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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.
Major William Simm (Reserve of Officers) is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 8th October, 1914.
Captain William Henry Jones (Reserve of Officers) is transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery. Dated 9th October, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).
2nd Lieutenant Charles Gray, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th September, 1914.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Wilson is cancelled under paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 23rd November, 1914.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.
James Cartwright to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 1st November, 1914.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.
Lieutenant William Charles Page, from Reserve of Officers, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant, and to act temporarily as Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport (Auckland Military District), vice Captain H. H. Wright, Army Service Corps, employed with the Expeditionary Force (Samoa). Dated 27th October, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cyril Laughton Crump is confirmed.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
Captain Alexander Cameron McKillop is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed with the Expeditionary Force. Dated 20th October, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Captains :—
John Donald Campbell Duncan, M.B. Dated 11th November, 1914.
Fred. Thompson Bowerbank, M.B. Dated 18th November, 1914.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Reakes, M.R.C.V.S., Director of Veterinary Services and Remounts, to be Colonel. Dated 1st December, 1914.

The undermentioned Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels. Dated 1st December, 1914 :—
John Greenwood Clayton, M.R.C.V.S., Principal Veterinary Officer, Canterbury Military District.
William Dempster Snowball, M.R.C.V.S., v.d., Principal Veterinary Officer, Otago Military District.
Alexander Reid Young, M.R.C.V.S., Principal Veterinary Officer, Wellington Military District.
Joseph Lyons, M.R.C.V.S., Principal Veterinary Officer, Auckland Military District.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.
The Venerable Archdeacon David Ruddock, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, to be Chaplain, 3rd Class. Dated 13th September, 1914.
The Reverend John George Thomas Castle to be Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 20th November, 1914.

Unattached List (b).
Lieutenant-Major Howard Rauru Jones is transferred to the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 8th September, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Eric Ainslie Porritt is transferred to the 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Dated 16th November, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant Charles Gray is transferred to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Dated 20th September, 1914.

The undermentioned officers have resigned their Commissions :—
2nd Lieutenant John Alexander Falconer. Dated 24th April, 1914.
2nd Lieutenant William John Cobbold. Dated 24th July, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) resign their appointments :—
William Alfred Perry. Dated 7th October, 1914.
Ernest Albert Searle. Dated 20th November, 1914.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant John Addison Clark is cancelled under provisions of paragraph 113, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 28th July, 1914.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—
Clifton Stewart Geddis.
Herbert Andrew Lewis.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.
(Wellington Section.)
The undermentioned to be Captains :—
Captain Charles James Stanton Harcourt (Reserve of Officers). Dated 21st August, 1914.
Lieutenant Henry Hubert Ostler. Dated 12th November, 1914.
Charles Prendergast Knight. Dated 12th November, 1914.
Lieutenant David Crozier. Dated 26th November, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
Robert Delvin Jameson. Dated 6th August, 1914.
David Syme. Dated 4th September, 1914.
Roderick Andrew McKenzie. Dated 4th September, 1914.
William Mason Bayly. Dated 16th September, 1914.
Thomas Young. Dated 12th November, 1914.
Oswald Beere. Dated 12th November, 1914.
Claude Malcolm Banks. Dated 12th November, 1914.
Edward Percy Pearce. Dated 12th November, 1914.

(Auckland Section.)
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants. Dated 23rd November, 1914 :—
Victor John Larner.
Samuel Luther Hirst.
James Alfred Thomson.
John William Bailey.
John Campbell Sawers.
Robert Dougald Fisher.
Vincent Holbeche.
John Dawson (Junior).]
Arthur Ferneyhough.
Wilfrd Hubert Hemingway.
James Wilson Wiseman.
Samuel Jackson Hanna.
John Williams.
Sydney Millichamp Moore-Jones.
Stanley Carr.

(Canterbury Section.)
Captain Charles Wood (Retired List) to be Captain. Dated 9th September, 1914.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants :—
Edgar Fraser Stead. Dated 9th September, 1914.
Harry Holman Hayhurst. Dated 1st December, 1914.
Herbert Edward McGowan. Dated 1st December, 1914.
Richard Stephen Rowley Seddon. Dated 1st December, 1914.

The commission granted Captain Thomas Maude is cancelled under section 5 (a), Defence Act, 1909. Dated 5th November, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Designation of a Defence Rifle Club altered.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the designation of the

Ngatiawa Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Reikorangi (Wellington Military District), as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 6th February, 1908, be altered to read the “Ngatiawa Defence Rifle Club,” and with effect from 24th January, 1908.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th December, 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

Northern Wairoa Frontiersmen Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Dargaville (Auckland Military District). Date of acceptance, 16th December, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.