Sept 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3063

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) resign their appointments :-

Henry Clare Fenton. Dated 30th August, 1916.

Edgar Carryer. Dated 6th September, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Ernest Charles Rhind Anderson lapses, under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 15th August, 1916.

George Annear Creeth to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice Lieutenant Metcalfe, on active service. Dated 5th September, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, &c., of Officers on Headquarters Staff, and Officers, Warrant Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers on District Staffs.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under Section 5, Defence Act, 1909, of the under-mentioned appointments, promotions, transfers, and reversions of officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps, Regiment of Royal New Zealand Artillery and Territorial Force, and warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the New Zealand Permanent Staff, dated 25th September, 1916 :-

HEADQUARTERS STAFF.

Major James Osburne-Lilly, 17th (Ruahine) Regiment, to be Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters, Wellington.

DISTRICT STAFFS.

Auckland.

Colonel George Warren Shaw Patterson, Commander, Auckland Coast Defence Troops, to be Officer Commanding (temp.) the Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Colonel Gerard Arnold Ward, Commander, Auckland Mounted Rifles Brigade, to be General Staff Officer (temp.) Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Captain Hassell L. de Forges Garland, N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Quartermaster-General, Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Captain George Clarence Sykes Dyer, N.Z.S.C. to be Assistant Adjutant-General (temp.), Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Hon. Lieutenant Ernest James Browning, N.Z.P.S., to be attached for duty (temp.) to District Headquarters, Auckland, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant Wilfred James Cox, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be attached to the General Staff (for Musketry duties) (temp.) Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant (temp.) Samuel Mellows, N.Z.P.S., to be Assistant-Director of Supplies and Transport (temp.), Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) Alfred George Talbot, N.Z.M.C., to be Assistant-Director of Medical Services (temp.), Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Lyons, N.Z.V.C., to be Assistant-Director of Veterinary Services (temp.), Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Hon. Captain William Thomas Beck, D.S.O. (attached N.Z.S.C.), to be Assistant-Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, Auckland Military District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Captain Walter Leigh Titchener, N.Z.F.A., to be Adjutant (temp.) Auckland Field Artillery Brigade, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant William Roberts, N.Z.G.A., to be Adjutant (temp.), Auckland Garrison Artillery Division, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Quayle Kewish, R.N.Z.A., to be Staff Officer to the Commander, Auckland Coast Defence Troops, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Gordon James Rust, Unattached List (b), to be Commander (temp.) of No. 1 (Auckland) Group and of No. 1 (Auckland) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Auckland.

Lieutenant Hugh Price Ranger Caughey, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Mount Albert.

Lieutenant (temp.) John William Fletcher, N.Z.E.F., reverts to his substantive rank of Staff Sergeant-major in the New Zealand Permanent Staff, and is appointed an Area Officer (temp.) with headquarters at Onehunga.

Captain Alfred Coutts, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Auckland.

Captain Samuel Wilfred Turley, 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Helensville.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Alfred Richard Hatt, New Zealand Permanent Staff, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Pukekohe.

Major Henry Harwood Browne, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander of No. 2 (Hauraki) Group and No. 2 (Hauraki) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Paeroa.

Captain Richard James Derrom, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Te Aroha.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) George Walker, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander No. 3 (North Auckland) Group and No. 3 (North Auckland) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Whangarei.

Lieutenant Edward Talbot Rowllings, N.Z.S.C., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Whangarei.

Captain George Herbert Bellamy, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Dargaville.

Major Henry Jolly, 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to be Commander (temp.) No. 4 (Waikato) Group, and No. 4 (Waikato) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Hamilton.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Arthur Chadwick Jameson, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Hamilton.

Lieutenant John Christopher Holland, N.Z.A.S.C., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Te Kuiti.

Major Alfred Tattersall, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, to be Commander (temp.) No. 17 (Bay of Plenty) Group, and No. 17 (Bay of Plenty) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Rotorua.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Macdonald, N.Z.A.S.C., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Tauranga.

Wellington District.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) John Edward Hume, R.N.Z.A., to be Officer Commanding (temp.) the Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William McDonald, N.Z.S.C., to be General Staff Officer, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Captain (temp. Major) John Thomas Bosworth, N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Quartermaster-General, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Captain William Eugene Stafford Furby, N.Z.E.F., to be Assistant Adjutant-General (temp.), Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Lieutenant John Herd Ansell, Unattached List (b), to be attached for duty (Sick and Wounded Returned Soldiers’ Records) to District Headquarters, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Lieutenant (temp.) John Edward Packman, N.Z.P.S., to be Assistant-Director of Supplies and Transport (temp.), Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Colonel the Hon. William Edward Collins, M.B., T.D., N.Z.M.C., to be Assistant-Director of Medical Services, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Reid Young, M.R.C.V.S., N.Z.V.C., to be Assistant-Director of Veterinary Services, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Wellington.

Captain Sydney Vincent Trask, Reserve of Officers (attached to N.Z.S.C.), to be Command Paymaster, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Hon. Lieutenant Frank Edwin Ford, attached N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Staff Sergeant-major John Archibald Bell, N.Z.P.S., to be attached to the General Staff (for Musketry Duties) (temp.), Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Major Sidney George Sandle, R.N.Z.A., to be Staff Officer to the Commander Wellington Coast Defence Troops, with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Brouncher Powlett Thring, R.N.Z.A., to be Adjutant to the Wellington Garrison Artillery Division, with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant Charles Newey Mitchell, N.Z.F.A., to be Adjutant (temp.) Wellington Field Artillery Brigade, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Hon. Lieutenant Hans Christian Petersen, R.N.Z.A., to be Adjutant (temp.) D (Mountain) Battery, with headquarters at Wellington.