. George, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) L. E. K. Averill is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 22nd October, 1927.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant E. L. Adams, 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 29th October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant A. G. Coulam, 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 22nd October, 1927.

2nd Lieutenant H. A. Kirby, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Canterbury Regiment. Dated 25th October, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant H. A. Kirby, from the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 21st September, 1925, and is seconded for duty with the 3rd C Battalion. Dated 25th October, 1927.

Percival George Stevens to be 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.), and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 25th October, 1927.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 26th October, 1927.

A. J. Gray, 1st C Battalion.

R. E. Agar, 3rd C Battalion.

B. M. Davis, 2nd C Battalion.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend W. Raine, Chaplain 4th Class, to be Chaplain 3rd Class. Dated 5th October, 1925.

The Reverend Geoffrey Harold Schurr to be Chaplain 4th Class (C. of E.), R.D. 9. Dated 20th October, 1927.

The Reverend R. F. Geddes, Chaplain 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 29th October, 1927.

The Reverend H. L. B. Goertz, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 5. Dated 29th October, 1927.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Captain C. F. Bishop, attached to N.Z. Permanent A.S.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 15th October, 1927.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Lieutenant H. B. Rishworth, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 22nd October, 1927.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Major V. Dunne is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th October, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th November, 1927.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain C. N. Devery, D.C.M., the Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

George Macauley Kinmont,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, at Tuapeka Mouth, is authorized to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

As witness my hand, this 8th day of November, 1927.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 8th November, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Mount Eden, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

MOUNT EDEN BOROUGH LOAN.

Drainage Loan.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Mount Eden held on the 26th day of October, 1927, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £100,000 for the construction of permanent drainage and sewerage works within the borough, and for the payment of the Council’s proportion of the cost of works beyond the borough which are required to provide an outfall—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 547; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 308; informal 2.

I have therefore to declare the proposal to be carried.

E. H. POTTER, Mayor.

27th October, 1927.

Notice respecting proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Otautau River District, County of Wallace.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th November, 1927.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be added to the Otautau River District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposal which they desire to lodge within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF AREA PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE OTAUTAU RIVER DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point in the middle of the Aparima or Jacobs River in line with the north-eastern boundary of