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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

8th (Southland) Regiment.

Major George Mitchell, from the 14th (South Otago) Regiment, to be Major. Dated 28th October, 1912.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.

(2nd Battalion.)

Captain Charles John Hollard is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 11th November, 1912.

Lieutenant Arthur Robert Ward Tate, from the 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 1st November, 1912.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

James George Cowan to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 15th October, 1912.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Frank Woolmer Parker, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, to complete establishment. Dated 9th November, 1912.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

Major George Mitchell is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 28th October, 1912.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), (Coast Defence Detachment). Dated 1st November, 1912:—
Major James Preston Stevenson.
Lieutenant Archibald Lyon Denniston.
2nd Lieutenant Cyril Leonard Fleming.
2nd Lieutenant Alfred James Powley.

2nd Lieutenant James Williams Silcock is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 24th October, 1912.

Sergeant Thomas Gerald Norman Screaton to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.

The undermentioned supernumerary 2nd Lieutenants are absorbed into the establishment:—
Samuel Wilfrid Turley, vice Fleming, transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), (Coast Defence Detachment).
Claude Spencer White, vice Powley, transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), (Coast Defence Detachment).

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), (Coast Defence Detachment). Dated 1st November, 1912:—
Lieutenant Francis William Strong.
Lieutenant William James Shepherd.
2nd Lieutenant Donald Miller.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Lieutenant Frederick Michael Syms is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th November, 1912.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 31st October, 1912:—
Benjamin Joseph O’Brien.
Robert Francis Coghill Scott.
William James McNiece.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 5th November, 1912:—
Thomas Earl Guthrie, M.B.
Joseph Pirie Cameron, M.B.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend John Robert Burgin to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 11th November, 1912.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

The undermentioned resignations are accepted:—
Captain Frederick Conrad Patrick Fiddy. Dated 12th October, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant Patrick Stanislaus Foley. Dated 14th October, 1912.
2nd Lieutenant Norman James Howie is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 6th November, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant Frank Woolmer Parker is transferred to the 12 (Nelson) Regiment. Dated 9th November, 1912.

2nd Lieutenant George Gordon Campbell Hornig to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th September, 1911.

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants, for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911:—
Philip Hereford. Dated 9th September, 1912.
Martin Driscoll Rohan. Dated 9th September, 1912.
Charles Hastings Alexander Senior. Dated 9th September, 1912.
Alexander Thomson. Dated 9th September, 1912.
James Lawrence Imrie Newhook. Dated 9th September, 1912.
Samuel Alfred Bennett (on probation). Dated 7th October, 1912.
Alexander Reid Young (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
George Findon Wight (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
John Christopher Holland (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Race Bamfylde Godfrey (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Henry Daniel Williams (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Hugh Alexander Forrest (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Alan Clifford Rout (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Stephen Doak (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
Harry Morgan (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
John Harold Kane (on probation). Dated 28th October, 1912.
William Forrest Fowlds (on probation). Dated 4th November, 1912.
John Robert Loudon (on probation). Dated 11th November, 1912.
Alan Leslie Macfarlane (on probation). Dated 11th November, 1912.
Frank Benjamin (on probation). Dated 11th November, 1912.

The date of seniority of 2nd Lieutenant Albert Edward Mills Jones and 2nd Lieutenant Douglas William McAlister is 9th September, 1912, and not as stated in New Zealand Gazette of the 26th September, 1912.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th November, 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

Kaipara Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Kaupapakapa, Auckland Military District. Date of acceptance, 18th November, 1912.

J. ALLEN.
Minister of Defence.

Despatch.—Nobel Peace Prize, 1913.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st November, 1912.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—No. 287.)
Downing Street, 3rd October, 1912.

My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to the nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1913.

2. I have to request that your Ministers will be so good as to cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.