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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1906.

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

LAWRENCE THOMAS MCGOVERN,

lately a cadet at Waihi.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th August, 1906.

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

WILLIAM ARTHUR SUTTON

lately a letter-carrier at Nelson.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Member of Otago Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of all the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1) of section 4 of “The Otago Harbour Board Act, 1883,” and by “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed

WILLIAM BELCHER

to be a member of the Otago Harbour Board, in place of the Hon. D. Pinkerton, deceased.

J. A. MILLAR.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 21st August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

JOHN STEWART WRATT

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Nelson, as from the 2nd day of September, 1906.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

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

Mercantile Rifle Volunteers.

James Ernest Hay to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th June, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 83, General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the following appointment:—

Wellington Highland Rifle Volunteers.

Archibald Gower Burns to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th August, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Mounted Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Infantry Volunteer Battalion.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Lieutenant SAMUEL ALEXANDER GRANT (N.Z.M.), Seddon Horse Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Volunteers (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 27th July, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

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

Mackenzie Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Lindsay Banks. Date of resignation, 20th July, 1906.

Murihiku Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander Galt. Date of resignation, 29th May, 1906.

Dunedin City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Robert Crawford, V.D. Date of resignation, 6th August, 1906.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

Surgeon-Captain William Brown. Date of resignation, 20th June, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 471, (i), (a), General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers Decoration to

Major DAVID COSSGROVE, Active List (Unattached), New Zealand Volunteers,

he having to 10th August, 1906, the necessary qualifying commissioned service entitling him thereto.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

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

No. 44, Quartermaster-Sergeant CHARLES SAXBY, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers),

he having a total service to 28th February, 1906, entitling him thereto of twenty years and sixty-three days.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1906.

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

Pigeon Bay Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Pigeon Bay, Akaroa District, Canterbury. Acceptance to date from 10th August, 1906.

ALBERT PITT,
Minister of Defence.