MAY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2127

PERMANENT STAFF.

Staff Sergeant-Major Alfred George Baker is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant whilst employed as Signalling Instructor, N.Z. Expeditionary Force Training-camps. Dated 17th April, 1917.

9TH (WELLINGTON EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant Harry Stuart Parnell McLernon to be Captain. Dated 26th April, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.

Battery Sergeant-Major George Sandilands to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), F Battery. Dated 26th April, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

No. 8 Company (Westport).

Lieutenant Alfred George Bryan, from the Unattached List (b), General List, to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th April, 1916.

CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.

New Zealand Railway Battalions.

Lieutenant John Moultrie Ferriday performed the duties of Mortar Instructor, Field Artillery Reinforcements, Featherston Camp, from 5th March, 1917, and is confirmed in the appointment, with effect from that date.

1ST (CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant Reginald James Richards, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th April, 1917.

2ND (SOUTH CANTERBURY) REGIMENT.

Captain Ernest Arthur George Holdgate, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed into the Establishment, with his original rank and seniority therein—viz., Captain—as from 1st April, 1912 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of 25th April, 1912). Dated 1st June, 1917.

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

Coast Defence Detachment.

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) Norman Stephenson Davies, posted to N.Z. Expeditionary Force Reinforcements from 11th October, 1915, to 19th May, 1917, returns to duty. Dated 19th May, 1917.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.

Major Alexander Main is appointed Area Officer, No. 17 Group, Auckland Military District. Dated 18th March, 1917.

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL CORPS.

Stuart Alexander Moore, M.B., B.S., M.D., to be Captain whilst doing duty with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 18th April, 1917.

Captain Walter John Henry Hislop, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain. Dated 24th April, 1917.

Arthur Leonard Singer, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be Captain (temp.) whilst doing duty with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 2nd February, 1917.

The undermentioned to be members of a special District Medical Board to act as emergency members. Dated 24th April, 1917.

Major Hamilton Andrew Hugh Gilmer, M.D.

Major William Edward Herbert, M.D.

Captain Walter John Henry Hislop, M.B., F.R.C.S., Eng.

Captain Leonard Arthur Line, M.B., B.S., N.Z.

Captain Charles Fulton Pattie, M.B., B.S., M.D.

Captain Walter Moray Shand, M.B., B.S.

Captain Henry Lionel Hughes Steele, M.R.C.S., Eng.

Captain Henry Hardwick-Smith, M.B., B.C., B.A., F.R.C.S., Eng.

Captain William Young, M.D., F.R.C.S., Eng.

The undermentioned are appointed members of a special District Medical Board. Dated 28th April, 1917.

Lieutenant - Colonel Sidney Alfred Gibbs, M.B., M.S., Edin.

Captain George Lyon, M.B., M.S., Aberd.

Captain (temp. Major) Russell Ian Ritchie, M.B., M.R.C.S., Eng.

Captain Francis Wiremu Brian Fitchett, M.B., M.S., Edin.

NEW ZEALAND CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 2nd Class, are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform, with effect from 3rd May, 1917:—

The Ven. Archdeacon William Calder.

The Reverend Percy Scott Smallfield.

The Reverend William Henry Wilson.

The undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 3rd Class, are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraphs 126 and 127, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform, with effect from 3rd May, 1917:—

The Reverend George MacMurray.

The Reverend Dr. Thaddeus O’Callaghan.

The Reverend George Wells-Smailes, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 127, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 3rd May, 1917.

The commissions granted the undermentioned Chaplains to the Forces, 4th Class, are cancelled, under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1909. Dated 3rd May, 1917.

Norman Cyril Wilmot Radcliffe.

Mark Henry Sutton.

Patrick Cleary.

NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

Beatrice Gubbins to be Staff Masseuse. Dated 15th January, 1917.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).

2nd Lieutenant Reginald James Richards is transferred to the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment (Coast Defence Detachment). Dated 27th April, 1917.

George Victor Rogers to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), vice 2nd Lieutenant Forgie, on active service. Dated 29th March, 1917.

Sergeant Cecil George May to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 10th April, 1917.

Patrick Henry Roche to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 25th April, 1917.

GENERAL LIST.

2nd Lieutenant Garth Galloway is granted the rank of Lieutenant (temp.) whilst employed in the N.Z. Expeditionary Force Training-camps. Dated 16th May, 1917.

Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant Joseph Henry McDougall, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 25th February, 1915.

Lieutenant Joseph Henry McDougall, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is struck off the strength and absorbed, with his original rank and seniority—viz., 2nd Lieutenant—as from 25th February, 1915. Dated 27th May, 1917.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney Percival Abbott resigns his commission. Dated 1st May, 1917.

MEMORANDUM.

2nd Lieutenant Patrick James Cotton, Unattached List (b), General List, returns to duty with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, with seniority as from 30th May, 1915 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 112, of 23rd September, 1915).

ERRATUM.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, of 30th March, 1916, Appointments of Officers to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, under the heading “Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade,” delete the name of 2nd Lieutenant Norman Stephenson Davies, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), Coast Defence Detachment; and the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, of 25th January, 1917, Appointments of Officers proceeding on Active Service, N.Z. Expeditionary Force, under the heading “Infantry,” delete the name of 2nd Lieutenant Harold Curtis Smith, Unattached List (b), General List.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XII, Waipu Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block XII, Waipu Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Maungaturoto, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the