Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3047

Superintendent of Mercantile Marine appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th October, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested by section 157 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908,

WILLIAM MARTIN ASHTON

is appointed to be a Superintendent of Mercantile Marine for the Port of Kaiapoi, from the date hereof.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Shorthand-writer and Typist appointed.

Chief Electoral Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT ARTHUR THURSTAN AHERNE

as Shorthand-writer and Typist in the Chief Electoral Office, as from 17th October, 1912.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.

Clerical Cadet appointed.

Public Works Department,
Auckland, 16th October, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ALFRED JOHN GLANVILLE

to be a Clerical Cadet in the Public Works Department, as from the 5th day of June, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Alteration in Date of Promotion of New Zealand Staff Corps and Royal New Zealand Artillery Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th October, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the date of the promotion of the undermentioned New Zealand Staff Corps and Royal New Zealand Artillery Officers as published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 11th April, 1912, and to approve the date 1st April, 1912, in lieu of the same. Dated 16th October, 1912:—

Captain Henry Harwood Browne, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major.

Captain Herbert Edward Pilkington, Royal New Zealand Artillery, to be Major.

Captain Harry Rowland Potter, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major.

Captain Murray Menzies Gard'ner, Royal New Zealand Artillery, to be Major.

Captain George Spafford Richardson, New Zealand Staff Corps, to be Major.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Existing Designations of Regiments abolished and redesignated.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th October, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to abolish, in accordance with section 6 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, the existing designations of the undermentioned regiments, and to approve that such units be redesignated in the manner as set forth hereunder, with effect from 1st October, 1912:—

4th Regiment (Otago Rifles) to be redesignated 4th (Otago) Regiment.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles) to be redesignated 5th (Wellington) Regiment.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles) to be redesignated 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

8th Regiment (Southland Rifles) to be redesignated 8th (Southland) Regiment.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles) to be redesignated 9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.

10th Regiment (North Otago Rifles) to be redesignated 10th (North Otago) Regiment.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles) to be redesignated 14th (South Otago) Regiment.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Territorial Force Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th October, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned Territorial Force Officers:—

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Lieutenant Percy Morland Acton-Adams to be Captain. Dated 16th September, 1912.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant John Frederick Atkinson is transferred to the Unattached List (b), for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 16th September, 1912.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Captain John James Raynes is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 14th May, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Francis Eyles Barton to be Lieutenant, vice Short, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th March, 1912.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Vincent James Innes is absorbed into the establishment, vice Barton, promoted.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Captain George Watson Bell resigns his commission. Dated 5th August, 1912.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Greville Lancelot Ewen resigns his commission. Dated 30th August, 1912.

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Eric Hector Goodfellow is absorbed into the establishment, vice Ewen, resigned.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Harry Bolton Riley to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 30th September, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Private John Cecil Whitney. Dated 16th September, 1912.

Private William Esmonde Lennos Napier. Dated 16th September, 1912.

Corporal Albert James Marshall. Dated 30th September, 1912.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th September, 1912.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Sergeant Newton Calvert Jones to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 16th September, 1912.

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

Captain William Henderson Gibb is transferred to the 16th (Waikato) Regiment. Dated 16th September, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 7th August, 1912:—

James Blackwood Neely.

Herbert George Richardson.

Edwin Gordon Fraser, to complete establishment.

The undermentioned Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment:—

Hugh Price Rainger Caughey, vice Neely, promoted.

Henry Alexander Horrocks, vice Richardson, promoted.