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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Lieutenant William Gibson Allan Bishop, Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Archibald Graham Valentine, Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Dalwood Hartley, 8th (Southland) Regiment.

Wellington Battalion.

Captain William Saunderson Cooper, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment.
Lieutenant Edward Talbot Rowelings, New Zealand Staff Corps.
Lieutenant William Peachey Aldridge, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.
Lieutenant Frank Locke Hartnell, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).
Lieutenant George Washington Tayler, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).
Lieutenant Thomas Casserley, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.
2nd Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Ruck, Unattached List (b).

Howitzer Battery.

Lieutenant Leslie Victor Hulbert, Wellington Garrison Artillery Division.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major Matthew Holmes.
Captain Robert Stout.
Captain Herbert Widdowson, M.B.

Veterinary Section.

Major Charles Raymond Neale, Reserve of Officers, New Zealand Veterinary Corps.

Quartermaster of Base Depot.

Quartermaster (Honorary Captain) Ernest Valentine Sanderson, Reserve of Officers (General List).

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Maori Contingent).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers to the Maori Contingent, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, with the ranks set against their respective names, and, in cases in which an officer holds in his permanent unit of the Territorial Force a rank different from the rank here set against his name, to approve that he shall hold such latter rank temporarily during the period of his employment with the Maori Contingent, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and with effect from 22nd November, 1914.

Headquarters.

In command: Lieutenant (temporary Major) Henry Peacock, New Zealand Staff Corps.
Adjutant: Captain William Oliver Ennis, Corps of New Zealand Engineers (New Zealand Railway Battalions).
Pay and Quartermaster: Captain Frederick Burton Mabin.

“A” Company.

Captain Roger Ingram Dansey.
Lieutenant Pirimi Tahiroi.
2nd Lieutenant Turu Hiroti.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Hetet.
2nd Lieutenant Simon James Shand Coupar.

“B” Company.

Captain William Pitt, Reserve of Officers.
Lieutenant Albert Edward Mills Jones, Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant James Paumea Ferris.
2nd Lieutenant William Houkamau Stainton.
2nd Lieutenant Autini Pitara Kiapara.

Medical Officer.

Captain Peter Henry Buck, New Zealand Medical Corps.

Chaplain.

The Reverend Wainohu Henare Wepiha, New Zealand Chaplains Department.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Grant of Temporary Rank.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant the temporary rank of Major to Captain Hector Gowans Reid, Army Service Corps, while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and with effect from 10th December, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
For Minister of Defence.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Reinforcements).

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments. Dated 1st January, 1915:—

Captain Redmond Neill, Reserve of Officers, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), is granted the local rank of Major while employed with the New Zealand Reinforcements.

Lieutenant Eric Hamilton Beamish, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, is granted the temporary rank of Captain while employed with the 3rd Reinforcements, but he reverts to the rank of Lieutenant upon joining the Expeditionary Force.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence.
Wellington, 5th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Marima Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Marima (Wellington Military District). Date of acceptance, 4th February, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Lieutenant Arthur John Lister, 8th (Southland) Regiment, he having a total service to the 7th October, 1914, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and twenty-seven days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.