APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 967

The undermentioned are retired. Dated 27th February, 1929 :-

Captain J. C. Schneider.
Lieutenant P. C. Watt.
2nd Lieutenant R. J. S. Weeber.

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

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 6th February, 1929 :-

Major C. K. Gasquoine.
Major C. A. Herman.
Captain W. G. Wray, M.C., with rank of Major.
Captain D. J. Walls.
Captain J. N. Hines, M.C.
Captain J. W. Melville.
Captain D. Glanfield.
Captain P. E. Salmon.
Captain F. W. Gamble.
Captain W. E. Cairn.
Captain W. H. Feldon.
Lieutenant W. V. Quane, with rank of Captain.
Lieutenant G. R. Dansey, with rank of Captain.
Lieutenant J. D. Campbell.
Lieutenant B. H. Howes.
Lieutenant J. L. Prescott.
Lieutenant W. Tailby.
Lieutenant B. W. Beaumont.
Lieutenant N. C. McLean.
Lieutenant N. T. le Petit.
Lieutenant G. H. Seddon, M.C.
Lieutenant C. Learwood.
Lieutenant W. C. Mackay, M.C.
Lieutenant H. J. Gillmore.
Lieutenant W. B. Fitchett.
Lieutenant M. M. Milliken.
Lieutenant E. E. Madden.
Lieutenant R. E. Andrew, M.C.
Lieutenant H. A. Woolf.
Lieutenant W. A. de C. Mills.
2nd Lieutenant A. I. Leyland, with rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant L. J. Mark, with rank of Lieutenant.
2nd Lieutenant R. A. Hayman.
2nd Lieutenant F. A. Hosking.
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Holmes.
2nd Lieutenant T. H. Matthews.
2nd Lieutenant P. L. Bennett, M.C.
2nd Lieutenant H. G. K. Adamson.
2nd Lieutenant N. G. Henley.
2nd Lieutenant J. H. Greenwood, M.C., M.M.
2nd Lieutenant E. Greenhalgh.
2nd Lieutenant C. E. Dowsing, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant T. A. Goulding.
2nd Lieutenant C. J. Jenkins.
2nd Lieutenant G. Wallace.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Moore, M.M.
2nd Lieutenant F. J. Adeane.
2nd Lieutenant P. Munro.
2nd Lieutenant R. H. Inder.
2nd Lieutenant E. D. Reidy.

The undermentioned are retired. Dated 6th February, 1929 :-

Captain W. G. Ivil.
Lieutenant T. W. Hosking.
Lieutenant E. J. L. Hewitt.
Lieutenant A. G. Davis.
Lieutenant E. G. Jones.
Lieutenant H. L. Anderson.
Lieutenant P. C. Veale.
Lieutenant F. P. Frean.
2nd Lieutenant D. C. Purdie.

The Hauraki Regiment.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 1st February, 1929.

Major E. Edwards.
Captain R. N. Morpeth.
Captain G. A. Bush.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Bennett.

2nd Lieutenant J. Cartwright is retired. Dated 1st February, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to Major D. C. Armstrong, M.C., The Wellington Regiment.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 4th April, 1929.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Waipa County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

WAIPA COUNTY COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Owairaka Extension Special-rating Area of the County of Waipa taken on the 8th day of March, 1929, on the proposal of the Waipa County Council to borrow the sum of £750 for the purpose for forming, culverting, widening, and gravelling for the first time of roads in the Owairaka Extension Special-rating Area.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 14; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was nil. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated at Te Awamutu, this 27th day of March, 1929.

S. C. MACKY,
Chairman Waipa County Council.

Special Order made by the South Invercargill Borough Council altering Total Number of Councillors for the Borough.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th April, 1929.

THE following special order, made by the South Invercargill Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

P. A. DE LA PERRELLE,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE SOUTH INVERCARGILL BOROUGH COUNCIL AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, 4TH MARCH, 1929.

Moved by Councillor Jones and seconded by Councillor Hewit : “ That, under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the South Invercargill Borough Council decides by way of special order that the representation of Councillors be four members for the Outer Ward and two members for the Inner Ward, and that this resolution be confirmed at a special meeting of the Council to be held in the Council Chambers, Elles Road, South Invercargill, on Wednesday, 3rd April, 1929, at 7.30 p.m., when the day upon which the said special order shall come into effect will be fixed, the date proposed being the date of Gazette notice.”—Carried.

Resolution confirming minutes of special meeting of the South Invercargill Borough Council held on Wednesday, 3rd April, 1929.

Moved by Councillor Hope and seconded by Councillor Jones : “ That the minutes of special meeting held on Monday, 4th March, 1929, be confirmed, and that the day upon which the special order shall come into effect shall be the date of Gazette notice.—Carried.

I hereby certify that the above are true copies of resolutions passed by the South Invercargill Borough Council at special meetings held on Monday, 4th March, 1929, and Wednesday, 3rd April, 1929.

E. SMITH, Town Clerk.

(I.A. 19/136/75.)

Commercial Fruitgrowing Districts made subject to the Provisions of the Orchard-tax Act, 1927.—(Notice No. Ag. 2788.)

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 6th April, 1929.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsection (2) of section 4 of the Orchard-tax Act, 1927, I, George William Forbes, Minister of Agriculture, do hereby declare that the provisions of section 4 of the said