APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 977

3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own).—Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frank Wilfred Gribble is transferred to the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Dated 14th December, 1915.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

Sergeant Eric James Anderson to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th February, 1916.

6th (Hauraki) Regiment.

Lieutenant James William Silcock is granted the temporary rank of Captain while acting as Assistant Adjutant, Reinforcements Camp, Featherston. Dated 2nd March, 1916.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

Edward Varley Hudson to be Captain (temp.), vice Lieutenant Jardine, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 29th February, 1916.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Captain William Eugene Stafford Furby is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 18th March, 1916.

15th (North Auckland) Regiment.

Captain John Henry Bartlett is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment. Dated 8th March, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frank Wilfred Gribble, from the 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation), supernumerary to establishment. Dated 14th December, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

(Motor-car Section.)

Lieutenant Thomas Young resigns his commission. Dated 7th February, 1916.

(Motor-boat Section, Wellington.)

James Olive Shorland to be Captain. Dated 29th July, 1915.

George Paul Reston to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th July, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Major William Henry Hosking is retired under provision of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 25th February, 1916.

The undermentioned officers are appointed, with the temporary rank and date specified, while holding appointments as Superintendents of Hospitals in New Zealand during the period of the war :—

Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hope Lewis, L.S.A. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng., to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 17th September, 1915.

Hugh Douglas, M.B. B.S. Edin., to be temporary Major. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Walter Fox, M.B. M.S. Glasg., to be temporary Major. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Sydney Harland Ward, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Edmund Ewart Brown, M.B. B.S. F.R.C.S. Eng., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

John Ebenezer Kelly Brown, M.B. B.S. N.Z., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

John Stott Beedie, M.B. C.M. Aberd., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

William Malcolm Thomson, M.B. B.S. N.Z., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Ernest Alexander Walker, M.D. M.S. Glasg., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Thomas Noel Usher, L.R.C.P. and S. Edin., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Henry Bayldon Ewen, M.B. B.S. N.Z., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

James Freeborn Bennett, M.B. B.S. Glasg., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Percy Leslie Foote, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

Stanley Eric Vernon Brown, M.B. B.S. L.R.C.P. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng., to be temporary Captain. Dated 1st February, 1916.

William Stewart Kidd to be Captain. Dated 2nd February, 1916.

Henry Caldwell Tait, M.B. B.S. N.Z., to be temporary Captain while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 2nd February, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

Lieutenant John Hunter Strauchon to be Captain. Dated 6th March, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Thomas Trestail, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, resigns his commission. Dated 28th February, 1916.

The undermentioned to be Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class :—

The Reverend David Campbell. Dated 23rd February, 1916.

The Reverend James Izatt Clarke. Dated 23rd February, 1916.

The Reverend Charles Alexander Gray. Dated 6th March, 1916.

The Reverend Hector Maclean. Dated 6th March, 1916.

The Reverend John Edward Lopdell. Dated 6th March, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

Captain Reginald William Fisher, from the New Zealand Garrison Artillery, to be Captain. Dated 12th December, 1915.

Lieutenant Harold James Wooller to be Captain. Dated 28th February, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Proctor Wildman resigns his appointment. Dated 21st February, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

Sergeant Harold Herbert Taylor. Dated 23rd February, 1916.

Sergeant Ronald Walker Connor. Dated 23rd February, 1916.

Alfred Ernest McNarn to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation). Dated 1st March, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) :—

John Kempsell.

Herbert Fletcher Gabites.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

ERRATUM.—In Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, page 576,† Appointments Unattached List (b), for 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Henry Stapylton Bree, dated 8th November, 1915, read John Henry Stapylton Bree to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), dated 8th November, 1915.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th March, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Major ALBERT EDWARD WOLSTENHOLME, 4th (Otago) Regiment,

he having a total rank and commissioned service to 6th January, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and seventy-five days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Observances respecting Anzac Day.

Prime Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 5th April, 1916.

I HEREBY notify, for public information, that the Government have decided to observe a half-holiday, commencing at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the 25th April, in commemoration of “Anzac Day,” and I shall be glad if the Mayors of all cities and boroughs, the Chairmen of County Councils and Town Boards, as well as other local bodies, as far as their districts are concerned, will similarly observe the day in remembrance of the notable deeds performed by the Australians and our brave New Zealand soldiers on that memorable and historical occasion.

2. It is specially fitting that on this occasion special services of public worship be held by all religious denominations, and I therefore appeal to all ministers of religion and all congregations to hold such services on behalf of the people of the Dominion at such hours during the forenoon or afternoon as are found convenient.

3. The New Zealand Ensign will be displayed on all public buildings in the Dominion from sunrise to sunset.

4. It is requested that the managers and representatives of shipping companies should direct that all ships in the various harbours display their flags during that day.

5. The Government is of opinion that the day should not be marked by the holding of sports or similar forms of entertainment. It is considered, however, that the occasion is particularly one upon which opportunity should be taken for all recruiting bodies and others to arrange patriotic meetings for the evening, not only to commemorate the anniversary, but also with a view to assisting the recruiting campaign, the question of how this may best be done being left entirely to the discretion of those immediately concerned.

W. F. MASSEY,
Prime Minister.

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