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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

Committee Clerk, Legislative Council.

Parliament Buildings,
Wellington, 24th June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that

Mr. NORMAN HUGH HOGG

has been appointed a permanent Committee Clerk in the Legislative Council.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister in Charge of Legislative Affairs.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:-

Name. District.
CHARLES KRIPPNER EDWARDS .. .. Te Awamutu.
ARTHUR WILLIAM MULLIGAN .. .. Wyndham.
THOMAS IRVINE .. .. Otorohanga.
HENRY EDSER .. .. Balclutha.
DAVID THORBURN CRAIG .. .. Wainui.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 24th June, 1914.

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

Commands.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, v.d., commanding Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade, to command the Canterbury Military District for a period of one year. Dated 1st June, 1914.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, v.d., to be attached whilst commanding a military district. Dated 1st June, 1914.

Staff Sergeant-major William Caesar Sarsfield Colclough (W.O.), New Zealand Permanent Staff, to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th June, 1914.

Sergeant-major Edward Purdon, New Zealand Permanent Staff, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 15th June, 1914.

Staff.

Captain Charles Monk Gibbon, Royal Irish Fusiliers, to be a General Staff Officer at Headquarters, vice Major James Kilvington Cochrane. Dated 17th April, 1914.

Captain Charles Monk Gibbon, Royal Irish Fusiliers, is granted the rank of Major whilst employed as a General Staff Officer at Headquarters. Dated 1st June, 1914.

Captain Clarence Reginald Macdonald, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, to be General Staff Officer of a District. Dated 17th April, 1914.

Captain Clarence Reginald Macdonald, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst employed as a General Staff Officer. Dated 1st June, 1914.

New Zealand Permanent Staff.

Staff Sergeant-major William Caesar Sarsfield Colclough (W.O.), to be Lieutenant, New Zealand Staff Corps. Dated 15th June, 1914.

Sergeant-major Edward Purdon to be 2nd Lieutenant, New Zealand Staff Corps. Dated 15th June, 1914.

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

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors. Dated 17th February, 1914:-

William Tollie Joll.
Duncan Munro.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 31st March, 1914:-

Francis Arthur Nelson.
William Risk.

11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Captain William Ernest Randolph Mackesy to be Major, to complete establishment. Dated 12th September, 1913.

Captain John Butterfield Ariell to be Major, to complete establishment. Dated 12th September, 1913.

Lieutenant Charles Reginald Ernest Mackesy to be Captain, vice W. E. R. Mackesy, promoted. Dated 12th September, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant James Edward White resigns his commission. Dated 14th April, 1914.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions. Dated 23rd March, 1914:-

Lieutenant Thomas Graham.
2nd Lieutenant George Hay.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Lieutenant George Lyle Stevenson to be Captain. Dated 17th February, 1914.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas Playfair Fraser, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th March, 1914.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

The undermentioned officers are transferred to the Reserve of Officers:-

Lieutenant William Douglas Littlejohn. Dated 17th April, 1914.

Lieutenant James Gatland. Dated 5th May, 1914.

Colour-Sergeant Robert Henry Daldy to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 18th April, 1914.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

Lieutenant William Martin Hayes Diamond is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 28th May, 1914.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

Lieutenant James William Hugh Bannerman, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th May, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Harold Arnold is cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 24th March, 1914.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island Battalion).

Sergeant Harold Joseph Gray to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 2nd June, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:-

Frank Lockwood Atkinson, M.B. Dated 25th April, 1914.

Ernest Cuthbert Barnett, M.R.C.S., Eng. Dated 25th May, 1914.

New Zealand Chaplains’ Department.

The Reverend Eugene Gillam, Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, resigns his commission. Dated 8th June, 1914.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:-

Bradlaugh Symes. Dated 17th January, 1914.

Frank Leslie Hunt. Dated 25th March, 1914.

George Edington Waite. Dated 25th March, 1914.

Cedric Rolfe Sargood. Dated 25th March, 1914.

William James Bevis. Dated 25th March, 1914.

George Sidey Lambie. Dated 31st March, 1914.

William Gibson Allan Bishop. Dated 20th May, 1914.

David Walter Dunlop to be Major (on probation). Dated 2nd June, 1914.

Henry Rands to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 29th May, 1914.

Frederick William Mothes to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 5th June, 1914.

Lieutenant James William Hugh Bannerman is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 27th May, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas Playfair Fraser is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 20th March, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Race Bamyfylde Godfrey resigns his appointment. Dated 27th April, 1914.

The commissions of the undermentioned officers are cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909:-

Lieutenant Alonzo Patrick Dwan. Dated 8th April, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Lawrence Franklin Kitt. Dated 8th April, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence,