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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Richard Norman to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.

No. 1 Company (Auckland), Field Ambulance.
Charles James Tunks to be Quartermaster, with rank of Lieutenant. Date of commission, 6th November, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

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

No. 1 Squadron, Waikato Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
The Reverend Clement Houchen to be Honorary Chaplain (Fourth Class), with rank of Captain. Date of commission, 16th May, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and appointed to Regimental Staff.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

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

Lieutenant WALTER FRANCIS KLINGENDER, Wairos Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his appointment as Adjutant to the 1st Regiment, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 5th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer transferred from Active List (Unattached) to Rifle Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

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

Captain ALEXANDER BURNET CHARTERS

from the Active List (Unattached) to the Greytown Rifle Volunteers, with rank of Captain, and with effect from 22nd September, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

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

1st Regiment, Wellington (West Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Captain (Adjutant) Duncan Blair. Date of resignation, 13th August, 1908.

Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Arthur Milton Hebberd. Date of resignation, 21st December, 1908.

Green Island Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant David Murray Fastier. Date of resignation, 30th November, 1908.

Johnsonville Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Salier Willis. Date of resignation, 26th November, 1908.

Rangiora High School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Captain Thomas Richard Cresswell. Date of resignation, 19th November, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and posted to Active List (Unattached).

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

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

Lieutenant ROBERT DAVIDSON VEITCH, No. 2 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Dunedin Engineer Volunteers),

and to approve that his name be placed on the Active List (Unattached), with rank of Lieutenant, and with effect from 28th October, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Member of New Zealand Military Pensions Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under “The Military Pensions Act, 1908,” the resignation of his appointment as a member of the New Zealand Military Pensions Board by

Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAM EDWARD COLLINS, New Zealand Medical Corps,

with effect from the 3rd December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Temporary Member of New Zealand Military Pensions Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Military Pensions Act, 1908,” of the appointment of

Captain CHARLES MACKIE BEGG, New Zealand Medical Corps,

as a member of the New Zealand Military Pensions Board during the absence from the Dominion (on leave from 3rd December, 1908) of Lieutenant-Colonel William Edward Collins, New Zealand Medical Corps.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 104, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the

Akarana Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Penrose, Auckland Military District. Acceptance to date from 17th December, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of New Zealand Engineer Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 6, (b), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” of the disbandment of

No. 3 Company, New Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Devonport Naval Submarine Mining Volunteers),

with headquarters at Devonport. Date of disbandment, 8th July, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th January, 1909.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Lieutenant-Colonel ROBERT MAHAN, 3rd Battalion, Otago Rifle Volunteers,