3580
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

The Hauraki Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 21st November, 1927.

B. McG. Laird, 1st Battalion.
V. J. A. Cooke, 1st Battalion.
W. N. Verry, 1st C Battalion.
D. H. Cameron, 1st Battalion.

The Waikato Regiment.

Major H. H. S. Westmacott, O.B.E., from the Canterbury Regiment, to be Major, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 20th November, 1924. Dated 22nd November, 1927.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants, 1st Battalion. Dated 24th October, 1927.

C. S. Swan. J. M. Russell.

Donald Wallace Sutton, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is attached for duty to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 19th November, 1927.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lieutenant B. H. Grayling, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 19th November, 1927.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Major H. H. S. Westmacott, O.B.E., 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 22nd November, 1927.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants, 3rd C Battalion. Dated 14th November, 1927.

H. A. Kirby. H. Hyde.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend B. D. Ashcroft, Chaplain 4th Class, to be Chaplain 3rd Class. Dated 8th September, 1926.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class:—

The Reverend E. C. W. Hassall (C. of E.), R.D. 11. Dated 12th November, 1927.

The Reverend Hector Sefton Innes Kenney (C. of E.), R.D. 6. Dated 19th November, 1927.

The Reverend Paul Albert Stanley (C. of E.), R.D. 6. Dated 19th November, 1927.

The Reverend A. H. Norris, M.A., Chaplain 2nd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 10. Dated 14th November, 1927.

The Reverend H. R. Turner, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I., R.D. 10. Dated 17th November, 1927.

The Reverend J. A. Kempthorne, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred from R.D. 6 to R.D. 2. Dated 9th November, 1927.

L. J. Toomer, Chaplain 4th Class, is transferred from R.D. 9 to R.D. 1. Dated 9th November, 1927.

The Reverend R. H. K. Kempton, Chaplain 4th Class, Reserve List, Class II, is transferred from R.D. 11 to R.D. 3. Dated 9th November, 1927.

THE RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 19th November, 1927.

Corps of N.Z. Engineers.

Major A. F. R. Rohloff, M.C.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Major A. J. Mirrielees.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

Captain J. Murray.

Lieutenant T. G. Vincent.

Captain E. B. Tustin.

Dated 22nd November, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Northcroft, D.S.O., New Zealand Army Legal Department.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th November, 1927.

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

1ST BATTALION, HAURAKI REGIMENT.

No. 8A/826 Private J. T. Collins.

No. 14/647 Private L. G. Martin.

Dated 17th November, 1927.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 26th November, 1927.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

James Joseph William Pooley, Esquire,

to be the Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Stratford for the purpose of the Legislature Act, 1908, as from the 10th day of November, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 24th November, 1927.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Board of the Waitemata Electric-power District, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Finance.

WAITEMATA ELECTRIC-POWER DISTRICT.

£80,000 Reticulation Extension Loan, 1927.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Waitemata Electric-power District, held on the 17th day of November, 1927, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £80,000 for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, and providing electric works, as defined in the Electric Power Boards Act, 1925, and for providing funds for the purposes mentioned under section 118 of the said Act, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 2,112; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 407; informal, 7.

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was more than three-fifths of the total number of votes polled, I hereby declare that the proposal was carried.

J. W. HAYDEN, Chairman.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1927.

Special Order made by the Buckley Drainage Board, subdividing District.

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

THE following special order, made by the Buckley Drainage Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and amendments.

M. POMARE,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

SPECIAL ORDER.

BUCKLEY DRAINAGE BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Buckley Drainage Board, held at Shannon on the 14th day of October, 1927, the following resolution was passed by way of special order and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the 18th day of November, 1927.

Resolution: That the Buckley Drainage Board hereby resolves by way of special order to subdivide its district into subdivisions, and prescribe the boundaries thereof, and assign names thereto as hereunder, as provided for by section 16 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.