Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2585

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant A. J. F. Halcombe resigns his commission. Dated 20th September, 1929.

THE WAIKATO MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant W. J. Collins, M.M., from the Reserve of Officers, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th September, 1929.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant J. M. Mitchell is transferred from the 9th Field Battery to the 10th Field Battery, with seniority as from the 27th May, 1927. Dated 17th September, 1929.

Lieutenant C. L. Walter is transferred from the 10th Field Battery to the 9th Field Battery, with seniority as from the 30th April, 1928. Dated 17th September, 1929.

2nd Lieutenant J. H. Dunn, 5th Field Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 17th September, 1929.

2nd Lieutenant G. N. Long, 13th Coast Battery, resigns his commission. Dated 3rd March, 1928.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Northern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant B. R. Winstone to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st May, 1929.

Southern Depot.

Gilbert Ashley Phear to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is seconded for duty with the 3rd C Battalion, Canterbury Regiment. Dated 31st July, 1929.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

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

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, No. 34, of 9th May, 1929, relating to the retirement of Lieutenant H. B. Lusk, is cancelled.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Lieutenant J. M. Allen, 1st Battalion, to be Captain. Dated 29th September, 1929.

The Wellington Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. E. Broberg, 2nd C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th September, 1929.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant R. T. Tidswell, 4th C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 26th July, 1929.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Lieutenant H. R. Thomson, 3rd C Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 16th September, 1929.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—

C. L. E. L. Sheppard, 1st Battalion. Dated 19th December, 1928.

A. G. Thompson, 3rd C Battalion. Dated 6th August, 1929.

C. R. Russ, 4th C Battalion. Dated 3rd September, 1929.

The undermentioned resign their commissions :—

Lieutenant J. D. H. Buchanan, 6th C Battalion. Dated 23rd August, 1929.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) S. Mills, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 17th September, 1929.

The Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment.

Major C. McL. Smith, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 19th September, 1929.

The Otago Regiment.

Captain D. S. Chisholm, v.d., 3rd C Battalion, is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 17th September, 1929.

The Southland Regiment.

Lieutenant W. H. Sadlier, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 12. Dated 17th September, 1929.

2nd Lieutenant J. T. Newell ceases to be posted to the 1st C Battalion, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 20th September, 1929.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Julian Ralph Blanchard to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), R.D. 5. Dated 13th September, 1929.

The Reverend W. B. Scott, Chaplain, 3rd Class, is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, R.D. 10. Dated 17th September, 1929.

The Reverend P. E. James, Chaplain, 4th Class, is transferred from R.D. 1 to R.D. 5. Dated 11th September, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th September, 1929. *

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant-Colonel R.D. McFarland, M.C., The Waikato Regiment.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th September, 1929.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has approved of the dismissal of the undermentioned soldier of the Territorial Force from the N.Z. Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, he having been convicted by the Civil power :—

No. 11A/5752 Private J. D. Caskie, 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment. Dated 16th September, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Dismissal from the Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th September, 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 W. A. White, Central Depot, N.Z. Corps of Signals. Dated 19th September, 1929.

THOMAS M. WILFORD, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 27th September, 1929.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman, 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 Pukekura Special Drainage District, taken on the 13th day of September, 1929, on the proposal of the Waipa County Council to borrow the sum of £2,600 for the purpose of making, enlarging, altering, and extending drains, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 52 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 4.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 16th day of September, 1929.

S. C. MACKY,
Chairman, Waipa County Council.

By-laws under the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922.

WHEREAS by section 8 of the Rotorua Borough Act, 1922, the control of the water-supply to the Borough of Rotorua is vested in the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, which for the purpose of such section, is a body corporate :

And whereas in respect of such works the said Department has all the powers for the time being conferred by law on Borough Councils, except the power to borrow money or to make and levy any special rate :

Now, therefore, the said Department doth hereby make additional by-laws to those published in the Gazette of 10th July, 1924, to be known as 4 (i) and 5 (e), and doth revoke by-law No. 16 as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 11th October, 1923, and doth substitute the following new by-law 16 ; and doth hereby declare that such revocation and such new by-laws shall take effect and come into force on the 1st day of October, 1929.

4. (i) In any case not specifically mentioned in the foregoing schedules of ordinary supply, Classes 1 and 2, and in cases of water-supply given outside the borough boundaries, the Department’s local controlling officer shall assess the charge to be paid by the consumer, and shall determine whether the service shall be classed as ordinary or extraordinary supply.