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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 128

New Zealand Army Service Corps.
George Rowland Hutchinson to be Captain (on probation) (No. 1 Company, Auckland). Dated 27th October, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Thomas Fergus, M.B., F.R.C.S., to be Captain. Dated 2nd August, 1914.
Alfred Bernstein, M.B., to be Captain. Dated 14th October, 1914.
George Fenwick, F.R.C.S., to be Captain. Dated 29th October, 1914.
Lieutenant Frederick Cameron from the Unattached List (b) to be Captain. Dated 28th July, 1914.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
Daniel Hay Machettie, M.R.C.V.S., to be Captain. Dated 8th November, 1914.
Charles Sidney Simpson, M.R.C.V.S., to be Captain. Dated 9th November, 1914.
Lieutenant William George Charles Smith, from the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles, to be Captain. Dated 9th November, 1914.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Reverend Harry Rohan Dewsbury, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 10th September, 1914.
The Reverend Frederick William Young to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 5th November, 1914.
Edward Levin Garner to be a Salvation Army Chaplain. Dated 2nd September, 1914.

Unattached List (b).
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—
Eric Ellerslie Bamford. Dated 1st April, 1914.
Frederick Cameron. Dated 17th June, 1914.
Alexander Thomson. Dated 9th September, 1914.
Lieutenant Stanley Moxham Dixon is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 6th October, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Stuart Varnham is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast). Dated 8th October, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Stanley Judd is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 18th September, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Alexander Winchester is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 18th September, 1914.
Lieutenant Frederick Cameron is transferred to the New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 28th July, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—
Sergeant William George Brian. Dated 22nd September, 1914.
Sergeant Thomas Finn Thornton. Dated 22nd September, 1914.
Sergeant Harold Albert Corrigan. Dated 29th September, 1914.
Sergeant Norman McLeod Speer. Dated 28th October, 1914.
Colour-sergeant William Paul Richards. Dated 28th October, 1914.
Sergeant William Tailby. Dated 28th October, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—
Sergeant William Richard Robert Lewis Barr. Dated 7th August, 1914.
Andrew Kerr Rule. Dated 15th September, 1914.
Frank Herbert Dodd. Dated 21st September, 1914.
Colour-sergeant James Thompson. Dated 22nd October, 1914.
Arthur Anderson Thomson. Dated 22nd October, 1914.
Harold Galbraith Somerville. Dated 3rd November, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant James Walter Baxter resigns his commission. Dated 20th October, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Harry William Franklin resigns his appointment. Dated 4th November, 1914.

The commissions of the undermentioned officers are cancelled, in accordance with paragraph 133, General Regulations, 1913:—
2nd Lieutenant Fred Thomas. Dated 15th September, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Robert John Petre. Dated 29th September, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Charles Dalby Carter. Dated 24th October, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Charles Gough Jarman. Dated 28th October, 1914.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.
(Canterbury Section.)
Captain Ranald Macdonald to be Major.* Dated 7th November, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 19th October, 1914:—
Henry Montague Field.
David Crozier.
James Antice.

(Wellington Section.)]
Charles Edward Aldridge to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 26th October, 1914.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

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

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

Oruru Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Komiti, Mangonui, Auckland Military District. Date of acceptance, 7th November, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th November, 1914.

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

The Auckland Mounted Rifles Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Auckland, Auckland Military District Date of acceptance, 18th November, 1914.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.

War Regulations Act, 1914.—Appointment of Military Authorities.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th November, 1914.

I, JAMES ALLEN, Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by an Order in Council made on the 10th day of November, 1914, under the War Regulations Act, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the same day, do hereby appoint the following military officers as military authorities for the purpose of the regulations made by the said Order in Council; and I declare that each of the military authorities so appointed shall exercise jurisdiction and authority as such throughout New Zealand:—

Colonel Alfred William Robin, C.B., C.M.G., r.d., New Zealand Staff Corps, Commandant to the New Zealand Military Forces.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Charles Monk Gibbon, Imperial General Staff, Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Herbert Edward Pilkington, Royal New Zealand Artillery, Adjutant-General to the New Zealand Military Forces.

Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, v.d., A.D.C., (temp.) Commanding Otago Military District.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, v.d., (temp.) Commanding Canterbury Military District.

Colonel Robert Ward Tate, (temp.) Commanding Wellington Military District.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) John Edward Hume, Royal New Zealand Artillery, (temp.) Commanding Auckland Military District.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Defence.