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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

ROWLAND EDGAR GRIMMETT,

of Caversham, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Grant of Temporary Rank to an Officer in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that Captain (temporary Major) Athelstane Moore, D.S.O., the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, be appointed to command the Otago Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, vice Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Thomas William McDonald, New Zealand Staff Corps (proceeding to England for medical treatment), and to be granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force while so employed. Dated 29th December, 1914.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 20th February, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, transfers, and resignations of the undermentioned officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and Territorial Force:—

Commands.

Major Anthony Crispe Cottrell, No. 8 Company (Westport), New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to command the Coast Defence Troops at Westport, as a separate command, and to be directly responsible to the Officer Commanding the Canterbury Military District. Dated 26th January, 1915.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Staff Cadet (Royal Australian Military College) George Hansbrow Hume to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd December, 1914.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 8th January, 1915:—

Francis Davison.
Leslie Robert Macfarlane.
Cuthbert William Free.
Derisley Thayer Wood.

Marmaduke Bethell to Lieutenant. Dated 9th January, 1915.

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

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 28th January, 1915, of the appointments of officers is cancelled.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Sergeant Patrick John O’Dowd. Dated 1st December, 1914.
Sergeant William Richard Foley. Dated 1st December, 1914.
Sergeant Claude Albert Marchant. Dated 18th December, 1914.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Fuller Chapman is transferred to the Unattached List (b). Dated 11th December, 1914.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Henry Logan Wade to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 17th December, 1914.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

Sergeant Ronald Hart Buchanan to be 2nd Lieutenant. 16th January, 1915.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Corporal William Leonard Harrison. Dated 23rd March, 1914.
Sergeant Thomas Spearing James Doherty. Dated 20th January, 1915.
Corporal James Thomson Steven. Dated 20th January, 1915.
Sergeant Thomas Sinclair Gillies. Dated 25th January, 1915.

10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles.

Captain George Cuthbert Mayne to be Major. Dated 6th December, 1913.

12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles.

Corporal William Cecil Clifford Moncur to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 5th January, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Thomas Fraser resigns his commission. Dated 10th January, 1915.
2nd Lieutenant Henry Augustus Swarbrick to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th August, 1914.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation):—

Malcolm Angus Powrie (E Battery). Dated 24th November, 1914.
Oliver Robert Farrer (G Battery). Dated 5th January, 1915.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Major Anthony Crispe Cottrell is appointed to the command of the Coast Defence Troops at Westport. Dated 26th January, 1915.

Major Joseph Sadler Gill, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Major, No. 8 Company (Westport), vice Cottrell, appointed to command of the Coast Defence Troops at Westport. Dated 26th January, 1915.

Reginald William Fisher to be Captain. Dated 16th November, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

James Meade Ferguson. Dated 23rd August, 1914.
Cyril Ivan Brown. Dated 23rd August, 1914.
Donald Gordon Johnston. Dated 23rd August, 1914.
Vivian Palmer Haughton. Dated 26th September, 1914.
Joseph Abel. Dated 26th September, 1914.
William Edward Orsborn. Dated 26th September, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) George Finlay is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant George Finlay to be Lieutenant. Dated 26th September, 1914.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

Mounted Signal Troops (Canterbury).

Edwin Roland Guinness to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 4th February, 1915.

New Zealand Railway Battalions.

(North Island.)

George Brownlee to be Captain (on probation). Dated 18th January, 1915.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Albert Ernest Leggett to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 29th December, 1914.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps.

(North Island.)

Manson Waterson Chant to be Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 30th September, 1914.

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

(Coast Defence Detachment.)

Captain Walter Edgar Graham Richardson, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 5th December, 1914.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Captain Stephen Shepherd Allen to be Major. Dated 23rd March, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Mainer Corbett is confirmed.

8th (Southland) Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel James Erskine Watson is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 29th October, 1914.

Major George Mitchell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Watson, transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 29th October, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Gordon Leslie McClure is confirmed.

2nd Lieutenant Gordon Leslie McClure to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1914.