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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107

Captain Allen O. Bishop, N.Z.F.M.S.C., to be Railway Transport Officer (temp.), Wellington Military District, with headquarters at Wellington.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Frederick Charles Gentry, N.Z.A.S.C., to be Supply Officer and Officer in Charge Supply Depot, Wellington, with headquarters at Wellington.

Major Albert Arthur Corrigan, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Commander (temp.) No. 5 (Wellington) Group, and No. 5 (Wellington) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant Charles White Mellor, Reserve of Officers, 5th (Wellington) Regiment, to be Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant (temp.) John Thomson, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Lower Hutt.

Staff Sergeant-major Edward J. Butler, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Wellington.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Michael McDonnell, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander No. 6 (Manawatu) Group, and No. 6 (Manawatu) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Major William George Ashworth, 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Palmerston North.

Major James McNaught, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Mangaweka.

Major Thomas Haslett Ringland, Reserve of Officers, 9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment, to be Commander (temp.) No. 7 (Hawke’s Bay) Group, and No. 7 (Hawke’s Bay) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Napier.

Staff Sergeant-major (Warrant Officer) Herbert Luther Brighting, N.Z.P.S., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Waipukurau.

Lieutenant Francis Arthur Nelson, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Napier.

Major Edward Percy Cox, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), to be Commander (temp.) No. 8 (Taranaki) Group, and No. 8 (Taranaki) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Hawera.

Major Charles Henty, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Hawera.

Lieutenant Charles William Crutch, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at New Plymouth.

Lieutenant Herbert Walter Martyn-Roberts, N.Z.G.A., to be Commander (temp.) No. 18 (Wairarapa) Group, and No. 18 (Wairarapa) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Masterton, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding this appointment.

Lieutenant John Robert Thomas Slipper, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Dannevirke.

Lieutenant Godfrey Loftus Harley Drew, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Masterton.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Harper Moir, 10th (North Otago) Regiment, to be Commander (temp.) No. 19 (Poverty Bay) Group, and No. 19 (Poverty Bay) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Gisborne.

Lieutenant Charles Henry Moltzen, N.Z.E., to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Gisborne.

Lieutenant Walter Henry Humphreys, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Wairoa.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) John Coleman, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander No. 20 (Wanganui) Group, and No. 20 (Wanganui) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Wanganui.

Lieutenant Stanley Moxham Dixon, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Wanganui.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Gray, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Taumarunui.

Canterbury District.

Colonel Ralph Anderson Chaffey, Attached N.Z.S.C., to be Officer Commanding (temp.) Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Captain (temp. Major) William Charles Finnis, N.Z.S.C., to be General Staff Officer, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Major Walter Harry Meddings, N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Quartermaster-General, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Captain Robert Saxton Matthews, N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Adjutant-General (temp.), Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Walter Anderson, N.Z.M.C., to be Assistant Director of Medical Services, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Captain Herbert Seton Stewart Kyle to be Assistant Director of Veterinary Services (temp.), Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Captain Samuel Mackay McGee, V.D., Retired List (Attached N.Z.S.C.), to be Command Paymaster, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Hon. Captain Arthur R. C. White, Attached N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Donald MacDonald, R.N.Z.A., to be Staff Officer to the Commander, Canterbury Coast Defence Troops, and Adjutant (temp.), Canterbury Field Artillery Brigade, with headquarters at Lyttelton.

Sergeant-Instructor Samuel Glover, N.Z.P.S., to be Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport (temp.), Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Dugald McDonald Robertson, N.Z.E.F., to be attached for duty (temp.), (Sick and Wounded Returned Soldiers’ Records) to District Headquarters, Canterbury Military District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Captain James Alfred Northcote, 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), to be Commander (temp.), No. 9 (Christchurch) Group and No. 9 (Christchurch) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Christchurch.

Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Hawkins, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Christchurch.

Lieutenant Henry Gillies Livingstone, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Christchurch.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Allan Norman Oakey, N.Z.E., to be Commander (temp.), No. 10 (South Canterbury) Group and No. 10 (South Canterbury) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Timaru.

Lieutenant Reginald Seymour Phelps Hopkins, 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Timaru.

Lieutenant d’Auvergne Stanley Leigh Grut, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Ashburton.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Atwell, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander, No. 11 (North Canterbury) Group and No. 11 (North Canterbury) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Rangiora.

Lieutenant George Sidey Lambie, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Rangiora.

Lieutenant William Henry Stark, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Sheffield.

Captain Andrew Haitly Burn, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander, No. 12 (Nelson) Group and No. 12 (Nelson) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Nelson.

Major (temp. Captain) Herbert Harold Allison, 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Blenheim.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Albert Edward Conway, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Nelson.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) William Caesar Sarsfield Colclough, N.Z.S.C., to be Commander, No. 21 (West Coast) Group and No. 21 (West Coast) Recruiting District, with headquarters at Greymouth.

Lieutenant Charles Walter Doherty, Unattached List (b), to be an Area Officer (temp.), with headquarters at Westport.

Otago District.

Colonel Joseph Cowie Nichols, V.D., A.D.C., Commander, Otago Mounted Rifles Brigade, to be Officer Commanding (temp.) Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Major Henry Alexander Cooper, I.G.S., to be General Staff Officer, Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Captain Robert Nicholas Johnston Fraser, N.Z.S.C., to be Assistant Quartermaster-General, Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Lieutenant George Myers, 8th (Southland) Regiment, to be Assistant Adjutant-General (temp.), Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Captain William Fleming, 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be attached for duty (temp.), (Sick and Wounded Returned Soldiers’ Records), to District Headquarters, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Major David Brett Shand, 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars), to be attached to the General Staff, for musketry duties (temp.), Otago Military District, with headquarters at Dunedin.

Lieutenant William Dobson, Reserve of Officers, 4th (Otago) Regiment, to be Assistant Director of Supplies and Trans-