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(temporary officers at present) to be Orchard Instructors
in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand
(Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists),
and Inspectors for the purposes of the Orchard and Garden
Diseases Act, 1908; the appointments to date from 26th
October, 1911, 1st November, 1911, 19th November, 1911,
and 24th January, 1912, respectively.
THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries
and Commerce.
Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1576.
Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 16th January, 1912.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
PEKAMA KAA
to be a Cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of
New Zealand (Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and
Tourists); the appointment to date from 24th October,
1911.
THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries
and Commerce.
Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements,
and Transfers of New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force Officers.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1912.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, retirements, and transfers of the undermentioned
New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force officers :-
New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant Alfred Charles Cornwallis Stevens is granted
the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed as Staff
Officer to Junior Cadets. Dated 1st December, 1911.
Jesse Alfred Wallingford, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated
31st October, 1911.
1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).
Lieutenant Henry Frank Penlington resigns his commission. Dated 8th July, 1911.
6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.
Captain Charles William Peach is transferred to the New
Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 27th November, 1911.
8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.
Roy Thomas Bruce, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st November, 1911.
New Zealand Field Artillery.
Leslie Miles, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th
November, 1911.
2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :-
Colin Ferrier, Esq. Dated 12th September, 1911.
Brian Cyril Aspinall, Esq. Dated 7th November, 1911.
Lieutenant Humphrey Holderness resigns his commission. Dated 3rd October, 1911.
8th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).
Captain Arthur Marshall is transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 27th November, 1911.
2nd Lieutenant Austin Stuart Henderson is transferred
to the New Zealand Railway Corps. Dated 27th November, 1911.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Sidney Todd Butler resigns his
commission. Dated 25th October, 1911.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated
27th November, 1911.
Henry Hawthorne, vice Marshall, transferred
David Sutherland Columb.
James Edward Rundle, to complete establishment.
Supernumerary Lieutenant Harland Holmes Dean to be
Lieutenant. Dated 7th December, 1910.
The undermentioned Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants to
be 2nd Lieutenants:-
Guy Campion Felton, vice Henderson, transferred. Dated
4th April, 1911.
David Alexander Kenny, vice Butler, resigned. Dated
5th April, 1911.
Arthur Robert Ward Tate. Dated 6th April, 1911.
Lieutenant Henry Eastgate, late Active List Unattached,
is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 1st
December, 1911.
6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
Alexander James Mirrielees, Esq., to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 27th November,
1911.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :-
George Henry Holland, Esq. Dated 15th November,
1911.
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, Esq. Dated 20th November,
1911.
7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles).
Lieutenant Francis Dominick Gaffaney, late Active List
Unattached, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers.
Dated 1st December, 1911.
8th Regiment (Southland Rifles).
Henry Jasper Walden, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated
9th November, 1911.
The undermentioned officers resign their commissions :-
Captain George Tasman Dawson. Dated 23rd August,
1911.
Lieutenant Simon James Stuart Coupur. Dated 4th September, 1911.
9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 11th
November, 1911 :-
Warren Oswald Hastings, Esq.
Eric Morgan, Esq.
The date of seniority of Major Alexander Gerald Beere
is 17th March, 1911, and not as stated in New Zealand Gazette of the 24th August, 1911.
12th (Nelson Regiment).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 31st
October, 1911.
William Carrol Harley, Esq.
Henry Saunders, Esq., to complete establishment.
14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :-
Thomas Dwyer, Esq. Dated 9th November, 1911.
John McCrae, Esq. Dated 9th November, 1911.
Patrick William Fraser, Esq. Dated 17th November, 1911.
Captain Andrew William Alexander Richardson resigns
his commission. Dated 16th November, 1911.
15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Captain Frank Augustus Pearce resigns his commission.
Dated 30th October, 1911.
Lieutenant William Proctor to be Captain, vice Pearce,
resigned. Dated 30th October, 1911.
New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain Charles William Peach, from the 6th (Manawatu)
Mounted Rifles, to be Captain. Dated 27th November,
1911.
Arthur Anderson Martin, Esq., M.D., to be Captain.
Dated 27th November, 1911.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :-
Philip Timothy Putnam, Esq., M.D. Dated 8th November, 1911.
William Stewart, Esq., M.B. Dated 13th November,
1911.
Arthur Anderson Stewart, Esq., M.B. Dated 28th November, 1911.
Captain Stuart Alexander Moore resigns his commission.
Dated 5th November, 1911.
New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Daniel Cross Bates, Chaplain 4th Class, to
be Chaplain 3rd Class. Dated 21st March, 1909.
The Reverend John Calvert George Duncan Blathwayt to
be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 26th September, 1911.
The Venerable Archdeacon Henry William Harper, v.d.,
Chaplain 2nd Class, resigns his commission. Dated 30th
November, 1911.
New Zealand Railway Corps.
2nd Lieutenant Austin Stuart Henderson, from the 5th
Regiment (Wellington Rifles), to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 27th November, 1911.