Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2075

Polling-places for the Lyttelton Electoral District appointed.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the Electoral Act, 1927, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby abolish all existing polling-places, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be the polling-places in the said Electoral District of Lyttelton.

SCHEDULE.

LYTTELTON ELECTORAL DISTRICT.

Akaroa, the Courthouse.
Cashmere Hills, Room in Middle Sanatorium.
Cashmere Hills, the Masonic Hall.
Chatham Islands, Waitangi, old Post-office Building.
Chatham Islands, Kaingaroa, The Schoolhouse.
Chatham Islands, Owenga, the School.
Colombo Street, at foot of Cashmere Hills, Cashmere Stores, Ltd.
Diamond Harbour (Tea Kiosk).
Duvauchelle, the Public Hall.
Governor's Bay, the Public School.
Heathcote, the Public School.
Le Bon's Bay, the Public School.
Little Akaloa, the Public School.
Lyttelton, the Colonists' Hall.
Lyttelton, the St. John's Presbyterian Hall.
Lyttelton West, the Anglican Schoolroom.
Mount Pleasant, Garage attached to the Mount Pleasant Store, Sumner Road.
Okain's Bay, the Public Hall.
Opawa, the Public School, Ford Road.
Opawa, garage, residence of A. W. McKay, 314 Hills Road, St. Martins.
Pigeon Bay, the Public School.
Port Levy, the Public School.
Redcliffs, the Public Library.
Sumner, the Town Hall.
Takamatua, the Public School.
Teddington, the Public School.
Wainui, the Public School.
Woolston, McDonald Hall, Aldwin's Road.
Woolston, the Public School (principal).
Woolston, St. John's Anglican Schoolroom.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 15th day of August, 1933.

J. G. COATES,
Acting Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.

Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces amended.

AMENDMENTS No. 35.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, and in conformity with Royal Warrants dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, I, Charles, Baron Bledisloe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto the regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces published in the Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from the date of publication in the Gazette except as otherwise provided.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES, 1927.

APPENDIX VIII.—DECORATIONS AND MEDALS.

1. PARAGRAPHS 6 to 15 (both inclusive) are hereby revoked, and the following substituted :-

Forfeiture and Restoration.

6. Provision is made for the forfeiture or restoration of orders, and medals of orders, in the Statutes governing the orders.

7. Except as otherwise provided by these regulations and by relevant Royal Warrants in the cases of those decorations and medals referred to in para. 8 hereunder, the conditions under which decorations and medals may be forfeited or restored will be those laid down from time to time in the Royal Warrant for Pay, &c., and the King's Regulations for the Army, which shall be held to apply to any war medal or any decoration or medal for long service, meritorious service, or efficiency awarded to members of the New Zealand Military Forces.

8. In the Royal Warrants respectively governing them provision is made for the forfeiture or restoration of the following decorations and medals-viz., Victoria Cross, Military Cross, Royal Red Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, Meritorious Service Medal for Gallantry, and such Royal Warrants are effective in New Zealand.

9. For the conditions governing the forfeiture and restoration of the Efficiency Decoration awarded to officers of the New Zealand Military Forces see subparas. (13)-(15) of para. 17 of this Appendix.

Foreign Orders and Medals.

10. In regard to forfeiture, foreign orders and medals are not affected by these regulations, but are dealt with under special regulations issued by the Foreign Office. A decoration or medal awarded by a foreign Power cannot under any circumstances be replaced.

Loss and Replacement of British Orders, Medals, &c.

11. Every precaution will be taken to ensure that the insignia of military orders, decorations, and medals do not come into the possession of unauthorized persons. Where the loss is incurred during training by an officer, warrant officer, N.C.O., or man, and is due entirely to unavoidable circumstances arising out of the exigencies of the service, lost decorations or medals may be replaced at the public expense, but losses due to the circumstances and accidents of private life will not be chargeable to public funds. The decision in all cases will rest with the General Officer Commanding.

12. Campaign medals lost after the death of the recipient cannot be replaced.

13. An officer may, after taking reasonable steps to recover a lost decoration or medal, submit an application for replacement on prepayment. Officers on the active list will submit their applications through the usual channels, and those on the Reserve of Officers to General Headquarters direct. Duplicates will not be issued until two months have elapsed from the date of the loss.

14. When a warrant officer, N.C.O., or man loses a decoration or medal during training he will immediately report the fact to his Company, &c., Commander, who will record all available evidence regarding the loss and submit it to the O.C. Unit, who will, if practicable, take steps to effect recovery, and, failing recovery, will record his opinion as to whether the loss occurred-

(i) When the soldier was on duty and from causes entirely beyond his control;
(ii) By accident; or
(iii) Wilfully.

Under (i) and (ii) applications to replace the lost medals may be at once submitted to General Headquarters through the usual channel, accompanied by the original record of evidence. Where no testimony as to the loss, except that of the soldier himself, is forthcoming, the Commanding Officer, except in very special circumstances, which he will record, will take the man's character into account in forming his opinion. If application is made for replacement at the public expense the conditions of para. 11 of this Appendix will apply. Lost medals or decorations will be replaced only under the procedure laid down in this paragraph.

In cases under (iii) the soldier will be dealt with under section 24 of the Army Act, in so far as that Act is applicable to the New Zealand Military Forces.

15. When a medal or decoration is lost by a retired officer, or by a warrant officer, N.C.O., or man when not undergoing training, or by an ex-soldier, an application for replacement must be accompanied by a statutory declaration setting out the circumstances under which the original was lost and the steps taken to effect recovery. The application will be forwarded to General Headquarters direct. In certain cases (e.g., D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M., M.M., and Campaign Medals, except for the Great War), the application will require to be transmitted by General Headquarters to the War Office, and postal notes in prepayment should not be submitted by the applicant until he is advised by General Headquarters as to cost and requirements. In all cases replacements will be on prepayment, and new decorations or medals will not be replaced until two months have elapsed from the date of the loss.