May 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1951

2nd Lieutenant Harry Walter Abbott, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).
2nd Lieutenant Charles Brison Lepper, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant John Weaver Ellis, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant Reginald John Lawrence, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant Owen George Jarrett, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).

The undermentioned are posted for duty:—
2nd Lieutenant William Lewis Devenish-Meares, Unattached List (b), General List. Dated 29th October, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Gerard Baddeley, Unattached List (b).
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Roger Carre Claridge, N.Z. Garrison Artillery, Wellington G.A. Division.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Tripp Andrews, Unattached List (b), General List.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Niven Todd, Unattached List (b), General List.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Captain Henry Lionel Hughes Steele, M.R.C.S., England.
Lieutenant Robert Stevenson Jordan Fitzgerald, M.B., N.Z.
Lieutenant Charles Mills Greenslade, M.B., N.Z.
Lieutenant James Leslie Will, M.B., N.Z.
Lieutenant Leslie George Bell, M.B.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.
Captain Edward Guthrie Currie.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Henry Norman Roberts, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, returns to duty.
The Reverend Eric Evans, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class.

SPECIAL DRAFT.
The undermentioned return to duty:—
2nd Lieutenant Charles William Milner, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant William Murphy, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Lauder, Unattached List (b), General List.
2nd Lieutenant Clarence William Rule, N.Z. Rifle Brigade (T.).
2nd Lieutenant James Mitchell, Unattached List (b), General List, is posted for duty. Dated 21st June, 1917.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 17th May, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Colour-Sergeant MICHAEL JOHN HARTIGAN, Corps of New Zealand Engineers,

he having a total service to the 31st March, 1918, entitling him thereto, of twenty-one years and twenty-one days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Authority to issue Permits to solicit Contributions for a War Fund.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th May, 1918.

IT is hereby notified for public information that, pursuant to section 33, subsection (2) (d), of the War Legislation Act, 1917, I have this day authorized the following persons to issue permits to solicit contributions on behalf of the Maori Soldiers Fund Council:—

LEMUEL TE URUPU, of Mohaka, to issue permits within the Kahungungu Maori Council District.
IRAIA TE WHAITI, of Greytown, to issue permits within the Rongokako Maori Council District.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Funds approved under Section 33 of the War Legislation Amendment Act, 1917.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 13th May, 1918.

PURSUANT to section 33 of the War Legislation Act, 1917, I hereby notify, for public information, that I have this day approved, for the purposes of the said section, the war funds controlled by the societies named in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Society. Address.
Auckland Returned Soldiers Club Auckland.
Auckland Centre Women’s National Reserve ,,
New Lynn Patriotic Society New Lynn.
Manutuke Branch, Women’s National Reserve Manutuke.
Tokomaru Bay Patriotic Committee Tokomaru Bay.
Napier Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve Napier.
Eltham Soldiers’ Comforts Guild Eltham.
Hawera Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve Hawera.
New Plymouth Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve New Plymouth.
Te Kiri Patriotic Society Te Kiri.
Waitara Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve Waitara.
Navy League Ladies Auxiliary Comforts Fund Carterton.
Wairarapa Returned Soldiers Club Fund Masterton.
Otaki Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve Otaki.
Wanganui Sub-centre Women’s National Reserve Wanganui.
Navy League Ladies Auxiliary Comforts Fund ,,
Wanganui Returned Soldiers Club Fund ,,
Wellington Federation of War Relief Societies Advisory Board Wellington.
Navy League Ladies Auxiliary Comforts Fund ,,
Picton District Branch Marlborough Patriotic Association Picton.
Navy League Ladies Auxiliary Comforts Fund ,,
Christchurch British and Foreign Sailors Fund, Canterbury Branch Christchurch.
Sefton Soldiers Committee Sefton.
Returned Soldiers Club Fund Dunedin.
Overseas Club Southern Cross Tobacco Fund ,,
Enfield Patriotic Society Enfield.
Kakanui Patriotic Society Kakanui.
Kurow Victoria League Red Cross Kurow.
Naseby Patriotic Society Naseby.
Totaratahi District Patriotic Committee Totaratahi.
Waikouaiti Patriotic and Soldiers’ Welfare Association Waikouaiti.

G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Honours conferred by His Majesty.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 17th May, 1918.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to direct the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of a notification of the appointment by His Majesty the King to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:—

DAME GRAND CROSS.
Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool.

KNIGHT COMMANDER.
The Right Honourable Lord Plunkett, G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.

COMMANDERS.
Mrs. Jacobina Luke. Colonel Robert Ward Tate.
Mrs. Christina Allen Massey. Theresa Dorothea Lady Ward.
Robert Howard Nolan, Esq. Mrs. Oriana Fanny Wilson.

OFFICERS.
Mrs. Fanny Boyle. Mrs. Miria Woodbine Pomare.
Heni Materoa Lady Carroll. Arthur Edgar Gravenor Rhodes, Esq.
James John Clark, Esq. Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Fowler Roberts.
Miss Lavinia Coates. Mrs. Eva Lydia Rutherford.
David Whamond Duthie, Esq. Miss Mary Downie Stewart.
James Henry Gunson, Esq. Mrs. Agnes Vernon Wigram.
Mrs. Jessie Gunson. Miss Hilda Williams.
Henry Holland, Esq.
Mrs. Jane Holland.
Mrs. Helen Lowry.