Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4039

Provisional Appointment of Chief Clerk, Justice Department.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 11th November, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following provisional appointment in the Public Service:—

WALTER GOLLAN,

to be Chief Clerk, Justice Department, Wellington, as from the 1st day of November, 1914, vice C. E. Matthews, promoted.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Inspector of Stock appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1914.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

RICHARD BARTER WOOD

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Stock Act, 1908, as from the 1st day of June, 1913.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 7th November, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette dated 4th April, 1912, relative to the resignation of Captain George Edward Rhodes, is cancelled, and the following substituted:— Captain George Edward Rhodes is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 14th February, 1912.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Mervyn Ranken Reed, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th August, 1914.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Chambers Harris, from the 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 16th July, 1914.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

Major (Lieutenant-Colonel) William Nathaniel Carlon Bond is transferred from the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers to the Reserve of Officers, with his original rank and seniority. Dated 15th October, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Chambers Harris is transferred to the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles. Dated 16th July, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Selwyn Chambers to be Major. Dated 3rd July, 1914.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Cameron Monteith Finlayson to be Lieutenant, vice Mackesy, promoted. Dated 12th September, 1913.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Alan Cross Finlayson is confirmed.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

(Auckland Garrison Artillery Division.)

2nd Lieutenant John Peter Shea, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 15th September, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Robert Gracie Milligan is confirmed.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(New Zealand Railway Battalions.—South Island Battalion.)

James Short to be Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 5th August, 1914.

Frederick Thomas Antone Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 11th September, 1914.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

Colonel William Russell Morris, Director of Post and Telegraph Services, having returned to duty, the appointment of Frederick Valentine Waters, Esq., as Acting Director of Post and Telegraph Services, with the temporary rank of Colonel, as published in New Zealand Gazette dated 21st August, 1914, becomes void. Dated 19th October, 1914.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—

Company Sergeant-major David George Napier. Dated 12th September, 1914.

Sergeant Richard Leslie Anderson. Dated 8th October, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Henry Carson Robson (Coast Defence Detachment) is cancelled, in accordance with paragraph 133, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 8th October, 1914.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Sergeant Bertram Barrett Wood to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th October, 1914.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

Lieutenant Hector Campbell Mackenzie, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th October, 1914.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Casserley to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th May, 1914.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Elder Forsyth, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1914.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Alan Duncan Stitt is confirmed.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Sergeant James Edward Hedley Mewett to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to establishment. Dated 7th October, 1914.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

Sergeant Bruce McLeod to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 28th September, 1914.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant John Christopher Holland, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th August, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Norman Henry Prior. Dated 3rd October, 1914.

Bertram Charles Alexander Leeper, L.R.C.P.S.I. Dated 12th October, 1914.

Frank Harvey, L.R.C.P.S.I. Dated 17th October, 1914.

Smith William Sinclair, M.B. Dated 17th October, 1914.

John Cormack Simpson, M.B. Dated 17th October, 1914.

Eric Arthur Widdowson, M.B. Dated 17th October, 1914.

Norman William Abbott. Dated 17th October, 1914.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

Captain Harry Avery Reid, M.R.C.V.S., to be Acting Principal Veterinary Officer (Wellington District) during the absence of Major Alexander Reid Young, employed with the Expeditionary Force, and is granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 1st September, 1914.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

Reverend John Chisholm, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 7th May, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class:—

Reverend James Kelly. Dated 14th August, 1914.

Reverend Percy Norwood Knight. Dated 24th August, 1914.

Reverend Charles Edward O’Hara Tobin. Dated 17th September, 1914.

Reverend William Arthur Hay. Dated 18th September, 1914.

Reverend Joseph Moody Simpson. Dated 6th October, 1914.

Reverend Henry Arthur Wynter Blathwayt. Dated 7th October, 1914.

Reverend Angus Macdonald. Dated 16th October, 1914.