1072
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Volunteer Officer transferred to Retired List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

GEORGE JONATHAN DORMER, Pay- and Quarter-master, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Volunteers,

to the Retired List, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 25th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotion :-

No. 1 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers.

Lieutenant Augustus William Jones to be Captain. Date of commission, 24th February, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment :-

Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers.

The Reverend Philip John Cocks to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 23rd March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned corps :-

No. 1 Company, St. Patrick’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Wellington. Acceptance to date from 26th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned corps :-

No. 2 Company, St. Patrick’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Wellington. Acceptance to date from 26th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned corps :-

No. 3 Company, Wanganui Collegiate School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Wanganui. Acceptance to date from 26th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 17, (3), “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” the services of the undermentioned corps :-

No. 4 Company, Wanganui Collegiate School Rifle Cadet Volunteers,

with headquarters at Wanganui. Acceptance to date from 26th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Name of Deceased Volunteer Officer (killed in Action, South Africa) removed from the Army List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of the late

Lieutenant WILLIAM GEORGE FORSYTHE, New Zealand Militia, and Napier Guards Rifle Volunteers,

be erased from the New Zealand Army List, he having been killed in action at Langverwacht, South Africa, on 24th April, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Non-commissioned Officer dismissed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under clause 50, “The Defence Act, 1886,” of the dismissal of No. 25,

Acting-Corporal JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY, Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

from the New Zealand Volunteer Force—dismissal to date from the 3rd April, 1903—he having been convicted in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, on the 20th of February, 1903, of killing a sheep by shooting it from a railway-carriage when returning from rifle practice.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :-

D Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Major William Harold Sefton Moorhouse. Resignation to date from 25th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :-

D Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Garencieres Rose. Date of resignation, 27th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the undermentioned officer :-

Ahuriri Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant George Robert Cotterill. Date of resignation, 18th March, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.