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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 32

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Arnold Cecil Wallace, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 11th March, 1912.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

Donald Miller, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 11th March, 1912.

New Zealand Signal Corps.

Sergeant Albert Charles Buist to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th March, 1912.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Alexander Cameron McKillop, Esq., to be Captain. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Captain George Toussaint Girdler, on his retirement, is granted the honorary rank of Major. Dated 1st December, 1911.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Peter Scott Hay, M.A., Chaplain 4th Class, to be Chaplain 3rd Class. Dated 6th February, 1912.

New Zealand Post-office Corps.

David Miller, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Captain Charles Bush Harton to be Major. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Harry Ernest Coombs, Esq., to be Captain and Adjutant. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Lieutenant Francis Evenson Beanish, from Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Lieutenant Samuel James Bolton to be Captain. Dated 11th March, 1912.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 11th March, 1912 :-

Hugh Ross, Esq.

Colour-Sergeant Edward White.

Unattached List.

(Officers unattached to units.)

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (a), General Regulations, 1911 :-

Major William James Strong.

Major John Archibald Paul Fredric.

Lieutenant David White.

Lieutenant Frederick Walter Skelsey.

Unattached List.

(Senior Cadets.)

Captain William George Humphreys to be Major. Dated 11th March, 1912.

Captain William Henry Shepherd is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 11th March, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant James Niven resigns his commission. Dated 26th February, 1912.

Lieutenant William Sanderson Cooper is transferred to the 2nd Battalion 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles). Dated 11th March, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Morton, from the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), to be 2nd Lieutenant.

The undermentioned are appointed for service with Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911, with the rank specified. Dated 11th March, 1912 :-

Lieutenants.

George Foden Rooking Hall, Esq.

Aubrey Ives Coney, Esq.

Robertson Robert Menzies, Esq.

Joseph Walter Williams, Esq.

Stanley Moxham Dixon, Esq.

Donald Archibald McCurdy, Esq.

Theodore Mortimer Peters, Esq.

2nd Lieutenants.

Stanley Bongard, Esq.

Peter MacArthur Cameron, Esq.

Guy Spencer Cheeseman, Esq.

William Walter Dutton, Esq.

George John Goldsman, Esq.

Charles Gray, Esq.

Norman Richard Harris, Esq.

Kenneth Dudley Henderson, Esq.

Ernest Goyng Loben, Esq.

Louis Wilfred Metcalfe, Esq.

Kenneth Munro, Esq.

William Richard Mulgan, Esq.

Frank Jack O'Neill, Esq.

Reginald Frederick Parsons, Esq.

William Jefferson Petchell, Esq.

Arthur Frederick Richard Rohloff, Esq.

George Vernon Russell, Esq.

Douglas Stuart Rust, Esq.

Lionel Hugh Titchener, Esq.

Alister McLean Thomson, Esq.

Robert James Palmer, Esq. Dated 20th February, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

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

Gisborne Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Gisborne, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 6th March, 1912.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

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

Captain JOHN MCINPOE, Reserve of Officers, 4th Regiment (Otago Rifles),

he having a total commissioned service to 31st October, 1911, entitling him thereto of twenty-five years one hundred and ten days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant HENRY FEATHERSTONE, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment,

he having a total service to the 12th February, 1912, entitling him thereto of twenty years and thirty days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 28th March, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 423, Farrier-Sergeant WILLIAM STOKES, New Zealand Field Artillery,

he having a total service to the 6th March, 1912, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and thirty-five days.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.