JULY 12.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2781

5TH MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

2nd Lieutenant Edgar Thomson Shand, N.Z. Expeditionary
Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the
Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein
-viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 8th July, 1913 (vide
N.Z. Gazette No. 71, of the 25th September, 1913); to
date from 19th July, 1917.

6TH (MANAWATU) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant David William Stewart Morrison to be Captain.
Dated 23rd June, 1917.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 23rd June, 1917 :-
Ronald Hart Buchanan, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Lancel Lytton King.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
23rd June, 1917 :-
Sergeant-major Campbell Strode Penny.
Sergeant-major Reginald Harry Hickson.
Alexander Percy McHardy.
Alan Murdoch Smith.

8TH (SOUTH CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES.

The notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 52, of
the 22nd March, 1917, relating to Major Peter Jenkins
Wain, is cancelled, and the following substituted: Major
Peter Jenkins Wain performed the duties of Musketry
Instructor (temp.) for the Canterbury Military District
from the 14th March, 1917, to the 1st June, 1917, and is
confirmed in the appointment as from 1st June, 1917.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant John Falla Davie resigns his commission.
Dated 21st June, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY (F BATTERY).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-
Albert Eric Lawry. Dated 3rd March, 1917.
George Falkland Gardiner. Dated 4th March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

2nd Lieutenant Angus Gordon Macdonald, N.Z. Expedition-
ary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into
the Establishment with his original rank and seniority-
viz., Lieutenant, as from the 29th May, 1917; to date
from 20th June, 1917.
Lieutenant Angus Gordon Macdonald is appointed Assistant
Director of Supplies and Transport, Canterbury Military
District. Dated 21st June, 1917.

Wellington G.A. Division.

Captain Vivian Palmer Haughton, N.Z. Expeditionary Force,
is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establish-
ment with his original rank and seniority therein-viz.,
Lieutenant, as from the 26th September, 1914 (vide N.Z.
Gazette No. 30, of the 25th February, 1915); to date from
12th July, 1917.
Lieutenant George Finlay is granted the temporary rank of
Captain whilst employed as Ship's Quartermaster. Dated
1st July, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

No. 2 Field Company.

Major Frederick Waite, D.S.O., is transferred to the Reserve
of Officers, and retains his appointment as Chief Engineer
Instructor in N.Z. Expeditionary Force training camps.
Dated 22nd June, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

South Island.

Joseph Thomas Eccleton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice
Lieutenant Birnie, on active service. Dated 23rd June,
1917.

3RD (AUCKLAND) REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).

Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant Archibald Ray Hoyte Turner, N.Z. Expedi-
tionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed into
the Establishment with his original rank and seniority
therein-viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 17th November,
1914 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 10, of the 28th January, 1915);
to date from the 7th July, 1917.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Captain Dudley Harcourt Sheppard Buddle, N.Z. Expedi.
tionary Force, is struck off the strength, and absorbed
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into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority
therein-viz., Captain, as from the 20th May, 1915 (vide
N.Z. Gazette No. 143, of the 16th December, 1915); to
date from the 20th July, 1917.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Charles Kimbell Gasquoine to be Captain, under
the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Dated 25th June, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant Eustace Dupuis Henchman Stocker to be
Lieutenant. Dated 6th June, 1917.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants.
Dated 18th June, 1917 :-
Philip Vernon Hackworth, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Ernest Grenville Edwards, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Ernest Hollis, under the provisions of paragraph 111,
General Regulations, 1913.
Barton Albert Ginger.
Daniel Cornelius Bowler, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Ernest Belton Tustin.
Kenneth Sholto Caldwell, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
John Bosley Bennett, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Charles Cockburn Miles, under the provisions of para-
graph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

6TH (HAURAKI) REGIMENT.

Captain Robert Nicoll Morpeth, N.Z. Expeditionary Force,
is struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establish-
ment with his original rank and seniority therein-viz.,
Captain, as from the 2nd April, 1917 (vide N.Z. Gazette
No. 78, of the 3rd May, 1917); to date from 20th July,
1917.

9TH (HAWKE'S BAY) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
23rd June, 1917.
Henry Robson Wood.
George Stewart.

10TH (NORTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Captain Donald Thomson, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is
struck off the strength, and absorbed into the Establish-
ment with his original rank and seniority-viz., Major, as
from the 11th October, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 126, of
the 9th November, 1916); to date from 18th July, 1917.

11TH REGIMENT (TARANAKI RIFLES).

Lieutenant Thomas John Linton Buxton to be Captain, under
the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Dated 29th November, 1915.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant-Colonel Roy William Cumming is appointed
Infantry Instructor (temp.) in Trentham Camp. Dated
1st July, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL'S OWN).

Territorial.

Company Sergeant-major Wilfred Gordon Harrison, N.Z.
Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 22nd
July, 1916.
2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Gordon Harrison, N.Z. Expeditionary
Force, is struck off the strength and, absorbed with his
original rank and seniority-viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from
the 22nd July, 1916; to date from 2nd July, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section, Wellington.

The commissions granted the undermentioned lapse under
the provisions of paragraphs 682 and 683, General Regula-
tions, 1913. Dated 18th June, 1917.
Lieutenant Stephen Henry Matterson.
Lieutenant Arthur James Manchester.
Lieutenant George Fernandos.
Lieutenant Robert Delvin Jameson.
Lieutenant Frederick George Butler, under the provi.
sions of paragraph 683, General Regulations, 1913.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Peter Moir, M.B., B.S., Glas., is granted the rank of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel whilst acting as Member of a Special Dis.
trict Medical Board. Dated 24th June, 1917.