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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 57

Unattached List (Senior Cadets).

Frank Edgar Greenish to be Captain. Dated 7th December, 1910.

Leonard John Wild to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd April, 1911.

Lionel Herber Bailey to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1911.

Thomas Walter Buchanan to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th May, 1911.

Allan Howard Emerson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th June, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Transfers of Territorial Officers to Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfers of the undermentioned officers to the Reserve of Officers, with their present rank and seniority :—

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Norman Edmund Lee. Dated 1st July, 1911.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Lieutenant Thomas Clarke. Dated 30th May, 1911.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Alexander Harkness, V.D., on completion of his period of service in command. Dated 1st July, 1911.

Captain Arthur Gledhill Stewart. Dated 28th April, 1911.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).

Captain James Armstrong Stewart. Dated 12th April, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Resignations of Territorial Force Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the following resignations :—

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Frank Percy Moren. Dated 11th May, 1911.

No. 4 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Allan Victor Just. Dated 9th June, 1911.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).

Lieutenant Thomas Matthew Finlayson. Dated 1st June, 1911.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).

Lieutenant Edwin Adams. Dated 20th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Redesignation of Companies of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to abolish, in accordance with section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, the existing designations of the undermentioned companies of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, and to approve that such companies be redesignated in the manner as set forth hereunder, and with effect from 17th March, 1911 :—

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Companies, Auckland Division, to be redesignated Nos. 1, 6, and 7 Companies of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery respectively.

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Companies, Wellington Division, to be redesignated Nos. 3, 5, and 9 Companies of the New Zealand Garrison Artillery respectively.

Nos. 1 and 2 Companies, Canterbury Division, to be amalgamated and designated “No. 4 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery,” with headquarters at Lyttelton.

The Westport Garrison Artillery to be redesignated “No. 8 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery.”

Nos. 1 and 2 Companies, Otago Division, to be amalgamated and designated “No. 2 Company, New Zealand Garrison Artillery,” with headquarters at Port Chalmers.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Redesignation of a Field Ambulance.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, that No. 5 Field Ambulance, with headquarters at Wellington, be redesignated No. 4 Field Ambulance.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Field Ambulance.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband, in accordance with section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, No. 4 Field Ambulance, with headquarters at Nelson, with effect from 17th March, 1911.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Awards of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1911.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to the following officers :—

Colonel EDWARD WALTER CLERVAUX CHAYTOR, New Zealand Staff Corps,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to 23rd January, 1911, entitling him thereto of twenty-three years and ninety-nine days.

Colonel Honourable WILLIAM EDWARD COLLINS, M.B., M.L.C., Reserve of Officers (New Zealand Medical Corps),

he having a total service to 12th June, 1911, entitling him thereto of thirty years one hundred and eighty-three days.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Kawhia County Council altering Ridings and fixing Representation.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th July, 1911.

T HE following special order, made by the Kawhia County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Counties Act, 1908.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

KAWHIA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order altering Ridings and fixing Representation.

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 23 of the Counties Act, 1908, the Kawhia County Council resolves, by way of special order, as follows :—

1. The present division of the County of Kawhia into six ridings is revoked, and in lieu thereof the said county shall be divided into seven ridings, to be called respectively Kawhia Riding, Matakowhai Riding, Oparau Riding, Te Kauri Riding, Awaroa Riding, Waiharakeke Riding, and Taharoa Riding, which said ridings are respectively described in the Schedule hereto.

2. The said Kawhia County Council shall consist of seven members, and one member shall be elected by the electors of each of the aforesaid ridings.

3. The alteration hereby made shall take effect on and after the 18th day of October, 1911.