JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2125

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Permanent Staff, and Territorial Force.

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 18th June, 1915.

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

The Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) John Edward Hume to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 9th November, 1914.

Permanent Staff.

Sergeant-Instructor Roland Martin Quinn to be Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Canterbury District, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant, and is attached to No. 7 Company, New Zealand Army Service Corps, while so employed. Dated 14th June, 1915.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Captain Noel Percy Adams to be Major. Dated 17th February, 1914.

Lieutenant Douglas Wilson Brown to be Captain, vice Adams, promoted. Dated 17th February, 1914.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

2nd Lieutenant Leslie Victor Hulbert to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th January, 1915.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.—New Zealand Railway Battalions.

The appointments on probation of the undermentioned are confirmed:—

Captain Percy St. John Keenan.

Captain William Oliver Ennis.

Captain Antonie Beekman.

Captain Lionel Brough Stansell.

Lieutenant Herbert Henry Christophers.

Lieutenant William John Pritchard Guinness.

Lieutenant James Short.

Lieutenant Thomas Martin Lucy.

2nd Lieutenant Victor Roche Bond.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Oliver Brydon.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Angus.

2nd Lieutenant George Augustus Avey.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 7th June, 1915:—

Arthur Frederick Richard Rohloff.

Reginald Henry Charles Mardon.

Victor Roche Bond.

John Moultrie Ferriday.

Norman Angus.

John Alexander McQueen.

Arthur Valentine Williams.

John Conway Lennon.

Herbert Simmonds.

Arthur Wansey Wellstead.

Frederick Thomas Antone Williams.

Honorary Lieutenant John Llewellyn Davies resigns his commission. Dated 9th December, 1914.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant John Desborough Bowden, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th March 1915.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Alfred de Bathe Brandon is retired under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and with permission to wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 18th May, 1915.

6th (Hawraki) Regiment.

Sergeant William Raymond McCormick to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th May, 1915.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 14th November, 1914:—

Allan Grindell Gardiner.

Reginald Francis Gambrill.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant Frederick Charles Gentry to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to the establishment (No. 3 Company).

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New Zealand Medical Corps.

The undermentioned to be Captains:—

Herbert Myer Goldstein, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Dated 27th March, 1915.

Leslie Alan Spedding, M.B. Dated 26th April, 1915.

Edgar Henry Wilkins. Dated 19th May, 1915.

William Frederick Willis. Dated 19th May, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Ivo Edgar Bertram, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 21st April, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants:—

Thomas Christopher. Dated 5th December, 1914.

Hugh Johnston. Dated 3rd March, 1915.

Eryl Stephens Pitt. Dated 5th April, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant John Desborough Bowden is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Dated 10th March, 1915.

Jonathan William Garland (late Lieutenant 10th New Zealand Contingent) to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th May, 1915.

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

Duncan McFadyen Rae to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th May, 1915.

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

Cuthbert Henry Adams. Dated 3rd May, 1915.

Sergeant Kenneth Alexander Snedden. Dated 4th May, 1915.

James Hutton. Dated 18th May, 1915.

William James Greig. Dated 19th May, 1915.

Percy Edward Baldwin. Dated 25th May, 1915.

Alfred Kingsley Drew. Dated 25th May, 1915.

Claude Browning. Dated 25th May, 1915.

Hugh Godfrey Wake. Dated 27th May, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve of Officers.

(Auckland Section.)

Herbert Mayne Smeeton to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th May, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Chemists and Druggists’ Shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists and druggists’ shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the riding shall be closed at 8 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 11 p.m. on Saturdays:

And whereas the Waipawa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of all the chemists and druggists’ shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 28th day of June, 1915, all chemists and druggists’ shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

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Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ Shops in the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the riding shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: 8 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and 11 p.m. on Saturdays:

And whereas the Waipawa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 28th day of June, 1915, all tobacconists’ shops within the Takapau Riding of the Waipawa County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of June, 1915.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.