Aug. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2473

Captain J. Dash ceases to be seconded with the 3rd C Battalion, and is posted to the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, supernumerary to establishment, and is seconded for duty with the Artillery Section, Boys’ High School, Palmerston North. Dated 31st July, 1928.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant L. H. Scott, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 1st August, 1928.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Captain H. Salmon, from the Wellington Regiment, to be Captain, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 10th August, 1927. Dated 6th August, 1928.

Lieutenant S. G. Thompson, M.M., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 6th August, 1928.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain C. A. King, M.B., ceases to be attached to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, and is attached for duty to the 8th Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 7th July, 1928.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 6th August, 1928.
Captain R. B. Watson, M.B.
Captain J. M. Watters, M.B.
Captain J. N. Edgar, M.B.
Captain W. Robertson, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond.
Captain W. B. O. Ferguson, M.B.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Manawatu Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 1st August, 1928.
Major J. A. Sommerville, D.S.O.
Major P. de B. Brandon, O.B.E., V.D.
Lieutenant L. K. G. Bull.
Lieutenant C. B. Morris.
2nd Lieutenant J. Duncan.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th August, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Robinson, Reserve of Officers.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th August, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant J. R. Taylor, Reserve of Officers.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th August, 1928.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant W. H. Cannan, late of the Wellington West Coast Regiment.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Dismissals from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 8th August, 1928.

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 :—

The Otago Mounted Rifles.
No. 11A/3935, Trooper G. W. Uren.

The Hauraki Regiment (Non-effective List).
Private H. Neilson.
Private C. T. Mabey.

Dated 30th July, 1928.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Defence.

Rangitaiki Land Drainage District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 31st July, 1928.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910, the rate-payers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1928, unpaid on 15th September, 1928.

Rates may be paid at any money-order office, or to the “Collector of Rates,” Box 1659, Auckland.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Additional Land for Parliamentary Buildings Purposes in the City of Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the additional land described in the Schedule hereto for Parliamentary Buildings purposes: And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Head Office, Public Works Department, at Wellington, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces] of land required to be taken :—
A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 0 6·48 Section 491, Town of Wellington; coloured red.
0 0 3·91 Section 491, Town of Wellington; coloured yellow.
0 0 10·0 Section 491, Town of Wellington; coloured blue.

Situated in the City of Wellington.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 72865, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 10th day of August, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 51/1190.)

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 9th August, 1928.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.

Lower Mangapiko Drainage District, County of Waipa,—
Te Rahu Subdivision—
Storey, Alfred Hutchison.
McNair, Michael.
Weal, Henry.
Mangapiko Subdivision—
Johnston, John Thomas.
O’Connor, Monnie Dennis.
Quin, Francis
Paterangi Subdivision—
Macky, Samuel Christie Baird.

(I.A. 19/78/40.)

Result of Election of a Member of a River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th August, 1928.

THE following result of the election of a member of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Under-Secretary.

Kaituna River District, County of Tauranga—
Edward John Ford.

(I.A. 19/121/34.)