Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 685

9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard Handforth Jardine to be Lieutenant. Dated 8th May, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Lancelot Fairfax Jones, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th November, 1914.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette of the 2nd July, 1914, relative to the resignation of Captain John Walter Boon, is cancelled.

Captain John Walter Boon is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 30th May, 1914.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Fred Starnes to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd October, 1914.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Robert Dearsley Suckling is confirmed.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 6th January, 1915:—

Edward John Harvey.

Sergeant Cyril Fuller Carey.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Stanley Herbert Crump to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (No. 2 Company). Dated 9th December, 1914.

Arthur Reginald Bushell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (No. 4 Company, New Zealand Divisional Train). Dated 10th February, 1915.

Sergeant Alan Bernard Williams to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), (No. 5 Company). Dated 12th January, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant William Wilson McKinney, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (No. 9 Company). Dated 2nd December, 1914.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain John Restell Thomas, M.B., is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st September, 1914.

Kington William Fyffe, M.D., to be Captain. Dated 8th September, 1914.

Captain Kington William Fyffe, M.D., is granted the temporary rank of Major while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 12th February, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Charles Evans Maguire, M.D. Dated 4th January, 1915.

Thomas Harrison, M.B. Dated 6th January, 1915.

Peter Henry Buck. Dated 15th January, 1915.

Thomas Trench Thompson. Dated 21st January, 1915.

The undermentioned Dental Surgeons are attached, and while employed at the Reinforcement Camp will hold the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 8th December, 1914:—

Hunter Strauchon.

John Martin Ryan.

New Zealand Chaplains' Department.

The Reverend John Mackenzie, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, resigns his commission. Dated 6th January, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class. Dated 1st February, 1915:—

The Reverend Thomas Kinkead.

The Reverend James Bowe.

The Reverend James Francis MacManus.

The Reverend James Daly.

The Reverend Thomas Frederick Connolly.

Unattached List (a).

The undermentioned to be Captains. Dated 12th October, 1914:—

Harry Stephen Winthrop.

William Henry Feldon.

Lieutenant Arthur James Webber, from the Unattached List (b) to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd November, 1914.

Unattached List (b).

Lieutenant Arthur James Webber is transferred to the Unattached List (a). Dated 3rd November, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant William Wilson McKinney is transferred to the New Zealand Army Service Corps. Dated 2nd December, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Lancelot Fairfax Jones is transferred to the 9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment. Dated 25th November, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Richard Fuller Chapman from the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 11th December, 1914.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Hubert Satchell Harley. Dated 13th May, 1914.

Leonard John Wild. Dated 9th July, 1914.

Robert John Clarke. Dated 5th August, 1914.

William Edward Burley. Dated 19th August, 1914.

Arthur William Just. Dated 13th November, 1914.

John McPherson. Dated 6th January, 1915.

George Francis McGrath to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th January, 1915.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants:—

Sergeant Harold Wright Hodges. Dated 7th January, 1915.

Sergeant Frank Edwin Dornwell. Dated 8th January, 1915.

Colour-Sergeant Douglas Andrews. Dated 18th January, 1915.

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

Lancelot Shadwell Jennings. Dated 22nd October, 1914.

Peter Robertson Gardner. Dated 5th January, 1915.

Harry Arthur Wolf. Dated 7th January, 1915.

William John Melville. Dated 7th January, 1915.

George Sissmore Lavie. Dated 11th January, 1915.

Andrew Thompson. Dated 30th January, 1915.

The undermentioned officers resign their commissions:—

2nd Lieutenant Dudley George. Dated 17th December, 1914.

2nd Lieutenant Hector Norman Ripley. Dated 28th January, 1915.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed:—

John Robert Loudon.

Alfred Thomas White.

David Yuill Gemmell.

Norman Arthur Vercoe.

Oliver Sidney Ellis.

William James Vesey Hamilton.

John Duggan.

Clarence Leslie Meredith-Kaye.

The notice published in New Zealand Gazette dated 28th January, 1915, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant Walter Lyle, is cancelled.

Colour-Sergeant Walter Lyle McIlraith to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th December, 1914.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Dated 18th January, 1915:—

John Caudlish Allen.

James Clayworth Hardie.

Charles Channing Buckland.

Harry Dean Bamford to be Lieutenant (Auckland Section). Dated 27th January, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Services of a Territorial Force Officer dispensed with.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909, that the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Stanley Barnard, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 57, of the 11th June, 1914, be cancelled, his services being no longer required. Dated 9th February, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Wairau Road Board, County of Marlborough.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th February, 1915.

THE following special order, made by the Wairau Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

WAIRAU ROAD BOARD.

Special Order passed on the 19th Day of December, 1914, and confirmed on the 5th Day of February, 1915.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Road Boards Act, 1908, the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, the Public Works Act, 1908, the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and amendments thereof, the above Board authorizes a loan of £1,985 7s. 10d. for a term of thirty-six years and a half for the following purposes:—

To pay the Board’s share of the cost of the erection of the new Wairau Hospital, £1,385 7s. 10d.

To pay the Board’s share towards the cost of the erection of a bridge over the Opawa River at the end of Grove Road, Blenheim, £600.