FEB. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 685

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department, General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss
from the Public Service

EDWARD JAMES TOY,

lately a Lineman in the Post and Telegraph Department
at Wellington.

R. HEATON RHODES.

Appointment of Inspector under Public Health Act and
Officer under Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN HENRY COWDREY

an Inspector under the Public Health Act, 1908, and an
Officer under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908. The
appointment dates from the 23rd day of December, 1912.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Public Health.

Appointment of Inspector under Public Health Act and
Officer under Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

Department of Public Health,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

MARTIN JOSEPH FOGARTY

to be an Inspector under the Public Health Act, 1908, and
an Officer under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908, as
from the 23rd day of December, 1912.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Public Health.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st February, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve
of the appointments, promotions, transfers, resigna-
tions, and retirements of the undermentioned Staff and
Territorial Force Officers:—

Staff.

Major William Garnett Braithwaite, D.S.O., Imperial General
Staff, General Staff Officer, Auckland District, is granted
the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so em-
ployed. Dated 1st February, 1913.

Major James Kilvington Cochrane, Imperial General Staff,
Director of Military Operations, is granted the temporary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 1st
February, 1913.

Captain the Honourable Richard Henn Collins, D.S.O., Im-
perial General Staff, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces
(temporary), vice Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel)
George Cecil Burleigh Wolfe, transferred to the Reserve of
Officers, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel whilst so employed. Dated 1st February, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Tahu Gravenor Rhodes, Grenadier
Guards (Special Reserve), to be Aide-de-Camp to the General
Officer Commanding New Zealand Military Forces. Dated
1st January, 1913.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st Feb-
ruary, 1913 :—

Sergeant-major Ernest Charles Dovey (W.O.), New Zealand
Permanent Staff.

Sergeant-major John Murray Rose, New Zealand Permanent
Staff.

Sergeant-major William Atwell (W.O.), New Zealand Per-
manent Staff.

Sergeant-major Peter Bain Henderson, New Zealand Per-
manent Staff.

Sergeant-major John Bishop (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent
Staff.

Sergeant-major Thomas McCristell, New Zealand Permanent
Staff.

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 1st Feb-
ruary, 1913 :—

Regimental Sergeant-major William Quayle Kewish (W.O.).
Master-Gunner (2nd Class) Donald MacDonald.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 20th January, 1913 :—

Robert Simpson.

Wilson Loch Ranstead.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Thomas Butler Bax retires under the provisions of
paragraph 118, General Regulations, 1911, with permission
to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated
10th January, 1913.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Major Alfred Augustus Grace to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Dated 27th January, 1913.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Douglas Russell Kirker to be Captain. Dated
15th January, 1913.

Lieutenant Edgar Hugh Skeates resigns his commission.
Dated 28th December, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 30th November, 1912 :—

James Alexander Munro.

Frederick William Vosseler.

New Zealand Signal Corps.

Lieutenant Albert Charles Buist to be Captain. Dated 22nd
January, 1913.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

(1st Battalion.)

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

Harry Herbert Ffitch, vice Buddle, promoted.

Robert Fitzroy Holderness, vice Charters, promoted.

Raymond Alexander Reid Lawry, vice Herman, promoted.

Alister Ewen Macpherson, vice Cuddon, promoted.

2nd Lieutenant Trevor William Stringer resigns his commis-
sion. Dated 8th December, 1912.

Edward Harvey Stacpoole Batchelor to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation). Dated 17th January, 1913.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

Colour-Sergeant Reginald Seymour Phelps Hopkins to be 2nd
Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 27th January, 1913.

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

Captain Robert George Cox to be Major. Dated 28th January,
1913.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

Colour-Sergeant Albert Charles Crimp to be 2nd Lieutenant
(on probation). Dated 27th January, 1913.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.

Lieutenant Charles Lawrance Treadwell resigns his commis-
sion. Dated 13th January, 1913.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Sherborne Clayton, T.D., resigns
his appointment as Principal Medical Officer to the Canter-
bury Military District. Dated 31st December, 1912.

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Sherborne Clayton, T.D., is trans-
ferred to the Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Medical
Corps. Dated 31st December, 1912.

Edward Henry Scott, M.B., to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th
January, 1913.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Edgar James McFarland, Chaplain (4th Class),
to be Chaplain (3rd Class). Dated 24th December, 1912.

The Right Reverend Bishop Charles Oliver Mules, Chaplain
(1st Class), resigns his commission. Dated 11th January,
1913.

Unattached List (a).

2nd Lieutenant Bernard Cyril Freyberg is transferred to the
Unattached List (b), for service with the Senior Cadets.
Dated 28th January, 1913.

Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant William Edward Rhodes resigns his commission.
Dated 13th January, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Ivan Scott Orbell to be Lieutenant. Dated
30th October, 1912.