May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1693

Temporary Appointment of an Officer to the New Zealand Permanent Staff.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 9th May, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointment :-

Permanent Staff.

Sergeant-major Richard Francis Bale (Royal Engineers) is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant, and attached to the New Zealand Staff Corps, while employed with the New Zealand Military Forces. Dated 22nd April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 5th May, 1916.

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

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Bandmaster Henry Seymour to be Honorary Lieutenant temporarily during the absence of Honorary Lieutenant (Bandmaster) Whalley Stewart, on service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 14th February, 1916.

5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars).

Captain Alexander John Sutherland Cowie is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed into the establishment. Dated 21st April, 1916.

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th January, 1916 :-

Charles Dick.
Norman Frederick Hastings.
George Dacre Hamilton.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th January, 1916 :-

John Adam Somerville.
John Burnet Davis.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-

Douglas Clifford Moore. Dated 24th January, 1916.
Norman Chambers Harris (since died of wounds). Dated 24th January, 1916.
Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th January, 1916.
John Ralph Taylor. Dated 24th January, 1916.
Reuben James Bird, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 24th January, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Lancel Lytton King is confirmed.

8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles.

William Henry Orbell to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) supernumerary to establishment. Dated 4th April, 1916.

9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) during the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force :-

Hugh McLean Campbell, vice Lieutenant Grant. Dated 29th March, 1916.
Robert McClelland Sprott, vice Lieutenant Nilsson. Dated 30th March, 1916.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Captain John Percy Edwin Veale to be Major. Dated 3rd July, 1915.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Benjamin John Ager is confirmed.

Corps of New Zealand Engineers.—Mounted Signal Troops.

2nd Lieutenant Ralph Ranstead to be Lieutenant. Dated 16th March, 1916.

5th (Wellington) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Leslie James Maule, from the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 12th April, 1916.

7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment.

Lieutenant Lancelot Hitchings to be Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Bell, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 28th March, 1916.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) during the absence of officers with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force :-

Norman Graham Armstrong, vice Lieutenant Keesing. Dated 17th February, 1916.
Richard Acton Davies, vice Lieutenant Cowie. Dated 17th February, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant (temporary) Charles Robert Hubbard, from the 11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary), vice Lieutenant Bain. Dated 28th March, 1916.

11th Regiment (Taranaki) Rifles.

2nd Lieutenant (temporary) Charles Robert Hubbard is transferred to the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment. Dated 28th March, 1916.

17th (Ruahine) Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Leslie James Maule is transferred to the 5th (Wellington) Regiment. Dated 12th April, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Harold Norton resigns his commission. Dated 24th April, 1914.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

Lieutenant (on probation) Thomas Goldsborough Stockwell to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th December, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Cecil Francis Jellie is confirmed.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Hugh Hunter, M.B.B.S., to be temporary Captain while employed as Medical Officer in a Military Camp in New Zealand. Dated 12th April, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend George King is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and is absorbed. Dated 28th March, 1916.

The Reverend Thomas Halliday to be Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 29th November, 1915.

Unattached List (b).

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frank Cargill Wade is confirmed.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Gerard William Forrester Kerr (absent without leave) is cancelled, under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1913. Dated 13th April, 1916.

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant Aubrey Ives Conry (absent without leave) is cancelled, under section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1913. Dated 13th April, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Special Order made by the Point Chevalier Road Board making By-laws.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1916.

THE following special order, made by the Point Chevalier Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

POINT CHEVALIER ROAD BOARD.

BY-LAW No. 3, 1916.

A BY-LAW to make provision for the good rule and government of the Point Chevalier Road Board District.

In pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in it by the Road Boards Act, 1908, and the Acts amending the same, the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1914, and of all and every other power and authority thereunto in that behalf enabling it, the Point Chevalier Road Board, acting on behalf of the Inhabitants of the Point Chevalier Road Board, by special order, make and ordain this by-law.