SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2623

5TH (WELLINGTON) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Robert Witherford is transferred to the Reserve of Officers with the rank of Lieutenant, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 17th August, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Lieutenant David Alexander Morton is posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 7th September, 1920.

7TH (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Donald Gilbert Kennedy is transferred to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

8TH (SOUTHLAND) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Paul Paora-Chamberlin, from the Unattached List (b), to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 24th August, 1920.

9TH (HAWKE’S BAY) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Hugh Edward Crosse, M.C., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920. Dated 5th August, 1920.

15TH (NORTH AUCKLAND) REGIMENT.
The commission granted the undermentioned Lieutenants are cancelled, under the provisions of paragraph 133, General Regulations, 1913. Dated 18th August, 1920 :—
Lionel Hugh Titchener.
Charles Henry Howard Irvine.

16TH (WAIKATO) REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Oliver Sidney Ellis is transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Dated 13th August, 1920.

17TH (RUAHINE) REGIMENT.
2nd Lieutenant Donald Gilbert Kennedy, from the 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 23rd August, 1920.

N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE (EARL OF LIVERPOOL’S OWN).
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Railway Battalions :—
Ernest Theodore McKain. Dated 1st April, 1920.
Alexander Frederick Gilmore, M.M. Dated 1st June, 1920.
Ernest Thomas Hawkes (late 2nd Lieutenant, N.Z.E.F.) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 29th January, 1918.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenants—
Albert John Larsen. Dated 19th August, 1920.
John Basil Parker. Dated 25th August, 1920.
Arthur Ernest Gorton, M.M. Dated 25th August, 1920.
Ernest Thomas Hawkes. Dated 27th August, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) Albert Edward Napier Smith resigns his commission. Dated 19th August, 1920.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
The undermentioned Staff Nurses to be Sisters :—
Edith McLellan. Dated 4th February, 1920.
Jean Gray Halliburton. Dated 6th April, 1920.
Catherine Amelia Williams. Dated 26th May, 1920.
Muriel Florence Goulstone. Dated 10th June, 1920.
Elsie Annie Aitkenhead. Dated 10th June, 1920.

Sister Alice Clara Searell, A.R.R.C., to be Charge Sister. Dated 1st September, 1920.

The undermentioned are struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and reposted to the Service. Dated 1st February, 1920 :—
Sister Elsie McGregor Stronach.
Staff Nurse Eva Winnifred Lancaster.

The undermentioned are posted to the Temporary Reserve List :—
Sister Elsie McGregor Stronach. Dated 23rd August, 1920.
Staff Nurse Eva Winnifred Lancaster. Dated 11th September, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (a).
Lieutenant-Colonel D’Arcy Chaytor, C.M.G., C.B.E., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Colonel, under the provisions of paragraph 126, General Regulations, 1913, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 5th August, 1920.

UNATTACHED LIST (b).
Captain [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Owen Wallis Williams, M.C., to be Major. Dated 17th August, 1920.
Lieutenant [Captain, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] George William Morice to be Captain. Dated 17th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenant Paul Paora-Chamberlin is transferred to the 8th (Southland) Regiment. Dated 24th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List) :—
Lieutenant Ernest Percival Fenton. Dated 11th August, 1920.
Lieutenant Victor William Colville. Dated 26th August, 1920.

Lieutenant Edward Henry Fisher resigns his commission. Dated 19th August, 1920.

The appointment of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (on prob.) are confirmed :—
Ross Nathaniel Meikle. John George Bateson.
William Henry Allen. Charles Frank Thomas.
Harold Keeley. Earnest Maitland Chainey.
John Russell Gray. Victor John Peace.
Norman Joseph Hutton. Alfred Norwood.

Edward Victor George Edie Kerr is appointed 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 28, of 14th July, 1919. Dated 19th August, 1920.

The commissions granted the undermentioned are cancelled under the provisions of section 5 (a) of the Defence Act, 1919. Dated 18th August, 1920 :—
Lieutenant John Holmes.
2nd Lieutenant John Schofield.

UNATTACHED LIST (GENERAL LIST).
Frederick William Furkert, Esq., is appointed Director of Military Works, and is granted the honorary rank of Colonel. Dated 25th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the N.Z. Field Artillery :—
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Frank Moyes Mitchell, M.C. Dated 23rd August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant Herman Henry Osmers, M.M. Dated 19th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are transferred to the Reserve of Officers (General List), under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenant [Major, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Norman Joseph Levien, M.B.E., with the rank of Major. Dated 25th August, 1920.
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Gordon Richard Western, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenants—
Jack Knott. Dated 3rd August, 1920.
Bower Grosvenor. Dated 9th August, 1920.
Charles Thomas White. Dated 19th August, 1920.
Alan George Hamilton. Dated 23rd August, 1920.
Gurdon Samuel. Dated 25th August, 1920.

The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List, under the provisions of General Headquarters Instructions No. 22, of 20th February, 1920 :—
2nd Lieutenant [Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers (temp.)] Edward Russ Winkler, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, 1920.

2nd Lieutenants—
Albert Plumley. Dated 19th August, 1920.
Arthur Frederick Watson. Dated 26th August, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (temp.).
Captain (temp. Major) Stanley Herbert Crump is struck off the strength of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force and posted to the Reserve of Officers (temp.). Dated 5th September, 1919.

Lieutenant Charles Victor Ciochetto, M.C., M.M., is transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Railway Battalions. Dated 1st June, 1920.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS (GENERAL LIST).
The undermentioned Lieutenants are transferred to the Corps of N.Z. Engineers, N.Z. Railway Battalions. Dated 1st June, 1920 :—
William Isaac Deavoll.
James Adams Jones, M.C.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 31st August, 1920.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909, the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club :—

Heretaunga Legion of Frontiersmen Defence Rifle Club, with headquarters at Hastings.

Date of acceptance 29th March, 1917.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.