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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

ROBERT PETRIE,

lately a junior Exchange Clerk at Christchurch.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Inspector of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable WILLIAM DUNCAN LUKE

to be an Inspector of Factories under “The Factories Act, 1901,” as from the 7th March, 1904.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Cadet in Department of Labour appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 9th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER EDMOND SHANAHAN

to be a cadet in the Department of Labour, as from the 8th March, 1904.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Minister of Labour.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

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

Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Lionel Levin to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Scott Canavan to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Zealandia Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Hobbs to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alan Mair Jackson to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Surgeon-Major Henry Walker to be Brigade-Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of commission, 25th January, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

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

Heretaunga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Philip Benjamin Watts to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

John Charles McKillop to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Ernest John William Freeth to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Otago Hussar Volunteers.

Alexander James Hastie to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Otago Hussar Volunteers.

James Lindsay Miller to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Clutha Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Roland Mackay to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Wellington Post and Telegraph Rifle Volunteers.

James Jacob Esson to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

College Rifle Volunteers (Wellington).

James William Hutchen to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Zealandia Rifle Volunteers.

Somerset Ward Smith to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Hastings Rifle Volunteers.

Edward Varley Hudson to be Captain. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Waipawa Rifle Volunteers.

William Charles Anstis to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Waipawa Rifle Volunteers.

Alfred Ernest Eames to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

James Devonsher Hawkes to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd December, 1903.

Clutha Rifle Volunteers.

William Turner to be Lieutenant. Date of commission 2nd December, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

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

1st Battalion, South Canterbury Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Thomas Gordon Lilico to be Honorary Veterinary Surgeon. Date of commission, 5th February, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commissions held by the undermentioned officers:—

Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Percy Ernest Augustus Salmon. Date of resignation, 17th January, 1904.

Tauranga Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Evelyn Harry Morris. Date of resignation, 10th January, 1904.

Wellington Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Stanley Wheeler. Date of resignation, 28th January, 1904.

Masterton Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Andrew Nisbet Burns. Date of resignation, 25th January, 1904.

1st Battalion, Nelson Infantry Volunteers.

Captain (Adjutant) Charles Thomas Major, D.S.O. Date of resignation, 12th December, 1903.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Surgeon-Captain J. H. Murray-Aynsley. Date of resignation, 23rd November, 1903.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.