SEPT. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1913

Award of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal being awarded, under regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 30, dated 28th April, 1898, to

No. 218, Sergeant-Artificer THOMAS EDWARD BRYCE,
Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Award of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the Imperial Long-service and Good-conduct Medal being awarded, under regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 30, dated 28th April, 1898, to

No. 180, First-class Gunner JOHN LANDERS, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 154, Chief Petty Officer JOHN RABE, No. 4 Company N.Z.G.A. Volunteers (Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers),

he having a total efficient service to the 28th February, 1903, of twenty-one years three months twenty-nine days.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant JOSEPH C. SPINLEY, No. 8 Company N.Z. G.A.V. (Ponsonby Naval Artillery Volunteers),

he having a total efficient service to 28th February, 1903, entitling him thereto.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 214, Seaman THOMAS HARRISON, No. 3 Company New Zealand Engineer Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 28th February, 1903, of twenty years three months and twenty-one days.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 1, Bugler-major HERBERT ARNOLD, Waimea Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 28th February, 1903, of twenty years one month and fifteen days.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Appointment of Trustees of Hastings Volunteer Drill-shed and Reserve.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Brevet-Colonel William Holden Webb, New Zealand Militia, Commanding Wellington District,
Andrew Hamilton Russell, Esq., Sheep-farmer, Twyford,
David Canning, Esq., Farmer, Hastings,
Edward James Watt, Esq., Farmer, Longlands,
Robert Douglas McLean, Esq., Farmer, Maraekakaho,
Edward Varley Hudson, Esq., School-teacher, Hastings,
Thomas Ezekie Crosse, Esq., Farmer, Hastings.

to be Trustees of the Hastings Volunteer Drill-shed, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1889,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Re Family Bibles taken from Boer Farms during the Recent War in South Africa.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 22nd August, 1903.

THE following circular-letter, received from the Secretary of State for War, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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(079/373 — A.G.I.A.) War Office, S.W., June, 1903.

SIR,—I am directed by the Commander-in-Chief to inform you that it has been brought to his notice that, on the conclusion of the recent war in South Africa, a large number of Boer families found, on returning to their farms, that their family Bibles had disappeared.

It appears that the Boer inhabitants of the South African colonies set great store by their family Bibles, which often contain family records of some antiquity, and even in some cases are the only repository of such records, in consequence of the unavoidable destruction of church registers.

Lord Roberts feels sure that if any persons have in their possession any of these Bibles they will willingly return them when they learn how they are valued by their former possessors, and he thinks it unnecessary to emphasize how much such a kindly act would be appreciated by our fellow-subjects.

He therefore wishes it to be known as widely as possible among all officers and soldiers who are now serving, or have been retired, discharged, or relegated to the Reserve, whether they belong or belonged to the regular army, auxiliary, or colonial corps, and also among any of their friends to whom they may have given them as relics, that Mr. W. H. Alexander, of 12, Bishopsgate Without, London, E.C., has kindly consented to receive and despatch to their owners any such Bibles which may have been taken from Boer farms.

He feels sure that the above facts, and the knowledge that it is his wish that all such relics should find their way back to their former owners, will be sufficient to insure that their present owners, however much they value them, will readily part with them for this purpose.—I am, &c.,

A. WYMAN, D.A.G.

The General Officer Commanding.

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Commandant, School of Military Instruction, to cease to be President, Central Military Board of Examination.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that, the appointments of Commandant School of Instruction, and President, Central Board of Examination, having now been separated, that Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Owen will cease to perform the duties of President, Central Board of Examination, as from 1st August, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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President, Central Military Board of Examination, appointed.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1903.

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

Brevet-Colonel WILLIAM HOLDEN WEBB

to be President, Central Board of Examination, as from 1st August, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.