SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3683

NEW ZEALAND POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

South Island.

Lieutenant George Birnie to be Captain. Dated 5th September, 1917.

4TH (OTAGO) REGIMENT.

Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Edwin Gilbert is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 4th September, 1917.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant John Walter Snaddon, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 18th May, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 18th December, 1914 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 10, of the 28th January, 1915).

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Arthur Valentine Williams, from the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Railway Battalions, South Island, to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

Earl of Liverpool’s Own.

2nd Lieutenant Rupert Cecil Wood, 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 1st April, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916); to date from 31st July, 1917.

The notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 98, of the 14th June, 1917, relating to 2nd Lieutenant John Walter Snaddon, is cancelled.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant Arthur Harry Aylmer Vivian to be Captain. Dated 1st September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temporary Captains:—

Arthur George Jones. Dated 14th July, 1917.

Eric Spencer Bayley. Dated 20th September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Reverend Peter Thomas Fortune, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, retires under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th September, 1917.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class, retire under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 17th August, 1917:—

The Reverend David Jamieson.

The Reverend John Charles Small.

The notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 139, of the 6th September, 1917, relating to the Reverend Reginald Hermon, Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class, is cancelled.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Nina Ansenne to be Staff Nurse. Dated 1st January, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Richard Edward Joseph Martin relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain on ceasing his duties as a Ship’s Quartermaster on H.M.N.Z. transports. Dated 20th September, 1917.

Lieutenant Norman Arthur Vercoe, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 23rd September, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority—viz., Lieutenant, as from the 24th May, 1915 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 89, of the 22nd July, 1915).

The following is substituted for the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, relating to 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Charles Isbister. Dated 19th January, 1916:—

Charles Isbister to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 19th January, 1916.

William Harold Hoult to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 11th August, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b), GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Martin Hubert Braithwaite Burrell is temporarily attached for duty to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, No. 3 Field Company. Dated 5th September, 1917.

ERRATA.

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 20, of the 24th February, 1916, delete the name of 2nd Lieutenant Frederick James Brooks, Unattached List (b), Canterbury District.

With reference to the notification published in the N.Z. Gazette No. 81, of the 27th July, 1916, relating to 13/439, Trooper Alfred James Swayne, for the number 13/439 read 13/459.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Promotions of Officers of the Territorial Force.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 21st September, 1917.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments and promotions of the undermentioned officers of the Territorial Force:—

APPOINTMENTS.

Major Robert Macquorn Gairdner, 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, is appointed Officer Commanding the detachment on Quarantine Island and Officer in Charge of Guards on Transports at Port Chalmers, with the rank and pay of Captain whilst so employed. Dated 14th August, 1917.

Lieutenant Arthur Sagar Bailey, Unattached List (b), is appointed an Attesting Officer under the Military Service Act, 1916. Dated 17th June, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) Edgar Thomson Shand, 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars), performed the duties of Adjutant to the Otago University Officers’ Training Corps from the 30th July, 1917, and is confirmed in the appointment as from that date. Dated 10th September, 1917.

PROMOTIONS.

4TH (WAIKATO) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant George Franklyn Yerex to be Captain. Dated 26th July, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Frank Sturmer Wilding, E Battery, is confirmed under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.

2nd Lieutenant Frank Sturmer Wilding, E Battery, to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 29th December, 1916.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Harry Miller, E Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 11th September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland Garrison Artillery Division.

Captain Douglas Russell Kirker to be Major. Dated 12th September, 1917.

William Adam Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant, supernumerary to Establishment. Dated 12th September, 1917.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps (North Island).

Charles Murray Thompson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 13th September, 1917.

13TH (NORTH CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND) REGIMENT.

Captain Loftus Joseph Gibbs to be Major, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 6th September, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Eric William Jim Milton to be Lieutenant, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 6th September, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE BRIGADE.

Earl of Liverpool’s Own (Territorial).

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Litstee Wilson, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength, with effect from 2nd August, 1917, and is absorbed into the Establishment with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 1st April, 1916 (vide N.Z. Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916).

NEW ZEALAND FORCES MOTOR SERVICE CORPS.

Motor-car Section, Wellington.

2nd Lieutenant John Terence Midwood to be Lieutenant. Dated 12th July, 1917.