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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Captain Thomas White Somerville, Unattached List (b), General List, is appointed Assistant Camp Quartermaster, Featherston Camp. Dated 24th July, 1917.

William McNamara, Esq., is appointed Assistant Director of Recruiting. Dated 1st September, 1917.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Leslie Miles, Unattached List (a), is appointed Deputy Director of Recruiting. Dated 1st September, 1917.

Honorary Lieutenant Frederick J. Mackintosh, Unattached List (b), is appointed an Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916. Dated 10th July, 1917.

Captain William Bracewell Mercer, M.B., B.S., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board, and granted the pay of Lieut.-Colonel at Expeditionary Force rates whilst so acting. Dated 18th July, 1917.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major Arthur James King is appointed District Musketry Instructor, Wellington Military District, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant and attached to the N.Z. Staff Corps whilst so employed. Dated 1st September, 1917.

8TH (SOUTH CANTERBURY) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Timaru Rhodes to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 4th August, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Wellington G.A. Division.

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 135, of the 1st December, and No. 139, of 14th December, 1916, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Hubert Sladden, for the words “20th November, 1916,” read “26th July, 1915.”

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Railway Battalions (South Island).

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Horace Campbell Lusty is confirmed.

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Frank Joplin to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to Establishment. Dated 27th August, 1917.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Captain Stanley Rice, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 28th September, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Captain, as from the 16th February, 1915 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 90, of the 29th July, 1915).

Lieutenant Robert Prain Boyne, from the Unattached List (b), to be Lieutenant. Dated 28th August, 1917.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.

Sergeant Roy Gardner to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th August, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS (MOTOR-CAR SECTION).

Wellington Section.

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed :—

Geoffrey Benson Hull, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

John Terence Midwood.

Otago Section.

James Leinster Passmore.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) Bernard John Dudley, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., relinquishes the rank of temporary Major on ceasing to act in command of No. 1 Field Ambulance. Dated 23rd August, 1917.

Captain Bernard John Dudley, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst doing duty with the Hospital Ship “Marama.” Dated 24th August, 1917.

Captain Henry Hardwick-Smith, M.B., B.S., Camb., F.R.C.S. Eng., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst doing duty with the Hospital Ship “Marama.” Dated 28th August, 1917.

Thomas Derrick, M.B., B.S., Edin., to be Captain. Dated 21st August, 1917.

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Captain William Henry Simpson, M.B., N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 27th August, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from the 30th March, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 47, of the 20th April, 1916).

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

The appointments of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913 :—

Bernard Francis Scannell.

John Southward.

William John Melville.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :—

William John Stone. Dated 12th February, 1914.

Henry Robert Barrett. Dated 19th January, 1916.

Herbert Campbell, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st February, 1916.

John Southward, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 19th November, 1916.

William John Melville, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th January, 1917.

Edward Holdsworth Buckeridge, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 26th March, 1917.

Henry Alfred Millard. Dated 29th March, 1917.

Roy Liddelow. Dated 20th April, 1917.

Bernard Francis Scannell, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 7th June, 1917.

Guy Norman Morris. Dated 28th June, 1917.

Harold Roy Domigan. Dated 23rd July, 1917.

William Thomas Garth, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 6th August, 1917.

Denis Quinlan O’Brien, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 19th August, 1917.

Allen James Farnell. Dated 27th August, 1917.

Robert Noble Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 27th August, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant James Francis Flynn, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 29th September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 29th April, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 54, of the 4th July, 1916).

2nd Lieutenant Edward Robert Victor Petrie, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 30th September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 27th June, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant William Thomas Longhurst, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 30th September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from 26th April, 1917 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 78, of the 3rd May, 1917).

ERRATA.

The notice published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 112, of the 5th July, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Briscoe Moore, 5th Mounted Rifles, is cancelled.

With reference to the notification in the N.Z. Gazette No. 132, of 23rd August, 1917, relating to 2nd Lieutenant Eric Frank Borrington Waters, Unattached List (b), General List, for the word “Borrington” read “Barrington.”

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 71, of the 19th April, 1917, relating to the Reverend Thomas Bernard Segrief, N.Z. Chaplains Department, delete the words “Dated 12th March, 1917,” and substitute the following : “and returns to duty with seniority as from 5th August, 1914 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 114, of the 24th September, 1914).

J. ALLEN,

Minister of Defence.

Local Advisory Committee under the War Funds Act, 1915, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 25th August, 1917.

Pursuant to the War Funds Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder, I, George Warren Russell, being the Minister administering the Act, hereby notify that I have appointed the following persons to be a Local Advisory Com.