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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 145

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :-
Frederick Augustus Macdonald.
Tristram Joseph Dennetts Willcox.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, having returned to the Dominion, is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Colonel William Johnston Will, M.B., retires under provision of paragraph 126, General Regulations 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Major Sydney Arthur Gibbs to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 27th November, 1915.
Major Henry O'Brien Deck from the 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles to be Major. Dated 5th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be temporary Majors. Dated 1st December, 1915.
Carrick Robertson, M.B., F.R.C.S.
William R. Stowe, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond.

The undermentioned to be Captains :-
William Milligan McCormack, M.B.C.M. Dated 25th October, 1915.
William Henry Dawson, F.R.C.S. Edin., M.B.C.M., D.P.H., B.Sc. Dated 22nd November, 1915.
Thomas Macallan, M.B.C.M. Dated 22nd November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains during the period of the war. Dated 1st December, 1915 :-
William Gillies Borrie, M.B., Ch.B.
Francis Rudolph Hotop, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. Eng.

The undermentioned to be temporary Captains. Dated 1st December, 1915 :-
William Aiken Fairclough, M.B.
John Alexander Pottinger, M.B.
Alexander Robertson, M.D.

Lieutenant Maurice George Louisson, from the New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps, to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st December, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend George Wells-Smailes, Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Samoa, having returned to the Dominion, is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 7th December, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces (4th Class) :-
The Reverend Cecil William Howard. Dated 16th June, 1915.
The Reverend Charles Herbert Isaacson. Dated 5th November, 1915.
The Reverend William Henry Speer. Dated 18th November, 1915.
The Reverend Owen Martin Doyle. Dated 24th November, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Alfred Edward Kretschmar is transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List). Dated 14th October, 1915.
Sydney Herbert Sargeant is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant while employed at Trentham Camp as Sanitary Officer. Dated 23rd September, 1915.
The notice published in Gazette No. 128, dated 11th November, 1915, relative to Sergeant-major Georgia Francisco Almond Sargeant having been granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant while employed at Trentham Camp as Sanitary Officer, dated 23rd September, 1915, is hereby cancelled.
Sergeant Alexander Smart Hunter to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) :-
Harry Bruce Lethbridge. Dated 8th November, 1915.
John Trevor Thomas. Dated 8th November, 1915.
Norman Reginald Jacobsen. Dated 26th November, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps (Motor-car Section).
Otago Section.

Captain James Alexander Roberts to be Major. Dated 19th October, 1915.
Lieutenant Maurice George Louisson is transferred to the New Zealand Medical Corps. Dated 1st December, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th December, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Meritorious-service Medal to

Sergeant-Instructor WALTER EASTBURY, New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 13th December, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Colonel GEORGE JOHN SMITH, Commander, Canterbury Infantry Brigade,

he having a total service to the 13th October, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years and eight days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Despatch.—Nobel Peace Prize, 1916.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th December, 1915.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—No. 581.)
Downing Street, 26th October, 1915.

My LORD,—With reference to my predecessor’s despatch No 476, of the 27th October, 1914, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1916.

2. I should be glad if your Ministers would cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

I have, &c.,
A. BONAR LAW.

Governor His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.O., &c.

NOBEL COMMITTEE OF THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT.

Nobel Peace Prize.

ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed December 10th, 1916, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the 1st of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified: (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague; (d) members of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law; (f) university professors of political science and of law, of history, and of philosophy; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

• The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to § 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Kristiania.

[Note.—See page 1278 of New Zealand Gazette No. 57 of 1901 for first notice respecting this bequest.]