Sept. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3001

Notice of Appointment of District Manager of the Public Trust Office, Napier.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1916.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that

SOMERSET WARD SMITH

has, from the 26th July, 1916, been appointed District Manager of the Public Trust Office at Napier, vice Edward Blake Burdekin, transferred.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Appointment of District Manager of the Public Trust Office, Invercargill.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1916.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that

CHARLES ALBERT GOLDSMITH

has, from the 28th July, 1916, been appointed District Manager of the Public Trust Office at Invercargill, vice Somerset Ward Smith, transferred.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Permanent Staff and Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 11th September, 1916.

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

Permanent Staff.

Staff Sergeant-major (W.O.) Ernest James Browning is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant during the period of the war. Dated 22nd August, 1916.

1st (Mounted) Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Captain George Edward Rhodes retires under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913, with effect from the 9th June, 1916.

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

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frank Kenneth Pearce is confirmed.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) William Shakespeare Dalton is confirmed.

New Zealand Field Artillery.

Lieutenant Matthew Henry Oram, from the Brigade Ammunition Column, to be Captain (J Battery). Dated 6th April, 1916.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant Edward Wardell Pearce to be Captain, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 3rd June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant William Mervyn Dawn, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant (Auckland Garrison Artillery Division), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 19th August, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (Wellington Garrison Artillery Division). Dated 9th August, 1916 :—

Corporal Ward Howard Udy.
Corporal Gordon Rae Cowie.
Corporal Thomas William Mark Ashby.

Sergeant Eric Lyon to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), (No. 4 Company). Dated 27th July, 1916.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Lomax Gibbs to be Lieutenant (Mounted Signal Troops), under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 5th July, 1916.

1st (Canterbury) Regiment.

Sergeant Eric West England to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd August, 1916,

B

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

Captain Edwin Gordon Fraser to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 23rd August, 1916.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

William Guy Ivil, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th August, 1916.
Christopher Ingram, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 25th August, 1916.
Francis Leveson-Gower West. Dated 25th August, 1916.
William Lees. Dated 25th August, 1916.
Thomas Milliken. Dated 25th August, 1916.
Valentine Freke Maxwell. Dated 25th August, 1916.
Peter Robertson Gardner. Dated 25th August, 1916.
Bernard Harry Howes. Dated 25th August, 1916.

Coast Defence Detachment.

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

10th (North Otago) Regiment.

Sergeant Hugh McIntyre to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 18th August, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporarily) :—

Sidney Charles Fache. Dated 18th August, 1916.
Charles Edward Richards. Dated 22nd August, 1916.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Lieutenant Alan Duncan Stitt, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st February, 1916.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Eric William Jim Millton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd August, 1916.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 22nd August, 1916 :—

Stephen Henry Airey.
Charles Henry Howard Irvine.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Trent-ham Charles Webster is confirmed.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Raymond Lee is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 9th August, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant (temporarily) Francis John Lound resigns his appointment. Dated 17th August, 1916.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 22nd August, 1916 :—

Alan Godfrey McGregor.
George Rowland Hutchison.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frederick Charles Gentry is granted the rank of Lieutenant (temporarily) while employed as Supply Officer in charge of the Supply Depot, Wellington, and with effect from 15th August, 1916.
The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Andrew Dishington McLaren is confirmed.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Albert Edward Alexander McDougall (Motor-car Section) is confirmed.
Lieutenant James Anstice resigns his commission. Dated 21st August, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain William Percy Gowland, F.R.C.S. Eng., is granted the temporary rank of Major while attached to the Otago University Officers’ Training Corps for special duty. Dated 24th August, 1916.
Captain Russell Ian Ritchie is granted the temporary rank of Major while attached to the Otago University Officers’ Training Corps for special duty. Dated 24th August, 1916.
Walter Reeve, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be Captain. Dated 21st August, 1916.
Stuart Scowlay, M.B. Ch.B. N.Z., to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th August, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

Lieutenant Charles Kay Ward is granted the temporary rank of Captain, with effect from the 1st August, 1916,