3702
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant H. F. Smith, from the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority as from the 10th September, 1929. Dated 17th November, 1930.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant H. F. Smith is transferred to the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Dated 17th November, 1930.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Galbreath ceases to be attached to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 13th November, 1930.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain W. A. Gow, 11th Field Battery, to be Major. Dated 2nd November, 1930.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).
Lieutenant A. C. Hipwell, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 1. Dated 6th November, 1930.

The North Auckland Regiment.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenants :—
W. J. Higgins. Dated 26th May, 1930.
R. J. Lynch. Dated 14th September, 1930.
A. G. J. Robertson. Dated 14th September, 1930.
J. T. Ormsby. Dated 14th September, 1930.
W. E. B. Dunningham. Dated 14th September, 1930.

The Waikato Regiment.
William Gordon Park (late Lieutenant in the 14th Prahran Regiment, Australian Military Forces), to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 1st December, 1929.

The Wellington Regiment.
Lionel Allan Cromwell Warner to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), and is posted to the 5th C Battalion. Dated 13th October, 1930.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant J. L. South, 1st C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th October, 1930.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Lieutenant R. W. Wilson, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 18th November, 1930.
The commission granted to Lieutenant T. R. A. McCleary, 4th C Battalion, is cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 11th November, 1930.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
Captain G. R. Jamieson, 1st Battalion, to be honorary Major and Quartermaster. Dated 12th November, 1930.
Captain N. Lawn, 2nd C Battalion, is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 10th November, 1930.
Lieutenant E. R. P. Ferguson, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 3rd November, 1930.

The Otago Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant W. S. Morris, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 17th November, 1930.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Corps of N.Z. Engineers.
Lieutenant A. R. Smith is transferred from the Southern Depot to the Central Depot, Class I (b), R.D. 5. Dated 18th November, 1930.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th November, 1930.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Flight Lieutenant W. Mackenzie, Retired List.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.
Wellington, 26th November, 1930.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman, Ohura County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

E. A. RANSOM, Acting Minister of Finance.

OHURA COUNTY COUNCIL.
Pursuant to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Ohura, taken on the 31st day of October, 1930, on the proposal of the Ohura County Council to borrow the sum of £3,000 for the purpose of re-forming, culverting, and metalling the Ohura Main Road from Toi Toi to Matiere, the number of votes recorded for the proposal was 3 ; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 13.
I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.
Dated this 25th day of November, 1930.

FRANCIS ROMAYNE,
Chairman of the County.

Classification of Road in the Waitotara County.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Transport Department Act, 1929, and the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1927, and their amendments, I, William Burgoyne Taverner, Minister of Transport, do hereby alter Waitotara County Council’s proposed classification of the road described in the Schedule hereto, and situated in the Waitotara County, and do hereby approve such altered classification as set forth in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
ROAD classified in the Fifth Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry (other than a multi-axled motor-lorry) which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 2½ tons, or any multi-axled motor-lorry which with the load it is carrying weighs not more than 4½ tons.

Kauarapaoa Road: That portion between the Whakanga-romanga Stream, in Section 1, Block I, Waipakura Survey District, and the Kauarapaoa Stream, situated in Section 2, Block II, Waipakura Survey District.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of November, 1930.

W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Transport.
(TT. 9/18/112.)

Portion of Mohaka Consolidation Scheme confirmed.
In the matter of section 6 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that a scheme of consolidation, in part, dated the 1st day of February, 1930, dealing with Kahotea East and West Blocks as set out in the said scheme, having been prepared by the Native Land Court in accordance with the above-mentioned Act, and submitted under the seal of that said Court to the Native Minister for his approval, I, Apirana Turupa Ngata, as such Native Minister, being satisfied that the scheme so submitted is just and equitable and is in the public interest, do hereby confirm the portion of the said scheme of consolidation which was so submitted on the 17th day of November, 1930.
Dated this 26th day of November, 1930.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Portion of Maniapoto Consolidation Scheme confirmed.
In the matter of section 6 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given that a scheme of consolidation, in part, dated the 23rd day of March, 1928, dealing with Aria Township and other blocks as set out in the said scheme, having been prepared by the Native Land Court in accordance with the above-mentioned Act, and submitted under the seal of the said Court to the Native Minister for his approval, and the Native Minister being satisfied that the portion of the scheme so submitted is just and equitable and is in the public interest, doth hereby confirm the portion of the said scheme of consolidation which was so submitted on the 13th day of February, 1930.
Dated this 29th day of November, 1930.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.