SEPT. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2965

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 4th September, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

ROBERT THEOPHILUS SPENCER

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Mauriceville, as from the 29th day of August, 1916.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th September, 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:—

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

Captain George Edward Rhodes retires under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913, with effect from the 9th June, 1916.

3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles.

Lieutenant John Shaw Rutherford (Retired), late 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, is taken on the strength (temporarily) with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 23rd June, 1916.

Lieutenant Lewis William Meiklejohn (Reserve of Officers) is taken on the strength (temporarily) with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 23rd June, 1916.

New Zealand Garrison Artillery.

Lieutenant John Ewan (Retired List) is taken on the strength (temporarily) with the rank of Lieutenant (Auckland Garrison Artillery Division). Dated 3rd May, 1916.

2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment.

Corporal John Campbell Murdoch McLeod to be 2nd Lieutenant (supernumerary to establishment). Dated 16th August, 1916.

9th (Hawke’s Bay) Regiment.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) during the absence of officers on active service:—

Archibald Drysdale Brown, vice Lieutenant Gambrill. Dated 11th July, 1916.

Robert Campbell Magill, vice 2nd Lieutenant Jones. Dated 1st August, 1916.

12th (Nelson) Regiment.

Sergeant George Merivale Broughton to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 14th August, 1916.

13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment.

Lieutenant Albert Edward Conway to be Captain. Dated 17th February, 1914.

New Zealand Army Service Corps.

2nd Lieutenant Harry Hewitt having resigned his commission in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Main Body) is struck off the strength of No. 2 Company (Infantry Brigade) Auckland. Dated 25th January, 1915.

New Zealand Forces Motor Service Corps.

Captain Neville Newcomb to be Major. Dated 1st August, 1916.

New Zealand Medical Corps.

Captain John Malcolm, M.D., is granted the temporary rank of Major while commanding the Otago University Training Corps. Dated 27th July, 1916.

Lieutenant Frederick William Lumsden, M.B., Aberd., R.A.M.C., Special Reserve, is attached, and is granted the rank of Captain, with effect from 1st August, 1916.

Herbert Leslie Gould to be Lieutenant. Dated 7th August, 1916.

New Zealand Chaplains Department.

The Reverend Edward Herbert Strong to be Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class). Dated 8th June, 1916.

New Zealand Dental Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Ernest Prideaux Pridham is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 16th August, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Torrance Parkinson Cuddie to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1916.

Unattached List (a).

Honorary Captain Thomas Edward Donne is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, and is posted to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 18th August, 1916.

Unattached List (b).

The commission granted 2nd Lieutenant James Connor is cancelled, under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 10th August, 1916.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Walter Ancott Johnson is cancelled, under provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 10th August, 1916.

Sergeant Arthur Vincent Hill to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th August, 1916.

William Grieve to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary). Dated 29th January, 1916.

Memorandum.

Captain Ernest Edward Willoughby, Unattached List (b), to be Ship’s Quartermaster, vice Captain W. H. Feldon, who relinquishes the appointment. Dated 14th August, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Disbandment of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment, under section 43 (1) and (2) and section 44 of the Defence Act, 1909, of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club:—

THE NAPIER DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB,

with headquarters at Napier (Wellington Military District). Date of disbandment, 22nd August, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

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

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration to

Major NICHOLAS DODDS,

New Zealand Garrison Artillery, he having a total commissioned service to the 9th August, 1916, entitling him thereto of twenty years two hundred and eighty-four days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence

Changes in Staff, New Zealand Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 1st September, 1916.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

Staff.

Lieutenant Thomas Joseph King, returned from active service for home duties, to be Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain while so employed. Dated 10th August, 1916.

New Zealand Staff Corps.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Thomas Joseph King is attached (temp.) while performing the duties of Assistant Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores. Dated 10th August, 1916.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of 20th April, 1916, relative to the attachment of Honorary Lieutenant Robert Henry Williams, is cancelled. Dated 10th August, 1916.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.