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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

of the Taneatua Special-rating Area, County of Whakatane,
taken on the 8th day of May, 1929, on the proposal of the
Whakatane County Council to borrow the sum of £500 for
the formation, tar-sealing, and gravelling, also concrete-
kerbing of footpaths within the Township of Taneatua,--
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 22;
and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was
7,
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 5th day of June, 1929.
WALTER REID, Chairman.

N.Z. Corps of Signals.
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List with
permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed
uniform. Dated 26th March, 1929.
Major F. E. Beamish.
Captain P. B. Cooke.
Lieutenant A. W. Brown, M.C., D.C.M.
Lieutenant T. M. Cotter is retired. Dated 26th March, 1929.
The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant J. E. Brodie resigns his commission. Dated 20th
May, 1929.
The Southland Regiment.
The undermentioned resign their commissions:--
Lieutenant R. Bleakley. Dated 20th May, 1929.
Lieutenant A. H. W. Aitken. Dated 22nd May, 1929.
MEMORANDUM.--Major J. R. Loudon, Reserve of Officers,
is posted to the Retired List with permission to retain his
rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th May,
1929.
THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Otamatea County Council, altering
Riding Boundaries.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th June, 1929.
THE following special order, made by the Otamatea
County Council, is published in accordance with the
provisions of the Counties Act, 1920.
Pursuant to section 100 of that Act, as amended by section
3 of the Counties Amendment Act, 1921-22, I hereby fix the
31st March, 1929, as the date from which the special order
shall take effect.
JOHN G. COBBE,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.
OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Special Order.--Whakapirau and Wairau Boundaries.
On the motion of Councillor Ramsbottom, seconded by
Councillor Collins, it was unanimously decided that the
boundaries of the Whakapirau and Wairau Ridings be
amended as follows:--
“Commencing on the Wairau River mentioned in New
Zealand Gazette No. 42, of the 18th May, 1883, page 645, at
a point on the boundary between Lot 4 shown on plan 1124
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at
Auckland, and Section 49, Block XII, Waipu Survey Dis-
trict (Bickerstaffe Settlement); thence in a westerly direction
by the northern boundaries of Sections 49, 35, and 28, Block
XII, Waipu Survey District (Bickerstaffe Settlement) to and
across a public road, and by the northern boundary of part
Okahurewa Block on plan 1282 deposited in the office of the
District Land Registrar at Auckland, to the south-eastern
corner of part Okahurewa Block on plan 444, deposited in
the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland; thence
in a north-easterly direction by the eastern boundary of part
Okahurewa Block on plan 444 aforesaid; thence in a south-
westerly direction by the north-western boundary of part
Okahurewa Block on plan 444 aforesaid to the southern
boundary of the Parish of Wairau mentioned in New Zealand
Gazette No. 42, of the 18th May, 1883, page 645.”
Certified correct—F. R. BURNLEY, for Chief Surveyor.
8/4/29.
The Common Seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and
Inhabitants of the County of Otamatea was hereunto affixed
this 22nd day of May, 1929, in the presence of--
G. W. HESLOP, Councillor.
W. J. LITTIN, Councillor.
E. G. AIcKIN, County Clerk.

Unit disbanded.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 12th June, 1929.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved,
under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, of the dis-
bandment of the undermentioned unit :--
2nd Field Battery, Regiment of New Zealand Artillery,
with headquarters at Hamilton.
Dated 31st May, 1929.
THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 14th June, 1929.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of
the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence
Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909:--
Palmerston Defence Rifle Club
with headquarters at Palmerston (Otago).
Dated 13th May, 1929.
THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th June, 1929.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary
Forces Officers' Decoration to Captain C. P. Worley, the
Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Promotion in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New
Zealand Division).
Navy Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1929.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following promotion in the Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand Division):--
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Tarr Palmer to
Commander, R.N.V.R. (N.Z.D.); to date 30th May,
1929.
THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 17th June, 1929.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman,
Whakatane County Council, is published in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.
JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.
PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly
passed at a special meeting of the Otamatea County Council
convened for the purpose, held on Thursday, the 11th day of
April, 1929, and confirmed at an ordinary meeting held on
Wednesday, the 22nd day of May, 1929.
Public notice of the time and place fixed for the confirming
meeting was given in the New Zealand Herald once in each of
the four weeks immediately preceding such ordinary meeting
on the following dates: 29th April, 6th, 13th, and 20th
May, 1929.
E. G. AIcKIN, County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
made.
E. G. AIcKIN, County Clerk.
(I.A. 19/124/8.)

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, and its Amend-
ment, fixing the Closing-hours of (1) Drapers', (2) Mercers',
(3) Bootssellers', (4) Grocers', (5) Saddlers', (6) Tailors',
and (7) Stationers' Shops within the Borough of Foxton.
WHEREAS a requisition in writing has been forwarded
to me from the occupiers of shops in each of the trades
of (1) draper, (2) mercer, (3) bootseller, (4) grocer, (5) saddler,