Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2887

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th September, 1930.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Gray, M.C., v.d., the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, relinquishes command of the 1st Battalion, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 8th September, 1930.

Major W. C. Harley, the Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment, is appointed to command the 1st Battalion, and is granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th September, 1930.

The period of command of Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Milligan, D.S.O., Coast Artillery Group, Northern Command, is extended to 22nd March, 1931.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be Majors:—

Captain A. W. Johnson, M.C. Dated 1st September, 1930.

Captain A. S. B. Smith. Dated 2nd September, 1930.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant K. W. Ford to be Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Captain. Dated 18th July, 1930.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant C. W. Hamann, 16th Pack Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th September, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant G. L. Falck, 16th Pack Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th September, 1930.

Lieutenant G. L. Falck is transferred from the 16th Pack Battery to the 20th Pack Battery, with seniority as from the 15th September, 1930. Dated 18th September, 1930.

With reference to the notice published in the N.Z. Gazette, No. 58, of 14th August, 1930, relative to 2nd Lieutenant H. L. Towers, for “Lieutenant” read “2nd Lieutenant.”

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The North Auckland Regiment.

Captain F. G. Coleman, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 10th September, 1930.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant W. B. Sutch, from the Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 10th June, 1929, and is posted to the 1st C Battalion. Dated 12th September, 1930.

The Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—

2nd Lieutenant E. St. John, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 31st January, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant H. M. Kerr, 2nd C Battalion. Dated 1st February, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant E. B. Rout, 3rd C Battalion. Dated 1st July, 1930.

2nd Lieutenant W. B. Sutch, 1st C Battalion, is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 12th September, 1930.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant A. S. Dray, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 10th September, 1930.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Southern Depot.

2nd Lieutenant S. G. Forbes to be Lieutenant. Dated 13th September, 1930.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain P. C. Davie, M.B., F.R.C.S. Edin., to be Major. Dated 12th September, 1930.

Lieutenant J. H. H. Wood, M.B., to be Captain. Dated 16th September, 1930.

THE N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend H. H. Jeffreys, Chaplain, 4th Class (Methodist), is transferred from No. 1 R.D. to No. 5 R.D. Dated 11th September, 1930.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

The Otago Regiment.

Lieutenant R. R. Nimmo resigns his commission. Dated 10th September, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries, Howick Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the Town Boards Act, 1908, praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may be excluded from the Manukau County and included in the Howick Town District. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MANUKAU COUNTY AND INCLUDED IN THE HOWICK TOWN DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, Manukau County, situate in Block IV, Otahuhu Survey District, bounded, commencing at a point being the intersection of the southern boundary of the Howick Town District as described in New Zealand Gazette, 1922, page 759, and mean high-water mark, Hauraki Gulf, on the north-east and east generally by mean high-water mark, Hauraki Gulf, to the north-eastern corner of part of Lot 4 as shown on D.P. 21066, being part of Allotment 72, Pakuranga Parish; on the south, south-west, and west generally by part of Lot 4 aforementioned, by Lots 11 and 2 on D.P. 17330, being parts of Allotment 72, Pakuranga Parish, by Lot 1 on D.P. 17330, being part of Allotments 72 and 69, Pakuranga Parish, to the westernmost corner of Lot 89 on D.P. 16751, being part of Allotment 69, Pakuranga Parish; by a right line drawn across the aforesaid Lot 1 (D.P. 17330) to the southernmost corner of Lot 93 on D.P. 16751, being part of Allotment 69 aforementioned, again by Lot 1 aforementioned, by Lot 13 on D.P. 17330, being part of Allotments 72 and 69, Pakuranga Parish, and by Lot 144 on D.P. 16913, being part of Allotments 69 and 68, Pakuranga Parish, to the southern boundary of the Howick Town District aforementioned; on the north by the said southern boundary of the Howick Town District to the point of commencement.

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

(I.A. 19/86/135.)

Notice respecting Proposed Abolition of the Waihopai River District, County of Southland.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1930.

IT is hereby notified that a petition has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General, under the River Boards Act, 1908, and its amendments, praying that the Waihope River District may be abolished. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed abolition which they desire to lodge, within one month from the first publication of this notice, such objections or petitions to be addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

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

(I.A. 19/63/21.)

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of Birkenhead, the County of Waitemata, and the Birkenhead Riding of the County of Waitemata.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th September, 1930.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 141 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, the boundaries of the Borough of Birkenhead are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by Order in Council dated the 18th day of March, 1930, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and published in Gazette, No. 20, of the 20th day of March, 1930.