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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Officer dismissed.—Notice No. 1514.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 27th June, 1911.

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

ROBERT FRANCIS CROSBIE,
Clerk at Masterton; the dismissal to date from the expiration of 29th May, 1911.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Promotions of Territorial Force Officers.

Defence office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1911.

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

2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant John Stevenson to be Captain. Dated 7th December, 1910.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant Edgar Vernon Bevan to be Captain. Dated 7th December, 1910.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Captain William Kay to be Major. Dated 5th June, 1911.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).
Captain Charles Harcourt Turner to be Major. Dated 5th January, 1911.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
Captain John Harper Moir to be Major. Dated 8th April, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Territorial Force Officers.

Defence office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1911.

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

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Harry Bruce Lethbridge to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd May, 1911.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Irvine Watson Cowie to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1911.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Arthur Henry Hollis to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th December, 1910.
Douglas Russell Kirker to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th May, 1911.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Samuel Jackson Hanna to be Lieutenant. Dated 18th April, 1911.
William George Poutney to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 17th May, 1911.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Gerald Warren Russell to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th June, 1911.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Alexander Gow to be Chaplain (4th Class) and attached to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment. Dated 17th May, 1911.

Unattached List, New Zealand Territorial Forces (for service with the Senior Cadets).
Harold Percy Kidson to be Captain. Dated 7th December, 1910.
William Beynon Austin Quick to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th December, 1910.
Richard Godfrey to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1911.

Gilbert Walpole Coombe to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1911.
William Michael Thom to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1911.
Henry Alan Shain to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th March, 1911.
Clarence Palliser Worley to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th March, 1911.
Donald James McDonald to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 31st March, 1911.
Archibald Graham Valentine to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 31st March, 1911.
Harris Newman Buttle to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1911.
William Wallace Allison Burn to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1911.
Frank Chambers Harris to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1911.
Allen Henry Wright to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th May, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Transfers of Territorial Force Officers.

Defence office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1911.

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

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.
Captain William Arthur Morgan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 28th February, 1911.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
Lieutenant William Jeffries is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment. Dated 8th April, 1911.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Captain Walter Edgar Graham Richardson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 12th May, 1911.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
Captain Joseph Henry Cronin is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 12th April, 1911.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
Captain James Hunter Inglis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st June, 1911.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.
Lieutenant William Jeffries is transferred from the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment, with seniority from 1st September, 1909. Dated 8th April, 1911.
Captain George James Rastrick is transferred from the Active List (Unattached), with seniority from 28th September, 1909. Dated 17th May, 1911.

Reserve of Officers.
The following officers are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, with their present rank and seniority :—
Captain William Arthur Morgan, from the 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.
Captain Walter Edgar Graham Richardson, from the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Captain Joseph Henry Cronin, from the 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
Captain James Hunter Inglis, from the 14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Resignation of Territorial Force Officer, with Promotion on Retired List.

Defence office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation and to approve of the promotion of the undermentioned officer :—

1st Canterbury Regiment.
Captain Frederick Charles Brenchley Bishop resigns his commission, and is placed on the Retired List, with the rank of Major, with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th June, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.