MAR. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1171

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.
(New Zealand Railway Battalions.)
Captain (on probation) Percy St. John Keenan, Staff Officer
to Director of Railway Transport, is attached to the New
Zealand Staff Corps. Dated 2nd March, 1914.
Arthur Wood Mouat to be Captain (on probation), (North
Island Battalion). Dated 16th January, 1914.
Arthur Wansey Wellsted to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation),
(South Island Battalion). Dated 13th March, 1914.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) resign
their commissions :—
Harry William Franklin. Dated 17th January, 1914.
Herbert Harry Sterling. Dated 14th February, 1914.
Divisional Signal Companies.
2nd Lieutenant John Caskie McDonald to be Lieutenant.
Dated 9th August, 1913.
1st (Canterbury) Regiment.
Lieutenant Dudley Harcourt Sheppard Buddle is transferred
to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 13th January, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Marshall Wright to be Lieutenant, to
complete establishment. Dated 15th August, 1913.
2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 9th October, 1913 :—
Percy Arthur Seymour Stephens, vice Davis, resigned.
Newton Calvert Jones, vice Jones, promoted.
2nd Lieutenant Lindsay Merritt Inglis, from the Unattached
List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below
2nd Lieutenant Eric Brockmann Fraser. Dated 4th No-
vember, 1913.
3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”).
Captain Marshall Nicholson Atkinson to be Major, to complete
establishment. Dated 12th September, 1913.
Lieutenant Edwin Gordon Fraser to be Captain, vice Cox,
promoted. Dated 18th February, 1913.
Lieutenant Valentine Dunne is transferred to the New Zealand
Post and Telegraph Corps. Dated 8th January, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant George Harry Wooley to be Lieutenant, vice
Dunne, transferred to the New Zealand Post and Telegraph
Corps. Dated 8th January, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant George Neville Hill resigns his commission.
Dated 9th December, 1913.
2nd Lieutenant Daniel Joseph Augustus Tole, from the 6th
(Hauraki) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority
next below 2nd Lieutenant Wilfred James Cox. Dated
3rd February, 1914.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 13th
March, 1914 :-
Colour-Sergeant Hawtyn Stanley Harrison.
Colour-Sergeant Cedric Leonard Knight.
Sergeant Thomas Henry Watson.
Sergeant William George Ivil.
Lance-Sergeant Christopher Ingram.
4th (Otago) Regiment.
Lieutenant Dudley Harcourt Sheppard Buddle, from the
lst (Canterbury) Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority
next below Lieutenant Ralph Howison Nicholson. Dated
13th January, 1914.
4th (Wellington) Regiment.
Captain Henry Hawthorn is transferred to the Reserve of
Officers. Dated 28th January, 1914.
6th (Hauraki) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Daniel Joseph Augustus Tole is transferred to
the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly's
Own”). Dated 3rd February, 1914.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—
Norman James Howie, vice Allen, promoted. Dated 20th
May, 1913.
James William Silcock, vice Cornes, resigned. Dated 4th
July, 1913.
11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).
2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Cruickshank Morrison,
from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant, with
seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Murray
Urquhart. Dated 26th February, 1914.
13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.
Captain Albert John Broughton Cresswell resigns his com-
mission. Dated 3rd January, 1914.
Corporal Vernon Augustus Norrish to be 2nd Lieutenant.
Dated 13th March, 1914.
14th (South Otago) Regiment.
David John Albert Lyttle to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 22nd December, 1913.
15th (North Auckland) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Claude Spencer White to be Lieutenant.

• Dated 17th January, 1914.
  2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Alfred Bowring is
  confirmed in his rank.
  2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Nairn Tasman Victor Le Petit
  resigns his commission. Dated 9th January, 1914.
  New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.
  Lieutenant Valentine Dunne, from the 3rd (Auckland) Regi-
  ment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”), to be Lieutenant.
  Dated 8th January, 1914.
  New Zealand Medical Corps.
  Kenneth Mackenzie, M.D., F.R.C.S., Eng., to be Lieutenant.
  Dated 3rd March, 1914.
  New Zealand Chaplains Department.
  The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class).
  Dated 13th March, 1914 :—
  The Reverend Thomas Bernard Segrief.
  The Reverend Guy Spencer Bryan-Brown.
  The Reverend William Saunders.
  The Reverend Percy John Wainwright.
  The Reverend Leonard Herbert Fenn.
  The Reverend Alan Julian Petrie.
  The Reverend Herbert Albert Walke.
  The Reverend William Edward Lambert, Chaplain to the
  Forces (4th Class), resigns his commission. Dated 20th
  February, 1914.
  Unattached List (b).
  (Senior Cadets.)
  Lieutenant Frederick Carson is transferred to the Reserve of
  Officers. Dated 20th January, 1914.
  2nd Lieutenant Lindsay Merritt Inglis is transferred to the
  2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 4th November,

1913. 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Cruickshank Morrison is
      transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Dated
      26th February, 1914.
      2nd Lieutenant Mawson Swan Cameron, from the Queen
      Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles,
      to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th January, 1914.
      The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation).
      Dated 13th March, 1914 :-
      Horace Lang.
      Sergeant Roger Bridge Johnson.
      Sergeant Ralph Edward Fulton Barnett.
      Sergeant Walter Woolton Averill.
      Sergeant Cyril Robert Nichols.
      Sergeant John Endell Wanklyn.
      Sergeant Willian James Vesey Hamilton.
      Charles John Hickson.
      George William Morice.
      Arthur Ernest Brockett.
      John Smith Nelson.
      Sergeant Kendall Reginald James Saxon.
      2nd Lieutenant George Adams resigns his commission. Dated
      9th February, 1914.
      The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants
      (on probation) are confirmed :—
      Henry Daniel Williams.
      John Christopher Holland.
      Septimus James Edgar Closely.
      Alexander Charles Clayton.
      John Harold Kane.
      New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers (Wellington
      Section).
      Percy Robert to be Lieutenant. Dated 13th March, 1914.
      J. ALLEN,
      Minister of Defence.
      Approval of Title “Royal” for New Zealand Naval Reserve.
      Office of the Minister of Defence,
      Wellington, 20th March, 1914.
      THE following telegram has been received by His
      Excellency the Governor from His Majesty’s Principal
      Secretary of State for the Colonies, and is published for
      general information :—
      “ With reference to your telegram of 24th November, His
      Majesty is graciously pleased to approve title of ‘ Royal’ for
      New Zealand Naval Reserve.”
      J. ALLEN,
      Minister of Defence.