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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 6

Territorial Force Officer transferred to Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

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

Captain (Adjutant) PERCY DE BATHE BRANDON

from the Regimental Staff of the 2nd Wellington (Wairarapa) Mounted Rifles to the Active List, with his present rank, and with effect from 14th December, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Officers transferred from New Zealand Militia to Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers be transferred from the New Zealand Militia to the Active List, with their present rank, and with effect from 20th September, 1910 :—

Otago Military District.
Captain John Findlay.
Lieutenant Alexander McNab.

Canterbury Military District.
Lieutenant Philip Arthur Keddell.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Officers transferred from New Zealand Militia to Reserve of Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers be transferred from the New Zealand Militia to the Reserve of Officers, with their present rank, and with effect from 20th September, 1910 :—

Auckland Military District.
Captain Samuel Decimus Currie.
,, Robert Stevenson, D.S.O.
Lieutenant Falke Beresford French.
,, Sydney Herbert William Crawford.
,, George Henderson.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Officers transferred from New Zealand Militia to Reserve of Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers be transferred from the New Zealand Militia to the Reserve of Officers, with their present rank, and with effect from 20th September, 1910 :—

Otago Military District.
Major William Scott Pennycook.
Captain James Millar Nicholson.
,, William Marshall.
Lieutenant Alexander McLellan.
,, Ernest Jolly.
,, William Ernest Christie.
,, Henry Thackeray Heckler.
,, George Weir Ferguson.
,, Henry Scott Orbell.
,, Edgar C. Hazlett.
,, Sidney Leslie Jones.
,, William McKenzie.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Higher Rank conferred on an Officer on Retired List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to confer upon

Captain WILLIAM SIMPSON, V.D., Retired List,

the rank of Major, and with effect from 21st September, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of the Band, 1st Battalion Wellington Rifles, accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 3 (k) of the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, 1906, of the acceptance of the services of the

1st Battalion Wellington Rifles Band,

and with effect from 7th December, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Awatuna Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Awatuna East, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 31st December, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Wedderburn Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Wedderburn, Maniototo, Otago Military district. Date of acceptance, 9th January, 1911.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Trustees, Nelson Drill-shed Reserve, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under Part V of the Defence Act, 1908, of the appointment of

Captain GEORGE FREDERICK COULTER GLOVER, Active List ;
Captain GEORGE HENRY HAMMOND, Stoke Rifles ; and
Captain ARTHUR GLEDHILL STEWART, Nelson Rifles,

as Trustees of the Nelson Drill-shed Reserve. Appointments to date from 30th December, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Trustee, Patumahoe Hall, resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under the Patumahoe Hall Site Act, 1878, the resignation of

MELVILL CRISPE, Esq.,

as a Trustee of the Patumahoe Hall. Date of resignation, 8th November, 1910.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

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

Captain JOHN THOMAS BOSWORTH, Active List,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to 3rd December, 1910, entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and twenty-six days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.