APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1595

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 3rd April, 1914:—

2nd Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant) James Macdonald Richmond.

2nd Lieutenant John Lancelot Harcourt Turner.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Brouncker Powlett Thring.

• 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Corporal Arthur John Ware Birdling to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to the Establishment. Dated 13th March, 1914.

Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Walter Vaughan Wilson, vice Muir, transferred to Reserve of Officers. Dated 17th July, 1913.

Vernon Crawshaw, vice Feaver, transferred to Unattached List (a). Dated 27th January, 1914.

Lieutenant Alexander Bowie Farmer is transferred to the Unattached List (a). Dated 31st March, 1914.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Major Frank Chapman to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Ward. Dated 20th March, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Given, from the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant George Walter Horn. Dated 15th December, 1913.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

Robert Bruce Meek.

Robert Law.

Richard James Ernest Smith.

George Marshall Don.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

Major William Meldrum to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Pringle, transferred to command the Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 13th March, 1914.

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.

Captain John Gilkison to be Major. Dated 12th February, 1914.

Lieutenant Robert Macquorn Gairdner to be Captain, vice Gilkison, promoted. Dated 12th February, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Falla Davis is confirmed.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Captain John Lewis Ching is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 5th January, 1914.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Captain Alexander Fowler Roberts, from the Unattached List (a), to be Captain (Wellington Field Artillery Brigade). Dated 31st March, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Archibald James Hawke, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th March, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 31st March, 1914:—

Sergeant Norman Harry Purdy.

Corporal William Ellis Earnshaw.

Stanley William Morton.

Henry Augustus Swarbrick.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Bertram James Gibson resigns his commission. Dated 6th February, 1914.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Albert James Marshall to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers resigns his commission. Dated 30th September, 1913.

Sergeant Henry Francis Cotter to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 6th March, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

(New Zealand Railway Battalions.)

2nd Lieutenant Cyril George Hedge, from the 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (North Island Battalion). Dated 1st March, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Cyril George Hedge to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1914.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Major Herbert Clifford Barclay to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Beckingham, deceased. Dated 21st March, 1914.

Captain John Rogerson Montgomery, Reserve of Officers, is transferred to the Unattached List (b), for service with the Senior Cadets. Dated 31st March, 1914.

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

2nd Lieutenant Francis Leveson-Gower West, from the 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant Christopher Ingram. Dated 13th March, 1914.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Aloysius McKeefry to be Lieutenant, vice White, promoted. Dated 19th August, 1913.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Leveson-Gower West is transferred to the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (“Countess of Ranfurly’s Own”). Dated 13th March, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Cyril George Hedge is transferred to the Corps of New Zealand Engineers. Dated 1st March, 1914.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Given is transferred to the 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles. Dated 15th December, 1913.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Gordon Leslie McClure, from the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Ernest Nutchell Gabites. Dated 12th March, 1914.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel James Hislop is granted an extension of his period of command of a regiment until 1st June, 1916. Dated 31st March, 1914.

Colour-Sergeant Percy James Simpson George to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 31st March, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Lieutenant-Colonel George Malone is granted an extension of his period of command of a regiment until 26th April, 1916. Dated 31st March, 1914.

Captain John Wallace Brunt, from the Unattached List (b), to be Captain, with seniority next below Captain Edward Percy Cox. Dated 3rd March, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

George Washington Tayler, vice Johnstone, transferred to Reserve of Officers. Dated 15th November, 1913.

William Francois Narbey, vice Perston, resigned. Dated 1st December, 1913.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Gordon Leslie McClure is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 12th March, 1914.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 31st March, 1913:—

Sergeant Trentham Charles Webster.

Corporal Ernest Astley Harding.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

Lieutenant Alfred Ernest McDonald to be Captain, vice Jeffries, transferred to the 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment. Dated 19th August, 1913.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Henry Lionel Hughes Steele, M.R.C.S. Eng., to be Lieutenant. Dated 31st March, 1914.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 31st March, 1914:—

Jacob Hope Primmer (late Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps, Territorial Force).

William Dunn Blair, M.R.C.V.S. Eng.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend William Grant, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd class. Dated 27th March, 1912.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th class. Dated 31st March, 1914:—

The Reverend Arthur John Seamer.

The Reverend William Ramsay Hutchison.

The Reverend William James Comrie.