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2nd Lieutenant H. G. Wilson, M.M., to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th October, 1928.

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Mayne is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 25th October, 1928.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant B. H. Pringle to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th June, 1928.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Major A. H. Carrington, 15th Pack Battery, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b). Dated 29th October, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant W. Alexander, 11th Field Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 10th February, 1928.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

Captain W. S. Hill, 4th C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 22nd October, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant P. F. Hawkins, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 22nd October, 1928.

The Hauraki Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. M. Grace, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 19th October, 1928.

The North Auckland Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant P. C. Griffiths, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th June, 1928.

The Waikato Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant E. M. Grace, from the Hauraki Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 28th June, 1926, and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 19th October, 1928.

The Wellington Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-

I. H. Macarthur, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 28th January, 1928.

V. F. O. Francis, 5th C Battalion. Dated 2nd July, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. Mayne, from the Auckland Mounted Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 21st August, 1924, and is posted to the 5th C Battalion. Dated 25th October, 1928.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

Harold Vernon Clark to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 4th C Battalion. Dated 2nd November, 1928.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant H. F. Allan, 1st C Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 31st October, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant J. Moore ceases to be posted to the 1st C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 24th October, 1928.

2nd Lieutenant R. K. Styche ceases to be posted to the 1st Battalion, and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 24th October, 1928.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant R. N. Campbell, 2nd C Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 11. Dated 31st October, 1928.

Nigel Ernest William Barclay to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 31st October, 1928.

The Southland Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) and posted to the battalions as stated:-

William Leslie Jolly, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 10th October, 1928.

Robert Graeme Gilbert Dalglish, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 11th October, 1928.

John Charles Braithwaite, 1st C Battalion. Dated 12th October, 1928.

Allan George Harrington, 1st C Battalion. Dated 13th October, 1928.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain D. L. Sinclair is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th September, 1928.

Melville Simpson Harris, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is attached for duty to the North Auckland Regiment. Dated 8th October, 1928,

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend E. C. W. Powell, v.d., Chaplain, 2nd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, R.D. 10. Dated 26th October, 1928.

The Reverend F. T. Harris, Chaplain, 4th Class, Reserve List, Class I, is transferred from R.D. 4 to R.D. 10. Dated 26th October, 1928.

The Reverend H. Grinstead, Chaplain, 4th Class, Reserve List, Class II, is retired. Dated 25th October, 1928.

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

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.

Department of Defence, Wellington, 6th November, 1928.

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

Miller's Flat Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Miller's Flat.

Dated 29th October, 1928.

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

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 9th November, 1928.

The following notice, received from the Chairman, Glen Eden Town Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Finance.

GLEN EDEN TOWN BOARD.

Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Glen Eden Town District taken on the 24th day of October, 1928, on the proposal to borrow the sum of fourteen thousand pounds (£14,000) for the purpose of water reticulation, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 76 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 105; informal, 3.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

W. E. MARTIN, Chairman, Glen Eden Town Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 10th November, 1928.

The following notice, received from the Chairman, Selwyn County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART, Minister of Finance.

THE SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL.

In the matter of the Counties Act, 1920, the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, and the Local Legislation Act, 1927.

Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of October, 1928, the Selwyn County Council submitted to a poll of the ratepayers of that part of the Selwyn County particularly described in subsection (7) of section 8 of the Local Legislation Act, 1927, a proposal to raise a special loan of £500, part of a joint special loan of the aggregate amount of £1,000 in union with the Ellesmere County Council, to be called "The Dunsandel Public Hall and Library Special Loan, 1928, of £500," for the following purposes :--

1. To acquire the parcel of land described in subsection (8) of section 8 of the Local Legislation Act, 1927, and of erecting thereon a public hall and library for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the part of the Selwyn County described in subsection (7) of the said section 8, and for expending the said sum of £500 in or about the acquisition of the said land and the erection of the said public hall and library thereon.

2. The currency of the said loan to be for the period of thirty-three years at a rate of interest not exceeding £5 15s. per cent. per annum.

The proposed security for the interest on the said loan and provision for a sinking fund for repaying the same of not less than £1 5s. per cent. per annum is a special rate of one twenty-second of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all the rateable land in the said part of the county, and it is not