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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders, from the 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant Harry Herbert Fitch. Dated 19th June, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Frederic Corson to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th March, 1913.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 68, of the 24th August, 1911, relative to the retirement of Captain John McNab, under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911, is hereby cancelled.

Captain John McNab is transferred to the Unattached List (b), for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 1st August, 1911.

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

Lieutenant John Snodgrass, from the 9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority next below Lieutenant Henry James Gillmore. Dated 13th May, 1913.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

Captain Sydney Dermot Neill resigns his commission. Dated 10th June, 1913.

Lieutenant John Llewellyn Saunders is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 19th June, 1913.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

Bandmaster (Honorary Lieutenant) George Leonard Buckley is transferred to the Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 10th June, 1913.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant George Douglas McKenzie is transferred to the Unattached List (b), for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 26th June, 1913.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.

Lieutenant William Saunderson Cooper to be Captain, to complete establishment. Dated 18th February, 1913.

Lieutenant John Snodgrass is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”). Dated 13th May, 1913.

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

John Sinclair Bain, vice Vine, promoted. Dated 18th February, 1913.

Peter Mackenzie, vice Ongley, resigned. Dated 7th March, 1913.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Robert Jamieson to be 2nd Lieutenant.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Francis Shepherd, from Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant George Lawn. Dated 9th June, 1913.

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

The undermentioned Lieutenants resign their commissions:—

John MacGibbon Shanks. Dated 30th April, 1913.

James Steven. Dated 14th May, 1913.

Sergeant Louis Geldart Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 21st June, 1913.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 7th July, 1913:—

The Reverend Horace Packe.

The Reverend John Perkins.

Unattached List (b).

(Senior Cadets.)

Captain John McNab, from the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment, to be Captain. Dated 1st August, 1911.

Captain John McNab retires under the provisions of paragraph 119, General Regulations, 1911. Dated 19th June, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant George Douglas McKenzie, from the 8th (Southland) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant Wallace Charles Ivan Summer. Dated 26th June, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Francis Shepherd is transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 9th June, 1913.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants resign their commissions:—

John Valentine Hanna. Dated 28th January, 1913.

Arthur Sagar Bailey. Dated 19th March, 1913.

Harold Lawrenson Familton. Dated 28th May, 1913.

Thomas Arthur Morland. Dated 2nd June, 1913.

The undermentioned are appointed 2nd Lieutenants (on probation), for service with the Senior Cadets, under the provisions of paragraph 88 (b), General Regulations, 1911:—

Valentine Joseph Egglestone. Dated 2nd February, 1913.

Walter Ancott Johnson. Dated 21st June, 1913.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

(Auckland Section).

Captain Alfred Seymour Bankart resigns his commission. Dated 19th June, 1913.

John Stewart to be Captain. Dated 31st May, 1913.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 31st May, 1913:—

John Mowbray Howard Tripp.

Charles Channing Buckland.

Harry Hudson Shaw.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th July, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Waikohu Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Te Karaka, Wellington Military District. Date of acceptance, 11th July, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 11th July, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

The Shops and Offices Act, 1908.—Amended Notice specifying Combined District of Auckland.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 10 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, do hereby specify that the Combined District of Auckland comprises the City of Auckland and the Boroughs of Birkenhead, Devonport, Grey Lynn, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Newmarket, Northcote, and Takapuna. Dated at Wellington this 15th day of July, 1913.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Consent under Section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon the Native Minister by subsection (b) of section 298 of the Native Land Act, 1909, I, William Herbert Herries, Native Minister, acting on the recommendation of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, do hereby consent to a sale of Kourateuhi No. 2a Block, containing 9 acres, situated in the Provincial District of Auckland, to Charles Wellwood Reeves, subject to the same restrictions and to the same requirements as to confirmation and otherwise as if the said land was not subject to Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909.

As witness my hand, this 3rd day of July, 1913.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.