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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of
Staff, Royal New Zealand Artillery, and Territorial Force
Officers.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1913.

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

STAFF.

Department of the Director of Ordnance.
Honorary Lieutenant Frederick Silver, Artillery Store Ac-
countant, retires with the honorary rank of Captain.
Dated 17th June, 1913.
Master-Gunner (W.O.) Robert George Vining Parker, Royal
New Zealand Artillery, to be Artillery Store Accountant,
vice Silver, retired, and is granted the honorary rank of
Lieutenant. Dated 17th June, 1913.
Regimental Sergeant-Major (W.O.) George John Parrell,
Royal New Zealand Artillery, to be Engineer Store Ac-
countant, and is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant.
Dated 17th June, 1913.

New Zealand Staff Corps.
The undermentioned Lieutenants are granted the temporary
rank of Captain. Dated 9th June, 1913 :—
Hugh Bernard Wheeler.
George Clarence Sykes Dyer.

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Master-Gunner (W.O.) Robert George Vining Parker to be
Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 17th June, 1913.
Regimental Sergeant-Major (W.O.) George John Parrell to
be Honorary Lieutenant. Dated 17th June, 1913.

Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted
Rifles.
Lieutenant Duncan Munro, from the 7th (Wellington West
Coast) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next
below Lieutenant Richard Feaver. Dated 17th April,
1913.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.
Major John Potter is transferred to the Reserve of Officers.
Dated 19th April, 1913.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
William Harold Walters, vice Wilkinson, promoted.
Dated 5th February, 1913.
John Leslie Carter, vice Aldred, promoted. Dated
5th February, 1913.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant James Tabb is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers. Dated 13th May, 1913.

5th (Mounted Rifles) Otago Hussars.
The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains, to com-
plete establishment. Dated 18th February, 1913 :—
John Swindley.
James Jenkins.
David Brett Shand.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 18th February, 1913 :—
James Alexander Miller, vice Swindley, promoted.
Samuel Cunningham Greer, vice Jenkins, promoted.

8th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.
The undermentioned Captain to be Major. Dated 18th
February, 1913 :—
Peter Jenkins Wain.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.
Quartermaster (Honorary Captain) John Alfred Stringer is
transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 21st April,
1913.

New Zealand Field Artillery.
Captain Gilbert James Beattie to be Major, to complete
establishment. Dated 22nd March, 1913.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant John Percy Edwin Veale to be Captain, to com-
plete establishment. Dated 18th February, 1913.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Felix Ballard Brown, vice Oakey, transferred to Corps
of New Zealand Engineers. Dated 15th October,
1912.
Harry Herbert Ffitch, vice Guthrie, resigned. Dated
16th October, 1912.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants resign their com-
missions. Dated 9th December, 1912 :—
Frederick Andrew Anderson.
Frank Sturner Wilding.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Francis Lester Priest, from
Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with
seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Fred-
eric Corson. Dated 2nd June, 1913.

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
2nd Lieutenant Henry James Gillmore to be Lieutenant,
vice Berkeley. Dated 12th May, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Wallace Charles Ivan Sumner is transferred
to the Unattached List (b). Dated 5th June, 1913.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
Lieutenant Duncan Munro is transferred to the Queen Alex-
andra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.
Dated 17th April, 1913.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Wyndham William Tosswill resigns his com-
mission. Dated 14th March, 1913.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.
Lance-Corporal William Hugh Stanley Widdowson to be
2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th June, 1913.

Unattached List (b), Senior Cadets.
2nd Lieutenant Wallace Charles Ivan Sumner, from the 3rd
(Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”),
to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieu-
tenant Archibald James Hawke. Dated 5th June, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Francis Lester Priest is transferred
to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 2nd June, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Gavin Wallace resigns his commission.
Dated 11th March, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Emmett is dismissed from the Defence
Forces, under section 5 (a), Part I, of the Defence Act, 1909,
for absence without leave. Dated 24th June, 1913.
The date of seniority of Lieutenant John Murray is 21st
October, 1905, and not as stated in New Zealand Gazette
of the 21st September, 1911.

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on
probation) for service with the Senior Cadets, under the pro-
visions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911.
Dated 24th June, 1913 :—
Stanley Cameron Roberts.
William Crawford.
Alexander Lake.
William Wilson McKinney.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Dismissal of a Territorial from the New Zealand Defence
Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dis-
miss from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under
section 6 (b) of the Defence Act, 1909, Gunner John Barnes,
New Zealand Field Artillery, he having been convicted by
the civil power. Dated 16th May, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence
Act, 1909, of the disbandment of the undermentioned Defence
Rifle Club :—

Central Aorere Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Central Aorere, Collingwood, Canter-
bury Military District. Date of disbandment, 24th June,
1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.