Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3399

John Gibbons Blackie, to complete establishment. Dated 5th October, 1911.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Cameron Galbraith is transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911 :—

Captain Adam Morrison Rattray.
Lieutenant George Chetwyn Parker.

Lieutenant Maurice Edward Denniston, late Active List (Unattached), is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Sergeant-major James Findlay Robertson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th September, 1911.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Newton Vanes to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant Harold Lincoln Slyfield is transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911.

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

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

Lance-Sergeant James Blackwood Neely. Dated 30th June, 1911.

Lance-Corporal James Grierson Hatrik. Dated 30th June, 1911.

Edwin Gordon Fraser, Esq. Dated 27th September, 1911.

Lieutenant Valentine Dunne is transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).

Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper is transferred to the 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles). Dated 11th October, 1911.

2nd Lieutenant John Richard Hughes, from the 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11th October, 1911.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Colvin Stewart Algie, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 21st September, 1911.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911 :—

Captain Henry Joseph Pearse.
Lieutenant Frederick Michael Syms.

Captain Thomas White Sommerville, Reserve of Officers, resigns his commission. Dated 15th September, 1911.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast) Rifles.

Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper, from the 5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles), to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th October, 1911.

2nd Lieutenant John Richard Hughes is transferred to the 5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles). Dated 11th October, 1911.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Cyril Leonard Fleming to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th September, 1911.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Barclay, v.d., is transferred to the New Zealand Railways Corps. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant Frederick Charles Daniell, from the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 11th October, 1911.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Lieutenant Gerald Warren Russell resigns his commission. Dated 21st September, 1911.

The undermentioned Reserve Officers resign their commissions :—

Captain Albert Harding Porter. Dated 29th August, 1911.

Captain Stuart Bathgate Reid. Dated 16th September, 1911.

Captain George Edward Anson, M.D., Reserve of Officers, retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 23rd September, 1911.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned are appointed Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class :—

The Reverend Himepiri Munro. Dated 18th September, 1911.

The Reverend Walter Tuahangata Fraser. Dated 18th September, 1911.

The Reverend Ratema Te Awekotuku. Dated 28th September, 1911.

The Reverend Edward Salmon Wayne. Dated 28th September, 1911.

The Reverend Wainohu Henare Wepiha. Dated 30th September, 1911.

New Zealand Railway Corps.

Thomas Ronayne, Esq., to be Director of Railways, with the rank of Colonel. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Barclay, v.d., from 16th (Waikato) Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, to command a battalion. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Richard William McVilly, Esq., to be Staff Officer to Director of Railways, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Hunter Macandrew, Esq., to be Lieutenant-colonel, to command a battalion. Dated 5th October, 1911.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

David Robertson, Esq., to be Director of Post and Telegraph Services, with the rank of Colonel. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Russell Morris, Retired List, to be Staff Officer to Director of Post and Telegraph Services, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Captain Henry Joseph Pearse, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Captain Adam Morrison Rattray, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Captain. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant Frederick Michael Syms, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant Harold Lincoln Slyfield, New Zealand Engineers, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant George Chetwyn Parker, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Lieutenant Valentine Dunne, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Cameron Galbraith, New Zealand Field Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Unattached List.

The undermentioned Defence Cadet Officers are transferred for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :—

Captain Thomas John Hussey. Dated 5th December, 1906.

Lieutenant Henry Dolphus McHugh. Dated 7th September, 1909.

,, Phelan Hansen. Dated 5th October, 1910.

The undermentioned gentleman is appointed for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :—

George Xavier Bell Poppelwell, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th October, 1911.

The seniority of the undermentioned officers transferred for service with the Senior Cadets is as now shown, and not as stated in the New Zealand Gazettes dated 7th and 21st September, 1911 :—

Captain Malcolm Kennedy McCulloch. Dated 7th December, 1904.

,, William Henry Moyes. Dated 4th March, 1908.

,, Frank Farthing. Dated 4th March, 1908.

Lieutenant William Hudson Scoon. Dated 4th June, 1911.

,, William Allan Armour. Dated 5th December, 1906.

,, John Bartholomew Callan. Dated 2nd September, 1908.

,, Charles Henry McKay. Dated 7th December, 1910.

,, Frederick Johnston. Dated 16th May, 1911.

,, Richard Edward Joseph Martin. Dated 16th May, 1911.

Memoranda.

Lieutenant John Frederick Rockstrow, late Active List (Unattached), retires under the provisions of paragraph 118, General Regulations, 1911, with the honorary rank of Captain, and with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 5th October, 1911.

Captain Alexander McHardy, late Active List (Unattached), retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 11th October, 1911.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.