Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 133

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps (South Island).

Thomas Masterson Cotter to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 3rd December, 1915.

4th (Otago) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Vernon Tregear, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th October, 1915.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

Lieutenant Andrew Dunbar Sloane to be Captain. Dated 10th July, 1915.

Captain Victor Horace Baker, from the Unattached List (b), to be Captain (temporarily), vice Captain Dunbar Sloane, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 26th August, 1915.

Sergeant Frederick Hamesworth Hudson to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 1st December, 1915.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

Sergeant-major Norman Davidson Cox to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), vice Lieutenant Varnham, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 8th November, 1915.

11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles).

Oswald John Howarth to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporarily), vice 2nd Lieutenant Urquhart, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 8th November, 1915.

16th (Waikato) Regiment.

Lieutenant John Hector Luxford to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1915.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain Henry Ferdinand Bernau to be Major while employed with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 15th October, 1915.

John Alexander Hurley is granted the honorary rank of Major during the period of the war. Dated 13th November, 1915.

The undermentioned to be Captains :-

Daniel Beresford Maunsell. Dated 11th November, 1915.

Ernest Rober ton, M.D., Edin., M.B., C.M., M.R.C.S., Eng. Dated 4th December, 1915.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend James Duncan McLennan Wilson to be Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 9th December, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

Captain Victor Horace Baker is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 26th August, 1915.

Lieutenant Frederick Patience, from the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th August, 1915.

2nd Lieutenant Harold Vernon Tregear is transferred to the 4th (Otago) Regiment. Dated 13th October, 1915.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenant to be Lieutenants :-

Denis Frank Duigan. Dated 21st August, 1915.

Fred Thomas. Dated 21st August, 1915.

Arthur Augustus Potter. Dated 16th September, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps (Motor-car Section).

Auckland Section.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 12th November, 1915 :-

Charlton Greenway Dawson.

Charles Frederick Bennett.

Clement Charles Scott.

Benjamin Herbert Andrew.

James Marsden Caughey.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1916.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Major James Prendeville, 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, he having a total service to the 14th December, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years and three days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Meritorious-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1916.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in accordance with paragraph 12, Appendix IX, Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, 1913, of the award of a Meritorious-service Medal to Staff Sergeant-major Alfred William Baldwin, New Zealand Permanent Staff.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1916.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Company Sergeant-major Harold Bertram Dale, 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment, he having a total service to 21st October, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years and five days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Dismissal of Members of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1916.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss the undermentioned members of the Territorial Force from the New Zealand Defence Forces, under section 6 (b), Defence Act, 1909, they having been convicted by the Civil power :-

14th (South Otago) Regiment.

Private Albert Rogers.

Private Sidney Bastings.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Europe), 9th Reinforcements.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th January, 1916.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of Officers to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (9th Reinforcements), with the ranks specified, and with effect from 1st January, 1916.

Mounted Rifles.

Captain John Hastings Chisholm, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Captain William Tollie Joll, Queen Alexandra’s 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

Captain Philip Oldham, Unattached List (b), General List, Wellington District.

Captain Edward Harris (late Geraldine Mounted Rifle Volunteers).

Lieutenant George Franklyn Yerex, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant Hubert Satchell Harley, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District.

Lieutenant John Malcolm Morrison, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District.

Lieutenant Frank Norman Whitmore, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Thomas White, Unattached List (b), Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant David Bruce, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Sinclair Gillies, 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant William Robert Lang, 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant John Henry Gilmour, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Ashburn Holland, Unattached List (b), General List, Wellington District.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Gordon Johnson, Unattached List (b), General List, Auckland District.

2nd Lieutenant Francis John William Stallard, Unattached List (b), General List, Canterbury District.

2nd Lieutenant Hassell George de Forges Garland, Unattached List (b), General List, Canterbury District.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney Percival Abbott, Unattached List (b), General List, Wellington District.