Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4549

O. E. A. Randle, whilst employed with 2nd Army Forest control. Dated 24th September, 1917.

N.Z. MAORI (PIONEER) BATTALION.

Captain J. P. Ferris ceases to be seconded for duty to New Zealand. Dated 17th September, 1917.

Captain G. D. Hamilton is transferred to the Royal Engineers. Dated 5th September, 1917.

N.Z. MACHINE-GUN CORPS.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Corps from Wellington Regiment. Dated 15th August, 1917:—
Lieutenant J. A. McQueen.
2nd Lieutenant A. M. Hannah.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 25th September, 1917:—
8/1010, C.Q.M.S. W. Thomas.
4/1718, Lance-Corporal G. H. Tomline.

Lieutenant A. J. M. Manson, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 10th September, 1917.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Captain G. R. Hutchinson to command No. 5 Company. Dated 21st September, 1917.

5/125, Staff Sergeant E. N. Valpy to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1917.

13/367, Sergeant A. K. Hogarth to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1917.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

21/7, Staff Sergeant J. B. Lea to be Lieutenant. Dated 15th September, 1917.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

The undermentioned, attested in England, are taken on the strength with seniority from date of attestation. Dated 25th September, 1917:—
Captain S. H. Hay.
Captain H. W. Wilson.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned to be Sisters:—
To date from 6th April, 1917:—
22/16, L. A. Burke.
22/19, S. L. Clark.
22/22, M. Crook.
22/37, J. Miller.
22/45, I. Stewart.

To date from 19th May, 1917:—
22/67, C. E. Cherry.
22/71, I. N. Coster.
22/74, M. E. Gould.
22/78, J. E. Lewis.
22/85, S. L. Nicoll.
22/89, E. M. Stokes.
22/177, W. M. Stronach.

To date from 6th July, 1917:—
22/178, F. A. Adams.
22/99, E. J. Austin.
22/100, V. R. R. Bayley.
22/107, K. Carter.
22/113, C. M. Donneghue.
22/200, A. C. Douglass.
22/114, H. G. O. Edgerley.
22/121, E. G. Hanan.
22/131, M. J. Jeffery.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

15/111A, Conductor W. J. Geard to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 20th June, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence

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

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th December, 1917.

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

APPOINTMENTS.

Major Percy Hawkins Johnson, 1st (Mounted) Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), held the appointment of Mounted Rifles Instructor, Featherston Camp, from 1st April, 1917, to 21st November, 1917.

Captain George Percival Rodgers, Unattached List (b), relinquishes the appointment of Military Representative to the Auckland Military Service Board. Dated 22nd November, 1917.

Captain (temp.) Donald McDonald Wilson, M.B., B.S., Edin., M.C., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed a member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 5th November, 1917.

PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry).

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Firbank Gibson to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd October, 1917.

4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) John Bayntun Starky lapses under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 15th November, 1917.

John Bayntun Starky to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 16th November, 1917.

N.Z. GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Auckland G.A. Division.

John Charles Simpkiss to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 6th December, 1917.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

N.Z. Railway Battalions.

The appointments of the undermentioned Majors on probation are confirmed:—
James MacDonald.
Alfred James McCredie.
John Kennaway Lowe.

Lieutenant Conway John Lennon resigns his Commission. Dated 19th November, 1917.

N.Z. POST AND TELEGRAPH CORPS.

North Island Battalion.

Lieutenant Robert Davidson Veitch is temporarily attached for duty to the South Island Battalion. Dated 8th December, 1917.

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

Coast Defence Detachment.

The appointment of 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Norman Stephenson Davies lapses under the provisions of paragraph 89, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 15th November, 1917.

14TH (SOUTH OTAGO) REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 27th November, 1917:—
Robert William Stanley Botting, under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913.
Vernon Augustus Norrish.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE.

Earl of Liverpool’s Own (Territorial).

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Gunn Polson, N.Z Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength with effect from 28th December, 1917, and is absorbed with his original rank and seniority, viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 29th April, 1916, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916.

Lieutenant Charlton Conrad Ziesler, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength with effect from the 20th December, 1917, and absorbed with his original rank and seniority, viz., 2nd Lieutenant, as from the 1st April, 1916, vide New Zealand Gazette No. 139, of the 14th December, 1916.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) John Craig, L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. Ire., on ceasing to act as Member of a Special District Medical Board, relinquishes the rank of temporary Lieut.-Colonel. Dated 9th December, 1917.

Captain John Craig, L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Ire., is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst doing duty in Expeditionary Force Training Camps, and is appointed a Member of a Special District Medical Board. Dated 9th December, 1917.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors:—
Herbert Hilton Cheeseman, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 30th May, 1916.
Arthur Challinor Purchas, M.R.C.S. Eng., B.M., M.S., Edin., under the provisions of paragraph 111, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 21st April, 1917.
William Henry Borrie, M.B., B.S., Univ., N.Z. Dated 14th October, 1917.