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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Edwin Arnold Nilsson is absorbed, vice Spragg, to complete establishment.
Sergeant William Leslie Coleman to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 8th January, 1912.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned officers are transferred from the 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) with their present rank and seniority. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
Captain Herbert Harold Allison.
Lieutenant George Cuthbert Mayne.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Andamas Maude.

The undermentioned gentlemen to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
Francis George Pointer, Esq.
Reginald William Sparrow, Esq., to complete establishment.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant Gregor Kempt McGregor resigns his commission. Dated 30th August, 1911.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Captain John Mounsey, from the 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles), to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 314, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 8th January, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—
Reginald Patterson, Esq. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Sergeant Clarence Nathaniel Newman. Dated 8th January, 1912.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Major Robert Gardner, from Reserve of Officers, to be Major. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Lieutenant Vincent Robert Sissons Meredith resigns his commission. Dated 11th December, 1911.
Supernumerary 2nd Lieutenant Frank Vivian Connell is absorbed into the establishment, vice Meredith, resigned. Sergeant Henry Gordon Wilding to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
The resignation of Captain Alfred Butcher, notified in New Zealand Gazette, dated 17th August, 1911, is cancelled.
Captain Alfred Butcher is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 26th June, 1911.

4th Regiment (Otago Rifles).
Lieutenant Garth Gallaway resigns his commission. Dated 27th November, 1911.

5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles).
The date of seniority of Major Arthur Corrigan, Major Jabez Alfred Cowles, and Major James Esson is 17th March, 1911, and not 5th January, 1911, as stated in New Zealand Gazette of 13th July, 1911.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
Captain George Dean resigns his commission. Dated 14th December, 1911.

7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast Rifles).
Captain John Mounsey is transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery, under the provisions of paragraph 314, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Frank Nigel Whitcombe, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.
The date of promotion of Major James McNaught and Major Henry Spencer Gray Harper is antedated from 30th October, 1911, to 17th March, 1911.

9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast Rifles).
The undermentioned gentlemen to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
Alexander Whitelaw Lafferty, Esq.
Alexander Bastin McColl, Esq.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Major Edward Richardson to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 22nd November, 1911.
Lieutenant William George Humphreys to be Captain, and to be transferred to the Unattached List for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911. Dated 8th January, 1912.

14th Regiment (South Otago Rifles).
2nd Lieutenant James Alfred Hosking resigns his commission. Dated 6th December, 1911.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
Ernest Holmes Blundell, Esq., to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.

New Zealand Signal Corps.
The undermentioned officers are transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
Captain Charles Bush Harton.
Lieutenant Samuel James Bolton.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Major James Hudson retires under the provisions of paragraph 118, General Regulations, 1911, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Captain George Toussaint Girdler retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 1st December, 1911.
Captain William Butement resigns his commission. Dated 14th December, 1911.

The undermentioned gentlemen to be Lieutenants. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
Robert Neil Guthrie, Esq.
James Alexander Cowie, Esq., M.B.
James Garfield Crawford, Esq., M.B.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
Richard Finch, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The undermentioned Chaplains, 4th Class, to be Chaplains, 3rd Class :—
The Reverend Arthur Stewart Fox. Dated 1st June, 1911.
The Reverend William Hewitson, B.A. Dated 3rd December, 1911.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 8th January, 1912 :—
The Reverend Robert Gardner.
The Reverend Alexander Grant.
The Reverend Thomas Gunn.
The Reverend Peter Ramsay.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
Captain Charles Bush Harton, from New Zealand Signal Corps, to be Captain. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Lieutenant Samuel James Bolton, from New Zealand Signal Corps, to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th January, 1912.

Unattached List (for Service with Senior Cadets).
The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 6th September, 1911 :—
Malcolm Kennedy McCulloch.
Thomas David Pearce.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 6th September, 1911 :—
John Carington Pope.
John George Fullarton.
Charles Henry McKay.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Ernest Jaggs to be Lieutenant. Dated 6th September, 1911.

The undermentioned Territorial Force and Defence Cadet Officers are transferred for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911 :—
Captain Thomas Carr, v.d., from Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Captain. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Lieutenant William George Humphreys, from 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 8th January, 1912.
Captain Albert Wilson (late Defence Cadets) to be Captain. Dated 7th September, 1910.
Captain Roger Lupton (late Defence Cadets) to be Captain. Dated 6th September, 1911.
Captain Gustav Theodor Kretschmar (late Defence Cadets) to be Captain. Dated 6th September, 1911.

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

Captain.
John Bolton Macfarlane, Esq. (late Lieutenant Madras Railway Volunteers). Dated 1st November, 1911.

Lieutenants.
Ernest Edmund Somervell, Esq. Dated 2nd May, 1911.
Matthew William Butterfield, Esq. Dated 1st November, 1911.
Lawrence William Albert Hugo, Esq. Dated 1st November, 1911.
George Alfred Roland Maddison, Esq. Dated 1st November, 1911.
Robert Renkin, Esq. Dated 1st November, 1911.