Military Appointments and Money Order Notices




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 265

In the Auckland Engineer Volunteers.
William John Gundry to be Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 25th January, 1867.

In the No. 7 (Timaru) Company, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
William Whitwell Beswick to be Ensign. Date of
commission, 19th December, 1866.

In the No. 1 Company, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers.
William de Troy to be Lieutenant. Date of commis-
sion, 2nd April, 1867.
Charles Allison to be Ensign. Date of commission,
2nd April, 1867.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the undermentioned officers :—
Captain J. Willcox, Union Company Rifle
Volunteers.
Lieutenant H. Willcox, Union Company Rifle
Volunteers.
Captain J. O. Meagher, Oamaru Rifle Volunteers.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointment, viz. :—
Dr. Courtney Nedwill to be Surgeon in the
Canterbury Militia and Volunteers vice Dr.
Fisher, left the Colony.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the services of the undermentioned
corps, viz. :—
Motueka Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps. Date
of acceptance, 9th May, 1867.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1867.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint the Post
Office at

CHARLESTON,

in the Province of Nelson, from this date, to be a
Money Order Office for the issue and payment of
Money Orders.

JOHN HALL.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1867.
THE following Notice, received from the General
Post Office, London, respecting the extension
of, and alterations in, the Money Order System, is
published for general information.

JOHN HALL.

MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
ENGLAND.

  1. On the 1st of April, Money Order Offices will
    be opened in London and the suburbs, at—

Devons Road, Bromley ........................ Postal District.
Cedars Row, Wandsworth ........................ E.
Mile End Road (424) ........................ S.
E.

  1. During the past quarter Money Order Offices
    have been opened at King Street, Cheapside, E.C.,
    Bishop's Road, Paddington, W., and Westbourne
    Grove, W.; the offices at Gresham Street, E.C., and
    at 186, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W., have been
    closed; and the designation of the office at St. John's
    Wood, N.W., has been changed to Queen's Terrace,
    St. John's Wood, N.W.

  2. A Money Order Office has been opened at 76,
    Aldersgate Street, E.C., and the office at 42, Alders-
    gate, E.C., has been closed.

  3. The office at Chigwell Road has been trans-
    ferred from the Metropolitan to the Eastern District,
    and has been constituted a Head Office, and the
    office at Chigwell has been made subordinate to it.

  4. The office at Harrow has been transferred from
    the Metropolitan to the South Midland District and
    has been constituted a Head Office, and the office at
    Sudbury has been made subordinate to it.

  5. The offices at 57, Brick Lane, Shoreditch, and
    at 111, Shoreditch, have been transferred from the
    North-Eastern to the Eastern of the Metropolis
    District.

  6. Money Order Offices will be opened in the
    country at—

Head Office. County.
Abbey Foregate, R.O. Shrewsbury... Salop.
Albury ........................ Guildford Surrey.
Askham ........................ Ulverstone Lancaster.
Blyth ........................ Worksop...... Nottingham.
Bowdon ........................ Manchester... Chester.
Bramley ........................ Guilford Surrey.
Bramshaw ........................ Lymington Hants.
Buckley ........................ Flint Flint.
Burringham ........................ Doncaster Lincoln.
Caldbeck ........................ Wigton Cumberland.
Caroline Street, R.O. Hull ........................ York.
Cawthorne ........................ Barnsley York.
Chorlton Bar, R.O.... Manchester... Lancaster.
Dinas Cross.. ........................ Haverfordwest Pembroke.
Disley ........................ Stockport Chester.
East Cramlington ........................ Cramlington.. Northumberld.
Ebenezer ........................ Carnarvon Carnarvon.
Gensing Station Road, Hastings......... Sussex.
R.O.
Hayling Island ........................ Havant Hants.
King's Stanley ........................ Stonehouse Gloucester.
Liss ........................ Petersfield Hants.
Luddendenfoot ........................ Manchester.... York.
Millbridge ........................ Normanton... York.
Mount Pleasant ........................ Ferryhill Durham
New Brampton ........................ Chesterfield... Derby.
New Malden ........................ Kingston-on- Surrey.
Thames
Scorrier ........................ Wellington... Salop.
St. George's. ........................ Cornwall.
Sub-Office (Railway
South Brent.
West Houghton ........................ Ivybridge Devon.
Bolton Lancaster.
West Meon. ........................ Petersfield Hants.
Ystrad Rhondda ........................ Pontypridd... Glamorgan.

  1. During the past quarter a Money Order Office
    has been opened at Bickley (Kent).

  2. The Sub-Office at Redditch has been made a
    Head Office, and the Money Order Offices at Alces-
    ter, Alvechurch, Astwood Bank, Bidford, Fecken-
    ham, and Studley, are now served from it instead of,
    as formerly, from Bromsgrove.

  3. The office at Bishopstoke is now served from
    Southampton instead of from Winchester :—Finedon
    from Wellingborough instead of from Higham Fer-
    res:---Seghill from Dudley (Northumberland) instead
    of from Cramlington (Northumberland) :—and Sea-
    ton Carew from Hartlepool instead of from Stockton-
    on-Tees.



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🛡️ Promotions, Resignations, and Appointments in Volunteer Forces (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
3 June 1867
Volunteer Force, promotion, resignation, surgeon, commission, Auckland, Canterbury
9 names identified
  • William John Gundry, Promoted to Lieutenant
  • William Whitwell Beswick, Promoted to Ensign
  • William de Troy, Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Charles Allison, Promoted to Ensign
  • J. Willcox (Captain), Resigned commission
  • H. Willcox (Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • J. O. Meagher (Captain), Resigned commission
  • Courtney Nedwill (Doctor), Appointed Surgeon
  • Fisher (Doctor), Predecessor as Surgeon

  • T. M. Haultain

🚂 Charleston Post Office appointed as Money Order Office

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 May 1867
Money Order Office, Charleston, Nelson, Post Office
  • John Hall

🚂 Publication of London and Country Money Order System Extensions and Alterations

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 May 1867
Money Order System, London, England, Post Office, Extensions, Alterations
  • John Hall