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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain J. C. Sperring-Johnson, M.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 10th August, 1929.

N.Z. VETERINARY CORPS.
Captain W. C. Ring, V.M.D., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 6th August, 1929.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend J. Davie, Chaplain, 3rd Class, to be Chaplain, 2nd Class. Dated 14th August, 1929.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Major W. T. Joll is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th August, 1929.

The Regiment of N.Z. Artillery.
Lieutenant B. C. Jeffreys is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th August, 1929.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
Captain R. J. Palmer is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th August, 1929.

The Taranaki Regiment.
Major W. J. Shepherd is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 10th August, 1929.

The Wellington Regiment.
Lieutenant H. T. B. Drew is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 9th August, 1929.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
Lieutenant D. W. Curham, M.C., is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th August, 1929.

The Otago Regiment.
Lieutenant E. B. C. Murray is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 16th August, 1929.

MEMORANDUM.
2nd Lieutenant D. E. D. Malins (late 2nd Field Battery, N.Z.A.) to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd March, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.
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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldier of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :—
Private H. E. Roberts, Central Depot, N.Z. Corps of Signals. Dated 16th August, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Awards of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to the undermentioned officers :—
Lieutenant-Colonel G. Lyon, M.C., commanding 2nd Field Brigade, Regiment N.Z. Artillery.
Major J. F. Potter, the Auckland Mounted Rifles.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club disbanded.
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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—
Frankton Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Frankton Junction.
Dated 15th August, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Sittings of Magistrate’s Court discontinued.
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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct that sittings of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellsford be discontinued as from the 31st day of August, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Removal of a Name from the Commission of the Peace.
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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th August, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 8 of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927, to direct the removal of the name of Ernest Arundel Jones, of Huntly, from the Commission of the Peace; and it is hereby notified that such name has been removed accordingly, and that such removal will take effect on and from the 26th day of July, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Justice.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
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Wellington, 24th August, 1929.

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

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that the following is the result of the poll of ratepayers of the Aotea Special-rating Area of the County of Raglan, taken on the 20th day of July, 1929, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £2,500 for the purpose of widening and metalling of the Te Mata – Ruapuke Road in the Aotea Special-rating Area in the County of Raglan :—
For the proposal, 43; against the proposal, 3.
As the total number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal are more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE,
Chairman of the Raglan County Council,
Ngaruawahia, 14th August, 1929.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
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Wellington, 27th August, 1929.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor, Whangarei Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

JOSEPH WARD, Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF WHANGAREI.
Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Whangarei, taken on the 20th day of August, 1929, on the proposal of the Whangarei Borough Council to borrow the sum of £17,400 for the purpose of extension of waterworks, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 219; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 222.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 21st day of August, 1929.

W. JONES, Mayor.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.
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Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1929.

THE Alpine Rebekah Lodge, No. 65, situated at Te Kopuru, N. Wairoa, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 19th day of August, 1929.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.