Feb. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 245

New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Lieut.-Colonel William Holden Webb, New Zealand Militia, to be Brevet Colonel. Commission to date from the 13th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Lieut.-Colonel Alfred William Robin, C.B., New Zealand Militia, to be Brevet Colonel. Commission to date from the 14th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Lieut.-Colonel Richard Hutton Davies, C.B., New Zealand Militia, to be Brevet Colonel. Commission to date from the 15th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Major Robert Haylock Owen, New Zealand Militia (Captain H.M. South Lancashire Regiment), to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Commission to date from the 15th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Major Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, New Zealand Militia, to be Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. Commission to date from the 15th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Captain Arthur George Ellton Bingley,

H.M. 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, a Major in the New Zealand Militia. Commission to date from the 3rd day of January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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New Zealand Militia Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer:—

New Zealand Militia.

Captain Edwin Bartlett, New Zealand Militia, to be Major. Commission to date from the 15th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 15, “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the

Te Aroha Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Te Aroha. Acceptance to date from the 7th January, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Resignations of Trustees of Volunteer Drill-shed, and Appointments of Additional Trustees.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act 1888 Amendment Act, 1900,” the resignation of

Lieut.-Colonel William Holden Webb, New Zealand Militia, and

Captain William Deans Milne, New Zealand Volunteers,

as Trustees of the Dunedin Volunteer Garrison Hall, with effect from the 9th December, 1901; and also to approve of the appointment of

Lieut.-Colonel Alfred William Robin, C.B., New Zealand Militia, Commanding Otago Militia and Volunteer District, and

Captain Thomas Chalmers, B Battery, Artillery Volunteers,

as additional Trustees of the above Garrison Hall. Appointments to date from the 10th December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officers appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointments:—

No. 1 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Arthur Dinham Shilson to be Lieutenant.

Piako Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Francis Joseph Marshall to be Lieutenant.

Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Alfred Arthur White to be Lieutenant.

No. 3 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Ernest James Ralph Smith to be Lieutenant.

John Mungo Scott to be Lieutenant.

Pukekohe Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Henry Dell to be Captain.

Albert Josiah Glasson to be Lieutenant.

Arthur Bertram Collier to be Lieutenant.

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Andrew Thomas Reid to be Lieutenant.

John Martin Warn to be Lieutenant.

Franklin Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Leddra Wallis to be Captain.

Andrew Clark Shaw to be Lieutenant.

Otamatea Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Frank Colbeck to be Captain.

Henry Charles Nutsford to be Lieutenant.

Douglas Cromwell Snelling to be Lieutenant.

Waiuku Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Alfred Martyn Barriball to be Captain.

John Edward Makgill to be Lieutenant.

John Henry Herrold to be Lieutenant.

Robert Allen Bent to be Lieutenant.