Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2511

Maxwell Aldred, vice Rollett, resigned. Dated 16th May, 1912.

The undermentioned supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment :-

William Harold Walters, vice Ashton, promoted.
Ernest Walter Lucas, vice Aldred, promoted.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

Captain William Alfred Saunders is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 27th June, 1912.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant George Alfred Manchester resigns his commission. Dated 9th July, 1912.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Herbert Harold Allison to be Major. Dated 29th July, 1912.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Major George Douglas Ross, v.d., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 29th May, 1912.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).

Lieutenant Thomas William Slinn is transferred to the 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles), 2nd Battalion. Dated 29th July, 1912.

Colour-Sergeant Thomas Joseph Davis, after forty-five years with the Colours, is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant, and placed on the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th August, 1912.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Captain Henry Joseph Pearse, from the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps, to be Captain. Dated 18th July, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Colvin Stewart Algie to be Lieutenant, vice Gardiner, resigned. Dated 1st May, 1912.

8th Regiment (Southland Rifles).

Lieutenant Owen Kelly retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 15th June, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :-

John Mackenzie, Esq. Dated 28th February, 1911.
Sergeant Andrew Logan McDowell, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 22nd July, 1912.
Oswald Victor Stead, Esq., supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 22nd July, 1912.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).

Lieutenant Thomas William Slinn, from the 5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles), to be Lieutenant (2nd Battalion). Dated 29th July, 1912.

10th Regiment (North Otago Rifles).

2nd Lieutenant Davis Alexander Cahill resigns his commission. Dated 9th July, 1912.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Lieutenant Cecil Reginald Honeyfield is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 24th June, 1912.

Sergeant William Francois Narby to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th July, 1912.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

Lieutenant James Faulkner Balck is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 10th July, 1912.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).

2nd Lieutenant James Beattie resigns his commission. Dated 2nd July, 1912.

New Zealand Signal Corps.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 17th March, 1912 :-

George Hepburn Ferguson.
Joseph Lamb.

Thomas Lawrence Roy King, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th July, 1912.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Captain Henry Joseph Pearse, is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 18th July, 1912.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain Percival Robert Cook, M.B., to be Major. Dated 14th July, 1912.

The undermentioned Captains are granted the temporary rank of Major whilst attached to No. 4 (Wellington) Field Ambulance. Dated 29th July, 1912 :-

Andrew Robert Dillon Carberry.
Matthew Holmes, M.D.

Henry Montefiore Wilson, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th July, 1912.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, to be Chaplains, 3rd Class :-

The Reverend Peter Thomas Fortune. Dated 1st July, 1912.
The Reverend Arthur Norris, M.A. Dated 17th July, 1912.
The Reverend Barton Henry Ginger to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 22nd July, 1912.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions :-

Lieutenant Neville Wynn Simpson. Dated 15th March, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant James William Baxter. Dated 19th June, 1912.

The undermentioned Defence Cadet officers are transferred for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 29th September, 1910 :-

Lieutenant Francis Dudley Opie.
,, William Roger Kells.

The date of the appointment of Captain Edward Weston Andrews is 6th September, 1911, and not 22nd April, 1912, as shown in New Zealand Gazette of 9th May, 1912.

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

2nd Lieutenant Walter John King. Dated 27th February, 1912.
,, Charles Given. Dated 8th July, 1912.
,, Frederick Montgomery Spencer. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, William Northey Lace. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, Leonard Ballard Bradstock. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, John Schofield. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, Thomas Baird. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, James McKerrow Miller. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, Morris Claude Redmond. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, William Wilkie Connor. Dated 29th July, 1912.
,, Gordon Hope Allan. Dated 29th July, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 10th August, 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

Thames Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Thames, Auckland Military District. Date of acceptance, 2nd August, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Resolution made by the Council of the County of Pahiatua.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 8th August, 1912.

THE following resolution, made by the Pahiatua County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendment.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

PAHIATUA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Copy of Resolution passed by the Pahiatua County Council at Meeting held on 8th June, 1912.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amend-